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Carey Nordstrand talks amps, and Fodera headless prototype

At NAMM, we were able to talk with Carey Nordstrand who showed us the new stuff from Nordstrand Audio products, and it was demonstrated with a cool Fodera headless prototype. Will the Nordstrand Audio products become real? According to Carey’s personal blog, yes. According to Carey, NA products should be available later this year. Cool!

How to be a better bass player? Learn the classics

Classical music, that is. The description of the video states, “Fur Elise (Ludwig Van Beethoven) – solo arrangement for bass guitar. For instructional purposes.” Learning classical pieces on the bass guitar is actually a really good way to increase finger strength and getting to know your fretboard (as in where notes are) a lot better. … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Carrigan Scroll

This week’s bass guitar of the week is an “aggressive” 5-string fretless. Buyer Mark Cook had Carrigan Designs custom bass guitars build his bass for him, and he writes: I was interested in having a custom 5 string fretless built. The goal was create a bass with an aggressive edge, but warm sound. The hard … Read more

Blackbird Beatles bass cover

Blackbird by The Beatles is a song known to many. Hearing this played on the bass guitar is amazing. But to hear it being played while singing the song at the same time? Very impressive, considering the timing between the bass and the vocal is different from each other. To put this another way, a … Read more

[Bass of the Week] Anthony Anthony

See the business listing for this bass builder here A short-and-sweet build story for this week’s bass guitar of the week, but still a great build nonetheless! Bass builder Anthony McDonald from Anthonycustombass.com writes: This bass is build Namm advertisement Wood maple, Purple Heart, Mexican ebony ash Elec, pope 18 volts preamp system, active/ passive … Read more

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