Ralf Gauck

Ralf Gauck – bass legends Danny Thompson, Arild Andersen and even Sting were not the only one who were impressed by his solo bass playing. European music publications judged his CD “Zauberwasser” (Zounds) to be a "benchmark for bass players" and considered him a "sound magician" or a “bass wonder.” He produced his album FIELDS OF GOLD in the world famous RAINBOW STUDIOS of Jan Erik Kongshaug in Oslo / Norway. Ralf recorded songs from STING in his typical way for the acoustic fretless bassguitar. Even STING liked this recordings and supported Ralf to get the permission from EMI Music Pub. to record his songs. The german well known manufacturer for noble audio systems AUDIOTEC FISCHER use this CD as a reference recording for their speakersystems. In December 2007 Ralf won the "German Rock & Pop Award 2007" in the categories "best german bass player" and "best german instrumental solo player". The German wellknown daily newspaper "Die Zeit" picked up his CD "Fields of Gold" in the high score table of the best productions of the year 2007. In November 2008 Ralf got voted as the "best german bass player" and "best german instrumental solo player" and got so once again the "German Rock & Pop Award 2008". His newest recording "A Hard Day's Night" got nominated for the ECHO 2010 (beside Grammy Awards and Brit Awards, one of the three biggest international musical awards) and the same recording got the M.B.E. editor award by the internet platform GERMAN BEAT! as the best recording of the year 2009.
Playing his acoustic bass guitar all over Europe, Ralf shared the stage with people like Michael Manring, Sandor Szabo, Claus Boesser-Ferrari, Peter Finger, Denny Seiwell ( Wings), Chris Jones and many more.
He played on international festivals like Guitar Festival Ballainvilliers / France, International Guitar Tour / Hungary, Bassday UK / Manchester, Abbey Road On The River Festival - Louiseville / USA, Open Strings / Germany, Music Media Krakow / Poland, Beatle Week Liverpool / UK to name only a few of them.
 
Ralf Gauck endorses Dreizehnter Guitars, Höfner, Mark Acoustic, Schertler Pickups, Delano Pickups, Vovox Cables and Pyramid Strings. As a bass player he was envolved in reference recordings for DYNAUDIO and BOSE and worked in top studios like the Abbey Road Studios / London, Rainbow Studios / Oslo and the Pauler Studios / Northeim. As an author Ralf wrote the books "Stay in Time", "Starterpaket Ukulele", "Speaking BASSically - Spielen nach Akkordsymbolen" and "double Feature - Bandworkshop for Guitar and Bass" and writes columns for the european bass magazine BASS PROFESSOR.