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they will be launching soon the

Finally, I would like to thank all

model, “La Bella Igor Saavedra

of my other Sponsors, including

ERBs Signature Strings,” for

Markbass, Mey Chair System,

worldwide distribution.

Analysis Plus Cables, Nordstrand

Getting back to Octavius, it’s

Pickups and Wittner Metronomes.

fair to mention that he’s had
three Luthiers already, the first

Bass keeps you busy traveling

one was Alfonso Iturra from

around the world! Tell us a bit

1999 to 2006, the second was

about your recent gigs.

Claudio González from 2006

This year has been very

to 2013, and now I’m happy to

busy and I’m very happy and

officially announce that the great

thankful for that. I can highlight

Oscar Prat (pratbasses.com) is

my official performances and

my new and official Luthier. He

Master Classes at Winter

already started to build my new

NAMM in Anaheim, New York

and awesome “Octavio Prat” or

Bass Collective, The London

“Octavio 3.0” if you like (Official

Bass Guitar Show, Frankfurt

Release: NAMM 2014 at the

Musikmesse, Costa Rica’s

Pratbasses booth). It has many

International Bass Festival and

unseen features that have been

recently Summer NAMM in

killing my brain for the last two

Nashville, just to name a few.

years and Oscar didn’t doubt
for a second to assume that

Any more interesting projects

enormous challenge, he just said, coming up?
“Okay, we’ll just do it… I’ll find the Earlier this year, I was invited
way to solve all the enigmas”…

by Marco de Virgilis of Markbass

he’s such an incredible Luthier

to visit Pescara, where I toured

and this new bass is going to

the factory and learned more

blow people’s minds!

about the company. We talked
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