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Aguilar Announces Adam Nitti Master Class
Events

Aguilar Announces Adam Nitti Master Class

Aguilar Amplifications’s Artist Series continues in January, with a master class by bassist Adam Nitti. The event will be held on January 4, 2010 at Aguilar’s New York City showroom, with a factory tour to follow. The event is free to the public. Nitti is a veteran educator, having participated at Victor Wooten’s Nature Camps, Gerald Veasley’s Bass Boot Camps,...

2011 Stanley Clarke Scholarship Finals Announced
Events

2011 Stanley Clarke Scholarship Finals Announced

The Stanley Clarke Foundation has announced the finalists’ concert for the 2011 Stanley Clarke Scholarship, which takes place at the Musicians Institute concert hall in Hollywood California. The event, set for January 8, awards a $12,000 scholarship to the top two Los Angeles high school performers, as deemed by Clarke a panel of music industry judges. An onstage jam session...

Gear Watch: Plush Jersey Thunder Pedal Sneak Preview
Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Plush Jersey Thunder Pedal Sneak Preview

Fuchs Audio has announced a new pedal is joining their Plush FX line. The Jersey Thunder is a gain boost and EQ pedal, designed for bass. The pedal features just two knobs: a gain control and a variable EQ control. A three-position switch provides a straight gain boost and two unique bass EQ curves, which are adjustable by the EQ...

Family Guy Theme, Bass-Style
Bass Videos

Family Guy Theme, Bass-Style

Youtuber allyourbassarebelong got everyone’s attention with his bass-only rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. Here’s Ben performing an all-bass version of the theme from “Family Guy”. Which reminds us of another great theme song for bass: Stuart Clayton’s take on “The Simpsons” theme.

Haste The Day Announces Farewell Tour
Concerts & Tours

Haste The Day Announces Farewell Tour

Haste the Day bassist Mike Murphy recently announced that the band would be parting ways, after a 10-year run. “There are many reasons why Haste The Day is ending,” he explained. “However, we mainly feel as though we have created the best music we can and believe it is now time for us to move on to the next stage...

Gear Watch: Nordstrand Releases NM4 Mustang Bass Replacement Pickup
Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Nordstrand Releases NM4 Mustang Bass Replacement Pickup

Nordstrand Pickups has released the NM4, a replacement pickup for the Fender Mustang Bass. The pickup is a direct replacement size for the original and utilizes Nordstrand’s angled pole piece technology. The company claims that this “tiny pickup” is designed to produce a fat full tone from a Mustang, which is a short scale bass. The package does not include...

Top 10: The Best Bass Gear (November 2010)
Top Ten

Top 10: The Best Bass Gear (November 2010)

No Treble readers spent a lot of time reading about new bass gear in November (maybe making their holiday wishlists?) Here are the ten most popular new gear stories on No Treble for November, 2010. 1. Luthman Introduces Jazzette Bass Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Fender Jazz bass, Luthman has released the Jazzette bass. Available in 4, 5,...

Prince: Getting Wild with the Bass
Bass Videos

Prince: Getting Wild with the Bass

Prince (yes, Prince) straps on a bass for some Larry Graham/Bootsy Collins inspired-playing for his tune “Get Wild.” This was filmed live at The White Room UK in 1994.

Lemmy Reveals How He Started Playing Bass
Player News

Lemmy Reveals How He Started Playing Bass

In a recent interview with the Quietus, Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister revealed how he got his start on bass. Though he was originally a guitar player, a chance opportunity came up with the band Hawkwind after their bassist no-showed. ”I was mediocre at guitar,” Lemmy explained. “I couldn’t play lead to save my life, or yours. I went for a...

Gear Watch: Pigtronix Keymaster Impedance Matching Effects DI
Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Pigtronix Keymaster Impedance Matching Effects DI

Originally introduced at Summer NAMM, Pigtronix has officially introduced a new impedance matching, effects mixing direct box. The Keymaster is designed to route any sound source, including XLR mic, line level or instruments into effects via two bypass loops. The device optimizes the mixed effects signal of the amplifier, mixing console or DAW. The loops can be switched between series...

Fretboard Knowledge
Ask Damian Erskine

Fretboard Knowledge

Q: I have wanted to really get to know the fretboard inside out for a long time but have always struggled with visualizing a scale or the notes of a chord over the full range of my instrument. So I often find I’m playing in the same familiar patterns and am not really able to move freely over the fretboard....

Jamiroquai: Love Foolosophy (Live)
Bass Videos

Jamiroquai: Love Foolosophy (Live)

I only have two words for this video: Funk Ay. This is Jamiroquai performing “Love Foolosophy” live at Abbey Road. Paul Turner is the bassist laying down the funky lines.