Michael Gelfand
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Michael Gelfand is a bass player and former senior editor at Musician magazine who has written extensively about music and musical equipment for many mainstream publications and websites. He lives in a log cabin on the wooded outskirts of New York City with his wife, twin sons and a disobedient Siberian husky, where he spends a lot of time rationalizing why any sane person needs 12 basses and a 2,000-watt 2 x 15 bass rig in a 90 square foot work space.
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SEARCH ALL CONTENTWhich Bass are You? | Nov 29
I was born in 1966, the same year Yamaha first started making electric basses (as well as guitars and amps). So what, you ask? Well, for one thing, it means I’ve been circling the sun for a lot longer
Read MoreThe Ampeg™ Story | Feb 04
Having a conversation about the greatest bass amplifiers of all time that doesn’t include Ampeg would be like trying to have a serious conversation about the greatest R&B singers without mentioning James Brown. Ampeg’s influence on the world of bass
Read MoreThe Advantages of Bi-Amping | Feb 28
On its own, an electric bass guitar makes very little sound at all. That’s why amplifying it to the point where it can not only be heard, but felt, is no small feat. There’s a lot of science —
Read MoreA Brief Guide to Bass Guitar Tonewoods | Mar 27
My wife is a remarkable woman, for a variety of reasons. One is that she forgives my chronic late-night infidelities with the harem of bass guitars I’ve accumulated over the decades. That said, sometimes she will ask plaintively, “Why do
Read MoreBolt-On vs. Neck-Through | Apr 24
To a non-musician, all basses are essentially the same. Just slap a body, neck, pickups, bridge, tuners, strings and some shiny, twiddly doo-dads together and you’ve got a bass, right? Wrong. That’s like suggesting all cars are just hunks of
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