Category: "Gear Reviews"

Review: PF-500 Portaflex and PF-210HE Stack

Review by Jarad Clement Bass Frontiers Media Editor It is evident that bass amp manufacturers have recently been focusing a lot on making the normal heavy, back straining and massive amplification a thing of the past. Ampeg is no exception, and at last years Winter NAMM they introduced a new line of bass amps made [...]

Review: GruvGear Stadium Bag

by Dave Fowler Bass Frontiers Editor-In-Chief How many times have you had that 1 or 2 night gig out of town and struggled with what bag(s) you will take to accommodate all you will need while doing your shows? Well, our good friends over at GruvGear have taken all the guesswork out of this for [...]

Review: Eden WTDI World Tour Direct Box Preamp Pedal

by Matt O’Donnell Bass Frontiers Managing Editor We live in a world where most large stage gigs are a matter of either running through a DI, and using the parallel output to run to an amp for stage monitoring, or foregoing the stage amp all together and just running a DI box and having all [...]

Review: Fodera Victor Wooten Signature Strings

Most people know Fodera for making basses. Well, let’s be more precise. Most people know Fodera for making many of, if not THE best basses around. Full disclosure, I own a Fodera Emperor 5-string. However, I knew from the playing and performance development of friends and colleagues who had Fodera basses that they were very [...]

Review: SKB Injection Molded Bass Case

Review by Dave Fowler, Editor In Chief One of the best things about being the Editor in Chief here at Bass Frontiers is that I get to keep my finger on the pulse of all things new concerning bass guitar. I recently saw the new SKB Injection case for bass guitar, and with some serious [...]

Review: Wide Ride Straps

How much difference can there be between guitar straps? Some obviously are prettier than others, some are skinny, some are fat, but come on, they just hold up your guitar! Right? Wrong! I was shown this by Wide Rides Strap Company. When I received the straps for review, the first thing I noticed was how [...]

Gear Review: Nordstrand MM4.2 pickups

Review by Kurt Broderick

Let me start off first by stating, I usually do not swap pickups in my basses. I am more of a purist feeling that if it is not broken, do not try to fix it. However, several of my early Ernie Ball Stingray basses seemed to have…

Gear Review: Foundation – Revolutionary Bridge System

Review by Dave Fowler When I first received the KSM bridge, the first thing I noticed was the construction of it. It was very well made and very lightweight. It is retrofitted for most any bass, and so I had a tech (Raymond Hardy) install it on a Yamaha P-Bass. The fact that it locks [...]

Asterope Instrument Cable Review

Asterope asked us to give a brief quote about what we though about the Asterope cable. Next time you’re in the cable market, don’t pass up the Asterope! by Jarad Clement “The Asterope cable is both durably and audibly superior to the competition. Using this cable is a reminder of the sometimes overlooked details on [...]

CruzTOOLS | GrooveTech String Cutters video review

CruzTOOLS developed the GrooveTech String Cutters specifically for Guitar and Bass strings. A special induction heat-treatment process prevents blades from denting, and the high-leverage handle design makes even “B” bass strings easy to cut. Comfortable rubber grips feel good in your hands, and the cutters are compact enough to fit into any guitar case or [...]