Category: "Bass Frontiers News"

Peavey AmpKit LiNK Guitar Interface Wins ‘Best of 2011′ Honor

Music retailers have voted the Peavey AmpKit™ LiNK, the Guitar World Gold Award-winning high-fidelity guitar interface for iOS devices, one of the Best Products of 2011 in Music Inc. magazine. “Peavey’s AmpKit LiNK electric guitar adapter provides users with a powerful way to play, practice and record high-quality tones anytime, anywhere,” wrote Music Inc.’s editorial [...]

Bass Workout Austria

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 special guests Brent [...]

Clarion Associates Musical Instrument Insurance

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 be [...]

Alien Audio

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 [...]

Bassist Bakithi Kumalo To Demo Kala Ubass At Winter NAMM 2010

World Renowned Bassist Bakithi Kumalo will be providing demonstrations of the U-Bass at Kala Brand Music’s booth, #1336 in Hall E. The U-Bass is Kala’s breakthrough 20” scale bass that is strung with proprietary polyurethane strings and is notable for its deep rich bass tones. The U-Bass has captured the attention of bassists worldwide for [...]

Bass Frontiers Magazine Presents The New Years Giveaway

Bass Frontiers Magazine And Lakland Basses Present The New Years Giveaway! Lakland bass guitars are among the market’s most well respected instruments, favored by discerning players and professional artists worldwide. Since the introduction of the flagship model in the mid 1990′s, Lakland basses have been recognized for their tone, playability, and construction. On January 10th, [...]

Rotosound Announces Stellar List Of Artist Appearances At NAMM 2010

Rotosound stellar list of artist appearances at NAMM 2010 Metal Legends Duff McKagan of Guns & Roses / Velvet Revolver fame and James Lomenzo from Megadeth lead a star studded line up of artists appearing on the Rotosound booth at NAMM 2010, Saturday 16th January. They are joined by a newly emerging star Eva Gardener [...]

ICMP Unveils 2010 Bass Scholarships Worth Over £7500

ICMP UNVEILS 2010 BASS SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH OVER £7500! The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP), Musicman and Bass Guitar Magazine are proud to announce the launch of the 2010 bass scholarships program.  These sought after scholarships are for study on the ICMP’s world-renowned one year Higher Diploma bass course. There will be one fully funded [...]

BF Christmas Girl Giveaway!!!

The Bass Frontiers Daisy Rock Christmas Giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Krista from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, she is the winner of the giveaway. Thank you to all who entered. Please keep coming back to Bass Frontiers! We have already started a New Years Giveaway, which you can find here. We will be giving away a Lakland [...]

Esperanza Spalding, Jaco Pastorius Big Band Makes Telarc’s Top Ten List

Telarc and Heads Up International have put together their “Best Of The Decade” top ten list. Among these are Esperanza Spalding’s Esperanza (2008), and Jaco Pastorius Big Band’s Word Of Mouth Revisited (2003). The complete list is noted below. Michael Brecker’s Pilgrimage (2007) Dave Brubeck’s Indian Summer (2007) Simone Dinnerstein – JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations (2007) Joe Zawinul’s Brown Street (2007) [...]