Author: iBass

Trace Elliot Introduce Ultra Compact Bass Amp The legendary Trace Elliot range has a brand new member – a small, gig-worthy amp that weighs in at just 1.6 lb. Behold the seriously dinky ELF, which produces a fan-cooled 200 watts RMS at 4 ohms. The 3-band rotary EQ section incorporates familiar filters: low centre (80 Hz), mid centre (500 Hz) and high centre (4.2 KHz), while the input gain stage runs through uncompressed, multi-band compression and into overdrive (with a red LED indicating when the compression circuit is active). Trace Elliot has also included a switch mode power supply...

New Bass Tone Package From TC Electronic  The latest addition to TC Electronic’s TonePrint series sees Scott Devine, Federico Malaman, Steve Lawson and Winston Blissett add their own personal touches to these impressive effects. Using the Helix Phaser, SpectraComp and Hall of Fame Reverb, they have adjusted every effect parameter imaginable to create custom-made tones that can be ‘beamed’ straight to any TonePrint enabled amp or pedal via the free TonePrint app. All of these TonePrints are completely free and can also be downloaded from the TC website. For more info visit www.tcelectronic.com Over at Scott's Bass Lessons.... With over half a...

New Preamp Pedal from Sadowsky Guitars Behold the new version of Sadowsky’s ever popular preamp pedal. Built using the same circuit that goes in all of Roger Sadowsky’s basses, but with a slimmed down design and a smaller footprint, the SPB-2 works with passive basses, as well as active and upright pickups, giving you more definition and tonal flexibility. The SPB-2 will be available directly from Sadowsky. For more in visit...

Gibson Revamp EB Bass Design Those of us who love Gibson’s EB Bass will be pleased to hear of the company’s 2017 version. Available in both 4- and 5-string models with either natural or sunburst finishes, the newly designed swamp ash body has been coupled with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. You won’t be short-changed by the hardware either, with a Babicz Full Contact bridge and Grover machineheads taking care of tuning duties. Plugged in, it sounds pretty good too, thanks to Gibson humbuckers in the neck and bridge positions. For more info visit...