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No more King Doublebass?!

In the last few months there was a lot of speculation about what was happening with King Doublebass, one of the most popular upright bass companies. We just received the official statement from its founder Jason Burns. You can exclusively read about it on the Art of Slap Bass w-site and ask Jason a question on our forum here:
 
"I am sad to announce that I am no longer with King Doublebass. This decision was forced on me since my professional reputation was threatened by management’s shady business practices.

It is unlikely that King can or will fill any outstanding customer orders. As a professional gesture to these customers, I have leased the shop next door to complete these outstanding orders out of my own pocket.  

Through this unfortunate chain of events, I have been offered an opportunity with a company seeking my expertise in designing and manufacturing a new line of handcrafted upright basses and electric guitars.

During the last eight months, I’ve been working with this company on new instruments and electronic designs scheduled for release later this year. I am excited to say that these new instruments are my best work to date. These new instruments will combine vintage acoustic tone, road-ready durability and better feedback control that will make any soundman happy.

The official company announcement will be released in July, with photos depicting some of the instrument prototypes and accessories, shortly there after.  

Please contact me at (714)664-0436 with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Jason Burns"
 

1 year anniversary of the Art of Slap Bass!!!

On this day (June 10th) last year we started the Art of Slap Bass!

In this first year we posted five interviews, featured three videos, wrote two reviews and one article. We hope we'll be able to do even more in the upcoming years!

Thank you all for the support and please continue to check the w-site, subscribe to our YouTube channel and sign in to our forum

 

Dubouchet's video reaches 10.000 views!!!

Thank you all for checking out Nicolas Dubouchet's video "Dixon's Boogie" on AOSB channel! It reached 10.000 views today!

There are many mediocre slap bass videos on YouTube and it's getting harder for the good ones to be seen. Please be sure to check our channel often and to subscribe to it here. We're dedicated to feature just the best in todays' slap bass world!

Nicolas also has a new video "Big Noise from Winnetka" online, so be sure to check that one as well! 

 

New video and interview with Didi Beck

New interview is finally up on the Art of Slap Bass website!

This time we're featuring bass player from Germany - Didi Beck. He's been touring with his rockabilly band Boppin' B for more than 20 years. He also released a book and instructional DVD about Rockabilly slap bass which has gained him a place on our website. You can check out the review of the book here and buy it in our store here.

 After reading the interview, you can ask Didi a question or just send him some words of support on our forum here

 

New Interview with Greg Olwell

Never heard of his name? Have you ever read any slap bass related article in Bass Player magazine? If you did, it was most likely written by this guy!

Greg Olwell has been a journalist in BP magazine for more than 11 years. He's pretty much the only guy that was writing about slap technique on the upright bass for last decade. Check out his exclusive interview for the Art of Slap Bass here

We're working constantly on improving the w-site and we added a box on the left (under the interviews tab) where you can check out our past interviews. In order to get the updates from the AOSB, please subscribe to the RSS feed.