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Viaceslav Svedov amazes me and cracks me up whenever he gets the ContraBass Balalaika out and plays. Here’s a video where he’s decided to add distortion to the mix and rock out to Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll”. Oh yeah.

Meet Graham McLachlan a bassist who also plays Chapman Stick on a very cool gig – Blue Man Group Chicago. Not only that, Graham’s gear list gave me a serious case of GAS. Graham also plays bass in Electric Hawk – a band he describes as “an instrumental, prog/mathy, heavy band”. He’s the No Treble reader in the spotlight for...

Time for another top 10 list to keep you busy for the afternoon. These are the top 10 most watched bass videos on No Treble for the month of February – ranging from some great funky lines to some of the most impressive solo bass arrangements, and lots in between. Enjoy! 1. I Was Made to Love Her: James Jamerson’s...

At this year’s NAMM show, I ran into Spare Parts bassist Colin Scott. Colin said they were working on new videos, which got all of us excited here at NT HQ. Here’s one of those videos by the band, with Rajiv Halim joining in on tenor sax. These guys are as funky and old school as ever.

Umphrey’s McGee has a new album coming out in April. The London Session was recorded in one day in Studio 2 at Abbey Road. So it was fitting that they covered “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, which appeared on the Beatles’ album Abbey Road. Ryan Stasik lays down some nice bass on the track too.

This week’s top 10 starts off with something important – our podcast conversation with the one and only Leland Sklar. If this guy isn’t exhibit A for what a bass player (and human) should be, I don’t know who is. The rest of the top 10 list is pretty stellar too… and that’s what makes it a top 10. Thanks...

Magnus Sjöquist sent me a note announcing a new Ubass video as well as the “world premiere of The Ubass Ambassadors aka UBASSadors…” Joining Magnus on this tune is fellow bassist Armin Alic. The two met at Musikmesse in 2013 and quickly became friends. They were playing around with a chord progression over a drum loop in the studio, which...

Esperanza Spalding always seems to deliver as close to perfection as it gets in her live performances. Here she is performing “Smile Like That” at Jazz à Vienne in 2012. So so good.

We’ve featured many versatile musicians as part of the Reader Spotlight series. Iain Hodges matches up well with all of them. Starting on violin at the age of 3, he eventually migrated to the electric bass, playing everything from metal to funk to jazz – and more. Iain has at least two claims to fame that I can tell: his...

We discovered so much new gear at this year’s Winter NAMM show that February was filled with news from the show. (We’re still covering it too). But only 10 gear stories can make the monthly roundup list – and here is your top 10 for the month of February. 1. Ashdown Desktop B-Social Bass Amp Ashdown Engineering took the opportunity...

Time for some Snarky Puppy – including the great bass work (and composition) by Michael League. This is the band performing “What About Me?”, which appears on their live DVD, We Like It Here. These guys are ridiculously good. Wow.

Time for another one of our awesome lists jam packed full of bass greatness. This week’s top 10 list is 50% bass videos, with the other half made up of two awesome columns by No Treble’s resident experts, some bass gear news, and the Bass of the Week. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Tower of Power: “Soul With...