The Bass Shack – The Five Dollar Insurance Policy… Performing music in front of a live audience is always a rush. The heightened excitement of playing...
The Bass Shack – What Not To Do At Band Practice… This month I thought it would be fun to talk about band practice, and specifically,...
The Bass Shack – Gilligan’s Island Gig Essentials… This month I thought it would be fun to talk about those extra items that I try to...
The Bass Shack – A Picture May Be Worth More Than a Thousand Words… Hey All – this is the first installment of my new monthly...
Soukous Bass Techniques For Beginners by Kibisi Douglas – An Instructional Video for Beginners… Soukous is a style of popular dance music that originated in Africa. It’s roots...
Keeley Bassist Compressor Review… For those of you that aren’t familiar with a compressor, in the most basic of descriptions, it is an automated volume control....
Mesa Boogie Factory Tour… My Mesa Boogie 400+, all tube bass amp, had a rough go of it at a recent gig. I was playing at...
Bass Book Review: The Bass Handbook – Updated Edition by Adrian Ashton… The Bass Handbook, by Adrian Ashton, originally published in 2006, has a newly updated edition. It...
A Review of the Mark Studio 2, Amplifier Modeling Software… Background I purposely avoided amplifier modeling software in the past for a few reasons: I was happy...
A D.I.Y. bass cab adventure in building my own Greenboy fEARful 12/6/1 Cube… Background I needed a compact, light weight, good sounding bass cabinet for some...
Adjectives like “Hefty”, “Sturdy” and “Tank -like” come readily to mind when I think of describing the Bass Tight Fuzz. This stomp box was obviously designed...
The SR1806E arrived at my doorstep in excellent condition – which is probably no surprise since it was packaged in a gig bag and then double...
A history of The Rolling Stones as told through the instruments they used on the stage and in the studio Rolling Stones Gear is a coffee table...
Full Disclosure – Road Rash is a book about a drummer, not a bass player. As a result of this oversight, this book does not address...
I have a small confession to make. I was cruising the internet the other day and I ran across a photo on Bass Musician Magazine’s Facebook...