Bass Gear Roundup: The Top Gear Stories in October 2014
Half of the top 10 No Treble reader favorite gear stories for the month featured new basses. That, plus a few pedals, amps and accessories make up the top bass gear stories for October, 2014.
As always, this list comes with a warning: may cause G.A.S.
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1. Fender Adam Clayton Signature Jazz Bass
U2 bassist Adam Clayton has teamed up with Fender to create a new signature bass. The veteran rocker’s new axe is take on his 1965 Sherwood Green Jazz with a few tweaks and without the beat up look of his original…
2. Jackson Steel Guitar Company SlideKing Bass
Here’s something you’ve probably never seen. The Jackson Steel Guitar Company has introduced the SlideKing Bass, an instrument that blends a bass guitar with a pedal steel guitar…
3. Gibson 2015 Thunderbird and SG Standard Basses
Next year will see the revamp of two classic Gibson basses including the SG Standard and Thunderbird bass models. Each of the basses will retain many of their features with improvements…
4. Laurus Federico Malaman Signature Quasar Bass
Federico Malaman has been impressing us with his playing for years. Now he’s teamed up with Laurus to create the new Federico Malaman Signature Quasar Bass…
5. Vox amPlug G2 Bass Headphone Amplifier
Vox has upgraded their amPlug line of headphone amplifiers including a bass-specific version. The amPlug G2 Bass plugs into your bass’s output jack and allows you to plug in headphones for silent practicing…
6. Alusonic ALU112 Aluminum Bass Cabinets
The aluminum specialists at Alusonic are getting into the bass cabinet world with the ALU112, a cabinet housed in an aircraft grade aluminum hardshell…
7. TC Electronic BH550 and BH800 Bass Amps
TC Electronic has expanded their line of micro bass amplifier heads with the BH550 and BH800. In addition to increased power, the new amps step things up a notch with an expanded EQ section and dual switchable Toneprint effect locations…
8. Höfner Limited Edition Eco Violin Basses
A classic bass is getting a limited edition contemporary makeover. Höfner has announced two new versions of their German-built Violin Bass featuring composite material in place of their typically rosewood fingerboards…
9. Keeley Electronics Bassist Compressor Pedal
After introducing it at the NAMM show this year, Keeley Electronics is now readying to ship the Bassist Compressor. The pedal is described as an affordable studio-grade dbx compressor in stompbox format…
10. Creation Audio Labs Grizzly Bass Pedal
Creation Audio Labs has unleashed the Grizzly Bass pedal, which combines boost, overdrive/distortion, and tone shaping effects. The company says it is like a tube preamp without the tubes…