Weekly Top 10: June 1-7, 2024

Here’s your monthly roundup of the most popular gear stories. This top 10 list is for the bass gear we covered in May 2024.

Charles Berthoud grabbed a fretless bass (and acoustic guitar) for this hauntingly beautiful rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence.”

This week, we’re checking out the Crayfish bass built by Martin Epding of Inverse Guitars. Epding, who first started experimenting with headless designs in 1982, says his basses offer fresh ideas without sacrificing standard features.

In this lesson, we’ll keep it groovy with a classic country bass line. We’re featuring “Jolene” by Dolly Parton and how this relatively easy bass line still requires us to be aware of many musical concepts.

Walrus Audio has introduced four new power supplies to their Canvas series. The models are differentiated by the number of outputs (five, eight, fifteen, or twenty-two) that deliver up to 500mA of isolated, clean 9-volt power.

Funk goddess Nik West is has added a slew of new dates to her “Catch Me If You Can” tour. After her European leg this summer, she'll be covering the Midwest and West Coast supporting songstress Joss Stone.

Back in 2020, Earthquaker Devices and Death By Audio collaborated for a limited edition pedal called the Time Shadows Subharmonic Multi-Delay Resonator. The highly sought-after unit is now back in production with some new features.

Tom Kennedy has returned with a new solo album called “New Start” featuring nine original compositions. The powerhouse jazz fusion bassist is joined by an equally incredible cast of musicians to flesh out his songs.

For the past 15 years, original Sublime members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh have been performing with guitarist Rome Ramirez for a project aptly named Sublime With Rome. That band is winding down to a close with a farewell tour that will not include Gaugh and Wilson. Instead, they’ve returned to the O.G. Sublime format with the late Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob on vocals.

John Ferrara, a bassist and composer, has made a name for himself with his innovative tapping bass playing style and his work with his world fusion band, Consider the Source. He's our guest for the June episode of Groove.