{"id":9325,"date":"2016-08-03T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=9325"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:54:29","slug":"bass-player-of-the-week-rohan-drew-the-man-who-will-play-bass-anywhere-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/interviews\/bass-player-of-the-week-rohan-drew-the-man-who-will-play-bass-anywhere-literally.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass Player of the Week] Rohan Drew (the man who will play bass anywhere, literally)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinarily we don&#8217;t start bassist of the week articles with videos, but this is an exception and you&#8217;ll understand why right now.<\/p>\n<p>Rohan, who is from Melbourne, Australia, has played bass at the lake:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bj2bUmvgbgM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and on the beach (several times):<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAKIB2_0wcY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and in the rainforest:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uCHDuJ8GQ-s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and on a wind farm:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RopYfgauDRs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and on the bus:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKcNUJbDwJE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So yeah, we had to interview this guy.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Rohan had to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the main bass guitar that you play, how long have you owned it and is it a stock or custom instrument?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The main bass I play is an old Yamaha RBX375A five string from the 90&#8217;s. I picked it up secondhand about 16 years ago. It&#8217;s a stock instrument, haven&#8217;t felt the need to make any changes to it, plays really well and sounds pretty good. I&#8217;ve bought a couple of other basses since then, but I always seem to gravitate back to the trusty old yammy five string!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is your normal process for recording yourself playing bass outside?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I keep it nice and simple to record the bass outside, just a GoPro Hero Session4 clamped onto the headstock of the bass. I picked up a little MICRO CUBE bass amp which runs on 6 x AA batteries, so I can play electric bass just about anywhere. Before that I had a speaker backpack and an EQ pedal for a bit level boost. The micro cube sounds much better that the old setup!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How many places have you been to record the bass outside, and where were the locations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gone out to more than 20 places to film so far. A few in and around my hometown Melbourne Australia &amp; a few journeys further afield to the Lakes, Beaches &amp; wind farms in East Gippsland Victoria. There was also a lovely trip up and down the east coast of Tasmania with bass in tow, looking for buenas vistas. Lots of lovely scenery down there!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Do you always take the same bass to record outside with?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a few different basses to choose from, a customised Yamaha RBX260, the cheapest bass I own, but it plays so well! The Spector Classic 6 gets a run sometimes, as does the old Ibanez acoustic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Have you ever had a bass damaged while recording video of it outside?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Nope, haven&#8217;t had any incidents while recording outside, hope to keep it that way! Touch (rose)wood!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What was the most dangerous (or most challenging) location to play and record the bass in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The most dangerous spot might have been down in Tasmania on the Freycinet Peninsula, a view over the spectacular Wine Glass bay, it was a tad rainy and slippery, almost ended up down in the drink with a muddy bass!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is the most-customized (or custom built) bass you own?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m just in the process to reviving my first bass, it&#8217;s a de-fretted Aria Pro II from the late 80&#8217;s. I&#8217;m replacing the old Aria pickups with a new SD Quarter Pound set &amp; re-coating the fingerboard to give the old bass a new life. Can wait to take it out for a run in the sun. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can check out Rohan&#8217;s other videos on YouTube at <a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/robob36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/robob36\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/robob36<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Would <em>you<\/em> like to be a featured bass player? <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/featured-player\">Submit your entry here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinarily we don&#8217;t start bassist of the week articles with videos, but this is an exception and you&#8217;ll understand why right now. Rohan, who is from Melbourne, Australia, has played bass at the lake: &#8230;and on the beach (several times): &#8230;and in the rainforest: &#8230;and on a wind farm: &#8230;and on the bus: So yeah, &#8230; <a title=\"[Bass Player of the Week] Rohan Drew (the man who will play bass anywhere, literally)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/interviews\/bass-player-of-the-week-rohan-drew-the-man-who-will-play-bass-anywhere-literally.html\" aria-label=\"More on [Bass Player of the Week] Rohan Drew (the man who will play bass anywhere, literally)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}