Ortega News

German BASS QUATERLY magazin reviews D-WALKER ACOUSTIC BASSES "TO GO" Series

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:52:00 +0200

German bass quaterly magazin reviews the D-WALKER ACOUSTIC BASS Series See review here (in German language): BASS QUATERLY : 02/2012 D-WALKER SERIES

German GITARRE & BASS magazin reviews FRIENDS UKE Series

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:09:00 +0200

German GITARRE & BASS magazin reviews the FRIENDS Uke Series See review here (in German language): GITARRE & BASS 04/2012 :ORTEGA FRIENDS UKULELES

D-WALKER extra short scale Acoustic Basses OUT NOW!

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:01:00 +0200

We´re thrilled to introduce our new ORTEGA D-WALKER ACOUSTIC BASSES "TO GO". Following list of dealers and online shops who have pre-ordered the D-WALKERS will help you to find your new buddy. List will be updated constantly: GERMANY:

^{2 PIM / Musikhaus Neustadt}	⁰¹⁰⁹⁹	^Dresden
^{Plug In}	⁰⁴¹⁰⁹	^Leipzig
^{Musikhaus City Sound}	⁰⁴²⁷⁵	^Leipzig
^{Just Music GmbH}	¹⁰⁷¹⁹	^Berlin
^{LELELAND - Harald Truetsch}	¹⁰⁹⁶¹	^Berlin
^{Just Music GmbH}	²⁰³⁵⁹	^Hamburg
^{Musikkeller GmbH}	²⁰⁴⁵⁹	^Hamburg
^{Pro Music - Uwe Hopp e.K.}	²¹³³⁵	^Lüneburg
^{Musikhaus Husum GmbH}	²⁵⁸¹³	^Husum
^{Der Musikladen}	²⁹⁴¹⁰	^Salzwedel
^{W&W International GmbH}	³⁰⁴⁴⁹	^Hannover
^{Haus der Musik}	³²⁷⁵⁶	^Detmold
^FARM-SOUND	³⁴¹¹⁷	^Kassel
^FREEQUENZ	³⁷⁵⁷⁴	^Einbeck
^{Musikscheune Wernigerode}	³⁸⁸⁵⁵	^Wernigerode
^{Beyer's Music GmbH}	⁴⁴⁸⁶⁷	^Bochum
^{Musik Produktiv GmbH & Co.KG}	⁴⁹⁴⁷⁹	^Ibbenbüren
^{MUSIC STORE professional GmbH}	⁵¹¹⁰³	^Köln
^{Musikhaus Hogrebe}	⁵²⁰⁶²	^Aachen
^{Music Shop}	⁵⁵¹¹⁶	^Mainz
^{music world OHG}	⁵⁹⁹²⁹	^Brilon
^{Music Center}	⁶³⁸⁹⁷	^Miltenberg
^SOUNDFABRIK	⁶⁴⁶⁵⁸	^Fürth
^{Die Blasinstrumenteschmiede}	⁶⁵²³²	^Taunusstein
^{Musik Weng GmbH}	⁶⁸¹⁵⁹	^Mannheim
^{s-music GmbH & Co.KG}	⁶⁹¹⁹⁰	^Walldorf
^{Sound of Music}	⁷⁰¹⁸²	^Stuttgart
^{Guitar-Shop Wolfgang Baues}	⁷¹⁵²²	^Backnang
^Musika	⁷³⁴³⁰	^Aalen
^{Musikhaus Rauscher}	⁷³⁷³⁰	^Esslingen
^{Musik - City}	⁷⁵¹⁷⁵	^Pforzheim
^{Musik Schuler}	⁷⁶¹³⁵	^Karlsruhe
^{Rock Shop GmbH}	⁷⁶¹⁴⁹	^Karlsruhe
^{Musikhaus Schlaile GmbH}	⁷⁷⁶⁵²	^Offenburg
^{Midi Land}	⁷⁷⁷³¹	^Willstätt
^{Musik Kimmig}	⁷⁷⁸⁵⁵	^Achern
^{Profishop Drums & Guitars}	⁷⁸⁴⁶²	^Konstanz
^{Musik Bertram}	⁷⁹⁰⁹⁸	^Freiburg
^{MANHATTAN Music}	⁸¹⁶⁶⁷	^München
^{MJ Guitars GmbH}	⁸¹⁶⁶⁷	^München
^{Musik Humbach}	⁸³⁰²²	^Rosenheim
^{Musikstube Franz Saller}	⁸³⁰⁶⁴	^Raubling
^{Musik Kolbeck}	⁸⁴⁰³⁰	^Ergolding
^{Musikhaus Enghofer}	⁸⁴⁴⁵³	^Mühldorf
^{Music World e.K.}	⁸⁶¹⁵⁹	^Augsburg
^{Doubles Rock n Roll}	⁸⁶⁶⁰⁹	^Donauwörth
^{PICHI'S Gitarren-Studio}	⁸⁶⁶³³	^Neuburg
^Doc-Music	⁸⁸⁰⁶⁹	^Tettnang
^{music house}	⁸⁸¹³¹	^Lindau
^{Musikhaus Lange GmbH}	⁸⁸²¹²	^Ravensburg
^{Action Music - Thomas Mayer}	⁸⁸⁴³³	^{Schemmerhofen}
^Musicline	⁸⁹²³¹	^Neu-Ulm
^{Station Music GmbH}	⁸⁹³⁴³	^{Jettingen-Scheppach}
^BTM-Guitars	⁹⁰⁴²⁹	^Nürnberg
^{Musikhaus Josef Klier OHG}	⁹⁰⁴⁵⁹	^Nürnberg
^{Music Raab GmbH}	⁹²²²⁴	^Amberg
^{MCP - Claus Priefer}	⁹²²²⁴	^Amberg
^{Musik Wittl}	⁹²³³¹	^Parsberg
^{Musikhaus Lindner}	⁹²⁶³⁷	^Weiden
^{Sound Aktuell}	⁹³⁰⁵⁹	^Regensburg
^{Musik & Pianohaus Kapitza}	⁹³³²⁶	^Abensberg
^{Musik+Elektronik}	⁹⁴⁰³⁶	^Passau
^{Musikdiscount 24.de}	⁹⁴²⁴⁴	^Linden
^{music-station piano werner}	⁹⁴³³⁰	^Aiterhofen
^{Musikhaus Thomann e.K.}	⁹⁶¹³⁸	^Burgebrach

United Kingdom:

^Amazon.co.uk
^{Ortega UK distribution ACTIVE MUSIC}				^London

AUSTRIA :

^{Sound Forum}	¹⁰⁷⁰	^Wien
^{Klangfarbe acoustics}	¹¹¹⁰	^Wien
^{Karl Danner GmbH}	⁴⁰²⁰	^Linz
^{Voak & Brandstetter}	³¹⁰⁸	^{St. Pölten-Wagram}
^{African Percussion}	⁶⁸⁹⁰	^Lustenau
^{Marino Musik Egger}	⁹⁰²⁰	^Klagenfurt
^{Musik Mick}	⁹⁵⁶⁰	^Feldkirchen
^{Musik Aktiv}	⁹⁸⁰⁰	^Spittal/Drau

AND THE WINNER IS......

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:12:00 +0200

THANKS TO EVERYBODY STOPPED BY OUR ORTEGA BOOTH AT THE 2012 FRANKFURT MUSIC SHOW. THIS YEARS RAFFLE HAD AN ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE AND - AGAIN - THANKS TO EVERYBODY TOOK PART. THE ORTEGA PEOPLE
AND THE WINNERS ARE : Ken Taylor Signature Bass: Willem-Jan Kaak (WOW!!!! WILLEM YOU REALLY GET A COOL NEW ACOUSTIC BASS GUITARS! HAVE FUN!!! ) Sopran Ukulele "FRIENDS" SERIES: Alexander Job

Winners of an original ORTEGA Accessory bag:
Mareike Zuber
Petra Bühler
David Barth

Winner of an original ORTEGA wall cock:
Niklas Ginsberg

Winner of an original ORTEGA chromatic clip-on tuner: Daniel Müller

C O N G R A T I O L A T I O N ! Winners will get an email message, too.

THANK YOU FRANKFURT !

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:26:00 +0200

OUR DEEPEST RESPECT AND "THANK YOU" TO OUR ARTISTS MICKEY MEINERT, ANDREW "THE BULLET" LAUER AND THOMAS BRENDGENS-MÖNKEMEYER PERFORMING AT FRANKFURT SHOW FOR US.... MICKEY M. AND ANDREW "TB" L. : TWO GENERATIONS, MET THE FIRST TIME THE EVENING BEFORE THE SHOW, REHEARSAL IN MY HOTEL ROOM AND LEFT NO MESS THERE (only one open beer bottle...Rock´n Roll ???? ) THOMAS B.M. OUTSTANDING PLAYER AND AND CONVIVIAL COMPANION. THANK YOU GUYS! Thomas S. GM -ORTEGA Guitars

IT´S SHOWTIME ! ORTEGA artists appear at FRANKFURT SHOW 2012

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:04:00 +0100

IT´S SHOWTIME ! From 21st to 24th of March 2012 Frankfurt city/Germay will host worlds biggest show in music industry at Frankfurt Messegelände. ORTEGA Guitars presents : Thursday 22.3.2012
13:00 Performance: Mickey Meinert, Andrew “The Bullet” Lauer - Agora Stage Friday 23. 3.2012
12:30 Performance: ORTEGA - Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer -   Aoustic Stage
13:30 Performance: ORTEGA - Mickey Meinert, Andrew “The Bullet“ Lauer - Acoustic Stage Saturday 24.3.2012
11:00 Performance: ORTEGA - Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer, GER - Acoustic Stage
13:30 Performance Mickey Meinert, Andrew “The Bullet“ Lauer Acoustic Stage

Additional we got a warning from Andrew"The Bullet" Lauer he will show up at our booth for some BULLET Bass jam sessions with guests....WE TAKE HIS WARNING SERIOUS AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT ! ORTEGA : HALL 3.0 BOOTH B 30

Ortega welcomes ANDREW "THE BULLET" LAUER

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:04:00 +0100

ANDREW "The Bullet" LAUER

Bass player

Andrew Lauer's high-impact grooves and fierce bass lines are fired out like bullets at his listeners. Even when he's not playing a virtuoso solo, he doesn't hold back. He becomes completely indistinguishable from his instrument. He lives, breathes and feels the sound he generates and is completely devoted to it.

When you hear Andrew play the bass guitar, you'll find it very hard to believe, that he started to learn his instrument only a couple of years ago, in 2005, when he was 20 years old.
Andrew was born in 1985 in Yuba City, California and moved to southern Germany at the age of 7 and has lived there ever since. His love for the groove was apparent early on: at the age of 8 he dreamed of being a drummer, but it was a few years later that he was given his first instrument by his uncle: an acoustic guitar and a teach-yourself-book. After he had started learning to play guitar, Andrew found out that his late father had also been involved in music and had played the piano and the trumpet. From then on it was clear for the young man: his love for music had a deeper meaning and he would become a professional musician.
Andrew came into contact with his future main instrument, the bass guitar, while he was sharing an apartment with some other musicians. His roommates showed him a few tricks and playing techniques that awoke Andrew's interest. He was determined to learn slap techniques and started to teach himself.
His friend and present-day band colleague, drummer Alex Landenburg, who had introduced Andrew to rhythm and harmony early on, immediately recognized his talent and gave Andrew the last push he needed: "Andrew, you should hang up your guitar and play bass instead!" So from this point on he has soaked up anything to do with the bass. He was overwhelmed by all the unknown tricks he could do with his new instrument.
Along with bands such as Tower of Power and Dream Theater, bass player extraordinaire Victor Wooten has been one of Andrew's most important influences to date, which shows his musical diversity and openness.

"The Bullet" was catapulted to stardom in the bass world and shot to the top almost overnight, with numerous workshops and appearances at trade fairs around the world.
Besides his current involvement with 21 OCTAYNE and other touring bands, he is also working on his first solo album "My Bass Souls".

Andrew "The Bullet" Lauer – modern, intensive and totally audiolicious! WILLKOMMEN ANDREW !

Signature artist KEN TAYLOR visits Ortega

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:43:00 +0100

We had a great day (as always) with our friend KEN TAYLOR (Peter Maffay Band) who stopped by for a check up of his Ortega KTSM Signature Basses for upcomming shows ..and..of course a delicious Franconian fish meal at Fiedlers restaurant...always love to hear the story when "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen called :-)

Our service technician, Tony took care about all of Kens wishes so Ken left our headquater with the words : "...you made my day."
Thankx Tony/Ortega , THANK YOU KEN !

KEN TAYLOR SIGNATURE BÄSSE: KTSM-SERIES

ORTEGA welcomes BJÖRN BOTH ; Bass player and singer for SANTIANO. Congratiolations for the NUMBER ONE Album!

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:41:00 +0100

Universal Records writes : ...SANTIANO has managed the feat to revive an almost forgotten tradition of music new and modern in order to give the Northern scene new and exciting stimuli. A "Pirates of the North" feeling is spreading in the music. Like it or not, the magic spills over. Both Bjorn: Bass / Vocals
Can not live without salt air and music! Is solo known under the name "Sangit" as a singer / songwriter. Here he shows a different musical side of himself and impresses with "shamaniac voices and strings." VIDEO : Huges waves at CARMEN NEBEL SHOW on German TV/ZDF WELCOME BJÖRN !

Ortega welcomes Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0100

Thomas Brendgens-Mönkemeyer loves beautyful looking and great sounding guitars. Especially if it comes to outstanding wood combinations it is delightful and exciting the same time for him. Thomas on the web : www.guitart.de WELCOME, THOMAS !