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Fretless Basses

The upright bass was the instrument the electric bass was meant to replace.  Upright basses are large and less hardy than solid body instruments.  They needed to be large in order to produce bass frequencies at volumes a listener could hear along side other acoustic instruments.  The upright bass had a hard time competing withContinue reading “Fretless Basses”

Alembic Basses

Alembic was a company started in 1969.  The intent of the company was to help the Grateful Dead have better audio quality on their live recordings.  A lot of the technology used during live concerts was conceived and developed by people working with the Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead played live constantly and were anContinue reading “Alembic Basses”