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  • Solo Bass Competition during The NAMM Show week 2020!

    by Laurie Green
    January 23, 2020

    NAMM 2020 Solo Bass Competition Contestants

    The Solo Bass Competition was held on Thursday in Anaheim during the NAMM Show 2020 — NS Design are proud to be co-sponsors of this special event, along with Phil Jones Bass, Warwick, LaBella, Marleux, and others; as well as Bass Magazine and Gizmotron.

  • NAMM Show 2020 Ultimate Jam Night

    by coreyredonnett
    January 18, 2020

    The NAMM Show 2020 Ultimate Jam Night is a concert that brings all the legendary and top musicians of the world to play music together on one stage. This year’s stellar performances included NS Artists Quartet405 with violinists Eliza James and Rebecca Schlappich Charles, violist Jayna Chou, and cellist Danica Pinner rockin’ their NXTa’s! Check out the […]

  • NS Design Booth at Winter NAMM 2020

    by Laurie Green
    January 18, 2020

    Winter NAMM 2020 Night scene with fountain

    Winter NAMM 2020 at the NS Design Booth has been lively with NS Artists and friends. Stop in to say hello if you’re in the neighborhood. Hall D #4729. We have a number of great players at the Winter NAMM 2020 booth performing and demonstrating NS, including: legendary bassist Bakithi Kumalo (Paul Simon), violinist Daneille […]

  • Noah Sierota – Echosmith new album

    by coreyredonnett
    January 16, 2020

    Photograph of NS Design Artist Noah Sierota playing his NXT4a Upright Bass with synth-pop group Echosmith.

    NS Artist Noah Sierota, bassist/singer/songwriter for Echosmith, started out with 2013’s Top-40 charting debut Talking Dreams with the single “Cool Kids” followed by 2017’s Inside a Dream and their latest 2020’s Lonely Generation.  Echosmith exemplifies the generational voice of contemporary youth through catchy songs of isolation and coming of age, in the midst of the ever-evolving […]

  • Donald Waugh FBPO Interview NAMM 2020

    by coreyredonnett
    January 14, 2020

    Here’s For Bass Players Only Interview with NS Artist Donald Waugh at the NS Design booth during Winter NAMM 2020. Donald chats with FBPO’s Jon Liebman about a new album in the works for 2020, and advice about learning to play bass, among other topics.

  • Carolyn Routh – Bass Musician Magazine Interview

    by coreyredonnett
    November 21, 2019

    Photograph of NS Design Artist Carolyn Routh with her CR4 RADIUS Bass Guitar in Nu-Blu.

    Check out the new interview with Bass Musician Magazine with NS Design Artist Carolyn Routh of Nu-Blu. She talks about her role in Nu-Blu, her recent podcast and VJing with The Bluegrass Ridge TV, among many other projects.

  • Ned Steinberger Visits the Worchester Poly Technical Institute Guitar Innovation Lab

    by coreyredonnett
    November 5, 2019

    NS Design Founder Ned Steinberger meets with scientists at Worchester Poly Tech Innovation Lab

    Ned Steinberger (center) meeting with Tommy Maloney (left) and V.J. Manzo (right) in the Electric Guitar Innovation Lab at WPI. NS Design Founder and award-winning instrument designer, Ned Steinberger recently spent some time in collaboration on confidential research regarding electric guitar technology, with Tommy Maloney and V.J. Manzo of the Electric Guitar Innovation Lab at […]

  • Lionel Dean Jarvis – Bass Musician Magazine Interview

    by coreyredonnett
    October 31, 2019

    Photograph of NS Design Artist Lionel Dean Jarvis playing his CR5M Electric Upright Bass on tour with Alessia Cara.

    NS Artist Lionel Dean Jarvis sat down with Bass Musician Magazine for an intimate interview about his start in music, to his current tour as bassist and Music Director with 2018 Grammy Award winner Alessia Cara.

  • Julie Lyonn Lieberman releases her new tutorial A FESTIVAL of VIOLIN & FIDDLE STYLES

    by coreyredonnett
    October 22, 2019

    NS Artist Educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman -Festival-of-Fiddle-Styles-book-cover

    NS Design Educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman releases her new tutorial A FESTIVAL of VIOLIN & FIDDLE STYLES available for Violin, Viola and Cello. Julie is Artistic Director of the exciting Strings Without Boundaries seminars and is a storied author and teacher with of 12 Books and 6 DVDs distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation and 24+ String orchestra scores published […]

  • Premiere Guitar – Nothing But Bass Volume 5 – Reviews

    by coreyredonnett
    October 18, 2019

    Premiere-Guitar-–-Nothing-But-Bass-Volume-5 ebook cover photo

    NS Design is proud to be a sponsor of Nothing But Bass eBook from Premier Guitar.  This new 32 page eBook Vol. 5 – has 11 sub-rattling reviews of gear from Fender, Aguilar, Darkglass, MESA/Boogie, and more!

  • NS Design Instrument Registration Form

    by coreyredonnett
    October 1, 2019

    Close up photo fo NXTa Violin and NXTa Radius Bass guitar

    NS Design has launched an NS Instrument Registration Form on our website. Registering your NS instrument helps us serve you better if you need to request technical support from us in the future. When you complete your registration, we will issue you an NS ID number for your instrument that you can refer to in […]

  • NS Design welcomes Fiddler Anna Blanton to its roster of Artists

    by Laurie Green
    September 26, 2019

    NS Artist Anna Blanton violinist fiddler

    NS Design Artist Anna Blanton has spent years playing a wide range of musical styles from bluegrass and classic country to Celtic, folk and orchestral pieces.

  • NS Design at IBMA and World of Bluegrass 2019

    by coreyredonnett
    September 25, 2019

    IMBA NS Design Booth 2019

    Here is your IBMA 2019 World of Bluegrass Conference and Awards Recap! NS Design attended and exhibited at the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) World of Bluegrass Expo, Booth #315. Many NS Artists, friends and fans stopped in to say hello to NS National Sales Manager Tommy Wilson and NS Artist Relations Manager Corey Redonnett, who […]

  • Tony Levin – King Crimson’s 2019 50th Anniversary Celebration American Tour

    by coreyredonnett
    September 17, 2019

    Photograph of NS Design Artist Tony Levin playing his CR5M Electric Upright Bass with King Crimson on their 50th Anniversary Celebration Tour.

    NS Artist and esteemed bassist Tony Levin and his long-time band mates in King Crimson are embarking on their 2019 50th Anniversary Celebration American Tour.   With his CR5M Upright Bass, Tony and the rest of the KC camp will be ploughing through their extensive history of fan favorites.

  • NS Artist Benny Rietveld – For Bass Players Only Interview

    by coreyredonnett
    September 13, 2019

    Photograph of NS Design Artist Benny Rietveld playing his CR5M Upright Bass with Santana. Photo by Alan Poulin.

    Benny Rietveld bassist for Santana, playing the NS CRM Upright. Photo by Alan Poulin NS Design Artist Benny Rietveld, longtime bassist and music director for Santana, sat down for an exclusive interview with Jon Liebman of For Bass Players Only. Benny shares his history and the power of the bass.

  • NS Artist Jamaaladeen Tacuma speaks with Premier Guitar Magazine

    by coreyredonnett
    August 30, 2019

    Jamaaladeen Tacuma with the WAV Electric Upright Bass and the WAV Radius Bass Guitar

    NS Design Artist Jamaaladeen Tacuma speaks with Premier Guitar in the August, 2019 issue about producing The Last Poets 2019 release Transcending Toxic Times, and his Steinberger and NS Design Basses.

  • Classical crossover trio Simply Three plays music that is anything but simple.

    by Laurie Green
    June 18, 2019

    NS Design Artists Simply Three play the CR Electric Violin, CR Electric Cello and CR Electric Upright Bass

    Classical crossover trio Simply Three plays music that is anything but simple.

  • 2019 The University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award winner Scott Laird

    by coreyredonnett
    May 7, 2019

    Scott Laird, nationally recognized string pedagogue and conductor (and NS Design Artist and Educator), has received The University of North Carolina Board of Governors 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award.

  • From Winter NAMM 2019 NS Artist Donald Waugh’s Review of the NS RADIUS Bass Guitar

    by Laurie Green
    January 31, 2019

    Donald on the WAV Radius Bass from NS Design! From the NS Design Booth at Winter NAMM 2019, here is NS Artist Donald Waugh’s Review of the NS RADIUS Bass Guitar with NS Design’s founder and award winning designer, Ned Steinberger:

  • NS Design welcomes bad snacks to its roster of violin artists

    by coreyredonnett
    January 20, 2019

    Photograph of NS Design Artist bad snacks playing her NXT5a Electric Violin.

    NS Design is pleased to welcome the artist known as bad snacks to its roster of electric violin endorsing artists.

  • Ned Steinberger’s Keynote at Maine Luthiers Association

    by Laurie Green
    January 8, 2019

    NS Design Founder Ned Steinberger

    NS Design’s founder and leading innovator of electric stringed instruments, Ned Steinberger, was the Keynote Speaker in the 2nd Annual Maine Luthiers Exhibition and Music Showcase this past November, at the City Hall Auditorium in Hallowell, Maine.

  • NS Design welcomes bassist and fiddler Wayne Brewer to our NS Artist roster.

    by Laurie Green
    December 6, 2018

    Gary “Wayne” Brewer Jr.’s deep roots span six generations of the Brewer family musicians performing bluegrass and country music worldwide.

  • Ned Steinberger, NS Design Founder, Keynote Speaker at 2nd Annual Maine Luthiers Exhibition & Music Showcase

    by Laurie Green
    October 9, 2018

    October 12 – 14, 2018, Hallowell, Maine welcomes you to celebrate the craft of lutherie at the 2nd Annual Maine Luthiers Exhibition and Music Showcase at central Maine’s “New Orleans on the Kennebec”

  • NS Design 5-String NXTa Radius Bass Guitar Review

    by Laurie Green
    September 12, 2018

    Bass Musician Magazine NS Design 5-String NXTa Radius Bass Guitar Review Author : Ty Campbell Date : 10-09-2018 New from NS Design is the NXTa Radius Bass Guitar. If you aren’t familiar with NS Design instruments, you should know the NS abbreviation stands for Ned Steinberger. The way I see it, Leo Fender introduced us […]

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