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PICKUPS AND ELECTRONICS |
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The First Annual Bass Player Readers’ Choice Awards |
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THE GEAR Best Bass Under : $700 Fender Standard Jazz Best Bass Between $700 and $1,500 : Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Best Bass Over $1,500 : Fodera Best Bass Head : MarkBass Little Mark II Best Speaker Cab : Ampeg SVT810E 8x10 Best Combo Amp :Ampeg BA115 Best Stompbox : Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI Best Multi-Effect : Line 6 Bass PODxt Best Strings : DR Strings Best Pickups: Bartolini Best Preamp : Audere JZ3 Best Software : Digidesign Pro Tools Best Recording Gear :Digidesign Mbox 2 Best Accessory : Dunlop Strap Locks All-Around Best New Product : MarkBass Little Mark II Best Value Award :Squier Vintage Modified Series THE PLAYERS The Year’s Most Exciting New Player : Tal Wilkenfeld Best Album For Bass : Rush, Snakes & Arrows The Year’s Most Inspiring Player : Victor Wooten Coolest Bass Line : In A Song Released In 2007 Rush’s “Malignant Narcissism” gathered the most votes for a cool ’07 line, followed up by “Far Cry,” also from the Toronto trio’s Snakes and Arrows album. ABOUT BASS PLAYER Best 2007 Cover Feature : Geddy Lee, August ’07 Favorite Non-Cover Interviews : Tal Wilkenfeld Best Lesson : Learn To Play Chris Squire’s part on Yes’s “Roundabout” Favorite Full-Song Transcriptions : Chuck Rainey on Steely Dan’s “Peg,” November ’07 Favorite Bass Player TV Videos : Bobby Vega on the Sly & the Family Stone STRINGS Best Strings : 1. DR Strings 2. D’Addario 3. Rotosound 4. Ernie Ball 5. GHS 6. Elixir 7. Dean Markley 8. LaBella 9. Thomastik 10. Fender |
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