The Bass Hang

In this episode Doug Koeppen and I play a killer Italian made Manne Moab Special Master Grade 5 String Bass.

The specs are below, when we shot the episode we went in cold and just played the bass, and speculated some things about the bass.

Manne Moab Special Specs:

Master grade Italian walnut top over a black Korina body with a beautiful inlay that separates the bookend matched top!

Neck is Manne's signature beech laminate with ash wings, with a thin phenolic fretboard.

Pickups are dual coil soapbars custom built by Manne.

Glockenklang preamp with active/passive switching.

This week on 2 Dudes 1 Bass, Howard Ulyate and I dissect an incredible Lakland Skyline Jazz Bass. These basses are incredibly consistent and every one that I've had my hands on has been great and 100% gig worthy.

Shot with an iPhone 7 and the Apogee MiC 96k.

Steve Araujo and The Bass Hang's Brand New Series!!!

2 Dudes 1 Bass!!!

Steve Araujo and one of his bass playing friends geek out on a different bass every week and basically talk about, and demo the instrument. The editing is minimal and we basically just ROLL TAPE!!

In Episode 3, Howard Ulyate of Ulyate Instruments and Steve Araujo discuss and demo a great Nordstrand Nordy VP4, 4 String Precision Style Bass.

The Video was shot in 4k on an iPhone 7 and the audio was recorded via an Apogee MiC96k that went straight into the iPhone.

Steve Araujo and The Bass Hang's Brand New Series!!!

2 Dudes 1 Bass!!!

Steve Araujo and one of his bass playing friends geek out on a different bass every week and basically talk about, and demo the instrument. The editing is minimal and we basically just ROLL TAPE!!

In Episode 2, Doug Koeppen and Steve Araujo, from The Bass Hang, discuss and demo a great G&L JB5-5 String Jazz Style Bass.

The Video was shot in 4k on an iPhone 7 and the audio was recorded via an Apogee MiC96k that went straight into the iPhone.

2 Dudes 1 Bass is BACK!!! Season 2 is back and the 1st episode features Howard Ulyate and Steve Araujo discussing and playing an amazing 1990 Ken Smith BT 5G bass. This bass belonged to a dear friend of ours, Bill Bieschke, and it is an honor to be able to play this instrument.

Here is a quick soundbite featuring the DR Strings Bootzillas Coated Strings. I used a 5 string Colibri Jazz Bass recorded through an A-Designs Audio KGB-II.

Carey Nordstrand tells Steve Araujo and The Bass Hang the story of how the Big Singles, Fat Stacks and Big Splits came to life.

Steve Araujo and Carey Nordstrand swap, and compare some Nordstrand Big Rig and Big Blade pickups on this amazing Michael Tobias Design USA MTD Saratoga 5 String Bass.

This bass has a Nordstrand 3b preamp and DR Lo Rider Strings.

This is a quick demo video of the MTD Saratoga 5 loaded with Nordstrand Big Blade pickups. The preamp is the Nordstrand 3b Preamp. For the first half of the video I have the preamp/on-engaged with the treble cut about 10%. For the second half of the video, the preamp is bypassed/off. For both examples I have both pickups on.

I used the A-Designs Audio KGB-II DI/Preamp straight into Logic audio and DR Strings Lo Riders on the bass.

Here is a quick demo featuring an outstanding MTD USA Saratoga 5 string bass. This is one of the best feeling and constructed basses I have ever played. Michael Tobias is making some of the most sought after basses in the business.

This bass features a Maple neck with Birds Eye Maple fingerboard, and a Poplar body, it is loaded with Nordstrand Big Rig Pickups and Nordstrand 3b Preamp.

The bass was recorded direct through my A-Designs Audio KGB 1-tf DI and is loaded with DR Strings Lo Riders.