Kumalo’s bassline on The Boy In The Bubble showcases the instrument's unique sonority with particular clarity. As noted engineer Roy Halee remarked in Sound On Sound magazine, “Oh, man – that bassline ...

When it comes to bass guitars, players often face the decision between fretted and fretless instruments. Both options offer distinct advantages and considerations, and both have influencing ...

A most surprising fretless bass sound, considering who’s behind it. That would be Felix Pastorius , whose late father – fretless master Jaco Pastorius — casts one of the deepest shadows in jazz.

Fretted, fretless, double bass, eight-string – Sting was unstoppable on bass, filling up the empty spaces within the trio format of the Police with a variety of lines, from the simple to the ...

Watch the latest Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson trailer for this turn-based RPG for music artist reveals joining the soundtrack, along with a release date reveal. Fretless - The Wrath of Riffson ...

Best for fretless thrills: Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz Bass Fretless - £389, Fender Best for five strings: Yamaha BB735A - £1,221, Amazon Best for a short-scale bass: Gretsch G2220B ...

Numerous DX7 presets were great for house bass, from the faux bass guitar sounds of the fretless bass presets through the ‘hollow’, ‘dark’ digital bass sounds. Due to the fiddly nature of FM synthesis ...

Plugins “We were able to fire up a bass sound that was indistinguishable from the flavour of New Order’s Blue Monday in seconds”: EastWest Sounds Iconic review. Tutorials; ... Put down a fretless bass ...

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the most fiddle-y of holidays, hear music from the Fretless, a supergroup fiddle quartet. ... Laurel Parks is a host for Sound Currents on 91.9 Classical KC.

Decked out in wind synths and fretless bass, the L.A. trio’s debut album lovingly invokes new age and ambient jazz at their most opulent. It’s a heartfelt argument that smoothness is not a crime.

Spend an evening with five-time Grammy Award-winning master musician and storyteller Bakithi Kumalo, named as one of the top 50 greatest bass players of all time, having played with the likes of ...