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Bass Gear

GearWatch: Neverkink Cable Clip

GuitarGuard has released a new product to help you keep your cables organized on your instrument: the Neverkind Cable Clip. NeverKink CableClip allows for secure control of your guitar and bass cables — on stage or off — at a suggested retail price of under $3.00. You can even get your band’s name or logo imprinted on the device. The...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: JamHub

How many times have you had a volume war during practice? Ever wish you could control the levels for each instrument? JamHub, “the silent rehearsal studio,” looks to give you that control. JamHub made it’s first appearance at this year’s Summer NAMM and is getting a lot of attention for good reason. Steve Skillings, JamHub inventor and CEO, says it...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Carvin BX1200

Carvin has delivered yet again with the BX1200 bass amplifier. The BX1200 pumps out 1200 watts at 4 ohms and remains free of distortion with it’s class A preamps. The BX1200 also has extensive equalization features, giving you total control over the shape and feel of your tone. The BX1200 also includes a bi-amp crossover system for feeding the dual...

Events

First Annual Nashville Amp Expo

Creation labs has announced the dates for the First Annual Nashville Amp Expo. It will take place August 22-23, 2009, at the Hyatt Place hotel in Brentwood, Tennessee (Brentwood is a few miles south of Nashville). From the press-release: “The first annual Nashville Amp Expo will offer musicians of all levels, as well as engineers, producers, and, of course, weekend...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Epifani PS1000 and PS400

Epifani has released new additions to their performance series amplifiers, the PS1000 and PS400. It will be available for shipping on July 29th 2009. Epifani started as a creator of custom bass cabinets. It was not long before they moved into amplifier production and were pioneers in digital amps, working on them as early as 1999 with the first production...

Bass Gear

NAMM Watch: Fender’s product highlights

Fender Musical Instruments is presenting a wide range of basses and bass gear at the Summer NAMM show. Basses Geddy Lee Jazz Bass Standard Jazz Bass V Bass Accessories Sub-Lime Bass Fuzz Pedal Bass Amps 115 Pro Cabinet Bassman TV Ten Bassman TV Twelve Bassman TV 15 Bassman TV Duo Ten For more information, visit Fender.com.

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: AmpliTube Fender

IK Multimedia and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation have announced the release of AmpliTube Fender version 1.1, a free downloadable update for all registered users of AmpliTube Fender and available for purchase by new users. AmpliTube Fender is a guitar/bass effects suite that allows you to get real Fender sounds into your computer for recording. So what’s new in version 1.1?...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Enigma Q-Balls

Electro-Harmonix has announced the release of their first analog filter designed specifically for bass: the Enigma Q-balls. The Enigma has a frequency range of 40 Hz to 3 kHz able to define tight sweeps through the entire harmonic range. The Engima includes analog distrotion with controls to give let you shape the growl any way you want. The feature list...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: ToneGear String Cleaner

ToneGear, winner of “Best in Show” at NAMM 2008, is releasing a new product: The String Cleaner for Bass Guitar. The string cleaner utilizes a patented 360 degree cleansing technique to remove the oils and deposits from your fingers while playing. Untreated these deposits cause oxidative damage to your strings over time and will affect your tone. ToneGear claims that...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: TC Electronic RS410 Released

TC Electronic has announced the release of the RS410 Cabinet. The RS410 features 4×10” speakers (plus high frequency driver) running at 8 Ohm 600W. It also boasts an anti-scratch finish and uses a dual-component ‘anti skid’ surface treatment helps the cabinets hold together when stacked. The guts are rigged up with two high-quality Speakon connectors as well as a heavy...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Eden WTB1000 Bass Head

Eden Electronics has announced the production of a new World Tour Bass head, the WTB1000. The WTB1000 will deliver 2 X 400/600 RMS @ 4 ? with a peak power of 2400 W and weighs in at 26 pounds. From Eden Electronics: ”…includes the footswitchable Tube control of the Navigator, our famed Enhance control, a semi-parametric EQ, as well as...

Bass Gear

New Gear: Bugera BTX 3600 Amplifier

Burgera has released what they claim is “the most powerful bass amplifier in the world.” The 3600 Watt (no, that’s not a typo) bi-amping stereo bass amp has been named The Nuke and boasts the following features: Extremely powerful 3,600-Watt true bi-amping stereo bass amplifier Ultra-flexible 2×1,800-Watt stereo or 3,600-Watt bridged mode Integrated Crossover with dedicated Frequency and Balance controls...