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Celebrated Bassist Mike Downes to Release Debut Solo Album
The multiple Juno Award winner’s album ‘Mind Mirrors’ will be released on September 16th, 2022
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Modern Vintage Guitars Unveil the MVJ5-Series of 5-String Bass Guitars
Modern Vintage instruments reach back into the classic guitar and bass designs, but add improvements and updates that affect the usability of each bass
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Khruangbin & Vieux Farka Touré Announce LP Honoring Malian Guitar Legend Ali Farka Touré
Out September 23rd, the music pays homage to Ali by recreating some of his most resonant work and experimenting with different sounds
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William Parker To Release Monumental Archival Set “Universal Tonality”
Featuring A Once-in-a-Lifetime Assembly of Creative Music Luminaries and Legends
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Carvin Announces the New BX1 Bass Preamp Pedal
Lightweight, compact design, bullet-proof construction and a list of indispensable features assure the BX1 will be the heart of your tone for years to come
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Sandberg Guitars Teams Up With BassTheWorld.com For New Bass Series
The new series will come in Tobacco Sunburst or Black Matte, with creme pickup covers
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Fodera Unveils the Ryan Martinie “Blondie” Standard Signature Bass
This model retains the hallmark features of Fodera while accommodating the needs of a player as technical and progressive as Ryan
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Jimmy Haslip Joins Barry Coates and Jerry Kalaf on Trio Album ‘New Dreams’
Whether touching on the pensive or the cognitive, the album fires on all cylinders by three top-shelf players
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Ashdown Engineering Unveils the LB-30 2.N Bass Head
New Ashdown LB-30 2.N bass head combines traditional tube tone with a range of mic’d cabinet emulations
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The Wood Brothers Announce Fall Tour Dates
The Grammy Award-nominated trio just finished tracking their eighth studio album
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Nate Smith and KINFOLK Announce Mix at Six Series Performance at Harris Theater
Smith and his band, featuring bassist Fima Ephron, will take the stage as part of the special series based in Chicago
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Chris Wyse Announces New Solo Album, Releases Single
“Black Owl” is the first track from the rocker’s upcoming solo album ‘Wyse’
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Lake Street Dive Announce New EP ‘Fun Machine: The Sequel’
New 6-Track Covers EP featuring Songs by The Pointer Sisters, Dionne Warwick, Shania Twain, Carole King, The Cranberries and Bonnie Raitt
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Blu DeTiger And Biig Piig Share New Single “Crash Course” (Listen)
The track features exhilarating electronic effects and a mesmerizing bass line from Blu, who produced it along with Oscar Scheller
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Trickfish Amplification Unveils the Internal Pre Amp (IPA)
The simple plug connections allow for the addition of 2 or 3 bands of active EQ to your instrument without the need to solder
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Silversun Pickups Announce New Album ‘Physical Thrills’
Silversun Pickups’ forthcoming 6th studio album, produced by Butch Vig, will be released on August 19th
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Chicago Music Exchange Launches the CME Mobile App
Buy, sell, trade, and browse listings from Chicago Music Exchange’s entire gear collection—plus, be the first to hear about new products
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Sign Up For the Bass Solo Competition at Bass Bash 2022 to Win Huge Prizes!
You could win a Spector bass, a Darkglass Electronics E500 head or an Aguilar DB pedal
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Peter Hook & The Light Announces ‘Joy Division: A Celebration’ North America Tour
At some twenty-six dates, the tour takes place across five weeks as the band performs Joy Division’s seminal two albums
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Rex Brown of Pantera Partners with Gibson for Signature Thunderbird Bass
Rex worked closely with Gibson luthiers for two-and-a-half years to create the Thunderbird bass that can fulfill any level of a player’s ability
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Tye Tribbett Announces New Album ‘All Things New’ with Thaddaeus Tribbett on Bass
Grammy-Winning Tye Tribbett Carves Out New Landscape for Gospel with Latest Genre-Melding Album
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Bass Bash Announces 2022 Artists & Clinicians For Chicago Event July 23rd and 24th
Living Colour, Tim Lefebvre & Nate Smith, Darrick Bennett, Ian Martin Allison, April Kae, and many others will be appearing at Reggie’s Chicago for Bass Bash 2022
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Brooklyn Comes Alive Returns With Medeski Martin & Wood, STS9, Lettuce & Cool Cool Cool
The one-day festival brings together the best of live music––across jazz, jam and funk––for unforgettable collaborations
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Baum Guitars Unveils the Seye Adelekan Signature Model Thunder Bass
A pink signature bass crafted for the charismatic low frequency slinger to extend and express his thunderous energy on stage
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The Dead Daisies Announce Fall US Tour
The band have been busy radiating some heat in the EU playing with the likes of Judas Priest, Foreigner and on some major Festival dates
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Khruangbin Covers Booker T. & the M.G.’s Iconic “Green Onions”
Khruangbin and Quantic’s take on the track is serene and celebrates the song’s 60th anniversary
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Scott’s Bass Lessons Launch Bass Space 2022
Your ultimate excuse to unpack every piece of gear you have, dust off and shine those bass guitars and block out your calendars for a 3 day deep-dive of low-end
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Markbass Stages its Second Revolution: MB58R
The new series includes a dazzling array of 20 new cabinets, 8 combos, and two new heads
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Markbass Introduces New Revolutionary Line of Amplifiers With Their MB58R Series
Amazingly lightweight, 100% recyclable, and packed full of power, the new Markbass MB58R series of amps and cabinets is once again changing the game
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Danny Elfman Releases ‘Bigger. Messier.’ Remix Album With the Help of Stu Brooks
With the help of his collaborators Stu Brooks & Berit Gwendolyn Gilma, Elfman enlisted a variety of artists he admires
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Way Huge Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Compact Edition of Red Llama Overdrive
Sporting a Smalls enclosure, the MKIII conjures all the warm goodness of the original
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Tronsmart Celebrates 9th Anniversary and Gives out Superb Gifts
Before the carnival begins, Tronsmart announced that it would hold a super anniversary sale and offer presents to participants
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Unique Hellfest Ashes Ceremony Memorializes Lemmy Kilmister Forever
The first international memorialization of Motörhead’s Ian “Lemmy” Kilmisteron June 23 at Hellfest in Clisson, France delights tens of thousands
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Bass Legends Ron Carter, Christian McBride Among DC JazzFest Headliners
Taking place from August 31st through September 4th with DC JazzFest at The Wharf on September 3-4, over Labor Day Weekend
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Pearl Jam Releases Gigaton Tour Edition
Physical Version Available Exclusively At Independent Record Stores
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BITE Guitars Unveil the Wherever-I-Lay-My-Hat Fretless Bass
This is a fretless bass paying tribute to the eponymous no. 1 hit by Paul Young, a 1983 cover of the original 1962 Marvin Gaye classic
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Hellway Patrol Releases Single and Music Video for “Ride and Ride Again”
Their album ‘All Myth Shall Fall’ will be released on August 5th, 2022
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Ozzy Osbourne Announces New Album Featuring Robert Trujillo, Duff McKagan & Chris Chaney
‘Patient Number 9’ will be released on September 9th, 2022
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Freekbass to Perform National Anthem at Crew Major League Soccer Game
TQL Stadium before the FC Cincinnati vs. Columbus Crew Major League Soccer game on Saturday, August 27, 2022
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King’s X Release New Single “Let It Rain” (Listen)
From their first full-length studio offering in 14 years, ‘Three Sides of One’
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Domi & JD Beck Announce Debut Album ‘Not Tight’
The album features Thundercat, Anderson .Paak, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Herbie Hancock, Mac DeMarco, and more
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The Mars Volta Release New Single Featuring Original Bassist Eva Gardner
“Blacklight Shine” is the band’s first new single in 10 years
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Fender Unveils New Audio Classic Series Portable Speakers
Building On Its Sonic Legacy, Fender Introduces All-New Professional and Personal Experience To, Deliver Detail, Energy Comfort and Quality Audio
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Fender Unveils New Audio In-Ear and Earphone Collections
Building On Its Sonic Legacy, Fender Introduces All-New Professional and Personal Experience To, Deliver Detail, Energy Comfort and Quality Audio
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Bassist and Composer Harish Raghavan Announces New Album ‘In Tense’
Raghavan has forged an impressive reputation through his work with the likes of Ambrose Akinmusire, Kurt Elling, Taylor Eigsti, Vijay Iyer, and Charles Lloyd
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Megadeth Announces New Album ‘The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!’
Steve DiGiorgio temporarily stepped in to record the album until James LoMenzo rejoined the Megadeth family as the permanent bass player
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Gorillaz Release New Single “Cracker Island” With Thundercat (Listen)
An energetic, upbeat firecracker from Murdoc, Noodle, Russel and 2D featuring the virtuosic bassist
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Combinator Releases New Album ‘re//combinator’
Combinator is the one-of-a-kind creation of Sean Fairchild, who handles bass, vocals, synth and programming duties
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Joe Perry Announces Upcoming Shows With Chris Wyse on Bass
These performances mark the first solo shows for PERRY in more than four years
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Phil Chen Celebration of Life Memorial to Livestream on June 27th
The beloved bassist passed away in December of 2021
