One of the highlights of the Frankfurt show was getting the chance to meet and work with Or Lubianiker. Here he is trying out a Combustion and making it sing.

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We are about to release one of the most exciting basses we’ve ever designed. Simple, great sounding, great looking, light weight…

Come see for yourself at the ahead music booth. Frankfurt Musikmesse 2012

Anyone tuning into the Oscars this weekend will have an unexpected treat. We’re super excited to announce that Lee Sklar will be holding down the bottom end during the show using his Signature Dingwall! I don’t know how he does it, managing a full schedule of unrelated studio work this week with rehearsals and a live gig watched by hundreds of millions on the weekend!!!??

Let’s hear it for Lee!

www.notreble.com is a really cool website for bass players (with one of those “I wish I would have thought of that” type names). Check them out, they’ve got a lot of great stuff from product info to blazing chops videos.

The results of their NAMM web traffic are in and our Super P took the top slot. Thanks notreble guys.

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/30/top-10-the-most-popular-namm-gear-announcements-videos-lessons-and-features-of-the-week/

Here’s a quick youtube video of Mitch Starkman demoing the Super P through the new Aguilar Tone Hammer 350. Let me know what you think.

http://youtu.be/cIiN7LRCA2Q

NAMM is next week. I’ll be heading down with a C1 (this one unofficially named the Vincent) and a production version of the Super P. This Super P turned out every bit as great as the David Swift prototype. This one is passive and we’ve designed a really cool passive mid/tone control that is flat at the center detent, rolls off treble on one half like a traditional tone contral and cuts mid in the other half for a really sweet fingerstyle or slap tone.

The new headstock badge replaces the scallop used on the Super J and the new string tree is influenced by 1950’s Jet-age American hood ornaments.

I’ll be hanging out at the Hipshot booth #5735. Monday I’ll be at Bass San Diego for Canadian Bass Day.

George Furlanetto from F bass and I will be at Bass San Diego Monday January 23, 2012 from 4:00-7:00 PM. It will be a great chance to meet and hang with the folks in So Cal. I’ll be bringing our new Super P as well as a Custom I if any of your guitar buddies want to come too. George and I will have lot’s of inside stories and information to share so be sure and join us.

We’ve got to give props to David Swift, the guy’s got FEEL! We managed to get the Super P prototype into his hands just in time for the New Years Eve Jools Holland special. You can search the show on Youtube. Here are a couple of links to the show with Jessie J and Cyndi Lauper. If you haven’t seen Cyndi in a while I’m sure you’ll be as wowed as I was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7dHUjoMsU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8kVxxMiNE4

This Prima Artist has incredible tone, figure and sustain. The smoke inlays, knobs, pickup covers, control plates were all cut from the top and contrast layers before glue up.  It’s currently on it’s way to Bass Northwest in Seattle.

It’s nice to get some notice from the mainstream. The C1 guitar has been featured on the Christmas list of www.liquidgoldbaby.com

This is a really great site with a lot of cool stuff. Check it out.

PS: they’ve got great taste in motorcycles too!

I thought instead of just showing what we do I’d give a shout out to a designer that I find brilliant and inspiring. Ed Jacobs designs motorcycles for Confederate. You can see more of his work here:  http://confederate.com/

Here are some photos to wet your appetite. Let me know if you agree this cat’s insane!