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Horace Panter – The Specials

Posted by iBass | Dec 18, 2016 | Interviews

With Coventry Ska Outfit, The Specials, Back On The Live Circuit, Horace Panter Talks Us Through His Evolution As A Bassist “I’ve always been interested in songs that had rhythm,” says Horace Panter, who’s making a return to the live stage with Coventry ska outfit, The Specials. “I always wondered why ‘Road Runner’ by Junior Walker sounded so fantastic, and why it was that I danced to all of those Tamla Motown songs and anything that was on Stax Atlantic.” Merging authentic Jamaican rhythms with more aggressive guitar styles, The Specials spearheaded a 2 Tone ska revival that began...

Chowny CHB-1

Posted by iBass | Dec 17, 2016 | Gear

Can This Globe-Trotting Semi-Hollow Impress? Design Stephen Chown’s approach to instrument design is one of respecting traditional models rather than opting for change ‘for change’s sake’. Currently manufactured in China, but designed in the UK, the Chowny CHB-1 has a maple body, with a flame maple top, a maple neck and an ebony fingerboard. This kind of semi-solid construction is intended to combine the sustain inherent with a solid-bodied bass with the acoustic properties and visual aspects of a hollow body. The set neck feels nice and secure with a comfortable profile and a short scale length, and the...

Cog Effects Launch Rogue One

Posted by iBass | Dec 16, 2016 | News |

Cog Effects Releases Rogue One Analogue Octave Bass Fuzz Expanding the Cog Effects range of Star Wars-themed stompboxes is the Rogue One. This versatile pedal combines two channels of the previously released Grand Tarkin bass fuzz and a third parallel sub-octave channel taken from the company’s T-70 Octave. Each fuzz channel is supplemented with additional controls to further refine the sound as well as how the fuzz integrates with the octave. The clipping diodes can be removed from either or both clipping stages on the fuzz channels, and the clipping voicing can also be changed with the Depth switches...

New American Professional Series From Fender

Posted by iBass | Dec 15, 2016 | News

Fender To Replace their Flagship Electrics The huge range of Artist models, Special Editions, Vintage Hot Rods and the like in Fender’s catalogue demonstrates the company’s inventiveness when it comes to finding new ways to modify and repackage the seemingly ever-green Precision and Jazz Bass. But when it comes to re-designing the core standard models, things must get a bit trickier. For those of you not up on your Fender history, the original American Standard Series was launched in 1987 following the management-led buy-out in 1985. After years of decline under CBS, this was a significant turning point for...