Songs
Till Spohr "Some skunk funk by the Brecker Bros. on BassLab Soul-V (finger-style)
(For some unknown reason, the video doesn't always show up. Just click it - it's there and it's worth it!)
Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) Soul-IV fretless "Rejuvenated" (finger-style)
MP3
Fred Motte from Bordeaux, France STD-V demo song (direct recording, some compression used, but no tone controls...), (slap-style)
MP 3
Heiko Eulen recorded two live-tunes during a concert in Germany with his L-bow-V (finger-style) and "Shibuya" as another L-bow live rehearsal-recording with Blue Lounge
Red Baron (MP3)
Besame Mucho (MP3)
Shibuya (MP3)
"Professor T" with a passive L-bow cut 5-string, (mainly fingerstyle)direct (multi-track) recording
P is for pressure
Eight_for_the_road
Freddy Samsonstuen (multi-track) with an 8-string fretted/fretless, a 6-string fretted L-bow and a 6-string fretless L-bow. See the detailed text on soundcloud on what he uses on each of the songs.
Heiko Eulen recorded a tune with an L-bow-V fretless (finger-style) direct recording
White Dreams (MP3)
Gerald Reese with an STD-IV from the CD "Raw and Powered", played with the slapring. A metal ring for the thumb, which makes it sound very metallic, but also agressive. (slap-style)
Kathy (MP3)
Erique Troi - Tunes from the new CD "The Porclaine Experience" available from TowerRecords. All tunes were played on a Soul-IV.
Erics comment: "That was the ultimate bass for the studio! I just went directly through the mixing board and hit record...man the engineers were astounded! ....and wow! it worked!"
(slap and finger-style)
Dem Thangz (MP3)
Estas Palabras (MP3)
Ringading Slothang (MP3)
Ringading Dang (MP3)
feat. Joo Kraus, Libor Shima, Peter Wölpi, Marco Minnemann
Bernd Keul on a Soul-VI, fretted
Soul Demo (MP3)
Daniel Verdier BassLab Soul-VI (multi-track)
Daniel Verdier BassLab STD-VI (finger-style)
2 cafes please (MP3)
Softemment (MP3)
Daniel (MP3)
Vince from France on the STD-VI. Not shure about the guitar....... (slap- and finger-style)
Matthias Rethmann on the STD-VI - Rock (slap- and finger-style)
The EWG
Freddy Samsonstuen has done two video, featuring two of his (three) BassLab basses and a Chris Larkin 9-string.
Let me play my bass (Featuring Henning Iversen on guitar.)
Premier Guitar interview at Musikmesse 2009
Sound clips
Soul-IV fretless with Delano soapbars and piezo system, BassXX preamp and Piezo preamp.
Played by Lars Lehmann for BassProfessor, Germany.
0.3 MB (MP3) activ+25% Piezo
0.5MB (MP3) activ, midboost + treblecut
0.4 MB (MP3) activ both PUs + Piezo, treblecut
0.6MB (MP3) activ neck-PU+ 50% Piezo, Treblecut
0.4 MB (MP3) passive both PUs
0.4MB (MP3) passive, neck-PU
0.4 MB (MP3) passive Piezo
0.4MB (MP3) passiv bridge-PU
All the following tracks were done in PASSIVE mode and with no tone control (except one). All tracks by Heiko Eulen.
Soul-IV - soundholes, 2x HB pickups
starts with bridge PU, then both, neck only in the end
some slap and finger stuff. (Sorry, there is some background noise on this one.)
this one in active mode, bridge pickup + 70% neck volume, bass/treble flat, mid + 40%, lower-mid selected
STD-V, soundholes, 2x HB pickups Played with a plek
Soul-IV_pus
Soul-IV_slap
Soul-IV-mids
STD-V plek