Author: iBass

Gibson has put a new spin on one of its most popular bass guitars. Design Gibson’s EB range has been around for quite some time now, and this new design shares the same kind of distinctive body styling as its earlier forms. The offset double-cutaway shape harbours influences from both Fender Precision and Gibson RD Artist camps yet looks highly individual. What we have here is a rosewood fingerboard, glued-in maple neck and a nitrocellulose lacquered ash body. Gibson have also included some more recent design innovations, like the PLEK cut Corian nut, Babicz bass bridge and Jim DeCola...

Matt Lawton Takes A Closer Look At A Unique 5-String From A British Custom Builder. Design The Caiman T-5 is a striking design from UK builder, Paul Everson. Having worked as a gigging bass player for nearly 20 years, and with a background in mechanical engineering, Paul began making basses professionally in 2006 and currently builds one or two instruments each month, totally by hand, using traditional techniques. The Caimen’s flowing body is shaped from some beautiful tonewoods. A slender, elongated upper horn gently curves over the bass strings, while a squared-off, stubby horn on the treble side allows...

Classic Sounds From A Respected Builder – This Home-Grown Valve Amp Packs A Real Punch. Design We’ve been seriously impressed with Ashdown rigs in the past, and the model that caught our eye recently was the LB-30 Drophead, which joins the BTA and CTM amp models in the company’s valve range. All Ashdown valve amps are built, from start to finish, at the company’s valve centre, located just down the road from the head office in Chelmsford, UK. “We can actually make valve amps here in England at the same price we can make them in China,” says Ashdown...