Bass Gear Roundup: The Top 10 Gear Stories in November 2024

KLOS Guitars launched their first bass back in 2021 with the Apollo. Now, the company has expanded its low-end lineup with the Apollo Custom lineup. The series features a wooden body with a carbon fiber neck in four-, five-, and six-string models.

Ernie Ball Music Man has refreshed the John Myung Artist Series Bongo 6 bass with two new finishes: Midnight Blue and Sunset Orange. The six-string bass, exclusive to the Ernie Ball Music Man Vault, was designed by the player himself and originally introduced in 2020.

Brubaker Guitars has launched the NBS Headless Bass Series, a line of four- and five-string basses available in both 34-inch and 30-inch scales.

Dunable Guitars has collaborated with High on Fire bassist Jeff Matz once again for a new version of his signature bass. The JM5 is the fifth bass in the series and offers further refinements to the design.

Tiny Tone has teamed up with Bartolini to introduce the TCT Stompbox, which puts Bartolini’s legendary on-board bass preamp from the ’80s into a pedal format.

Harley Benton has unveiled a new compact and mobile bass amp. The 10-watt JAMster Bass is fitted with a custom-voiced 5-inch speaker and is “designed specifically for low-end tones, perfect for the mobile bassist.”

HeadRush has expanded its line of products with three new tools for bassists and guitarists: the Flex Prime multi-effects processor, FRFR Go portable amplifier, and the ReValver Amp Cloner.

Late last year, Mission Engineering and Fender announced the return of Sunn Amplifiers. They’ve re-issued some of their most popular amps and now they’ve introduced a new cabinet called the DoomBox.

In addition to refreshing John Myung’s Bongo 6 bass, Ernie Ball Music Man has announced new finishes for the Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay.

Lusithand Devices has updated another of its products with the Ground & Pound MKII. The new stompbox “greatly improves” on the original, they say, by adding two modes that can be toggled with a mini switch.