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Jon Thorne: You Are The Instrument

Posted by iBass | Dec 7, 2016 | Articles

Meet double bassist and long time supplier of the low-end for Lamb, Jon Thorne. It’s been 15-odd years since Jon came to some prominence as bassist with experimental trip hop duo Lamb, seamlessly integrating the double bass within electronic dance music. And for Jon, his musical journey seems to have come full circle. You Are The Instrument For me, the most important realisation you can come to in your search to becoming a better musician is that you are the instrument. Not the bass. The benefits of this are extremely liberating. It means you are not constrained by what you are physically...

SansAmp – Bass Driver Version 2

Posted by iBass | Dec 7, 2016 | News |

The classic Bass DI from SansAmp get’s an update Tech21’s successful attempt to squeeze vintage tube tones into a compact DI box has taken another turn – the Bass Driver DI Version 2. This time it’s been upgraded with a bass frequency switch for those 5- and 6-string bass players who want to select between 80Hz and 40Hz. Another plus is the addition of a mid control with an adjustable frequency of 500Hz and 1000Hz. This latest version has also retained the existing functionality of the original, with controls for level, blend, treble, presence and drive....

Larry Graham

Posted by iBass | Dec 7, 2016 | Interviews

Larry Graham, once of Sly and the Family Stone and now of Graham Central Station, tells us about the riff that launched a million players. Larry Graham’s iconic basslines became the driving force behind many of Sly and the Family Stone’s groundbreaking hits and paved the way for slap-bass playing the world over. With his own group, Graham Central Station, tracks like ‘Hair’, ‘Pow’ and ‘It’s the Engine in Me’ epitomised Graham’s percussive bass grooves, which incorporate a combination of trademark ‘thumps and plucks’. ‘My sound actually has a lot to do with the way I play and how...

Michael Janisch – Paradigm Shift

Posted by iBass | Dec 7, 2016 | Interviews

The prodigiously talented doubler tells us about his latest solo outing, Paradigm Shift. Thirty-something bassist Michael Janisch emerged as a force to be reckoned with with his 2010 solo debut album, Purpose Built, yet almost slipped away under the radar while setting up his own record label, only to build up a headwind of critical approval last year with his latest release, Paradigm Shift. A fine upright and electric bass player, Michael’s approach is to build everything around his effortless sense of melody, rhythmic ideas and a killer band of hugely imaginative players. “You get some bass records and...