Archive for March 2014 - Page 6

There’s really nothing quite like the Fender Precision Bass. Introduced by Leo Fender in 1951, the P-Bass has had an immense impact on music ever since. Sebastian Casís, a bassist living in Santa Fe, Argentina, shares his 1968 Precision, causing all of us here to feel pretty jealous. How long have you owned it? Since 1990. How did you come...

This one is sure to get your head bobbing. Italian bassist Tobia Ciaglia gets an awesome groove going with just his bass, a slide, and a wooden box.

Italian jazz rock/nu-jazz bassist Lorenzo Feliciati (Naked Truth/Berserk!) and Australian progressive bassist Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree/Metallic Taste of Blood) have joined forces as a bass duo on . The bassists first connected at a London gig in early 2013, just as Edwin was thinking about creating a dual-bass project. The pair rehearsed for a few days in the English countryside...

Dunlop has expanded the MXR Bass Innovations series with the M81 Bass Preamp, a pedal that packs a preamp into a stompbox the size of the company’s Phase 90. Similar to a studio preamp, the Bass Preamp has level controls for its input and output. The EQ section has bass, mid, and treble controls with a sweepable midrange from 250Hz...

Q: I’d like your advice on what a bassist should be thinking during a practice session or when learning new material? What do you think about during those times? What should I be thinking? A: This question struck me as interesting. Primarily, I think it’s because it relates to a conversation I recently had with a student with regard to...

Maurice Ellis has a way with all bass covers. His first one of Justin Timberlake’s “Mirrors” hit the nail on the head, and he’s done it again with the song “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” “Originally by Bonnie Raitt, this song has be redone by numerous artists,” he writes. “I figured it would be a good platform for a...

The rock-reggae sound of 311 has returned, with the release of the band’s eleventh album, . Back in August, bassist/songwriter P-Nut shared in a Reddit AMA about the album and assured fans “that as one of the lyric writers in the band, I can attest to the lyrical complexity of this new batch of songs. Between scotch and I in...

Meet Steen Kevett, a bassist from California who obviously loves life, music and bass (and No Treble, which makes us happy). His superpower is one that’ll make all old school players smile. Steen is No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for the week of March 10, 2014. Bio My name is Steen Kevett, Steen as in Spring”steen”. I am a...

During the shortest month of the year, we featured 28 bass videos. Only 10 get to make this list, and it is all decided by you. Here are the 10 most popular bass videos for the month of February, 2014. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing! 1. Alissia Benveniste: Let it Out Our Facebook friend Ricardo Franco sent us this...

When we were interviewing Alex Webster for our recent Profiles in Tone column, one of the bands he said we had to check out was Revocation. And he was right. Bassist Brett Bamberger gets a gnarly pick tone on the track “Spastic” from the band’s self-titled album. Here’s his play-through of the song (first video), followed by the second video...

It may feel like all the stories about The Who’s legendary 1969 concept album Tommy have all been told, but , reveals the full history and cultural impact of the rock album-turned-film, then Broadway musical, about a “deaf, dumb and blind” pinball-playing messiah figure. The film, a documentary that aired on the BBC in Aug. 2013, includes previously unreleased footage...

If you’ve ever wanted to hang out and learn with Billy Sheehan, here’s your chance. The Winery Dogs has announced the Dog Camp, an immersive program for musicians of all ages and levels. The event is set for July 21st through July 25th at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York. Formed in late 2012, The Winery Dogs is...