Conrad Korsch is a New York City based acoustic and electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator. As bassist with Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Bette Midler, Clay Aiken, Deborah Gibson, the Broadway show Swing!, the annual Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon’s … more »

The Ampeg Micro-VR stack (Micro-VR head & SVT-210AV cab) has been making some pretty big waves with professional bassists. In fact, we’ve been getting a lot of orders from top-named artists who want to get their hands on this little … more »

Warped Tour is well…warped. This years stops included the very awesome Gorge Amphitheater. Set against a stunning back drop of desert plateaus and the mighty Columbia river, any show at the Gorge is as much eye-candy as it is ear-candy. … more »

The super group Heaven & Hell is currently touring, supporting their new album The Devil You Know. One quarter of this awesome group is bassist Geezer Butler, who wrote most of the Black Sabbath songs you know and love, has … more »

Jon Reshard is a widely-acclaimed bass virtuoso who has been covered in both Bass Player and Jazz Times magazines. Influenced by many bass figures, including Jaco Pastorious and John Patitucci, his soulful and articulate bass playing has reached a whole … more »

“Slo” Maggard, bass player for Unearth, recently upgraded his Ampeg rig. Our AR staff hand-delivered the new rig to “Slo” during their last show in the Seattle area. Slo’s Ampeg rig consists of: SVT-4PRO SVT-2PRO SVT-810E Their recent tour just ended, … more »

Fleetwood Mac has been busy this year, playing sold out shows across North America. There are still a few dates, so be sure to get tickets soon if you are in one of the lucky cities to host Fleetwood Mac. … more »

William K. Santana is 12 years old. He lives in Chico, CA with his mother, father and little sister. Oh yeah, he also owns it when he plays bass. We caught up with William during the 2009 NAMM show when … more »

The Mars Volta are nothing if not complex. But complexity does not always mean complicated. It all comes down to layering of sound and The Mars Volta have mastered that. In January of 2008, Mars launched their album, The Bedlam … more »

Heavy hitting melodic metal-core bassist John “Slo” Maggard of the band Unearth has just ordered up two SVT-810E’s, a SVT-2PRO and a SVT-4PRO to support him on what will no doubtedly be the biggest non-festival metal tour this year!! The … more »