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Derek Smalls | Spinal Tap

Posted by iBass | Jun 20, 2017 | News

Harry Shearer To Release Derek Smalls Solo Album Rob Reiner’s legendary 1984 film, This Is Spinal Tap, is still every bit as loved three decades after the mockumentary put Spinal Tap on the map. Talking to GQ recently, ‘Big Bottom’ bassist Derek Smalls, a character played by Harry Shearer, has been busy working on a solo album with a working title of Smalls Change. Smalls revealed the titles of several songs, including ‘Memo to Willie’ about erectile dysfunction, ‘MRI’, and ‘It Don’t Get Old’, which is an ode to senior-citizen touring and inspired by “the decaying pleasures of life...

Robert Trujillo | Jaco The Film

Posted by iBass | Jun 19, 2017 | Interviews

Here’s what Robert Trujillo had to say about the making of the world’s first biopic about his hero. Meet Robert Trujillo, the bassist who’s been laying waste to festival stages across the land. For years, Trujillo has continued to astound with his versatile musical stylings and diverse range of bass tones. A staggering fourteen years and counting with Metallica is testament to that. Back in 2014, he helped put the finishing touches to the first documentary about Jaco Pastorius, the self-proclaimed greatest bass player in the world. “The film was centered around my own feelings for Jaco,” he told us. “And also my personal connections...

Cort GB7 Electric Bass

Posted by iBass | Jun 16, 2017 | Gear

Cort Doubles Down on Jazz Pickups With The GB7 Cort’s new GB7 is a fine-looking bass. It has a pair of VTB-ST pickups, which we’re told have been wound using materials that maximise the high and low frequencies. And to make the most of the inherent tonal qualities of the swamp ash body, the onboard electronics combine master volume and pickup blend with a 2-band EQ and active bypass. The GB7 also employs a fully adjustable Omega Bridge, which is made from high-density die-cast Zinc. Both the neck and 21-fret fingerboard are satin maple. You also have the choice of...

Victor Wooten Joins Nitro

Posted by iBass | Jun 15, 2017 | News

Victor Wooten to Appear on Forthcoming Nitro Album Aside from his tenure with Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten’s desire to experience and play as many different styles as he can – “variety is the spice of my life musically” – has seen him build up an impressive client list, including Mike Stern, The Dave Matthews Band and SMV with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller. In among all this, Victor has also found time to record on the comeback album from the reformed NITRO, featuring guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio, vocalist Jim Gillette and LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler. “I’m really happy...

Cog Effects T-47 Octave

Posted by iBass | Jun 13, 2017 | Gear

Scott Devine checks out this fantastic two channel octave pedal… Design We looked at the Grand Tarkin fuzz from Cog Effects back in February, revealing the UK company’s keen ability to incorporate quality effects into roadworthy stompboxes. The latest addition to the range is the T-47 Octave, which is aimed towards bass players who already have knowledge and experience of using octave effects, but require greater scope for creating more than one octave sound. This is a two-channel octave pedal, with level controls for your clean signal and for one octave-down, plus a filter control for each channel that...