Master bass instructor Jim Stinnett will travel to to Austria in September to present the 2nd Bass Workout Austria in conjunction with Palassar Productions. This 3-day intensive workshop will be presented from September 3-5 at the Carinthian Music Academy, Ossiach.

The event will feature Jim Stinnett and Grant Stinnett as the main faculty, with [...]

I have been a Mike Inez fan for a very long time. Mike was born on May 14, 1966 (Happy belated Birthday Mike!) in San Fernando, CA and started out playing guitar and saxophone at an early age. It was a real treat to sit down and get to know him through this interview…he is [...]

Aguilar Amplification is pleased to announce the AGRO bass overdrive pedal, the newest addition to their family of effects for bassists. The AGRO is based on the saturation channel of Aguilar’s celebrated AG 500 bass head. Capable of producing everything from warm, tube-like overdrive to full on distortion, this pedal will give you the grind [...]

Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, recently won one lawsuit and had a defendant admit liability in a second lawsuit regarding intellectual property infringements and the illegal use of its software. The two studios named were New York City-based Reckless Music, LLC, d.b.a. Skyline Recording Studios NYC, and Quad Recording Studios, [...]

We live in a world filled with lots of instrument companies that claim to be owned and operated by seasoned players, only to find out that their basses look good, but possess absolutely no qualities befitting of a great working bass for a real player.
This is where Charlie “Chopper” Anderson comes in. Right here in [...]

Here in Nashville, the recent flooding affected thousands of citizens. As a musician, one of the most frightening things I saw was the water that engulfed Soundcheck, the city’s premier rehearsal, gear, and touring rental location. So many of our musicians had gear stored there, and it will be hard to know exactly what could [...]

One of our favorite players here at Bass Frontiers is Rickey Minor. We woke up this morning to the news that Rickey would be leaving the music director spot at the wildly popular American Idol, only to go on to replace Kevin Eubanks on the Tonight Show! Here’s what Billboard had to say about it…….
American [...]

Action 3D Productions, in association with AEG Network Live and Cinedigm, announced today the initial list of cities that will debut Phish 3D on Friday, April 30th. The fully immersive music and visual experience, featuring state-of-the-art 3D technology, will screen for one week only in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, [...]

Aguilar Amplification is proud to announce the first in a line of premium quality bass pickups, the AG-4J “60’s” single-coil bass pickups.
The Aguilar AG-4J pickups are designed to have both clarity and warmth and will reproduce all of the dynamics and nuances in your playing.
This pickup set is modeled after a mid [...]

Welcome to spring, folks!
Here at the Bass Frontiers offices, it’s been starting to get warmer, and that means we can open the windows, drink ice cold drinks, and………well, work on a website indoors. Thankfully, all of the stuff that’s been coming in for us lately has been so cool that we don’t even mind!
We are [...]