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Reader Spotlight: Jon Hynes
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Jon Hynes

Meet Jon Hynes, a multi-instrumentalist from Canada who has covered a lot of ground with his music. When all of his friends wanted to play guitar, he knew he would have to pick up bass if they wanted to have a band. Since then he thinks “of the bass as the ‘responsible’ instrument,” he says. We like the sound of...

Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (September 2014)
Top Ten

Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (September 2014)

Time for a favorite in our Top 10 category… the top 10 most popular bass videos of the month. This month is chock full of inspiring videos, and the mix is as diverse as ever for this list of top videos in September. Thanks for watching, commenting and sharing!

Edmond Gilmore: Continuum
Bass Videos

Edmond Gilmore: Continuum

Edmond Gilmore has spent lots of time studying the fantastic playing of Jaco Pastorius. We’ve featured his take on several Jaco songs, and now he’s back with a gorgeous version of “Continuum,” from the bass master’s self-titled album. Check it out:

Weezer Reunites with Producer Ric Ocasek for Ninth Album
New Albums

Weezer Reunites with Producer Ric Ocasek for Ninth Album

It’s been 20 years since Weezer released its debut self-titled “Blue” album, recorded with producer Rik Ocasek of The Cars. Now, all these years later, the group returned to working with Ocasek (who also produced Weezer’s third effort, also self-titled and known as the “Green” album) on its ninth record, . For bassist Scott Shriner, who joined the band after...

Creation Audio Labs Introduces Grizzly Bass Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Creation Audio Labs Introduces Grizzly Bass Pedal

Creation Audio Labs has unleashed the Grizzly Bass pedal, which combines boost, overdrive/distortion, and tone shaping effects. Likening it to a tube preamp without the tubes, the pedal draws from the company’s other effects while being tailored for bass. “Grizzly Bass borrows analog wave-shaping technology from the [Creation Audio Labs] Holy Fire to re-shape the waveform and achieve tube-like FX...

Bass of the Week: Dahrendorf Guitars Darwin EUB34
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Dahrendorf Guitars Darwin EUB34

Sergey Poedinko of Dahrendorf Guitars sent us the details for this gorgeous electric upright bass, and I knew we had to share it. Dubbed the Darwin EUB34, the bass mixes elements of both electric and upright basses into a minimalist design. “It has [an] absolutely ‘upright’ sound in its compact body that fits regular bass guitar gigbag,” the Dahrendorf site...

Ulf Wakenius Project, Featuring Ray Brown: Ray’s New Funk
Bass Videos

Ulf Wakenius Project, Featuring Ray Brown: Ray’s New Funk

Ray Brown was the king of jazz bass, but he also had a funky side. Besides playing on some James Brown tracks, he penned a few funk and soul-jazz songs that stood out in his repertoire. We’re celebrating the bass titan’s birthday with this video of his tune “Ray’s New Funk.” The performance comes from a 2000 concert at the...

Flying Lotus Album Heavy on The Thundercat
New Albums

Flying Lotus Album Heavy on The Thundercat

Flying Lotus’ fifth studio album, , started out as a record just for him and bassist Thundercat (Suicidal Tendencies, Erykah Badu). Flying Lotus (real name: Steven Ellison) tells Clash Music that the pair intended to make a double album, but decided to release the Flying Lotus songs first because they were completed earlier. His comments also mean Thundercat (real name:...

Weekly Top 10: Electric to Upright, Gibson Bass Updates, Victor Wooten Transcribed, Plus Top Bass Videos, Gear and Columns
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: Electric to Upright, Gibson Bass Updates, Victor Wooten Transcribed, Plus Top Bass Videos, Gear and Columns

If it is Sunday, and it involves a lot of bass, it probably means No Treble has a new Top 10 list for the week. So much bass goodness in one spot, from the week of October 4-10, 2014. Enjoy! 1. Five Things to Remember to When Moving from Electric to Upright Bass If you’re thinking about making the leap...

MU-FX Reissues Octave Divider Pedal
Pedals & Effects

MU-FX Reissues Octave Divider Pedal

MU-FX has announced it will be reissuing the classic Musitronics Octave Divider pedal. The new pedal will retain all the qualities of the original thanks to MU-FX creator and builder Mike Beigel, who co-founded Musitronics in 1972. Equally useful for both bass and guitar, the Octave Divider has Bass, Tone, Dry Mix, and Ringer knobs, where the ringer is a...

Audet-Morissette: Contact
Bass Videos

Audet-Morissette: Contact

Sylvain Audet’s bass got abducted by aliens and was recovered a year later from a corn field in rural Pennsylvania. At least that’s what the bassist claims is the reason behind the new song “Contact” from his experimental bass/drum duo Audet-Morissette. The track, which also features drummer Christian Morissette and guitarist Claude Laflamme, is a cool spacey groove with some...

Contusion, Featuring Cristian Tisselli, Releases Debut
New Albums

Contusion, Featuring Cristian Tisselli, Releases Debut

Cristian Tisselli was the No Treble Reader Spotlight back in May 2012 and now his band, Contusion, has released its self-titled debut album. The Argentinian progressive fusion band cites Allan Holdsworth and Tribal Tech as influences, Tisselli said in that Spotlight piece two years ago. Contusion’s songs have been percolating for a while and live versions of several tunes have...