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Other Bass Brands / New Eastwood semisolid for Peter Hook
« on: February 13, 2024, 11:18:00 AM »
Eastwood already makes the copy of the Shergold Marathon 6 voor Hooky and now they added a new one.

Fun facts: semisolid, longscale, reversed split P and a thru neck.

https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/eastwood-hooky-viking?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=dUlbV675fcHXQafcWfW6ZZ-Fmni_2yhzRExf0TFpUDMOMOlfLhCSDMcrhxg0P38S.MTbQ9E#features-specs

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The Bass Zone / Are Bass Players Human Too?
« on: December 25, 2023, 09:02:40 AM »
A friend wetransferred me the fout episodes of Geddy lee's interview series Are Bass Players Human Too? I'm halfway the first one and it's very entertaining.

https://blabbermouth.net/news/robert-trujillo-says-he-hung-out-with-geddy-lee-for-two-days-solid-during-filming-of-are-bass-players-human-too?fbclid=IwAR0cXWe2OvprxAZIh4W0_C_5rsHsNyc9xabz3dnM1gJb45K0NnpyaJ5nSnM

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The Outpost Cafe / RIP Denny Laine
« on: December 05, 2023, 03:34:11 PM »
Shit. I'm a big Wings fan. He's awesome on the live record

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Bass Amps & Effects / B15 History vid
« on: October 02, 2023, 02:29:52 AM »
I'm a big fan of 5 Watt World. He has vids about certain basses (and lots of guitars) and in 20 minutes you know most of the history of an instrument. Of course it's never complete, but good enough. Last week he talked about the B15:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr3fPFWgueo

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Gibson Basses / NBD Nonrev Tbird
« on: October 02, 2023, 02:05:07 AM »
I was not planning on buying a bass (*), cos I just ordered the Vintera II Competition Orange Mustang Bass. But I bought a Inverness Green Non Reverse Thunderbird by accident.

Some weeks ago Gibson Europe (based in The Netherlands) had their artist sale. I went there the first couple of times and the first time they had many years old demo basses going for cheap. In hindsight I should've bought more, but hey.. I was glad I scored an SG Bass (I sold mine year before and I regretted that) for a very low price. I'm happy to have that back and it has a nice worn burst. Now they only sell basses and guitars of the last year and it's like the dealer price and a discount. Cheaper but no real steels.

I went there and I thought: if they have a DC Jr, Bass for cheap, I might grab one. But all they had were three nonrev Tbirds. Two in Inverness Green and a Pelham Blue. I liked the Inverness Green the most and I bought the best one. I never seen and played one in real life and I just fell in love.

Pros and cons:
Cons: Not a lot. Well, one thing: the case is just too big and heavy. Oh, and we all know it's not a complete accurate reissue of an old one, but it still is a great looker!
Pros: the smell, the looks, the baby pic of the bass in the factory. I really like the neck. I love my very narrow '76 Bicentennial neck, this one is much beefier, but it just plays nice. The sound is awesome and I can really get all the tones I like out of the two pickups. I still have the factory strings on, which seem to be okay. Last couple of years I hardly play any long scale basses. Only for reviews. I mostly play my Höfners, the SG Bass, Mustangs. But this big bass is so easy to play, I keep grabbing it!


(*) So exactly this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/thchJBHRS1I

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Gibson Basses / Nice Triumph demo
« on: October 02, 2023, 01:53:22 AM »
I don't think this was discusses already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwT3_ApHCKY

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Fender Basses / Fender Mike Kerr Jaguar Bass
« on: August 15, 2023, 01:40:35 PM »

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The Outpost Cafe / RIP Robbie Robertson
« on: August 09, 2023, 01:18:26 PM »
I'm going to watch The Last Waltz fir the umpteenth time.

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Fender Basses / New Fenders coming. Tele Bass, Comp Mustang and
« on: July 27, 2023, 02:28:56 AM »
I can't share anything but some Fender news was leaked. This fall some nice new models will hit the market as the Vintera II series. Besides a '60s J and '50s and '60s P there will be:

- A Vintera II Bass VI in  Lake Placid Blue and Fiesta Red

- A Tele Bass with Wide Range Humbucker in Vintage White and Surf Green

- A Competition Mustang with lollipops in Competition Orange and Competition Burgundy (so yes, that's blue!)

All Vintera's come wioth a Gigbag. Prices around 11/1200 euros, which will be the dollar price too, I guess.


There will also be a new acoustic bass, and some P-style bass ukes (hollow)

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The Bass Zone / IM John Giblin
« on: May 16, 2023, 12:29:30 AM »
I only found this Dutch obituary yet, but he played with Kate Bush, Simple Minds, Phil Collins (In The Air Tonight), Elton John, Eric Clapton, Eros Ramazzotti, Paul McCartney, Donovan, Mark Knopfler, George Martin, Sting, Wendell Richardson, Joan Armatrading, David Arnold, Richard Ashcroft, Big Dish, Colin Blunstone, Elkie Brooks, Duncan Browne, Sarah Brightman, Chris De Burgh, Exile, Roberta Flack, Al Green, Steve Harley and Natalie Imbrugli


https://www.progwereld.org/nieuws/schotse-bassist-john-giblin-overleden/

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The Bass Zone / Maneskin
« on: March 01, 2023, 03:20:50 AM »
I was at the Maneskin concert in Amsterdam last Monday - no, unfortunately no interview for the mag, we've been trying for years - and I was very surprised and pleased. And Victoria has a new fan.

Let me be realistic and also mention the cons. There are some songs that are similar, there are some riffs 'borrowed' from well-known songs, playing your hit twice with the same kneel and jump moment with the audience is a bit too much, and how often can you adopt certain rock poses and spontaneously walk into the audience? I briefly thought of The Darkness' first performance in NL in the Melkweg, with catsuits, rock poses and where, despite the Spinal Tap content, I also watched with a big grin.

What I particularly liked was that there was just a singer, bassist, guitarist and drummer on stage. The Who has two keyboardists and an extra guitarist with them, Muse has an extra guy. But now nothing, no pre-recorded tracks, no guest musicians, no extra keyboardist whether behind the scenes or not. Just four people, a drum kit, two Ampegs, two Marshalls, a couple of relic Fenders, a wah pedal and Victoria with three different Longhorns and a Dano DC. I do think her fuzz was kicked on for her, though.

A lot of songs are carried by bass riffs and she can do that. Minutes of playing a repetative riff, with some guitar over it. Nice runs, nice high notes, nice melodies. She has a lovely fat bass sound, lots of fuzz and she really carries the band with that thick layer of bass and melody and despite all the poses, sprints across the stage, dives into the audience and two hours of playing, I think I heard her miss exactly one note and at that moment she was on top of the audience. Props! Truly a machine, in the good sense of the word.

The guitarist was also convincing. Besides playing sone good solos, he did a song with a talkbox, one with an ebow, he built up a long solo with a loop station.

Otherwise, it was a good show, with a small acoustic stage in the back of the Ziggo Dome (sold out, 17.500 people) for a couple of songs. A moving light-rig, dropping down for a more intimate atmosphere, real fire at a song, the singer shining on the guitarist with a portable light system, giving you that 60s/70s atmosphere. They have a lot of good songs, the outfits were good and I repeat now: I thought it was especially cool that it was so pure and energetic, with just amps on stage. The audience was relatively very young and that anno '23 bands like this attract and encourage young people and that they just see a real rock band. I already know girls who started playing bass because of this band. I had a very good time for two hours with that very audible bass!

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Fender Basses / Fender GoldFoil
« on: February 03, 2023, 01:14:24 AM »
First I thought: No, just no. After a week I thought: quite interesting, and now I like it a lot! Bindings, but no blocks, lollipops, matching headstock, one pickup. The blue one that is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcMPEKLSo4w&t=1s

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