Top Ten: The Jeroen Paul Thesseling Interview, Playing As One, the Best Bass Cover Tunes, Plus the Top Bass Videos
We kicked off a new bass video series, focusing on all-bass arrangements of great cover tunes. No Treble readers responded with tons of views, putting Zander Zon’s “Stairway To Heaven” and Thomas Morgan’s “Karma Police” in the top 10 for the week. Our bass of the week, the Maruszczyk Instruments Frog Omega Europe 5, came in at #3 and caused...
Bass Cover Week: A Solo Bass Cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”
For our last bass cover of the week, we’re featuring Youtuber Fokfokbraj and his own bass arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”. While the audio isn’t stellar, the arrangement and performance are top notch. And, this seemed perfect for chilling on a Sunday morning.
Thin Lizzy: Live at the BBC Box Set
Thin Lizzy has released a massive seven-disc box set of the group’s rare performances, culled from the BBC recordings which still exist in the archives. The recordings chart the band’s progression from their early years, three piece version to the band’s high point, becoming known as one of the greatest live acts of all time. This is the first time...
Bass Cover Week: Gregorstube’s Bass Cover of Pat Metheny’s “James”
Youtuber Gregorstube shows off some amazing musicianship and bass playing with his interpretation of the Pat Metheny tune, “James”. Solo bass at its finest.
Bass Cover Week: Pete O’Neill’s Fretless Bass Cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”
Bass Cover Week on No Treble continues! We’re celebrating awesome cover tunes that feature bass in unique and awesome ways. If you have a video to share (by you or by someone else), we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note at [email protected]. Bassist Pete O’Neill sent in links to his many bass cover tune performances. We enjoyed...
Bass Cover Week: Viaceslav Svedov’s Bass Cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”
It wouldn’t be much of a Bass Cover Week without including bassist Viaceslav Svedov. There’s a ton to choose from, and we ultimately picked his cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”, posted earlier this year. One of the commenters renamed it “FUNKALLICA, Master of Slapping”. Awesome.
The Who Releases Expansive Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut Box Set
Count The Who’s 1973 rock opera mega-hit Quadrophenia among the new and super-sized box set releases that are in vogue for many bands this year. Released this week, Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut packs a treasure trove of material that spans five discs and offers up nearly 60 tracks of music. Discs one and two contain the newly remastered version of...
Bass Cover Week: Thomas Morgan’s Bass Cover of Radiohead’s “Karma Police”
Bass Cover Week on No Treble continues! We’re celebrating awesome cover tunes that feature bass in unique and awesome ways. If you have a video to share (by you or by someone else), we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note at [email protected]. Brian Storey shares this video of bassist Thomas Morgan performing an awesome bass version of...
Reader Spotlight: Ethan Sobotta
Meet Ethan Sobotta, an extraordinarily diverse bassist living in Seattle who makes his living the way it should be: playing bass. Among the musical genres he lists are “Punk rock sea shanties and Appalachian death polka,” somehow performed by a single band. Ethan is our player in the spotlight for November 15, 2011. Bio: I studied bass at the...
Question of the Week: What would you like No Treble to cover?
This week, we’re changing up the question format a little and seeking your advice. What would you like No Treble to cover more often (or start covering)? We’re here for you, so let us know!
Top 10: The Best Bass Videos (October 2011)
The videos we featured in October, 2011 were among most popular (most viewed) videos of the year. The mega-popular video featuring John Entwistle‘s isolated bass on “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ranked #1. Rounding out the top 10 is our own wacky “How to Fix a Guitar” video, plus some amazing performances by Daniel Rey, Tal Wilkenfeld, Victor Wooten, Scott Ambush,...
Bass Cover Week: Zander Zon’s Solo Bass Cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”
In the early ’70’s, music shops in England banned (and even fined) guitarists for playing “Stairway to Heaven” in the stores. (I seem to remember quite a few talent shows at as a kid that would have benefitted from this rule). This even inspired the scene in Wayne’s World, when Wayne started playing the Led Zeppelin classic before a salesman...