Bass Emporium Newsletter - Volume III, No. 7 Bass Guitar Magazine Article on Bass Emporium Jens Ritter Bass Guitar Clinic at Bass Emporium Ed Friedland Now Teaching at Bass Emporium Website Update New LOWER String Prices Owners Manuals Missed a Newsletter? New Bi-Monthly Contest Specials Page
Hello LowEnders!
What's in this issue:
Bass Guitar Magazine Article on Bass Emporium
Jens Ritter Bass Guitar Clinic at Bass Emporium
Ed Friedland Now Teaching at Bass Emporium
Website Update
New LOWER String Prices
Owners Manuals On-Line
Missed a Newsletter?
New Bi-Monthly Contest
Specials Page
We are honored to have had an article on our "Little Ole Bass Shop from Texas" in the current issue (Spetember 2006) of Bass Guitar Magazine. This article was written by Ed Friedland (who also teaches in our store) and below you will find the article. Please support Bass Guitar magazine and if you are not a subscriber, pick up a copy at your newstand!
Jens Ritter of Ritter Bass Guitars will be vising from Germany and will be in our store on Tuesday, July 11th at 7:00pm. Jens will be bringing some basses which we will have on display and he will be here to talk about his basses, bass design ideas and concepts. There is no admission charge and no need to make a reservation. So, please come by the store and meet Jens, bring your Ritter for show-and-tell if you wish and see some of his beautiful one-of-a-kind creations!
Bassist, author, educator Ed Friedland is offering private lessons at Bass Emporium, starting June 2006. A former Contributing Editor for Bass Player magazine, Ed is now Senior Editor at Guitar World's Bass Guitar Magazine. In addition to hundreds of articles, Ed has authored 13 books and 2 DVDs, including Building Walking Bass Lines, Building Rock Bass Lines, Bass Grooves, The Working Bassist's Toolkit, Reggae Bass, The Way They Play - The R&B Masters, Blues Bass, the second edition of the Hal Leonard Electric Bass Method, and the best-selling Slap Bass DVD.
Ed has taught at Berklee College of Music, Boston College, Arizona State University, as well as privately since 1979. His performance credits include Larry Coryell, Michal Urbaniak, Robben Ford, Johnny Adams, Robert Junior Lockwood, Mighty Sam McClain, and hundreds of others.
Lessons are $30 per half hour, all styles, and levels taught. Beginners Welcome!
Call 520-444-8087 or email Ed Friedland for scheduling, lesson and payment information. Also, check out http://www.edfriedland.com/ for more information on Ed Friedland!
We have recently done some updates to our website. We have added small "thumbnail" icons to each page of the pictures of our inventory so you can get an idea of which item you need to investigate before clicking on an individual page. Hopefully this will allow faster searches and you can have more fun "windowshopping" for that new bass or amp, or just to help you identify the new set of strings that you need. Have fun!
We have started looking at the string survey that many of you have already taken part in and have reassessed our string selection and pricing. We have lowered almost all of our string prices and we now feel confident that we are the LOWEST price that you can find for quality bass strings. The shopping cart has been updated and all pricing information is current. We are still evaluating whether to add more brands and models of strings, so if you haven't done the survey yet, now is the time to stand up and be counted. String sales have been increasing quite a bit, so if we run out of something, please be patient while we restock. Go to "http://www.bassemporium.com/catDetail.php?1090076928" to check out our string offerings. Remember, free shipping with order of $100 or greater!
Some of our customers were not aware ouf the collection of owner's manuals and specification guides that we have on our website. If you go to "http://www.bassemporium.com/manuals.php" you will see 275+ owner's manuals, specification sheets, wiring diagrams and brochures. This is a great resource and we are adding to this repsoitory all the time. If you can't find what you are looking for, please let us know and if we can find it, we will add it to the site!
All of our back-issue newsletter (excpet for the New In Stock information) is archived at "http://www.bassemporium.com/newsletters.php". So, take some time and go back through and see if any of this information is informative or helpful in your quest for tone!
We have a new contest in which we are giving away a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Floor tuner. Chances are that you are already registered (or you wouldn't be getting this newsletter), but pass this along to a friend so they can have a chance to win! The link to register is "http://www.bassemporium.com/subscribe.php".
Here is a reminder if you know (and a tip if you don't) about our Specials page. We list any discontinued items or any special buys that we may get on a singular page to help you find items that will make it a little eaiser on your wallet. Items will vary from a single bass string up to amplifiers and basses, so check out the Specials page at "http://www.bassemporium.com/specials.php" and save some dough!
Let us know if you have anything that you would like to see in the upcoming issues of our newsletter. Thanks and let us know how we can serve you!
John