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• Welcome to Bass Player's April 2014 Links Page
  BP COMMUNITY Get news and post comments at www.facebook.com/bassplayermag . Follow daily tweets at www.twitter.com/bassplayernow . Debate, shock, educate, and share with fellow readers at www.basspla.. […]
• Bobby's Bassment: How I Met My Bass of Dreams, pt. 1
  Bobby Vega is a world-class collector and vintage bass freak of the first order. The gear is real. […]
• Blues You Can Use - Willie Dixon: When "Wrong" is Right
  LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE MUSIC OF WILLIE DIXON, A MAN WHOSE LONG LIST OF hit songs earned him the sobriquet “the Poet of the Blues.” […]
• John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts - A Sound for Sore Ears
  AT MY REGULAR GIG WITH THE WDR BIG BAND, I WORK WITH A ROTATing roster of great jazz composers, arrangers, and soloists. I was thrilled recently when saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Heath came to lead our band for a production. […]
• Tech Bench: Sound Good Live
  Over the last few years, Tech Bench has looked at amps, preamps, pickups, hardware, electronics, and many other links in the chain of devices that ends with your bass going boom. […]
• Review: Demeter 201-800D Preamp/Power Amp
  Over the course of his three-plus decades in the audio business, James Demeter has developed a reputation for building rock-solid gear that excels at sophisticated, modern tone. […]
• Review: Acoustic Image Flex System
  Amplifying the upright bass is a problem that has generated many solutions over the years (see the Fender Bass), but back in 1997, Acoustic Image made an impact with its answer: lightweight, high-fidelity amplifiers and fresh cabinet designs that offered portability and serious low-end dispersion. […]