AGUILAR AMPLIFICATION WELCOMES JUSTIN MELDAL-JOHNSEN TO ITS ARTIST ROSTER
“Their gear is awesome; intensely powerful and exquisitely well made.”

NEW YORK, NY — Aguilar Amplification, maker of high quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories for bassists is pleased to welcome Justin Meldal-Johnsen to their family of endorsees.

Meldal-Johnsen is currently playing with Nine Inch Nails using the DB 750 and AG 500 amplifiers with DB 412 and DB 810 cabinets, the AGRO distortion preamp and the Tone Hammer preamp/D.I. Justin says of his new gear, “I did a shootout during spring Nine Inch Nails rehearsals with plenty of other great gear, and Aguilar rose to the top. My basses sound amazing through these beastly, beautiful amps and cabinets.”

Without question, Leo Fender was a visionary, and when he founded G&L and began producing guitars in the Fullerton, California factory on Fender Avenue he forged a legacy of craftsmanship, creativity, and quality. Each guitar in the main G&L line is a custom instrument, finely tuned to exacting standards. Because of this level of detail and attention, these guitars are highly desired but often out of reach for the everyday musician. That is until G&L introduced the Tribute line of guitars and basses. Using all of the modern capabilities of the Korean luthiers, like CNC machines and precision machining, G&L was able to capture the essential features and unique properties of the main G&L line while maintaining a surprisingly attractive price point. When I asked Dave McLaren of BBE Sound, Inc. (the parent company of G&L) about the Tribute line he sent me a gorgeous Tribute L2000 Premium bass guitar to review. I suggest you read the whole article for the details, but I can tell you right now that I was more than impressed by this amazing instrument!

Bass guitar is one of the fundamental elements in today’s hottest musical styles. In fact, in some music a slick backbeat and a groovy bass line is all you need to compliment a singer or group of singers. Bass players are also no longer confined to the back of the stage tethered to a heavy instrument. With the importance of the bass guitar rising and the advent of cool new body designs – bass guitars are now meant to be seen and heard!

Although the electric bass was first invented in the 1930’s, the double-bass ruled until about 1950 when Fender invented the Precision Bass (or P-Bass). Multiple companies followed thereafter with varying designs, such as one of my favorites, the Gibson Thunderbird, and headless models such as the Steinberger.

We have reviewed many Greg Bennett acoustic and electric guitar designs on GuitarGearHeads; however, for this review we get to focus on two unique ends of the bass spectrum. We were sent the Elan AB-11 Acoustic Bass and the Delta DB5 Electric Bass to test drive this go around; however, you’ll have to read the article for the details!