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Book on Playing Gives Lefties Their Due
Sheet Music & Instruction

Book on Playing Gives Lefties Their Due

A new book aims to help left-handers begin to play bass. Hal Leonard Left-Handed Bass Tab Method — Book 1 uses famous riffs to instruct beginning lefty players comfortable way. You’ll learn from the music of bands like The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, The Who, and The Police. The book covers everything from parts of the bass and...

BTPA Introduces Solderless Patch Cable Kit
Accessories & Strings

BTPA Introduces Solderless Patch Cable Kit

If you’re looking to make your own cables for your pedalboard but haven’t gotten into soldering yet, this kit may be for you. BTPA has introduced a Solderless Patch Cable Kit that includes everything you need to put together your own cables. The kit comes with twelve feet of CA-0492 cable as well as twelve solder-free, ultra-low-profile G&H connectors. BTPA...

Markbass Announces New York 122 Ninja Richard Bona Signature Bass Cabinet
Amps

Markbass Announces New York 122 Ninja Richard Bona Signature Bass Cabinet

Markbass and Richard Bona have teamed up again to release the New York 122 Ninja Richard Bona Signature bass cabinet. Featuring a pair of 12-inch custom speakers and a new 1.25-inch compression driver, the cab is rated at 800 watts RMS for medium or large gigs. It differs from the company’s existing New York 122 cabinet by having an 8...

The Bottom 40: Firework
Bass Videos

The Bottom 40: Firework

Adam Nitti sent me this video saying, “[Here’s] another project i’m involved with, called ‘The Bottom 40’. kind of on the Dirty Loops tip, but in a different style. (I even snuck in a sweep lick, LOL….) This band has been creating some heavy momentum online lately…” The tune is Katy Perry’s “Firework”, and also features Michael Whittaker on keys,...

Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Released in Comprehensive Set
New Albums

Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Released in Comprehensive Set

All the recordings made in two days worth of sessions for saxophonist/composer John Coltrane’s jazz classic A Love Supreme album have been released as A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters. The set features extensive takes from the sessions – including all six takes of the suite’s opener, “Acknowledgement” – as well as all overdubs and studio chatter. The album, recorded...

Cog Effects Introduces T-16 Analog Octave Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Cog Effects Introduces T-16 Analog Octave Pedal

Cog Effects has launched the T-16 Analog Octave, a pedal they say is “engineered to provide huge octave down tones in a tiny enclosure.” The UK-built stompbox offers level controls for clean and octave down signals as well as a variable Filter control to adjust the octave down signal voicing between synthy and subby. The compact T-16 is built in...

Groove – Episode #12: Stuart Hamm
Groove Podcast

Groove – Episode #12: Stuart Hamm

Is there a better way to celebrate the one year anniversary of Groove – The No Treble Podcast than to dive into the amazingly, unconventional and beautiful playing of Stuart Hamm? Back in the late eighties, I made the mistake of thinking that Hamm was a full-on rocker, due to his work with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Frank Gambale....

Mike Zabrin: Slice/What’s The Deal
Bass Videos

Mike Zabrin: Slice/What’s The Deal

After releasing Funktastic last year, bassist Mike Zabrin is back with a new single called “Slice”. Starting as a tender and introspective piece, the song morphs into a mid-tempo groove before kicking it up another notch into an upbeat jam. Check out this clip of Zabrin and his band throwing down on “Slice” as well as “What’s the Dea?” from...

Fare The Well Shows Released
New Albums

Fare The Well Shows Released

Did you miss The Grateful Dead’s Fare The Well shows July 3-5 at Soldier Field in Chicago? No worries. There’s a “best of” live album documenting the best performances from the three-date stand by the band’s remaining members, including bassist Phil Lesh, augmented by musicians like Phish’s Trey Anastasio, in honor of the band’s 50th anniversary. It’s a great opportunity...

Learning to Jam
Ask Damian Erskine

Learning to Jam

Q: Okay, I am an old rookie bass player. I always wanted to play, but I just took a long time to get started. I am playing with the praise band at my church currently, which is great; it’s making me take it seriously, and is a very forgiving environment as I learn. So far, I’m learning songs, and in...

Danielle Nicole: Just Give Me Tonight
Bass Videos

Danielle Nicole: Just Give Me Tonight

After Trampled Under Foot dissolved, lead singer and bassist Danielle Nicole struck out on her own, and we’re glad she did. This clip is a big reason why. Shot at Knuckleheads in Kansas City, Nicole and her group get deep on the ballad “Just Give Me Tonight” from the bandleader’s album Wolf’s Den. She lays down a thick, tasty bass...

Mai Agan’s Group Releases Sophomore Effort
New Albums

Mai Agan’s Group Releases Sophomore Effort

Estonian bass player/composer Mai Agan, known for her work in a variety of genres, from pop to jazz, has released her second album with her jazz-fusion band, MaiGroup. Titled You, the album from the Estonian/Swedish group is filled with music dedicated to the people who have inspired Agan. The result is “Something magical,” as you’ll see in the video below....