Recent content by Kevins1701

Yes, it was sad on this end too. BassBooks.com was a ton of fun, but we couldn't keep pretending the margins in book retailing could sustain a standalone business. (Even Hal Leonard moved into instruments and accessories.) All is not lost, however. Most of the inventory was acquired by Jason...

This is so obvious it feels weird, but Berklee College of Music has a whole online curriculum. Check it out here: Berklee Online Other institutions likely do as well.

For easy play-alongs, practice backing tracks, and solo jamming, don't forget wikiloops.com | Free Backing Tracks | Online Jamsession. Loads of tracks in a multitude of styles, with or without the bass line, downloadable, record your part to them, even make albums. And all free. It's the...

I'm delighted for anyone who prefers the cream knobs. And yes, from some distance and an angle, the line on the standard knobs may be easier to "read" than a number. But the skirted knobs look so much better to my eye (after all, the only eye I really worry about) that I accept that. And from...

Feet! What a great idea. And then maybe JBL stickers for the even more-invisible speaker magnets!

BLACKFACE IT! I like my Rumble 500 Combo, but it had a little cosmetic dissonance going. Fender borrows styling details from various eras of its history for these amps, but to my eye black Tolex and silver grille cloth recall the classic mid-'60s look. And the flat logo, cutout corners and...

For the record, my Rumble 500 does a spec-friggin'-tacular job of reproducing the whole sonic stew of an electric 12-string. Just dial the bass down and the treble up, and hit the bright switch. Beautiful, rich, detailed music, including the high ringing overtones that make 12s worth the...

I agree, naturally.

I just had that same revelation. Suddenly curious about playing both guitar and bass while carrying only one amp, l plugged my favorite 12-string into the new Rumble 500. Had to go max on the treble but the sound was really, really good. Very clean and clear, articulate, rather hi-fi, still full...

Yes, always. Habitually. Chronically. Maybe pathologically.

Sign me up! Got a new 500 and should probably have a club number to go with it. Thanks. Also, made a great discovery the other evening, under the heading of Other Instruments Through a Bass Amp. On a whim, wondering about playing guitar and bass but only carrying ONE box, I plugged a 12-string...