The bass manufacturer Warwick from Markneukirchen, Germany is celebrating its 30th anniversary on September 13th 2012. For this event, Warwick created an absolutely worthy special edition: the Streamer LTD 2012 Warwick 30th Anniversary Bass. This bass represents the soul of Warwick and the legendary love of detail and design of the German instrument manufacturer that [...]

Gruv Gear, Orange County California-based designer and manufacturer of innovative music products and accessories, launched the first-of-its-kind ergonomic double strap – aptly named the DuoStrap – at the recent NAMM international music products show. Its release had been long anticipated by players worldwide, and already garnered a roster of major musicians on board in its [...]

AmpKit 1.3 Features Trace Elliot, the First Modern Bass Amp Modeled for the iOS Platform The new version 1.3 of AmpKit, the award-winning iOS guitar and bass amp modeling application from Agile Partners, makes Trace Elliot the first modern bass amplification system to be modeled for the iOS platform, and the most feature-rich amplifier ever [...]

Stinnett Music, the foremost authority in quality education for both the electric and upright bass, has launched a brand new store to service all of their popular downloadable products. For the past couple of years, the overwhelming success of Jim Stinnett’s teachings at Berklee College of Music, Stinnett Music Nonpareil online school, and the globally-expanding [...]

Kala adds more bass with less space with the addition of five new models to the U-BASS line of Acoustic Electric 21” scale bass instruments. New models include Sunburst, Gloss Black, Solid Spruce Top HH (Hutch Hutchinson Model), Spalted Maple, and Exotic Mahogany. The Sunburst, Spruce Top HH, and Gloss Black all come with solid [...]

The Tone Hammer 350 made its public unveiling last month at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. Sporting the legendary “Aguilar Sound” in a tiny package, the Tone Hammer 350 is a TKO (Tonal Knockout)! Following on the heels of the massively successful Tone Hammer 500 amplifier, the Tone Hammer 350 retains the big [...]

The Peavey Headliner, a new rack-mountable bass amplifier head with matching enclosures in the Peavey Tour Series, packs huge power and innovative tone features in a lightweight 10 lb. package. The Peavey Headliner is a 600-watt max bass amplifier head that puts an incredible range of features at players’ fingertips. The amp features a seven-band [...]

CruzTOOLS announced their new GrooveTechTM Truss Rod Drivers for vintage-style truss rod nuts on guitars and basses. Early Fender guitars and basses use a “cross screw” nut for truss rod adjustment, which has two slots arranged in a cross pattern. Cross screw fasteners achieved popularity during the early 20th century because a second slot was [...]

A few weeks ago, we got word that Thierry over at Luthman (based out of France) had created a new model called the Supra. This is a fantastic looking bass, and from everything we understand, they sound and feel as good as they look! Thierry is happy to make the sky the limit with his [...]