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Pavel Announces Jazz Pro Vintage USA Basses
Basses

Pavel Announces Jazz Pro Vintage USA Basses

Pavel de la Fuente has announced a new line of basses through his custom shop, Pavel Musical Instruments. The new Jazz Pro Vintage USA bass models include both 4- and 5-string basses, with a choice of Alder or Ash for the body, Rock Maple neck and a choice of Maple or Rosewood fretboard. The basses are available in natural, white,...

Hal Leonard Releases “Ultimate-Guitar Bass Bonanza”
Sheet Music & Instruction

Hal Leonard Releases “Ultimate-Guitar Bass Bonanza”

Hal Leonard has published their latest in the Bass Recorded Versions series with the new (and phone book-sized) edition, Ultimate-Guitar Bass Bonanza. The 352 page book contains transcriptions for the bass lines to 50 well-known tunes, presented in both standard notation and tab. In addition to the bass line for each tune, the lyrics and vocal melodies are also included,...

Weekly Top Ten: The Best Bass Lessons, New Gear, Videos and Stories from the World of Bass
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top Ten: The Best Bass Lessons, New Gear, Videos and Stories from the World of Bass

More bass goodness from the week of October 21 – 27, 2012, ranked in order of popularity by No Treble readers like you. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing! 1. Christian Harger: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Solo Bass Arrangement Christian Harger sent us this video recently of his all-bass take on “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, saying “if you think it’s...

The Bass Style Resource: A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal to Jazz
Sheet Music & Instruction

The Bass Style Resource: A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal to Jazz

Bassist, author and educator Dave Overthrow has released his latest instructional book, The Bass Style Resource: A Comprehensive Guide to Exploring New Techniques and Styles from Heavy Metal to Jazz. The book is designed for any bassist who has already learned the basics and wants to explore new styles and techniques. The Bass Style Resource offers up bass lines from...

Gary Willis and Triphasic with Pat Metheny: Live (2009)
Bass Videos

Gary Willis and Triphasic with Pat Metheny: Live (2009)

A couple of days ago, we shared a Tribal Tech video from our archives, with the band playing “The Big Wave” live in Israel. No Treble reader Sule Sulejman Tahirovic shared this one, also featuring bassist Gary Willis with Triphasic joining forces with Pat Metheny. This was recorded during the Vitoria Gasteiz Jazz Festival in 2009.

Evan Marien: Inner Urge – Solo Bass Performance
Bass Videos

Evan Marien: Inner Urge – Solo Bass Performance

Evan Marien shares his latest video with us, with him performing the tune “Inner Urge” – a solo bass / loop bass performance. Evan also shared some news: “My new LP is coming along nicely, I’m expecting to finish it up early next year! The album will feature Dana Hawkins on drums for a couple songs.” Evan alone is awesome....

Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers Release “HBC”
New Albums

Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers Release “HBC”

The trio of guitarist Scott Henderson, bassist Jeff Berlin and drummer Dennis Chambers have been playing together for years, have released their debut album, HBC. The album consists of covers of the members’ collective influences, including tunes by Weather Report, Herbie Hancock and Billy Cobham, along with some original tunes by Henderson and Berlin. “The trio is all about interplay,”...

The Fusion Syndicate: Billy Sherwood Releases New Album Featuring an All-Star Cast of Bass Players
New Albums

The Fusion Syndicate: Billy Sherwood Releases New Album Featuring an All-Star Cast of Bass Players

Following the release of The Prog Collective, former Yes guitarist Billy Sherwood’s companion album, The Fusion Syndicate is now out and features the same sort of dream team line-up Sherwood assembled for the first one. Sherwood composed, produced and recorded the tracks with help from bassists Jimmy Haslip, Billy Sheehan, Colin Edwin, Percy Jones and Justin Chancellor, as well as...

Bassline Publishing Releases iPad Versions of Ultimate Slap Bass Series
Sheet Music & Instruction

Bassline Publishing Releases iPad Versions of Ultimate Slap Bass Series

Bassline Publishing has taken their Ultimate Slap Bass books to the screen with the release of all three levels as interactive iPad editions. Originally released in 2005, the popular print counterpart of this book has been expanded to offer video demonstrations of all the main techniques, audio tracks for each exercise as well as the sheet music and text. Each...

Reader Spotlight: Matthew Kniffin
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Matthew Kniffin

Meet Matthew Kniffin, an 18 year old bass player who already has 11 years of experience under his belt. Matthew performs as a one-man band he dubbed Soundscape and is mighty confident, in a way we have to appreciate. (It worked for a young Jaco, right?) Matthew is our player in the spotlight for October 23, 2012. Bio: I’m 18...

Aaron Gibson: “Lost in Forever” All Bass P.O.D. Cover
Bass Videos

Aaron Gibson: “Lost in Forever” All Bass P.O.D. Cover

Aaron Gibson always blows me away with each new video he shares. Here’s Aaron performing his solo bass version of P.O.D.’s “Lost in Forever”. Also, the t-shirt looks pretty cool. But that’s not why we’re sharing. Really.

Christian Harger: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Solo Bass Arrangement
Bass Videos

Christian Harger: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Solo Bass Arrangement

Christian Harger sent us this video recently of his all-bass take on “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, saying “if you think it’s up to snuff”, that he’d love some more views. We love it. Very up to snuff!