Top Ten - Page 67

Just in time for your new year’s resolutions, here are the top 10 most popular how to’s and columns in 2011. From practicing to player health and even a little on gear, these features should help you make big musical strides in 2012. 1. Health & Fitness for The Working Bassist – Part 1: Basic Technique Common injuries that rob...

We like to call it work, but watching great bass videos and picking the favorites to feature each day on No Treble is more fun than work. Here is the best of the best in 2011, based on reader views. 1. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers: Tal Wilkenfeld Bass Cover by 13 Year Old Bassist We featured BassGirl for the...

Gear! Readers can’t get enough, and neither can we. Here’s a big dose of the most read gear stories of 2011 on No Treble. 1. Fender Modern Player Series Bass Guitars Fender unveiled their Modern Player Series in October, with three new basses: the Modern Player versions of the company’s Telecaster, Jaguar and Jazz basses. These entry-level instruments offer modern...

No Treble readers must be busy practicing, because our lessons section is one of our most visited sections. The top 10, most viewed lessons in 2011 include many newcomers, as well as several from our archives. Here are the top 10 most popular bass lessons on No Treble in 2011. 1. Practical Theory: Practice Tips for Scales (Part 1) Practicing...

Our Player Spotlight feature is one of our favorites here at No Treble HQ. Each week, we get to feature a bassist from our community in a big way. Here are our top 10 most popular bassists in the spotlight for 2011, based on readership. Want a shot at making the top 10 list for 2012? Be sure to submit...

Last week, our conversation about what makes bass actually “bass” took top billing. We expect this conversation to go on for some time, and we’ve really enjoyed reading all the viewpoints. If you missed it, be sure to check it out and add your voice to the mix. In videos, we saw the return of Dirty Loops, once again taking...

In the Gear category, readers loved the Chillbass Pantera, our bass of the week, plus our Custom Shop interview with Mike Lull, and the all new Le Fay Fan Fret version of the Pangton Headless bass. In player coverage, the news of Jason Newsted reuniting with Metallica for their 30th anniversary – and the video – made the top ten,...

We featured several reader-submitted videos in November (one of our favorite things to do!), showcasing the awesome No Treble community of bassists, and the videos they love. This included a Bass Play-Along Week, where bassists play along to their favorite tracks and show off their transcribing and performance skills. Another week featured all-bass covers of famous tunes. Readers responded with...

In gear, our Bass of the Week – JanAid Guitars’ Bob Abbott Yolanda 5 – brought out a lot of comments as many custom basses do – equally loving and not so loving. That helped propel the feature to the #1 most read article for the week on No Treble. Our coverage of Glockenklang’s Blue Soul Bass Amp, G&L’s new...

Last week we celebrated Jaco Pastorius’ 60th birthday with our own tribute and the most popular Jaco videos we’ve featured here on No Treble over the years. Readers responded with their own stories, making this quite a celebration for the bassist who changed it all, and who we dearly miss. On the lessons front, Thomas “MarloweDK” Risell returns with his...

Lessons and how-to’s reigned supreme in November, starting with a new video lesson series by Grant Stinnett, and the return of Thomas “MarloweDK” Risell with a new series on Practical Theory. Readers enjoyed our exclusive interviews with the extreme metal bassist Alex Webster and the 7-string fretless guru, Jeroen Paul Thesseling. Damian Erskine’s conversation on Bass vs. Guitar: The 6-String...

We’ve featured a lot of Jaco Pastorius videos in our 2+ year existence. We looked back at the top ones based on views, to come up with this special Top 10 list, in honor of Jaco’s 60th birthday today. Which one is your favorite? Share your thoughts below. 1. Jaco Pastorius: Unreleased “Teen Town” Live Video 1978 Here’s some amazing...