Bill Dickens

Winter NAMM 2008 - Bill Dickens performs a duet with Stevie Wonder at the X2 wireless booth!

Bill Dickens is a phenomenal bass talent whose reputation has reached legendary cult status. As one of the top session bassist in the world, Bill can be heard on numerous recordings as well as seen live on tour with many legendary artists. For the past two decades Bill Dickens has been recognized as an extraordinary bassist, producer, and songwriter. His musical contributions can be noted from concert and studio performances to television and the theater. He has played with an endless who’s who of musicians, including Joe Zawinul, Janet Jackson, Grover Washington, Chaka Kahn, George Michael, Mary J. Blige, and Pat Metheny. Bill has also written gold and 1 hits for such greats as Aretha Franklin and Ramsey Lewis. Bill has kept audiences on the edge of their seats since the 80’s with his uncanny technical ability, playing anything from the heaviest funk grooves to unaccompanied melodic ballads on his seven or nine string basses. He is always a main attraction at the NAMM Shows. He is known in the industry for his spectacular bass playing and wows audiences worldwide. Bill is one of the worlds acknowledged masters of the bass, and a pioneer in percussive slapping, popping, tapping, and plucking techniques. The total essence of his playing is a jaw- dropping display of chops and technique that will set a new standard for bass players all over the world over.
Conklin GTBD-7
7 String Bass Guitar
Just one string short of being two basses in one. It takes a big bass player like Bill "Buddha Dickens to handle an axe like the Conklin GTBD-7 Bass Guitar with its full seven strings to range over. Constructed with a maple and purpleheart thru-body neck and swamp ash wings topped with curly maple. Gold hardware tricks it out. The GTBD-7 electric bass has totally custom-made Bartolini Bill Dickens pickups and custom electronics, including a 3-position parametric preset rotary switch and mid-frequency selector. Conklin GTBD-7 7 String Bass Guitar Features:
Seven strings
Custom-made Bartolini Bill Dickens pickups
Custom electronics including a three-position parametric preset rotary switch and mid-frequency selector
Maple and purpleheart thru-body neck
Swamp ash wings topped with curly maple
Gold hardware
Buy it today (if yo man enuff to play it).
AccuGroove Bill Dickens Signature Cabinets “This is the sound I’ve been looking for after years of searching I have never been able to find it until now. After using these cabinets, I am more excited about playing music than I’ve been in a long time. I couldn’t even blow them up! AccuGroove cabinets are DEVASTATING!”
Bill Dickens Signature 212 Cabinet How does Bill blow the doors off a gig? With 1000 watts of extreme sonic vibrations in a compact cabinet! Everything in this cabinet is different from our other boxes. Everything is extreme because everything is for Bill!
Bill Dickens Signature Sub Cabinet How does Bill cause a seismic disaster the registers on the Richter scale? With 1400 watts of extreme low-end sub movements in a compact cabinet! This is our loudest & most efficient sub woofer.
Peterson StroboStomp
A high-performance tuner with advanced capabilities.The Peterson StroboStomp Virtual Strobe Tuner Pedal and DI is the most accurate tuner you can find. Accuracy down to 0.1 cent (30 times that of LED/meter tuners) and Peterson's virtual realtime virtual strobe display are just the tip of the iceberg. You also get enhanced tunings for instruments equipped with the Buzz Feiten System.Housed within its rock-solid die-cast aluminum case are a host of features and capabilities that make this one of the most useful and powerful tuners available.Modes include Peterson Custom guitar, bass, and 12-String, "sweetened" tunings. You also get a user-programmable tempered mode plus drop and capo tuning.The StroboStomp lets you tune down 4 half steps and up to 3 capo positions without having to learn new note names.The StroboStomp can be set to power up with your preferred settings, whether it's a whole tone drop based on A442.5 with Bb presets or a custom tuning in 0.1-cent increments!You can run power through the StroboStomp to your 9V effects and it includes an active DI, allowing you to patch directly into a PA, console, or recording desk while a 1/4" jack lets you connect to your amp simultaneously. It also offers a true bypass that avoids the "tone sucking" effect that other pedal tuners produce.