Bass SouthWest is now offering the new Mike Pope external pre-amp. The mpp-1 is an ultra-high performance single channel bass preamplifier with extremely low noise and distortion. Input impedance is 1,000,000 ohms unbalanced and the main output is driven by a top-of-the-line Burr-Brown balanced line driver with a distortion specification of less than 0.00005%. While you may never have to drive a 600ohm load to 17Vrms across 500 feet of cable, now you can. The circuit boards are multi-layer designs with isolated ground, power, and shield planes. Most parts are surface mount, affording a small footprint and very short traces which means very little parasitic capacitance or inductance. This keeps the circuit operating in a highly linear manner except when you don't want it to (like when you turn an EQ control). Signal path capacitors are highest grade, film caps. The power supply capacitors are tantalums and aluminum electrolytics. The power supply is bipolar, double regulated for superior stability and over-voltage protected.
An in-demand educator, Pope provides instruction worldwide through clinics and his own jazz camp. He has appeared as a special guest artist at events such as Steve Bailey's Bass At The Beach, Victor Wooten's Bass/Nature Camp, Bass Day, and Euro Bass Day alongside bass titans Matthew Garrison and Dominique Di Piazza. Pope is also a former faculty member of the Bass Collective. In addition to his tremendous talent as a bassist, Pope has contributed to the design and fabrication of various electronic devices for bass. Amongst his inventions, Pope has devised a proprietary preamp circuit that is used in Fodera basses, a compressor sold by Fodera, and he also builds customized preamps, as requested, for individuals.
Bass Southwest is happy to be an official dealer of Ristola Instruments. Ristola Instruments are handcrafted by Brian Ristola in his shop in New Hampshire. He began building in the late 90's in Chris Stambaugh's custom shop. A few years ago, he moved into his own shop and began working on his own models. Each instrument is created with precision and care to meet high standards in the areas of sonic quality, play-ability, craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty.
Bass Southwest is proud to announce that the new Fodera NYC basses are now in stock. Some of our new models come with 24 frets. Bass Southwest will be adding some vintage items to its inventory very soon. Please check back for availability and pricing.
Check out the review in October issue of Bass Player of the Mike Lulls V5 and P5 basses. These basses received a flawless review. These basses are in stock and available at Bass Southwest.
The Guitar Player September 2005 issue has completed a fabulous review of the Manne Taos special. The Taos received an outstanding flawless review. The Taos is available at Bass Southwest.
More good news! Bass Southwest now has available La Bella Bass strings at great prices.
