Stray Cats bassist does his thing at the Ampeg booth at NAMM.

The videos are starting to show up for Winter NAMM. Here’s a fun jam from the King Bass booth.

Winter NAMM is a done deal. Here are a few of the announcements we’ve found.

Marshall launched two new bass amps, the MB Series

Behringer launched two new Ultrabass bass amp heads, the ULTRABASS BVT5500H and the ULTRABASS BVT4500H.

Ampeg announces two new BA300 and BA600 bass combo amps.

Line 6, Inc. announced Bass Floor POD, the latest addition to the POD line of products. Bass Floor POD can be used as a front-end multi-effects/tone pedal for an amp, a direct to PA and recording solution, or with headphones.

“For the bass player, having professional bass tone usually requires a lot of extremely heavy, and often very expensive gear,” explained Rich Renken, Product Manager, Line 6. “With Bass Floor POD, a legacy of pro sounds are built into an extremely portable pedalboard that can be taken anywhere.” Inside Bass Floor POD live 5 bass amp models and a synth, pulled directly from the best-selling LowDown bass amp line.

And I was worried about moving to five…

Jaco Pastorius: The Early Years Recordings is out. Dubbed as “The Prequel To Jaco’s Solo Debut”, this new release is the music-only version of the 2002 Portrait of Jaco box set, featuring recently discovered early years recordings and compositions of the late, great bass player.

The Early Years Recordings is available at CDbaby.