Background My “quest” for a great UBass sound started pretty much the moment I played a UBass for the first time. You can read about how it all started herehttps://playubass.com/2010/12/26/the-first-pictures-of-my-kala-ubass/I can’t say exactly when I first started thinking about tone and sound. I think it was early on when my musical journey began. It wasn’tFortsätt läsa ”Test Report: Under Saddle Piezo vs. Linear Contact Microphone on a Acoustic/Electric UBass”
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NEW RELEASE: ”Reflections” composed by Magnus Sjöquist
Hi, I hereby proudly present some new music composed with and for solid body UBasses! “Reflections” (Magnus Sjoquist) started out as a chord progression. The descending chords are played with a simple triplet rhythm throughout. Over this sequence of chords I started to improvise and captured a take. My initial goal was to pick andFortsätt läsa ”NEW RELEASE: ”Reflections” composed by Magnus Sjöquist”
New video! My version of a true classic – Summertime by George Gershwin
A short background to my version The classic song is, as you probably know, from the opera Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin. It was first performed in Boston in 1935 before it moved to Broadway, New York. I was lucky to be a part of a short summary staging of the opera when IFortsätt läsa ”New video! My version of a true classic – Summertime by George Gershwin”
String Review of the Aquila Thunderblack
Review of the Aquila Thunderblack string!
[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 2
Hi! Time for part 2! Ok. Let’s listen to, and talk about, four of the five microphones I talked about in the previous post. I will let you make up your own minds what microphone you like the best. But I have my favourite 🙂 What microphone you prefer can depend on quite a fewFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 2”
[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 1
Hi! I’m trying out new ways to record the UBass. Up until now I have used only the DI in my Headway Preamp into my Universal Audio Twin-Finity 710 (tube/solid state) preamp or my Fishman preamp into the same UA preamp. Recently I started to put a mic on the speaker cabinet (different ones dependingFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 1”
[Studio Report] Duo Recording with Nelson Faria
Hi! This Tuesday [April 24] morning I recorded with the great Nelson Faria. Read about him here and at [www.nelsonfaria.com/music] I will post some ”audio/video-snippets” from the recording but we’ll start with a couple of pics 🙂 Please note that I recorded the UBass both direct (from my Headway EDB-1, see this post) andFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] Duo Recording with Nelson Faria”
Ubass Preamp ‘Shoot Out’! – part 1
Hi! Well ‘shoot out’ might not be the best description since I’m only testing three different models but it’s kinda catchy don’t you think 🙂 I have written about preamps before in earlier posts but haven’t really done any serious comparisons sound and feature vise. These are the ‘contenders’: – Fishman Model B Bass PreampFortsätt läsa ”Ubass Preamp ‘Shoot Out’! – part 1”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 14 ”When You Wish Upon A Star”
Hi! This time my UBass has to wait until mid song to appear (and be heard)! This is our version of a great arrangement of the Disney classic ”When you wish upon a star” (from the movie Pinocchio) that Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius and Swedish trombonist Nils Landgren did on the CD ”Christmas withFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 14 ”When You Wish Upon A Star””
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