My Bass Guitars And Amps


Sei Jazz 4 String - New Build Page

It's here - my new and truly wonderful Sei Jazz four string - check out some pics and full specs on this page...read more























Sei Bass Single Cut Series 1

This is my Sei bass - a Series One Single Cut made by the brilliant Martin Petersen at the Bass Gallery - it's turned out better than I could have hoped for - that's not to say I doubted Martin's abilities - it's just that he's surpassed them! See more pics here...





















Jeff Chapman Custom Fretless 5 Gallery

|Made by amazing Brighton-based luthier Jeff Chapman - and inspired by and based Franc O'Shea's wonderful original Tobias Classic - this is my fretless 5 string. Made from a single piece of African mahogany, with an ebony fingerboard, with Thuya burr pickup covers - it's a very unique bass with a totally unique sound. There are several examples of this on my Myspace page here - it's a truly beautiful bass and sounds and plays as good as it looks.

The amazing part of this bass's histroy is that Jeff spotted the piece of mahogany when it was being thrown away from its previous life as a shelf in a school! It's a safe bet this piece of wood was aged for several decades and as such is extremely well seasoned and bone dry - which is reflected in its amazing warm tone. More pics here...







Genz Benz Shuttle 9.0 - 900 Watt Micro Amp

I recently switched to using this amazing, small but perfectly formed, D Class Micro amp - which sounds amazing and delivers an incredible 900 watts in a box that weighs just 4 pounds... it shouldn't work but it does - and living in London it makes perfect sense to use an amp that is so portable but delivers a phenomenal amount of volume and tone. While I still love Epifani amps and have been impressed by many other bass amps for me this amp truly delivers a very transparent sound - which just lets my three beautiful basses shine out with their wonderfully warm and varied tones. I'm still using my Epifani UL 210 cab which I love and delivers shed loads of sound for its size.

SWR Baby Baby Blue

This is a brilliant little amp - the 1x10 kicks out a very serious sounding 120watts and has a really lovely hi-fi quality sound - I'd strongly recommend you try one if you are looking for a sturdy, postable combo that is very easy to transport in a taxi, tube or even the bus - I've done the lot!

 

My current pedals include - the Boss RC2 Loop station:



EBS BassIQ Auto Wah



EBS UniChorus

EBS Wah One