The genesis of GGB Basses
GGB Basses are the brainchild of Garry Gary Beers, bassist of INXS.
Garry has designed with legendary companies such as Ampeg, Peavey, Fender, Steinberger G&L, ESP, Ibanez and Maton guitars in Australia.
“I wanted to have a bass that feels like an old friend from the moment you first hold it. Then you plug it in and realize that this is like nothing you’ve ever heard or felt before. That’s exactly what I felt when I assembled GGB #1 and that is what I wish to share.”
Garry has put all of his experience, creativity, passion, and knowledge into building what he believes to be the perfect bass - in sound, feel and style. The shapes and colors of these basses are sourced from the look and feel of vintage basses that Garry has admired since he started playing.
“From the late 70’s I’ve been building, modifying, and experimenting with pickups and control electronics. My passion is creating. You can always see me with a soldering iron or shaping tool in my hands. It has always been my mission to find the exact sound and feel for the basses, bass rigs and pedal boards I design and build.”
“First, it started with my mission to build the perfect pickup. I started working on a pickup design back in Australia in the early 90’s. The sound of a vintage split Humbucker pickup was always priority number one. I eventually cracked the code and finalized and patented my 4 and 5 string “Quad” pickup in Los Angeles in 2017.”
With the pickup design complete, Garry then began work on the basses that were to house them. For the weight, feel and balance of the new basses Garry turned to “Old Faithful” - his 1958 Fender P Bass he found in Chicago in 1985. “Old Faithful" is the INXS bass- she has played on all of the biggest INXS hits including on their biggest record – KICK.
All of Garry’s basses are modeled after “Old Faithful”, the perfect home for the perfect pickup.
SEE & HEAR OUR BASSES
Audio demo for GGB bass model XS-2 - Candy Apple Tangerine. Roundwound strings - Direct to Mac recording- no EQ or FX. GGB patented pickup is a quad coil passive pickup. Patent # 9,818,389 Sounds available. Full Humbucker, Split Humbucker, Reverse Split Humbucker, Neck Single Coil, Bridge Single Coil.
GGB playing the GGB Basses- heavy on FX- to show how well the Quad pickup drives FX.
Different sounds from the pickup will drive the FX differently- More vintage type tones using Single Coil or Reverse Split Humbucker thru Vintage pedals- Thicker tones thru modern pedals using Full Humbucker or “P bass:” Split Humbucker.
Bottom line - More sound choices from the one bass / pickup..
Here's a video featuring some of our GGB custom basses — all with Garry’s patented Quad pickup. The soundtrack is basic grabs of rhythm tracks from Garry’s band AshenMoon's recordings. All bass tracks on these recordings are with my GGB Basses