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TalkBass member "bassiscoolae", a double bassist currently completing her Masters Degree with Lawrence Hurst at Indiana University, has developed and is now selling a custom stool cover for double bassists. The "ButtCradle" is made with high quality, high density foam with a special attachment for optimal comfort of the front right edge, which otherwise can be chronically uncomfortable. The slanted design helps the player sit more naturally forward. Drawstring top allows for easy removal for use with different stools, or other colored covers.
Designed for a 13” stool top (most typical wooden stools), but also available for larger stools (pricing upon request). Black is standard, but custom colors and patterns are available upon request. Additional cost may apply.
The UK’s biggest public guitar show is back and boy do we have a line-up to get your fingers itching and jaw dropping.... we have none other than the guitar god himself Joe Satriani playing live at the London Guitar show. Combine that with performances from Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and the premier live performance of “C3” featuring undisputed guitar greats Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Greg Howe and you’ve got a guitar show you can’t miss.
The London Guitar Show is part of the UK’s Biggest Music exhibition, The London International Music show. It takes place at www.excel-london.co.uk/, now firmly established as one of the UK’s premier (and largest) exhibition venues. Located in the heart of London's Docklands, ExCeL is set within a stunning waterfront environment in the dynamic and thriving Docklands and just across the water from The O2 arena. There’s easy access to ExCeL via the Docklands Light Railway/ Jubilee Line and easy road access from the M25, M11, A406, A13 plus there’s plenty on site parking. For international visitors ExCel is situated next to http://www.londoncityairport.com/ and is five minutes taxi journey away.
Velvet Strings, the Swiss Double Bass strings maker is proud to present their newest string, Velvet Blue. The Blue is the first Velvet string that doesn’t have a silk core, instead having a synthetic core that took almost 2 years to develop. "We wanted to make a more affordable string that still sounds like a Velvet, following the philosophy of the other Velvet strings: great articulation, big volume and sustain and equal tension on all 4 strings. The Blue has it all, it’s a bit brighter than the silk cousins, but offers a fast response with a great articulation and nice volume. This is a string with a student price but with a professional sound."
"After 15 years of the company existence, we are proud to offer a Velvet String with a great sound at a mainstream price, entering into a market, where price calculation is an issue."
New York, NY—Aguilar Amplification is pleased to announce that their new, DB 285 JC cabinet is now shipping. The DB 285 JC was designed with legendary Hot Tuna/Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady who was looking for a portable cabinet that would reproduce the dynamics and articulation in his playing. Aguilar CEO Dave Boonshoft worked closely with Jack to get just the right blend of deep bass, accurate midrange, and smooth treble. The result of their collaboration is the "Little Jack"; a cabinet that is perfect for any bassist who wants big studio quality sound in a package that is easy to get around.
The powerful cabinet handles 300 watts RMS into 4 ohms and houses two 8" cast frame woofers and one 6.5" midrange driver for a full range of tones. With a wide frequency response and a sensitivity rating of 95 dB 1W 1m, the DB 285 JC is designed to pick up subtle nuances in your playing style.
The Aguilar DB 285 JC is available at Aguilar dealers worldwide and carries a US MSRP of $849.00.
The NS-2JA-R is a limited edition bass made in our Czech factory. This is areissue of our USA made NS-2JA from 1983 and features our world famous original Spector NS curved body design, since 1977, and our NS-2JA originaldeep inset neck pocket design.
Other features include a maple body, chrome hardware (Leo Quan bridge,Schaller tuners) and EMG active J pickups with EMG BT active tone controls.
Available in high gloss finishes: solid white, solid black, and natural gloss. Natural Gloss includes a figured maple top. No more than 83 of each finish will be produced. MSRP $2099.00, plus optional case or gigbag.
Trip Wamsley will be holding a bass clinic on Wednesday, April 30th at 7PM at Atlanta Institute of Music (2875 Breckinridge Blvd., Suite 700, Duluth, GA 30096). The clinic is free admission and open to the public. All ages and skill levels are welcome.
Since 1988 he has been with many bands of all different syles. From pop-rock, to Funk and R&B and Zydeco he has been working consistently. He is now back to being a solo artist. He studied with Michael Manring in 1991 and 1992, which was an experience Trip says consisted of scathing invective and brutal honesty. Trip credits Michael with the phrase "...be deep wide awake and slow...". We can relate. Recent live appearances include dates with Steve Lawson, Michael Manring and Bass Quake 2003 and 2004 and many other bass festivals in the US and abroad.
On Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:30PM, Bernhard Lackner will hold a clinic at Atlanta Bass Gallery (814 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30318). Lackner will be performing with a full band. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
Austrian bass player Bernhard Lackner, now in his mid twenties, has played and recorded with artists including Mino Cinelu, Chester Thomspon, Adam Holzman, Marco Minnemann, Thomas Kugi, Adam Nitti, Trip Wamsley, Scott Bernard, Florian Bramböck, Steve Cunningham, Christian Wegscheider, Blair Masters, Franz Hackl, Jeff Coffin, Derico Watson, performed for Red Bull at their Hangar 7 in Salzburg(Austria), at the Euro Bass Day (Italy), at the Outreach Jazz Festival (Austria), at the Noibassisti Bass Festival (Italy), at the BassUp! event Atlanta. In July 2006 Lackner released his debut album "those days". Currently living in Nashville, Lackner works as a solo artist, clinician for La Bella Strings, and sideman for different artists.
Since 1998 when I started TalkBass, I've been its sole employee. As forum administrator, IT guy, marketing dept, accountant, etc, this job has been very dynamic and always a challenge, and always rewarding seeing TB grow. But lately, as we've grown to such a huge community, I've become frustrated with myself - I have a lot of projects that I want to do for TalkBass, but never seem to get done. We've got a ton of really great moderators, but each mod has been a 'direct report' to me - that is, I handled all issues that escalated or required a second opinion, all policy decisions, all user complaints, customer service, etc. I feel lately that I've become the owner of a 'job' and not the owner of a 'business' - that is to say that TalkBass as a business has very little leadership and long term development planning, with its owner bogged down in day-to-day operations. And, as a bassist, I've felt that my life has become too unbalanced, with my music/practice time available decreasing to almost nothing.
In February I made up my mind: that it is in the best interest of TalkBass, if I start to delegate authority. It's a tough thing to do - I feel like this is "my baby" - and I'm sure many other small business owners here can relate. But I'm very fortunate, that I have over many years worked with and gotten to know such a fantastic core of volunteer moderators. Many of these guys have had my back for years, and have made it very easy for me to make this transition free of worry.
So, I'm very pleased to announce today that John Turner, Chris Fitzgerald, and David Wilson have been promoted to the role of Forum Administrator. They will from now on, form a 3-member staff panel that will have a major influence on TB Forum policy, a primary role in incident resolution, and customer service issues. I will still be around the forums, and may chime in from time to time, but for the most part I have given these three authority to act as I have previously for so many years. While issues escalated above moderators always used to be "Ask Paul", you'll now have a much more involved, responsive staff to consult with. Just hit the "contact us" link in the footer of any forum page, to contact the forum administration. A friendly reminder to all: While we do not allow the public discussion of moderation decisions, if you ever wish to voice a mod complaint, hit that 'contact us' link and we will seriously weigh your thoughts.
I'm really looking forward to my new job as well - I have a lot of projects I'd like to see done here, and I'm very excited about what TalkBass could be, going forward And I'm really looking forward to having the time to do it! Thanks to every TB member, it's you who continue to make TalkBass THE best forum community on the web, and a big thanks to all of our supporting members for their incredible financial support. A very special thanks to our current forum moderators, who do so much work every day for this community as volunteers. And lastly thanks to John, Chris, and David for stepping up to this new role - I'm looking forward to working with you all.
New York based, Canadian born bass player Chris Tarry has won a Juno, Canada's most prestigious music award. Chris won in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album of the year for his latest release "Almost Certainly Dreaming." You can listen to and download this album directly from his new website, http://www.christarry.com
