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John Garrison: Tour Diary (Part 1)

Posted by iBass | Jul 11, 2017 | Articles

John Garrison, bassist with James Blunt, talks us through his first week supporting Ed Sheeran in the US. Welcome to my tour diary, a collection of personal stories and impressions that I’m going to be sharing with you about the music, atmosphere and overall experience of the current Ed Sheeran tour in the US. Touring is always full of highs and lows, but we’re supporting a brilliant and much-loved artist in Ed, and I’m looking forward to taking it all in. Being the support band on a big tour you need to know your place, or else you run the...

Donald “Duck” Dunn | Soul Fingers

Posted by iBass | Jul 3, 2017 | News

Hal Leonard Celebrates the Life of the Legendary Stax Bassist Written by Nick Rosaci, with help from Duck’s family and friends, this book from Hal Leonard charts the triumphs and tragedies of Duck’s amazing life. As bassist for the famous Stax-Volt studios in Memphis, Donald “Duck” Dunn (1941-2012) laid the foundations to countless soul, R&B and rock recordings throughout the 1960s and ’70s. Having worked alongside the likes of Booker T. & the MGs, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, and many more, Duck was also a member of John Belushi and Dan...

Porter & Davies KT Platform

Posted by iBass | Jun 26, 2017 | Gear

Porter & Davies Launch New KT Platform Unveiled back in 2015, the KT platform was designed to deliver a stage shaking experience by using the transmission of sound by Kinetic Transfer (KT) to enable you to hear and feel your bass playing. Porter and Davies have now re-engineered the original design to improve the frequency response and make it lighter, more robust and easier to handle. They’ve also expanded the range to include a choice of power and size options. www.porteranddavies.co.uk...

Scott Devine & Lee Pomeroy

Posted by iBass | Jun 22, 2017 | Interviews

We talk Rush, Chris Squire and YouTube with two of the UK’s busiest bass exports. So what does it take to hold down the bass chair for Britain’s biggest band? “Though I might not think it, this is a big bass gig,” says Lee Pomeroy. “It might be the same arrangement every night, but you have to keep things fresh, otherwise you get stuck on autopilot, and if that happens you may as well take your cash and go home.” Scott Devine has been keeping busy with scottsbasslessons.com, an online bass community that currently boasts over 100,000 subscribers. “One...

Danelectro ’64 Bass

Posted by iBass | Jun 21, 2017 | Gear

The New ’64 Bass Takes Danelectro Back Into Vintage Territory As the model names suggest, the latest additions to Danelectro’s retro-tastic guitar range draw inspiration from the company’s original instruments made in the 1950s and ’60s. Among the new guitars to be revealed is the ’64 Bass. Taking its cue from Danelectro’s ’66 guitar, it features a single-coil pickup at the neck and a lipstick-style humbucker at the bridge, which can be split via the push/pull tone control knob. Along with practical attributes such as a fully adjustable bridge with individual saddles and a 3-way switch to wring extra sounds from the...