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Adam Nitti | Not Of This World

Posted by iBass | Jun 2, 2017 | Best New Music

Adam Nitti Not Of This World “A new brand of intelligent funky fusion.” Released: March 2014 Featured Track: “Cosmic Underground” http://www.ibassmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/03-Cosmic-Underground.mp3 Adam Nitti certainly knows his way around an electric bass better than most and his latest album provides the knockout blow he has been promising to deliver for some time. Intricate solos edge up against jagged funk, rock and jazz figures all mingled amid writhing chordal textures. Those seeking some seriously rocking, funked-up, proggy bass-heavy instrumental music need look no further than this, as Nitti builds on his past solo outings to create a new brand of intelligent funky...

Phil Donkin

Posted by iBass | Jun 1, 2017 | Interviews

We talk to British jazz bassist, Phil Donkin. A jazz-friendly double bassist with cult followings in the UK, New York and Germany, Phil Donkin is fast making a name for himself as one of the most in demand young musicians working in the genre today. His debut album, The Gate, features Grammy-award nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel, drum wizard Jochen Rückert, and rising piano star Glenn Zaleski. ‘I’d been thinking about making an album for a long time,’ says Phil. ‘There weren’t any recordings that I’d played on as a sideman that really reflected my bass playing in the way...

ELECTRO-HARMONIX BATTALION

Posted by iBass | May 31, 2017 | Gear, News

Electro-Harmonix Introduces The Battalion Preamp And DI For Bass Electro-Harmonix grew to fame back in the 1970’s with the success of the bass-heavy Big Muff fuzz box. In recent years, the company’s catalogue has continued to expand and now includes the Battalion, which is a bass preamp, DI and distortion. It features a 4-band EQ, a compressor, a noise gate, extensive I/O options and a Mosfet-based, footswitchable distortion with 3 different signal routing options. The EQ section includes Bass (below 200Hz), Lo Mid (boost/cut at 280Hz), Hi Mid (Boost/cut at 750Hz) and Treble (boost/cut above 2kHz) controls. The Distortion section...

Ibanez GVB1006 Gerald Veasley Signature

Posted by iBass | May 30, 2017 | Gear

This signature model from Ibanez is a quality instrument that delivers the goods with genuine style. Design This artist model has been created for one of the bass worlds top contemporary jazz bassists – Gerald Veasley. It’s an astonishing example of design, workmanship and artistry, and the care and attention afforded in its production is remarkable. The body is compact and lightweight, making for a bass that’s comfortable to wear and beautifully balanced. It has a special 14mm string spacing and the urge to start using chords is hard to resist. The strings are secured by what Ibanez call...

Fender | Mike Dirnt Road Worn Precision

Posted by iBass | May 26, 2017 | Gear

‘It looks pretty cool, plays like a real rock machine and sounds great.’ The Mike Dirnt Road Worn Precision was the result of a two year collaboration between Fender and Green Day bassist Dirnt. The pair came up with something very similar to the Artist Series P-Bass, but pre-aged to simulate years of hard-played onstage glory. On an aesthetic level, you get an ash body that’s finished in 3-colour sunburst or white blonde lacquer. It has a custom vintage-style ’59 split single-coil pickup, side-mounted output jack, a C-shape neck fitted with 20 medium jumbo frets and a 9.5-inch radius...