Bass Player

THE WRITE STUFF

SILVIA BLUEJAY

“Being able to buy good quality basses for an affordable amount of money. Having your favorite luthier build you a custom-built bass guitar on the basis of your specifications is all well and good, but many of us don’t have the money, crystal-clear ideas for our specs—or, to be honest, the need.”

PHILIP MANN

“No preamp, guitar, or piece of software from the last 30 years can equal the impact that the internet has had on musicians and music education alike. On a weekly basis, I am now able to greet my students on a worldwide platform—something I could have never have dreamed of as a bassist in the 90s.”

ELLEN O’REILLY

“The creation of my custom Sandberg California VT, with a drop-D Hipshot and a very comfortable neck radius which Holger Sandberg himself filed down until I was happy with it. It ended up inspiring a whole range of basses, which are now available to buy—the Sandberg SL (Super Light)!”

JOE SHOOMAN

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