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| Defi_Mobo MP3, 0.95 MB, 00:59, 44kHz, 192kbs, stereo | Fred Motte, Bordeaux, France |
| Excerpt of a demo song. Direct recording, some compression used, but no tone controls. Slap-style with drums and guitar. | |
| STD-V plek MP3, 550 kB, 00:56, 44kHz, 80kbs, mono | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| STD-V, soundholes, 2x HB pickups. Recorded direct into a Mac, no processing other than volume. Played with a plek (pick). | |
| Solo Jam MP3, 131 kB, 00:19, 32kHz, 56kbs, mono | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-V, 2x Rough Crystal humbuckers, BassXX preamp, soundholes. This one is tuned like a bass, but played like a classical guitar. "Just play it like a bass, man!", they keep saying. Someday. Someday. | |
| Solo Jam MP3, 134 kB, 00:19, 32kHz, 56kbs, mono | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-V, 2x Rough Crystal humbuckers, BassXX preamp, soundholes. Same bass as the previous example, but this time with some EQ provided by the BassXX preamp. Uses open strings. | |
| Solo Jam MP3, 83 kB, 00:12, 32kHz, 56kbs, mono | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-V, 2x Rough Crystal humbuckers, BassXX preamp, soundholes. Again the same bass as the previous example, and now a different EQ setting from the BassXX preamp. This is a tapped excerpt of "Sultans of Swing". | |
| Unplugged STD-V Walking MP3, 257 kB, 00:21, 32kHz, 96kbs, stereo, UNPLUGGED! | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| Imperial Blue STD-V, recorded acoustically. This sample was recorded with two consumer-quality hand-held microphones. The mics were a few inches apart, pointing at the body near the pickups, in an attempt to capture what your ears would hear. I played a typical walking bass line (it sounds like an upright bass with frets). Compare this to the Soul-IV Walking sample below. | |
| L-BOW | |
| Muse - by Ecliptic Flash video, 16.8 MB, 04:29, 44kHz stereo, 480x270 video | Craig Kickbush, Australia |
| L-BOW-VI, 3x pickups, Roland GK kit. The first song of their CD launch at Uber, Brisbane, Australia. More at their site. | |
| P is for pressure MP3, 3.1 MB, 03:20, 44kHz, 128kbs, stereo | Professor T, Germany |
| L-BOW-V, cut bow, passive. Mainly fingerstyle, recorded direct and multi-tracked. More here. | |
| Red Baron MP3, 2.4 MB, 02:05, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| L-BOW-V, 2x Kent Armstrong humbuckers, DaCapo preamp. Recorded at a live concert in Germany. Finger-style bass solo with drums and other accompaniment. May remind you of Jaco. | |
| Besame Mucho MP3, 4 MB, 02:51, 44kHz, 128kbs, stereo | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| L-BOW-V, 2x Kent Armstrong humbuckers, DaCapo preamp. Recorded at a live concert in Germany. Finger-style bass solo with drums and other accompaniment. May remind you of Jaco. | |
| "I Love You" (by Cole Porter) - short version MP3, 687 kB, 00:58, 44kHz, 96kbs, mono | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| L-BOW-V, 3x Rough Crystal stacked humbuckers, DaCapo preamp disengaged (passive). Here's a solo instrumental performance of Cole Porter's beautiful tune. For this MP3 file, I just played once through. I used a BassLab L-BOW-V five-string bass, but put lighter strings on it and tuned like a guitar, but two frets down (actually D-G-C-E-A, with the D matching the standard bass 2nd string D). I "tapped" the notes, with both hands on the fretboard. The rich, organic tone of the instrument really shows, as I let the notes ring. No hurry here! | |
| All B Experiment MP3, 118 kB, 00:10, 44kHz, 96kbs, mono, EXPERIMENTAL! | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| L-BOW-V, 2x Rough Crystal humbuckers, BassXX preamp disengaged (passive). As an experiment, I tuned all 5 strings of an L-BOW-V down to the low B. Of course, the very loose G string showed some pitch instability - it was tuned almost 2 octaves lower than normal! I played the strings from thick to thin (the first note is the normal low B string), and you can hear the upper harmonics change slightly from string to string. My goal was to show that the BassLab Tunable Composite material would allow strings to be tuned lower than normal and still sound good, making the BassLab material the best choice for extended-range instruments. | |
| Low F# Experiment MP3, 155 kB, 00:08, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono, EXPERIMENTAL! | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| L-BOW-V, 3x Rough Crystal stacked humbuckers, DaCapo preamp disengaged (passive). This sample is from a different L-BOW-V five-string bass. The low B string is tuned down to F# (at 23Hz). It's a good tone for 125 guage string, even though 160 would have been closer to the proper guage for an F#. This is another illustration of what is possible with the BassLab Tunable Composite material. | |
| Unplugged L-BOW and Voice MP3, 201 kB, 00:41, 22kHz, 40kbs, mono, UNPLUGGED! | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| Silver L-BOW-V, recorded acoustically. This sample shows how loud the acoustic sound is. I talk and play at the same time, and you can hear how loud the bass is acoustically. Recorded with a cheap mini-boom microphone directly into the 1/8" input on a laptop computer. The mic was just sitting on the desk in front of me. This L-BOW-V is tuned higher with thinner strings, like the top 5 strings of an 8-string. The tuning is explained in the sample. | |
| Unplugged Silver L-BOW Fingers MP3, 71 kB, 00:15, 22kHz, 40kbs, mono,
UNPLUGGED! Unplugged Silver L-BOW Tap MP3, 129 kB, 00:27, 22kHz, 40kbs, mono, UNPLUGGED! |
Greg Holmes, Canada |
| Silver L-BOW-V, recorded acoustically. Two more examples of the silver L-BOW-V with the tenor tuning. Again recorded with the mini microphone directly into the 1/8" input on a laptop computer. The first sample features a classic-guitar fingerstyle technique. The second sample is all two-handed tapping and hammer-ons. | |
| Unplugged Black L-BOW #1 MP3, 126 kB, 00:26, 22kHz, 40kbs, mono
UNPLUGGED! Unplugged Black L-BOW #2 MP3, 118 kB, 00:24, 22kHz, 40kbs, mono UNPLUGGED! |
Greg Holmes, Canada |
| Black L-BOW-V, recorded acoustically. Two examples of a black L-BOW-V with normal 5-string bass tuning (low B). Again recorded with the mini microphone directly into the 1/8" input on a laptop computer. The two samples are musically similar. | |
| SOUL | |
| tapping Buco Dub YouTube video, 00:43 | Daniel Verdier, France |
| Soul-VI, Roland GK kit. Daniel Verdier and his Soul-VI. He has a nice white tribal design on the upper horn. | |
| Soul-IV_PUs MP3, 1.5 MB, 02:38, 44kHz, 80kbs, mono | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| Soul-IV, soundholes, 2x HB pickups. Recorded direct into a Mac, no processing other than volume. Starts with bridge PU, then both, neck only in the end. | |
| Soul-IV_slap MP3, 330 kB, 00:33, 44kHz, 80kbs, mono | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| Soul-IV, soundholes, 2x HB pickups. Recorded direct into a Mac, no processing other than volume. Some slap and finger stuff. (A bit of background noise on this one.) | |
| Soul-IV-mids MP3, 280 kB, 00:29, 44kHz, 80kbs, mono | Heiko Eulen, Germany |
| Soul-IV, soundholes, 2x HB pickups. Recorded direct into a Mac, no processing other than volume. This one in active mode, bridge pickup + 70%, neck volume, bass/treble flat, mid + 40%, lower-mid selected. | |
| Unplugged Soul-IV Walking MP3, 254 kB, 00:21, 32kHz, 96kbs, stereo,
UNPLUGGED! Unplugged Soul-IV Chords MP3, 58 kB, 00:04, 32kHz, 96kbs, stereo, UNPLUGGED! Unplugged Soul-IV Long MP3, 222 kB, 00:18, 32kHz, 96kbs, stereo, UNPLUGGED! |
Greg Holmes, Canada |
| Imperial Blue Soul-IV, recorded acoustically. These samples were recorded with two consumer-quality hand-held microphones. The mics were a few inches apart, pointing at the body near the pickups. The first one is a walking bass line (compare it to the STD-V Walking sample above), the second is a series of chords, and the third is a strum down the open strings with a long sustain. | |
| DN1000 | |
| Softemment MP3, 1.8 MB, 01:59, 44kHz, 128kbs, stereo | Daniel Verdier, France |
| Double-neck STD-VI fretted/fretless. Starts with chordal rhythm part which has been EQ'd with the on-board preamp. Then the pop-slap "drum part" enters, followed by the bass part played fingerstyle. Finally, the melody part enters, played on the fretless neck. | |
| Daniel MP3, 2.9 MB, 04:08, 44kHz, 96kbs, stereo | Daniel Verdier, France |
| Double-neck STD-VI fretted/fretless. A mellow jazzy tune played in two parts: bass and chords under a solo line. | |
| GUITAR | |
| BassLab Guitar YouTube video, 03:27 | David Wallimann, USA |
| STD-Guitar, 6-string, 2x active EMG pickups. David Wallimann of Glass Hammer showing the orange STD guitar. | |
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Silver Guitar Clean - Strumming MP3, 242 KB, 00:12, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono Silver Guitar Clean - Fingerstyle Jazz MP3, 337 KB, 00:17, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono Silver Guitar Clean - Fingerstyle Funk MP3, 466 KB, 00:23, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono Silver Guitar Clean - Harmonics MP3, 487 KB, 00:24, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono |
Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-Guitar, 3x pickups, Ibanez ZR bridge, BassXX preamp, silver.
These four examples show the clean sound of this guitar with various musical motifs.
Each motif is played 6 times, using all available pickup combinations, starting with the neck pickup.
Recorded directly into the computer, with no processing. Neck Pickup: Dimarzio Evolution DP158 Humbucker Middle Pickup: Dimarzio DP116 HS-2 Single Coil Bridge Pickup: Dimarzio Evolution DP159 Humbucker 6-pos rotary selector (Neck, Neck+Middle, Middle, Neck+Bridge, Middle+Bridge, Bridge) | |
| Silver Guitar EQ MP3, 473 KB, 00:24, 44kHz, 160kbs, mono | Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-Guitar, 3x pickups, Ibanez ZR bridge, BassXX preamp, silver. This example features the on-board BassXX EQ, which was used to add some sparkle on the highs and tightness to the lows. No external processing was applied. Note that the BassXX preamp is not standard equipment in guitars, but it is an excellent upgrade. | |
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Silver Guitar FX - Shred Picking MP3, 521 KB, 00:26, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo Silver Guitar FX - Sparkly Fingers MP3, 747 KB, 00:38, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo Silver Guitar FX - Whammy Bar MP3, 748 KB, 00:38, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo Silver Guitar FX - All Tapping MP3, 294 KB, 00:15, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo Silver Guitar FX - More Two-handed MP3, 877 KB, 00:14, 44kHz, 160kbs, stereo |
Greg Holmes, Canada |
| STD-Guitar, 3x pickups, Ibanez ZR bridge, BassXX preamp, silver. Various ad-lib samples which show the silver guitar with different pickup combinations and effects (provided by Guitar Rig). The Sparkly Fingers sample uses the tremolo bar a bit at the end, but the Whammy Bar sample goes crazy with it. The clicks at the beginning are the strings going completely loose and hitting the pickups, but it's still in tune for the harmonics at the 12 second mark. In fact, the guitar was still in tune for the last two samples, both using two-handed tapping (no picking or strumming). | |
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