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Jeff Ament’s New RNDM Band Announces Album and Tour
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Jeff Ament’s New RNDM Band Announces Album and Tour

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has teamed up with singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and drummer Richard Stuverud to form a new band dubbed RNDM. The trio is set to have a busy fall too, with the release of their debut album, Acts, on October 30, with a tour kicking off a few days later on November 2nd. Ament and Stuverud have...

Simone Masina Solo Bass: Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
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Simone Masina Solo Bass: Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major

This one seemed perfect to share on a Sunday afternoon. Bassist Simone Masina sent us this video of him performing J.S. Bach’s Prelude – the first movement of Cello Suite No.1 in G Major. Simone plays a beautiful Ritter for the recording, but what also caught our attention is where Simone recorded this video: at Quattro Castella – Reggio Emilia...

Top 10: The Best All Bass, No Treble How To’s, Lessons and Features in August
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Top 10: The Best All Bass, No Treble How To’s, Lessons and Features in August

Here’s the best of the best of what we published in August, 2012 in the how to, lesson and feature sections on No Treble, based on readership. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing. We love you guys. 1. How and Why Woods Affect Your Bass Sound A reader asked Damian Erskine a question about bass wood choices, and...

Pat Metheny’s Unity Band Kicks Off U.S. Tour Dates
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Pat Metheny’s Unity Band Kicks Off U.S. Tour Dates

Pat Metheny’s Unity band, featuring bassist Ben Williams, has been touring Europe all summer. Following a two week break, the band is kicking off a fall tour of the US today. The band, which also includes saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Antonio Sanchez, is touring in support of the Unity Band album, released in June. As we reported then, Williams...

Bass Gear Round-Up: The Most Popular Gear for August 2012
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Bass Gear Round-Up: The Most Popular Gear for August 2012

We saw a lot of new bass gear coming out in August (we love that). Here are the most popular new gear stories, based on No Treble readership. Oh, and here’s your warning: may cause G.A.S. 1. Squier Introduces Vintage Modified Telecaster Bass and Telecaster Bass Special Squier has beefed up their Vintage Modified series with the introduction of the...

Johan Hansén-Larson: One Tasty Bass Solo
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Johan Hansén-Larson: One Tasty Bass Solo

Bassist Johan Hansén-Larson sent us this video, which has a neat story behind it, not to mention one of the most unique camera views we’ve seen. Johan shared, “this is my solo from the Roy Hargrove song Strasbourgh – St Denis, from a gig I did last spring here in Stockholm. In the beginning of the video you can see...

Motorhead: Live To Win – The Definitive Biography
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Motorhead: Live To Win – The Definitive Biography

Motorhead’s thirty-five or so year run has been chronicled by the band’s official biographer, Alan Burridge (aka “Professor Motorhead”), in a new book entitled Motorhead: Live To Win. Live To Win begins with Motorhead’s humble beginnings, with all the struggles and hardships – personal, professional and financial. Founder and bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister stood alone in his conviction that this band...

Reader Spotlight: Kayhan Golkar
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Kayhan Golkar

Meet Kayhan Golkar, a bass player from San Francisco who makes his living playing music (mostly), and performs with a band he says is “equal parts rock, western, surf and world music”. Kayhan is our player in the spotlight for the week of August 28, 2012. Bio: I’m Kayhan Golkar, a Bay Area native. I picked up the bass 10...

Rush Releases “Clockwork Angels” Authentic Bass Tab
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Rush Releases “Clockwork Angels” Authentic Bass Tab

Alfred Music Publishing has just published Rush: Clockwork Angels for both bass and guitar, as part of their Authentic Bass TAB series. The 108 page book includes the tab for all of Geddy Lee’s bass lines from the Clockwork Angels – the album released in June of this year, as well as complete lyrics and full color artwork (view sample...

Marcus Miller Band: “Slippin’ Into Darkness”, Live at the Thanks Jimi Festival
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Marcus Miller Band: “Slippin’ Into Darkness”, Live at the Thanks Jimi Festival

Earlier this year, Marcus Miller and his band took part in the Thanks Jimi Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. Here’s one of the best fan-shot videos I’ve ever seen, capturing the band in their performance of WAR’s 1971 tune, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”. And it is awesome. This tune made it to Marcus’ recent release, Renaissance (read our review).

Weekly Top 10: New Gear, Constructing Bass Lines, What Makes a Great Bassist Discussion, Top Videos and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: New Gear, Constructing Bass Lines, What Makes a Great Bassist Discussion, Top Videos and More

1. Schecter Unveils Sean Yseult Signature Casket Bass Sean Yseult now has her own signature casket bass from Schecter Guitars. The new coffin-shaped axe is based on the bass she designed for White Zombie’s AstroCreep tour in 1994, which led up to the release of AstroCreep: 2000. The bass features a mahogany body and 3-piece mahogany neck with an ebony...

Smoke & Jackal: Kings of Leon Bassist Jared Followill Debuts New Band with First Single
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Smoke & Jackal: Kings of Leon Bassist Jared Followill Debuts New Band with First Single

Kings of Leon may be taking a break, but that’s not stopping bassist Jared Followill. Followill has launched Smoke & Jackal, a new band with Mona front-man Nick Brown. “Coming together just worked,” Followill said. “I think it’s because we took such an easy approach to it, we didn’t bring any egos to it. We just talked about each other’s...