Electric Guitar Review

Speed-linking for the four-string set…

I tend to be fairly six-string-centric around here, but yesterday I came across so many interesting bass guitar links I thought I’d better lay ‘em down for you.

Marshall this week announced a new line of bass amplifiers, titled the MB Series. The amps appear to run the full gamut, from the tiny 15-watt MB15 combo (1×8″ speaker,) all the way up to the 450-watt MB450H head and the 1200-watt MBC810 cabinet (8×10″ speakers.)

In current Marshall fashion, even the smallest and cheapest of the series feature some nice extras, including a mid-voice control, switchable compression, and dual channels––both Modern and Classic. Full specs are yet to be posted.

Moving right along, Peavey is running a contest to give away a Jack Daniel’s bass signed by the grandfather of ferocious, snarling, headbanging bass playing––yep, you guessed it––Lemmy from Motorhead (is this guy ever gonna’ die?) I don’t know much about Peavey’s Jack Daniel’s line, but why look a gift horse in the mouth, right? (boy, that’s a saying that must lose a lot in translation, eh?)

Oh yeah, and ESP, who got onto the “Relic” bandwagon earlier this year with their Vintage Series guitars is apparently offering a limited run of Vintage-4 basses, based on the 400 Series instruments that first made it to U.S. shores back in the 1980s. The instruments, of course, have been “distressed” to replicate the worn & torn mojo of a well-played instrument, and are pretty damned good looking if you ask me.