Archive for June 2022 - Page 5

Genzler Amplification’s lineup of bass pedals has grown again with the Crash Box 4, which they call a classic bass distortion. The all-analog is described as picking up where their last release, the 4 On The Floor, left off.

Snarky Puppy has a new album coming in September, and they shared this video to help build the excitement. “Trinity” was written by Mark Lettieri, and it grooves.

Tony Levin recently wrapped up a tour with The Stick Men, and now he’s heading back out on the road with his brother Pete with their band The Levin Brothers. The bassist and pianist will be joined by Aly Ryerson on flute and Jeff Siegel on drums.

My favorite basses we feature in this column have a story to them, and this one is no different. Joe Sheil wrote to us to share his newest instrument and the background to its creation.

The dynamic duo is back. Evan Marien and Dana Hawkins have a new album dropping later this year, and they’ve shared a video for one of the tunes. “Ultima” features Plini on guitar.

Jackson has expanded their JS Series of Spectra basses with the JS2P, the JS3, and the JS3V. Each of the basses has the Spectra off-set body shape made from poplar.

Here’s a super funky performance of Rebecca Johnson and her band performing a couple of days ago. In this clip, they get down on “I Feel Good”. As usual, her ability to sing and play at the same time is impressive.

This week’s top 10 reader favorites had a healthy dose of bass gear, thanks to the NAMM Show. Readers also enjoyed Ryan Madora’s latest “Keep It Groovy” lesson, celebrating Tony Levin’s birthday, and more.

DSM Humboldt has expanded their product line with the ClearComp 1078 Dynamic Threshold Compressor. The pedal’s topology is a new design that adjusts the threshold on the fly.

Mr. Big’s celebrated the 30th anniversary of the release of “Lean Into It” last year. Billy Sheehan decided to take this trip down memory lane, performing along to “Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy”.

During the recording of 2019’s “The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music”, Matt Geraghty worked with talented musicians from Peru. Now Geraghty has teamed up with one of those artists to release a new duo album, “Afro-Andean Funk”.

This year’s NAMM Show was moved from January to June and wrapped on Sunday. While it takes us time to publish all the bass gear news from the show, we’re kicking things off with this roundup of what we’ve covered so far.