Adam Ben Ezra: Intro
Adam Ben Ezra – one of our favorite bassists here at No Treble HQ – sent us his latest video. Once again, he blew us away with his music, bass skills… and cinematography. For this video, Adam is playing his new Nick Lloyd 5-string double bass. The tune is named “Intro” is an original composition featuring the bass running through...
YOSHA: Fire Rhythm
Bassist Karel Honasan sent us this video of his band YOSHA performing their original tune, “Fire Rhythm”. The video comes from a web show named “Tower Sessions”, after the band was invited to do a few live performances by Tower of Doom. This is one tight band, and Karel is a huge part of that. He’s playing an F-Bass BN4...
Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of September 8th
Last week was a fun one, with seven straight days of isolated bass. And wow, that sure was popular – taking the #1 slot on our top 10 list by far. But the bass gear and lessons got a ton of attention too. It all added up to one of the best top 10 lists of all time. Thanks for...
Vulfpeck: My First Car
Jack Stratton sent this new video featuring Vulfpeck performing the title track from My First Car. Bassist Joe Dart really lays it down on this one – as he does on pretty much every tune I’ve heard. Dart is playing a P-Bass Jr. with medium LaBella strings. Jack said they “slammed [the bass] through a TG 12413 Limiter plugin emulation”....
James Jamerson’s Isolated Bass on “Ain’t That Peculiar” (with Drums)
We’re closing out Isolated Bass Week III with the master, James Jamerson. This is the audio track for Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t That Peculiar”, with the bass and drums isolated from the original Motown master tape. (And some other instruments leaking through). I believe Uriel Jones is the drummer on the track. But this is mostly about the bass.
Tedeschi Trucks Band Plans to “Date a Bunch of Bass Players”
Oteil Burbridge has a long history with guitarist Derek Trucks, starting with the Allman Brothers and later with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. So when Burbridge announced he was taking a break TTB last October, it was a bit of a surprise. In a recent interview with Premier Guitar, Trucks shared that Burbridge had reached the point where he didn’t want...
The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence”: Paul McCartney’s Isolated Bass
Today we get a good listen to the bass line on the Beatles’ song, “Dear Prudence” from the 1968 album known as The White Album. Paul McCartney covered a lot more than just the bass on this one – including drums, piano, flügelhorn, tambourine, cowbell, handclaps, and backing vocals.
Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”: Bill Wyman’s Isolated Bass
Today’s isolated bass track features Bill Wyman’s bass line on the Rolling Stones tune “Gimme Shelter” – the opening track on the Stones’ 1969 release, Let It Bleed. As with many of these isolated tracks, the bass line becomes even more remarkable – don’t you think?
“All Along the Watchtower” Live: Bill Cox’s Isolated Bass (1970)
On July 4th, 1970, Jimi Hendrix performed at the Atlanta Pop Festival – just two months before the guitarist’s death. By this point, Hendrix had assembled his Band of Gypsys, recruiting his Army buddy, bassist Billy Cox. For a long time, fans traded this concert recording as a bootleg. In 1991, Warner Bros. released a four disc set which included...
Reader Spotlight: Sophie Danielle Lord
Meet Sophie Danielle Lord, a bassist who is also known in her circles as “Lord of the Bass”. Pretty cool title. Sophie is the No Treble reader in the spotlight for the week of September 9, 2013. Bio: I am the Lord of the bass. That is all you really need to know. Well, that and that it is normally...
Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (August 2013)
We had some very cool surprises in August when it came to bass videos. Starting out with the #1 video of the month – Vulfpeck’s visualization of James Jamerson’s “For Once In My Life” bass line, to a newly discovered Jaco Pastorius video gem – that would have been enough. But this is a top 10 list, and the other...
Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”: John Taylor’s Isolated Bass Line
During the ’80s, my music snobbery was going full tilt. As a result, I overlooked just about everything Duran Duran recorded. So I never really knew much about bassist John Taylor. When we shared the isolated bass line for Duran Duran’s “Rio” last year, plenty of people shared similar stories – and were surprised by his lines. Others said they...