As you know we’ve been really busy lately organizing events (Warwick Day and TC Electronic Day) and attending guitar shows (Guitar Day, Madrid). This is something we love to do, but it is also very time consuming, so this has prevented us from updating our website as often as we would have liked. This means we have collected more than 40 new basses lately. We are really happy to let you know about them:
Click on the image to see all the new stuff. You will be surprised!!
We’d like to take this chance to announce the new lower price of the Classic 450 head which sells now for 649€ Including VAT. This new price makes it irresistible.
CLASSIC 450 –NEW PRICE– 649€
To round this up, TC Electronic are giving away one of the new BG500 combos. You only have to visit their Facebook and click “Like“, it’s that simple.
Our stand was packed with High End basses. 4o basses to be precise. Now, that’s a great red carpet
Of course all the instruments on display were ready to be tested, so many players got the chance to try and compare different high end basses. Those who know us are aware of our careful customer support and attention to detail, so we just took that approach to the Guitar Day and bassplayers seemed to enjoy that, apart from the basses themselves. We took loads of pictures and also recorded a few clips with some demos at our booth.
Our head is already on the 2011 edition of the Guitar Day
Doctorbass.net will be exhibiting at the Guitar Day in Madrid on June 5th
The Guitar Day is a Guitar trade show that gathers from brands to distributors and luthiers, as well as specialized shop/importers like Doctorbass.net
We’ll have a stand full of High End basses and amps. If you are in Madrid for the weekend, don’t miss this chance to come and try some really special geat. Entrance to the show is free. Find the details at the bottom of this post.
We’ll have some demos at out booth.
IMPORTANT: if you want to try a particular bass, just drop us an email and we’ll take it to the Guitar Day: info@doctorbass.net
Here’s a video with some images from last year’s edition of the Guitar Day:
Here’s some of the basses we’ll take to the shop and a brief description.
FODERA: Probably the brand with a higher GAS rating currently. Completely handmade by Vinnie Fodera and Joey Lauricella in Brooklun, New York, Fodera have been making amazing basses for more than 25 years now, leading the market in terms of designs, vision and trend setting. With players like Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Anthony Jackson, Mathew Garrison, Mike Pope and Matthew Garrison (to name just a few), Fodera make no compomises about building basses and they are one of the few brands that actually build many different types of basses in terms of sound, feel and approach, all of them sharing one common feature: total quality.
MARLEAUX: from Germany, Gerald Marleaux has been making handmade basses for more than 20 years and we can safely say that they represent an amazing value for money. Every little detail is taken into account. As soon as you play one, you can instantly feel that Gerald has approached every aspect of bass building in a very smart way. The fact that he is an excellent bassplayer is very important, as he puts his expertise as a player into each one of his handmade basses.
ALEMBIC: If you can think of a legendary brand, this is probably Alembic. They created many of the features that today are considered normal 40 years ago, such as neck trhu construction, split bridge/tailpiece, low impedance pickups, studio quality electronics, and the use of exotic woods.
PENSA: From the hands of Dudy Pensa in New York, these Super Jazz Basses are among the most sought after, and that’s for a reason: they are extraordinary players, with a top class sound and clever electronics.
KEN SMITH: Ken is a heavy name in modern electric bass building, having come with many of what today are considered standard features. His basses ozze class and are really well balanced in terms of playability and sound. Check one out and you’ll undertand why they have remained a player’s favourite for several decades now.
SADOWSKY: From his shop in Brooklyn, New York, Roger Sadowsky is the man responsible for the Super Jazz concept. He installed the active 2 band preamp in Marcus Miller’s 77 Fender JB and took it from there. Roger’s basses represent a perfect balance between classc design/tone and modern workmanship and power. That’s why you’ll find them in so many studios (the electronics are dead quiet).
JERZY DROZD: We are lucky to have in Spain this great luthier from Poland. Jerzy has been making absolutely unique basses for more than 2o years. Jerzy has made himself a name as an expert in ERB (Extended Range Bass), ahving created some awesome 10 and 12 string instruments for players like Yves Carbonne, but of course he makes perfect 4, 5 and 6 string basses too His Obsession series boasts perfect playability, sound and feel, with one of the best low B’s in the market. Jerzy Drozd also makes the Barcelona bass for flamenco bass maestro Carles Benavent.
CHRIS LARKIN GUITARS: Fromt he beautiful West coast of Ireland, master luther Chris Larkin has been building beautiful instruments all 100% made by hand. Chris makes all sorts of stringed instruments, but he is lately coming with some new bass designs that come to solve several problems in a very clever way. He only uses the best woods and hardware, and he is one of the few luthiers that is open to any suggestion and is happy to desing a bass from scratch to meet your demands.
OVERWATER BASS GUITARS: From Carlisle, U.K., Chris May and his small team of craftsmen have been making great handmade basses for more than 30 years now. Overwater pioneered low range bases with their C bass (tuned CGDA). These are professional basses that have always relied on their own pickups and hardware in order to achieve the best possible results.
KSD: Meaning Ken Smith Design. Ken Smith wanted to come with an affordable bass so he based on the Jazz Bass that he used himself in the 70’s when he was a professional bassist and this is the result: excellenty built basses that caputre the essence of those instruments from the 60’s and 70’s with some modern features as an active preamp (we offer the wonderful J Retro 01 Deluxe by John East as un upgrade). This is one of our top sellers.
STATUS GRAPHITE: Rob Green (U.K.) was one of the first ones to use graphite to build basses back int he 80’s. The idea was to produce a neck that would be much more stable and wouldn’t move under changes in temperature and/or humidity. The headless design also helped tuning stability and became a trademark too. His latest basses are his best ever, with a two way truss rod that allows you to set your favourite relief dependint on your playing style. Graphite also eliminates dead notes and makes the instrument very consisten in terms of string volume and evenness of tone up and down the neck.
PRAT GUITARS: Óscar Prat is a luthier from Barcelona now based in Ohio (USA). He makes his basses totally by hand and is starting to make himself known as an experte in ERB (Extended Range Bass).
MERLOS: Jose Merlos from Alicante, Spain, used to be the distributor for German basses Shack so he has a great experience with complex electronics. He makes beautiful basses completely by hand with some interesting circuits.
STICK ENTERPRISES: TheStick is an instrument created by Emmet Chapman in California back in the early 70’s. Chapman created it as he needed an extended range guitar. Rather than make a variation on a standard instrument, he came up with a totally new approach, creating this instrument from the scratch where the left hand plays the “Bass and chord” part with a string arrangement in inverted 5ths and the right hand plays the melody in standard 4ths. Once you get used to this arrangement, the possibilities are endless. This is an instrument designed to be played with the tapping technique, with a string tension that really makes it very easy to play. The damper at the first fret and stereo electronics complete an amazing instrument tha falls naturally under your hands when you use the supplied strap and belt hook.
GUITARRAS QUILES: Vicente Quiles is a Spanish luthier who makes all the guitar family instruments in the classical tradition. Apart from the standard classical/Spanish guitar, he makes all the local variations of the instrument within different parts of Spain, including all the Guitar Orquestra members, among the bass guitar covers the lower range. The standard Bass Guitar is usually 4 string or 6 string (tuned one octave bellow guitar), but we work with Quiles in order to incorporate some features that we think are important, such as different scale lenghts and body depths, as well as a cutaway, good quality tuners and pickup/microphone system.
MARUSZCZYK INSTRUMENTS: these instruments have been designed by the great bassplayer and music journalist Adrian Maruszczyk. They represent excellent value for money are are a great alternative to some famous brands. Check them out!
THE REALIST: We think this is the most natural pickup system in the market, period. David Gage (a true reference when it comes to Double basses repair from his shop in New York). David developed this pickup together with bass innovator Ned Steinberger, with the aim of reproducing the natural sound of the double bass, as well as making it as hassle-free as possible. Impedance is about the same as a standard electric bass, so there’s no need for a specific preamp (although of course you can use one if you want).
EPIFANI: Located in the same building as Fodera in Brooklyn, New York, Nick Epifani is considered as the guru of modern electric bass amplification. He takes a no compromise approach to designing and building his stuff. His cabinets, especially the UL-410 are the standard when it comes to uncoloured bass amplification. The amps follow the same philosophy: The lows are tight and focused, the midrange is all there (no scooped sound), and the treble is true and pure. Just plug a good bass into one of these rigs and you’ll hear the true sound of the instrument. Think of it as a studio monitor with power and headroom for live use. Epifani’s cabinets and amps are also lightweight and sound far more natural than other brand’s neodymium speakers.
Here you’ll find all the basses and amps that were shown at the WARWICK DAY, complete with special prices.
At Doctorbass.net we are #1 dealers for Warwick in Spain. What’s more, we currently have the largest stock of Warwick basses in a single shop. Don’t miss this chance to come and try these fantastic basses. Just choose your favourite axe and get it at the best price.
Here’s our report of the WARWICK DAY that took place in Burgos on May 18th, organized by Doctorbass.net and Backline Import.
There were more than 50 Warwick basses in stock, as well as lots of amps from all the different series in what might be the largest Warwick eshibition apart from the Musikmesse in Frankfurt and the NAMM show in Los Angeles.
We had 3 Warwick endorsers for the show: TM Stevens, Marcos Miranda and Ignasi Zamora.
You can now see Part I of this report, which consists of a picture report of the show, the previous day, the concerts and more. Enjoy it!
Once again, the Marleaux booth stands above the rest at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. Not only great basses there, but also a gathering of the best bass players all day long
We captured Gerald Marleaux on video trying his own basses for us.
As announced previously in our Blog, we took a little video recorder to the Musikmesse in Frankfurt this year and we captured quite a few clips of
demos, product news and concert fragments.
You’ll find some comments just above every video, but if you need more details just contact as and we’ll be happy to provide more details. info@doctorbass.net
Just like every year we have attended the Musikmesse in Frankfurt. This is a great chance to see the new products first-hand, try them ourselves and meet luthiers and friends. Of course it is also a great chance for new business opportunities, and you’ll see the results in a few weeks.
We’ve covered the Messe on many ocassions for our website, and you’ll find some photo reports from previous editions, but this year we have added VIDEOS. With a full schedulle, the Messe means 4 days running up and down to try and meet everyone, but we are happy to report that we were able to take lots of pictures and some nice videos. We have selected the best pictures and clips and you’ll find them in this Blog.
Burgos was the location chosen by Yamaha Spain to hold the final of the YGH (Yamaha Guitar Hero) Contest in its 3rd Edition.
Of course we got involved in the event and worked on the guitars chosen by the players to perform their songs. They all chose the ultra affordable Pacifica 112V, which just shows how a budget guitar can sound in the right hands! We did a pro setup on each guitar to meet the specific demands of every player.
These guitars are now for sale in our shop, and they are little pieces of history at just 250 Euro each.
The Fender Jazz Bass is 50, and it’s time to cellebrate it!
Fender have released a very limited edition of the 50th Anniversary Jazz Bass and we think it might be the best Jazz Bass ever!!
Production is very limited. A few pieces will reach Doctorbass.net soon, but if you want one you’ll need to pre-order it. Please send us an email at info@doctorbassnet with the Subject 50th Anniversary Jazz Bass.
The price is also surprisingly reasonable for such an historical bass: 1999€ + VAT. Check out our price: info@doctorbass.net
Fender have stopped taking orders for this mode. We have 4 ON ORDER. One of them is already on hold, and we are keeping one for the shop, so you THERE’S ONLY 2 LEFT. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Don’t miss this chance to get an absolutely historical bass.
We also believe this might be the best Jazz Bass ever. Want to know why? Read on:
The latest creation by Marleaux is the SOPRAN, a short scale bass that has been made from scratch to work in Piccolo tuning (one octave above standard)
Introducing this new talent from Itlay: Simone Vignola. Simone is a young bassplayer and singer who has released this video to make himself known in the bass community. Welcome!!
Simone uses Windmill basses.
Using his voice and a Boss RC50 looper, Simone acted as support before The Richard Bona Band, and we must say he did a great job at entertaining the audience before Bona walked on stage. The future looks interesting for this talented player. Good luck from Doctorbass.net, Simone!
A continuación os contamos los detalles de cómo se va a desarrollar el clinic de Richard Bona del próximo lunes 9 de Noviembre, con información sobre horarios, material expuesto, etc.
Hurrayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!! We bring you bassist, multi-instrumentist, vocalist and composer RICHARD BONA. Bona will hold a CLINIC in Burgos, Spain on November 9th.
Following upon the success of the Rebelhead 450 head and Rebelstack 210 & 212 cabs, this Dannish brand releases two brnad new products that the bass community will welcome: Classic 450 head with the same power section, EQ, compressor and tube emulation as the Rebelhead 450, and with a saving of almost 200€, plus the new Rebelstack 410cab, which could easlily become one of the most successful 4×10″ cabs in the market.
