What is the Most Intriguing New Product for Bass Players in the last 5 years?.

for me?
garageband

 

The ability to play a show in front of 150+ people without PA support through an amp I can carry in one hand.

 

PA mixes controlled by iPads & smart phones. Do your own monitor/IEM mix.

 

I love the flexibility of the SA Aftershock pedal, especially if you use the dual channels in series or parallel, effectively turning two, three, or more pedals into just one.

 

Music that apparently doesn't require any talent whatsoever to play.

 

No, I wasn't answering you, I was answering OP!

 

Trace Elliot ELF 200-watt Micro Bass Head

A back up head you can mount on your pedal board!

Great time to be a bass player!

Good Luck!

 

In the last 5?
How good pedals have gotten and that I don't need to schelp rack gear.

If there is a good backline (cough, cough GK) then I can take everthing I need on a plane and gig anywhere in the world.

 

Neodymium speakers. Less to schlepp.

 

None.

 

Basically nothing... Agreed

 

an app to make music

 

Totally agree. I went from a rack mounted pre amp/amp weighing about 30 pounds and a Hartke 410xl at close to 90 pounds to a micro head (GK MB500, GB Shuttle 6.0 and now Quilter Bass Block 800) and a Hartke HyDrive 410. I was gigging every weekend and cutting the weight in half or less was a pleasure. I’ve never been more pleased with my tone as well. Less weight and great sound, what’s the downside?

 

its a music writing program. Not band for simple stuff.

 

For me it's the L+HPF. I didn't know about this in a pedal form until I joined TB.

 

Where have you seen that?

 

Lightweight gear.