Hadrien Feraud | Friday Night At the Cadillac Club When future musicologists look back on the most influential bassists of the 20th century, among the select few whose sound and style live on the longest will be French bass maestro Hadrien Feraud. Having rolled up his sleeves once more, this take on Friday Night At the Cadillac Club (a track taken from Bob Berg’s 1993 album, Short Stories) is delivered with his trademark fluid...
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Exclusive Screening & Celebrity Q&A at Curzon Mayfair On the first anniversary of Jack Bruce’s passing, a star-studded line up of world class musicians performed a moving musical tribute to the Scottish legend at The Roundhouse in London. The tribute concert, musically directed by Nitin Sawhney, featured Jack’s Cream bandmate Ginger Baker, Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Joss Stone, Level 42’s Mark King, Living Colour’s Vernon Reid, Uli Jon Roth, Hugh Cornwell and many more. This incredible line-up delighted the capacity audience with a stunning selection of Bruce’s songs spanning his entire career, from the pre-Cream...
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Our Essential Guide to Buying Bass Gear A sister instrument to Gibson’s Firebird guitars, the Thunderbird was introduced in 1963 and featured through-neck mahogany construction with a long scale and single-sided headstock design. From the 1965-69 period the necks were glued-in then later ‘re-issue’ models reverted to the original design. The Firebirds had odd model numbers (I, III, V, VII), Thunderbirds had evens, hence II and IV (the II with a single pickup and controls for just volume and tone, the IV with a second pickup and tone control added). Prices vary wildly with newer models sometimes fetching as much...
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Bass Greats Assemble For Documentary Film Pre-orders for Beneath The Bassline are now open! And to celebrate the upcoming release the team behind the movie are offering you the chance to win some fantastic bass swag including a Dingwall NG-3 5-string, an Aguilar AG 700 and SL 410x cab, a Sadowsky preamp pedal and 25 sets of Elixir Nickel-Plated Steel Strings. Travelling to Club Bonafide in Manhattan, Dingwall Guitars in Canada, Fodera Guitars in Brooklyn, Sadowsky Guitars in Long Island City and Aguilar Amplification in Manhattan’s Soho district, the documentary features interviews with some of the most incredible bass players on...
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The wearable, portable rumble pack Designed in Detroit by bassist Yerko Sepulveda, BackBeat is a wearable subwoofer that turns ‘the sound of your strings into a vibration you can feel’. You can have it sat next to you or attached to your bass strap for a stage shaking experience that enables you to feel the bass in the busiest of mixes. Simply connect your bass to the Signal Input and use the Signal Output to feed a DI, bass amp, wireless transmitter or pedalboard. You can even choose to turn up the rumble! The BackBeat also has an output...
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