Bass Gear

Explore the custom Lieber Spider Grinder Folk Bass built for Stanley Clarke’s 70th birthday, featuring carbon fiber construction, ornate inlays, and Fishman electronics.

Sushi Box FX has introduced the Mayday, a clean tube preamp pedal featuring a 12AU7 tube, active four-band EQ, and transformer-coupled XLR D.I. output.

Sterling by Music Man and Vulfpeck bassist Joe Dart have unveiled the 2026 Crop basses, including the returning Joe Dart I and new Joe Dart Vision.

Rickenbacker reveals a custom 4000V bass built for Geddy Lee ahead of Rush’s reunion tour, featuring vintage specs, unique finishes, and classic pickups.

FruitFX Pedals has introduced the Space Cube, a hand-assembled fuzz pedal that combines square-wave fuzz with a PLL for synth-like tones.

D’Metri Bass Guitars is a new company that is based in Chicago, Illinois. This new company has built its first United States built bass, a headless model HJJ 21-5. The model name is derived from the fact that both pickups are jazz type pickups; the neck has 21 frets; the reviewed bass is a five string tuned BEADG. As a...

Panda Audio has released the Future Impact V4.5 firmware update, adding 99 DX7 FM presets, Setlist mode, and a new Zero Latency pitch tracking option.

Neural DSP has introduced Darkglass Ultimate, a revamped bass plugin that expands Darkglass Ultra into a complete studio-ready rig.

Walrus Audio has introduced the Highpoint Analog Optical Compressor, a new Monarch series pedal with sidechain high-pass filtering, parallel compression, and ±15V internal operation.

Darkglass Electronics has launched the Anagram Marketplace, adding third-party plugins, amp sims, and creative tools to its multi-effects platform.

Sunn Amps has launched the Beta Mini, a 200-watt compact amp head with dual channels, analog MOSFET design, and bass/guitar voicing for just 3.9 pounds.

This week’s Bass of the Week is a five-string Serek Midwestern 2 with a 32-inch scale, mahogany build, ebony fingerboard, and Nordstrand Zen Blades.