Somewhere in the Balkans, a U.S. Masters Bass thunders!
U.S. Masters Guitar Works in Middleton, Wisconsin makes guitars and basses that we believe surpass most Gibsons and Fenders for innovation, tone and build. Here is a testimonial from one happy player in Eastern Europe, lifted from an email recently received by U.S. Masters …
… My name is Marko Jakovljevic, and i am living in East Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a town named Mostar. Full address would go like this; “Zrinskih i Frankopana 1/3 88000 Mostar, BiH” i have bought this bass (an EP55 Studio Active 5-String) at 1st gear music, from guy named George i think before maybe 4 months or so. All i can say about this bass that it is just unbeliveable how good it feels in my hands. I was thinking that it will take some time to get use to the neck, but it was opposite, i just took it and start playing on it. The electronics are working perfect! It is just by blending the pickups that i get a variety of sounds and there are more and more options to go through in shaping the sound! Finish and body shape are also great! It is also well ballanced so it is not too heavy for my shoulders.
Now something about my bands. I play in band named “Mostar Sevdah Reunion” who plays traditional music from Balkan’s in a little bit modern arragements. Publishing house is from Holland, named “Snail Records”, and they do mostly a “world music”. Concerts that we play are all over Europe, Australia, some states in Azia, and are working our way to US. Distribution of the CD’s is world wide, Europe, Azia, USA. I also perform with a gypsy female singer “Ljiljana Butler” and she is also part of “Snail Records” familly. Also i am performing with a new project “Arkul” who plays traditional music on ladino language(Old spanish)
Below i send you some links from these bands;
- http://www.amazon.com/Mostar-Sevdah-Reunion/dp/B00005CC4Y
- http://www.snailrecords.com/Schaal/booking.html
- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=73807535
Also i perform with band named “Zoster”, who performs on Balkan’s mostly, and Europe (Austria, France and Spain). Verry good band who plays a lot also.We have published 2 CD’s and are recording third one, and it will be published in Croatia.
Below are some links;
- http://www.myspace.com/bandzoster
- http://www.gramofon.ba/artists.php?artist_id=8&lang=en
Also i perform in a project called “Teta Dunja Teta Visnja i Teta Jagoda”, new project, trio with guitar bass and drums. We are performing on Xenophonia music happening in Sarajevo soon. Also i have worked with many artists from this area, different styles of music like band “Vuneny” who is touring in Europe a quite often.
Below are some links;
- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=448551475
- http://xenophonia.ba/
- http://www.myspace.com/vuneny
Thanks, Marko!
