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Weekly Top 10: Loads of Great Bass Videos, New School with Stew McKinsey, Slap Bass Groove Lesson and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: Loads of Great Bass Videos, New School with Stew McKinsey, Slap Bass Groove Lesson and More

Can you handle this much bass? We think you can. Here are the top 10 most read articles, columns and lessons and most watched videos on No Treble for the week of October 14-20, 2012. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (September 2012) Of the 30 or so videos we shared in...

Black Sabbath Recording Songs for First Album in 33 Years
News

Black Sabbath Recording Songs for First Album in 33 Years

Last week, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne was in the studio at Triple M in Sydney, Australia and shared that Black Sabbath is in the studio and planning a tour in 2013, specifically mentioning dates in Australia. Osbourne said the group is working with Rick Rubin, recording their first album in 33 years by the reunited original lineup....

Travis Larson Band with Jennifer Young: Axe To Grind
Bass Videos

Travis Larson Band with Jennifer Young: Axe To Grind

Someone recently shared this video with me of the Travis Larson Band. I wasn’t familiar with them (hey, I don’t follow guitarists all that much). But bassist Jennifer Young really impressed me on this one. Sporting her Blue Dawn MusicMan Sterling bass, she does it all – doubling the lines, playing chords, and laying down a mean solo complete with...

John Taylor Releases Autobiography
News

John Taylor Releases Autobiography

Duran Duran bassist John Taylor’s new autobiography In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran is now available in the U.S. The 304-page book details Taylor’s life from his shy childhood to pop stardom with all the trials and tribulations in between. Born Nigel John Taylor, the bassist formed Duran Duran with friend Nick Rhodes in Birmingham during the...

Top 10 Cover Tune Videos Arranged for Bass – 3rd Edition
Top Ten

Top 10 Cover Tune Videos Arranged for Bass – 3rd Edition

Time for another top ten list of awesome bass covers. As we’ve said before, we love love love all-bass arrangements of cover tunes, and we love that our instrument of choice is that versatile (and the versatility of those who play it). This time around, we have two by Adam Stevens (yeah, he’s that good), and two versions of The...

Voodoo Lab Releases Pedal Power 4×4 Power Supply
Accessories & Strings

Voodoo Lab Releases Pedal Power 4×4 Power Supply

Voodoo Lab has introduced the Pedal Power 4×4, a new power supply to offers eight independent, filtered and regulated output sections. The box takes gets its name from having four high-current capable outputs that handle modern DSP-based effects as well as four standard 100mA outputs. All of the outputs are compatible with 9-volt battery operated pedals while two of them...

Anthony Crawford: What
Bass Videos

Anthony Crawford: What

Check out this awesome solo bass performance by Anthony Crawford. Recorded while on tour with Allan Holdsworth and Virgil Donati in Opole, Poland, Crawford takes the crowd for a ride with his tune “What” from his album Urban Jazz.

Dethklok Release “Dethalbum III”
New Albums

Dethklok Release “Dethalbum III”

Dethklok are back with Dethalbum III, a 12-track album full of melodic death metal from the second, third, and fourth seasons of the virtual band’s show Metalocalypse. While animated bassist William Murderface may be the part of the face of the group, the new album features the low-end work of Bryan Beller, who has been a part of the band’s...

Gibson Introduces Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass
Basses

Gibson Introduces Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass

Gibson is reviving another model from their past catalog with the new Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass. First introduced in 1965, the Non-Reverse flips the body shape of the original Thunderbird for a more traditional, albeit asymmetrical body style. Gibson kept the design identical while fitting the new version with upgraded hardware and pickups. The Thunderbird Non-Reverse is built with a...

Lesson: Metronome Exercise with a Slap Bass Groove in G
Bass Lessons

Lesson: Metronome Exercise with a Slap Bass Groove in G

This time around, I have two lessons in one for you to try out. The first part touches on the concept of practicing with a metronome. In this example, the metronome is counting on beats two and four. To make this fun, the other part focuses around a sort of offbeat, Larry Graham-style rhythm. We tie it all together –...

Eric Krasno & Chapter 2: Get Back
Bass Videos

Eric Krasno & Chapter 2: Get Back

Check out this awesome version of the Beatles’ “Get Back” performed by Eric Krasno & Chapter 2 during their gig at The Iridium. Bassist Chris Loftlin is having so much fun, you can’t help but smile at his bubbling groove and funky moves. He gets a solo at the two minute mark that’ll make you jump out of your seat.

Stone Sour Announces Johnny Chow Joining as Touring Bassist
News

Stone Sour Announces Johnny Chow Joining as Touring Bassist

Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand recently announced on the band’s Facebook page that Cavalera Conspiracy bassist Johny Chow will be joining them on their upcoming tour. “I am pleased to announce that Johny Chow will be playing bass guitar with Stone Sour on the House of Gold and Bones Parts 1 & 2 tour cycle,” Rand said. “Johny is a...