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Bergantino Audio Systems Unveils the HG410 Bass Cabinet
Amps

Bergantino Audio Systems Unveils the HG410 Bass Cabinet

Bergantino Audio is one-upping their HG310 bass cabinet at the Winter NAMM Show this year by introducing the HG 410. Weighing in at 47 pounds, the cab fits four 10-inch drivers in the same size as their 212 cab. “The HG410 also offers the benefits of a sealed design, for immediate and accurate bass response, our high quality, Reference tweeter...

Shin-ei Announces the B1G 1 Gain Booster Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Shin-ei Announces the B1G 1 Gain Booster Pedal

Shin-ei has announced the B1G 1, a gain booster pedal that offers up to 30dB of boost. Useful for bass, guitar, and even vocals, the pedal is described as “totally transparent, non tone-coloring, and non tone-sucking.” “Featuring 100% pure, high fidelity, studio-quality boost, the B1G 1 explodes with power, fattens your tone, and sacrifices nothing in the process,” Shin-ei writes....

Tech 21 and dUg Pinnick Team Up For DP-3X Signature Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Tech 21 and dUg Pinnick Team Up For DP-3X Signature Pedal

dUg Pinnick has a new signature pedal from Tech 21 called the DP-3X that will be debuted at the Winter NAMM Show. The unit is a compact adaptation of his Ultra Bass 1000 head from the company, who says that both pieces of gear recreate the sound Pinnick developed in the ’80s that merges high-end distortion with low-end bass. The...

Crazy Tube Circuits Unveils the Locomotive Tube Bass Overdrive Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Crazy Tube Circuits Unveils the Locomotive Tube Bass Overdrive Pedal

Crazy Tube Circuits is expanding their bass effects line with the Locomotive. Debuting at the Winter NAMM Show, the pedal will offer real tube overdrive to players. “[The Locomotive features] a 12AY7 tube for warm organic tube grind with excellent touch sensitivity and dynamic response,” Crazy Tube writes. “We provided a wide range of gain that can produce from a...

Bass of the Week: Moonshine Custom Guitars Rat Rod J Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Moonshine Custom Guitars Rat Rod J Bass

The Daily Funk Club’s Andy Irvine is a guy who knows what he wants in a bass. That’s why he reached out to Rick Wilson of Moonshine Guitars with some specifics in mind. “He contacted me after seeing pics of my bass, he was looking for the feel of a well-played early 60’s Jazz as with the vintage look as...

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Electro-Harmonix Releases Their Most Powerful Loop Station with the 95000
Pedals & Effects

Electro-Harmonix Releases Their Most Powerful Loop Station with the 95000

Electro-Harmonix has pushed their looping pedals to the max with the new 95000 Performance Loop Laboratory. Featuring six mono tracks with one stereo mixdown track per loop, the unit can record up to 375 minutes and 100 loops with a 16GB Micro SD card. The 95000 has MIDI capabilities, and the company says nearly every function of the pedal can...

Yamaha Introduces Flame Maple Models To TRBX Series
Basses

Yamaha Introduces Flame Maple Models To TRBX Series

Yamaha’s TRBX bass series will get two models this year. The company will be unveiling the TRBX604FM and TRBX605FM at the 2018 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Four and five-string basses, respectively, the TRBX604FM and TRBX605FM upgrade the bass’s looks with flame maple tops with matching headstocks. They carry many of the same features of their predecessors with Yamaha...

Schecter Unveils The Apocalypse Bass Series
Basses

Schecter Unveils The Apocalypse Bass Series

Schecter will be rolling out a new line of basses at the Winter NAMM Show called the Apocalypse Bass Series. Designed with “high-end specs and aggressive style,” the company says that the C-4 and C-5 Apocalypse basses pack a punch thanks to their pickups. “[They are] powered by Schecter US Custom Shop Apocalypse Bass Humbucker Pickups,” Schecter explains. “These earth-shaking,...

Fender Reveals American Original Series Including Four New Basses
Basses

Fender Reveals American Original Series Including Four New Basses

Fender will be unveiling the American Original series at the 2018 Winter NAMM Show, including four new basses. The line focuses on recreating instruments from the company’s past while updating them with enhancements. “For more than six decades, Fender’s core models of guitars and basses have developed their own distinct personalities and legions of devoted disciples. Whether it was the...

Fano Guitars Announces the JM4-FB Bass
Basses

Fano Guitars Announces the JM4-FB Bass

Fano Guitars has introduced the JM4-FB bass, and instrument they say is inspired by the classics and redefined by creativity. The model, which will be debuting at the Winter NAMM Show, is based on one of their guitars. “Using the ever-popular JM6 as a springboard, we designed the JM4 Bass to look and feel as though it’s been part of...

Bass of the Week: Dream Studio Guitars Voodoo Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Dream Studio Guitars Voodoo Bass

This week we’re checking out the Voodoo Bass from Dream Studio Guitars. Created as a signature model for Jorge Casillas of the Voodoo Glow Skulls, the bass brings old-school tone with a more futuristic body. “No Active Pick Ups, no Ebony Neck; this is old school bass here,” Dream Studios writes. “Maple Neck, Maple Fretboard, and some good old vintage...

EvenMidi Updates H9 MIDI Controller
Pedals & Effects

EvenMidi Updates H9 MIDI Controller

EvenMidi has updated their H9 MIDI controller with a host of new features. Designed for the Eventide H9 as well as other devices, the unit offers control of up to four devices simultaneously or switching from one to the other. It has nine banks of three presets for a total of 27 presets that can be customized. It works with...