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Bassist Franck Hermanny‘s demo videos are legendary. Here’s Franck tapping, finger picking, chording, soloing, playing fretless – all in one video. Wow.

Groove Spoon is a band that clearly knows how to have fun and knows how to get down. And that’s thanks in large part to one of our favorite groove bassists, Joe Dart, who is a member of Vulpeck, along with the drummer in this video, Jack Stratton. (Jack is a total trip on this one!) The band made this...

EMG has shared an excellent video by the one and only Victor Wooten, performing his tune, “The Lesson” live in studio. The tune was written as a companion for his book, The Music Lesson, and appeared on the soundtrack released last year. Is there anything Victor can’t do?

Megadeth is currently on tour in support of TH1RT3EN, their latest album. Bassist David Ellefson shares this nine minute, behind-the-scenes video from their final stop on the Asia tour, in Singapore on August 7th. Among other things, David finds a Starbucks, apparently one of the band’s favorite things to do (and obviously, the fans are in to it too.) Tip...

Meet Drew Felder, a bassist who goes by the nickname “Hondo” (I don’t see any actual Hondo basses on his gear list though – and I may be dating myself with that comment). Drew is a pretty interesting and funny guy. So we think you’ll like this week’s reader spotlight. Bio: I’m an undead bassist/composer from the Philly area. My...

Bass videos rule. And here are the ten that ruled most in July 2012, based on No Treble reader views. Enjoy! 1. Victor Wooten: “Isn’t She Lovely”, Live Solo Bass Performance In April, Victor Wooten held a music clinic at a music school in Mechanicsville, Virginia. One of the songs he performed was his solo bass take on Stevie Wonder’s...

Bassist Alfredo Guerrieri shared his videos with us. I watched several, and had a hard time picking one out. But his performance of the Jaco Pastorius version of the classic bebop tune “Donna Lee” was just a hair above the rest. This is from Alfredo’s master’s recital at Cleveland State University in 2010, and also features Joey Jablonski on congas....

So much bass goodness, it is almost too much to handle. Almost. Here are the most viewed stories and videos on No Treble for the week of August 5-11, 2012. Enjoy! 1. Les Claypool Auctions Personal Pachyderm Prototype Bass Almost two years ago, Les Claypool reached out to his fans for help. His two month old nephew was diagnosed with...

As we reported back in May, Victor Wooten is releasing two new albums – Words & Tones and Sword & Stone – on the same day next month. Wooten, who has been on tour throughout the summer, has now added fall dates, including co-headlining some dates with the Jimmy Herring Band starting in November. Vic’s touring band includes three bassists...

Bassist David Devereux sent us this video featuring a nice original tune he performed using a looper. David said he “played outside on Stirling University Campus on what was a fantastic summer’s day.” We agree, and perfect for a Sunday afternoon. David has this tune and others on his Soundcloud page, available for download.

Cherry Lane Music has reissued the method book written by Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White and the late Louis Satterfield, originally published in 1978. Playing the Bass is updated with a new cover, spans 136 pages, and includes two companion CDs. The book kicks off with approaches to reading music, holding the bass, and progressively covers the notes...

Stuart Clayton shared his brand new video with us, performing Alain Caron’s “D-Code” on his newly acquired Bogart bass. “This great track by Alain Caron features some innovative slap techniques that I have been working on for the past few months,” Stuart shares. “I was inspired to work on this piece again after picking up this Bogart bass at the...