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Reader Spotlight: Oliver Leonidas Tsakonas
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Oliver Leonidas Tsakonas

Meet Oliver Leonidas Tsakonas, a bassist who has enjoyed some nice Youtube attention thanks to his playing. Oliver is our player in the spotlight for May 22, 2012. Bio: I’m a bassist from Leeds UK. In my time, I’ve played on all shapes and sizes of stage in an endless amount of styles. I’m aiming to build my name in...

Old School: 1967 Fender Mustang Bass
Old School

Old School: 1967 Fender Mustang Bass

Bassist John Flynn shares his 1967 Fender Mustang bass with us, along with the story behind it. Fender offers up the background on the history of the bass on their website: Mustang Bass (1966-1981, 2002-). The first truly successful Fender bass that didn’t say “Precision” or “Jazz” on the headstock was 1966’s Mustang Bass. Leo Fender began development of the...

Andres Rotmistrovsky and Marcelo Woloski: Blackbird (Bass and Percussion Duo)
Bass Videos

Andres Rotmistrovsky and Marcelo Woloski: Blackbird (Bass and Percussion Duo)

We’ve heard a lot of versions of The Beatles’s “Blackbird,” but this one sticks out. Bassist Andres Rotmistrovsky teamed up with percussionist Marcelo Woloski to do an African/Middle Eastern influenced take on the tune. Rotmistrovsky, who is admittedly a huge fan of the Fab Four, plays on a Hofner Violin Bass while Woloski plays the Calabash to create a unique...

Tedeschi Trucks Band Releases “Live – Everybody’s Talkin'” with Oteil Burbridge
New Albums

Tedeschi Trucks Band Releases “Live – Everybody’s Talkin'” with Oteil Burbridge

Following up to their Grammy winning debut album, Revelator, the husband-wife led Tedeschi Trucks Band releases Live – Everybody’s Talkin’ today. Anchored by bassist Oteil Burbridge, the 11-piece group performs tunes from Revelator with some added twists, plus some covers of tunes by Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Bill Withers, Joe Cocker and others. A new tune, “Nobody’s Free”, also makes...

Overture Guitars Introduces Timothy Gaines Signature “TG” Stronghold Bass
Basses

Overture Guitars Introduces Timothy Gaines Signature “TG” Stronghold Bass

Overture Guitars has made a pretty rad signature bass for Timothy Gaines of Stryper. The “TG” Stronghold sports a poplar body with a Yellow Relic paint scheme hand-painted by artist Tim Beck. As each is done individually, every bass has a little different paint scheme and is unique to itself. The bass’s maple neck is topped with a unique 7-piece...

Bass Strings: Tips for Finding the Right Sound
The Lowdown with Dr. D

Bass Strings: Tips for Finding the Right Sound

This week’s column comes thanks to a question from Maria G. Maria asks: I’m a pretty new player, but I’m not happy with my upright bass strings. I know I need something different, but there are so many different kinds of strings out there I don’t know where to start. They are also expensive (!) so I can’t really experiment...

Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Invitation Live Featuring Damian Erskine and Peter Erskine
Bass Videos

Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Invitation Live Featuring Damian Erskine and Peter Erskine

How cool is this? Bassist (and No Treble columnist) Damian Erskine joins his uncle, drummer Peter Erskine, in a live performance with the Jaco Pastorius Big Band. This performance was part of Jaco’s 60th birthday celebration and took place last November in Kawasaki, Japan. Damian kills it!

Weekly Top 10: Funny Bass Videos, RIP Duck Dunn, New Bass Gear from GK and Warwick, Lessons and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: Funny Bass Videos, RIP Duck Dunn, New Bass Gear from GK and Warwick, Lessons and More

The week starts out right when you start with an all-bass top 10 list. Here are the most read stories and most watched videos from No Treble for the week of May 13-19, 2012. Thanks for reading! 1. Fender Jazz Bass: The Movie G.A.S. alert! Davey4557?s Leo Fender and the History of the Electric Bass video is one of the...

Stomp Under Foot Releases Dirty Rooster Fuzz Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Stomp Under Foot Releases Dirty Rooster Fuzz Pedal

Stomp Under Foot has unveiled the Dirty Rooster, a new pedal inspired by the Jumbo Tonebender. Designed for both bass and guitar, the straight-ahead pedal has Volume, Sustain, and Tone controls for dialing in your sound. “The gain borders on smooth but leans a bit more to a gritty sound and it has a full low end that is well...

Van Halen Postpones 31 Tour Dates on North American Tour
Concerts & Tours

Van Halen Postpones 31 Tour Dates on North American Tour

Rock group Van Halen has postponed all their tour dates following their June 26th concert in New Orleans, making a total of 31 performances to be rescheduled. Now anchored by bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, the band hasn’t released an official statement, though the insider website Van Halen News Desk has dismissed rumors of band feuding by stating the group is...

The Real History of Rush
Bass Videos

The Real History of Rush

The guys from Rush are so cool. In addition to their amazing musicianship, they’re really funny. And pretty good actors. This of course comes from the band’s Time Machine 2011 – Live in Cleveland DVD. We may be partial, but we like Geddy Lee’s character best.

John Carey Releases “Oh So Funky”, Celebrating The Music of The Meters
New Albums

John Carey Releases “Oh So Funky”, Celebrating The Music of The Meters

Bassist John Carey has released his newest solo effort, Oh So Funky, an album full of music by The Meters. Summoning the spirit of George Porter’s playing, Carey recruited a top-notch band for the project including drummer Anton Fig, guitarist Oz Noy, and Andy Narell on steelpans, who fills the original role of organ. Late Show bassist Will Lee also...