Hartke Celebrates 10 Years of HyDrive Speaker Technology with Introduction of New HD Series Bass Cabinets

To celebrate HyDrive’s 10th Anniversary, Hartke is introducing the HyDrive HD Series Bass Cabinets, a major update to the HyDrive design.

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Fender Super-Sonic 22 combo ampsInterview: Mike Kerr – Royal Blood’s Man of Mystery

Don’t expect any “here’s the secrets of my sound” instructional videos from Mike Kerr.

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Review: Phil Jones Bass Double Four and Bass Cub Practice Amps

For many years, Phil Jones bass has been creating small solutions to one of the bigger problems we bassists face: amplification.

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Review: Spector Timbre Acoustic Bass Guitar

Spector brings its famous curved body to the acoustic bass guitar in the form of the new Timbre Series.

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Review: Sadowsky SBP-1 & SPB-2 Bass Preamps

A nowadays the bass gear marketplace is so flooded with technology that it’s easy to forget just how primitive the instrument was a few decades ago.

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The Inquirer: Reaity Check

If I had to sum up my emotional reaction to a career in music … I couldn’t.

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Vicious Circle: Mastering the Circle of 5th, Part 2

Going around in circles—the phrase implies the frustration of not getting anywhere fast. But in music, circles offer magical, never-ending pathways of harmony and bliss.

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R&B Gold: David Hood, Swamp Master

A significant and prolific regional center of the classic R&B era is Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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The Innovators: Berklee’s Steve Bailey

My previous columns in this series have profiled innovators who are designers and builders of instruments, amps, and other gear.

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Tony Conley To Release ‘Paul McCartney In The Beatles’ Book

While a great many books have been written about McCartney and the Beatles, Conley paves a less traveled path, opting for an in-depth look into the musicianship and the music…

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