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Lakland Introduces Skyline Hollowbody 30 Bass
Basses

Lakland Introduces Skyline Hollowbody 30 Bass

Lakland has added another flavor of their Hollowbody bass to the Skyline series. The Skyline Hollowbody 30 shortens the model to a 30? scale for ease of playing and an old school feel. The bass is stocked with a pair of single-coil, vintage-style pickups with a Volume/volume/tone configuration. Its compact body is machined with an “F” hole. Other features include...

Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of March 17
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of March 17

Of all the stories, videos and how-to’s we posted over the last week, these ones reign supreme for No Treble readers. Here is your top 10 for the week of March 17-23, 2013. 1. Bass of the Week: Amfisound “Hellbass” Our friend Greg B. emailed me with a few shots of his bass, and I couldn’t wait to share it....

MonoNeon: Theme Song to the Martin Lawrence Show
Bass Videos

MonoNeon: Theme Song to the Martin Lawrence Show

A while back, we shared a video of MonoNeon jamming out part of the soundtrack to the original Sonic the Hedgehog game. Now he’s back with a bass cover of the theme to the Martin Lawrence Show. Who knew one minute of music could be so funky?

Lenny White Releases Live in ’97, Featuring Victor Bailey and Foley
New Albums

Lenny White Releases Live in ’97, Featuring Victor Bailey and Foley

Lenny White dug deep into his archives and found some real gems from a 1997 tour of Japan with his band. This tour offered up a fusion of funk, jazz, rock and soul and had an interesting pairing of bassists – Victor Bailey laying down the low end and groove, with Foley on lead bass. The rest of White’s all-star...

Rodolfo Valdifiori: Voodoo (Bass) Child
Bass Videos

Rodolfo Valdifiori: Voodoo (Bass) Child

Bassists love covering Jimi Hendrix, and we give that a big thumbs up here at No Treble HQ. Here’s Rodolfo Valdifiori doing his thing with a groove inspired by Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”.

Planet Waves Adds Right Angle Instrument Cables to American Stage Series
Accessories & Strings

Planet Waves Adds Right Angle Instrument Cables to American Stage Series

Planet Waves has expanded their American Stage series of cables to include right angle instrument cables as well as XLR microphone cables. Made in the U.S., the cables are made with premium cable, Neutrik-built plugs, and inline solder joints. Another unique feature to the American Stage series is the Geo-Tip, a patented connector tip that better accommodates the range of...

Source Audio Now Shipping Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator
Pedals & Effects

Source Audio Now Shipping Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator

Source Audio’s Soundblox 2 lineup has gotten a little spacier with the Orbital Modulator, a combination phaser, flanger, chorus and tremolo pedal designed for both bass and guitar. Housed in a cast-aluminum 4.5? by 4.5? chassis, the new stompbox offers plenty of tweakability with nine adjustable parameters including Depth, Feedback, Delay, Frequency, Volume, LoRetain (Source Audio’s proprietary low-end preserving algorithm),...

Playing Bass: To Right a Left or Leave It Right
Ask Damian Erskine

Playing Bass: To Right a Left or Leave It Right

Q: I have been playing right-handed ever since I started playing bass, even though I am a left-handed person. Recently though, I have noticed (by messing around) that when I switch the bass around, I can pull off previously difficult techniques a lot better with my left hand, right off the bat. I am considering trying to switch to left-handed...

Christian McBride Trio: Cherokee
Bass Videos

Christian McBride Trio: Cherokee

My buddy Andrew shared this on Facebook with the caption “Sweet Sassy Molassy,” and I couldn’t put it better myself. Here’s bass master Christian McBride with pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulysses Owens ripping through the jazz standard “Cherokee”. The recording starts on the bridge, which the trio drops into a cool waltz feel as opposed to the burning straight...

Clutch Releases 10th Studio Album, “Earth Rocker”
New Albums

Clutch Releases 10th Studio Album, “Earth Rocker”

Clutch’s long awaited 10th studio album, Earth Rocker, is now available on the band’s own Weathermaker label. The latest effort continues the band’s eclectic southern rock-inspired mix, and pushes the envelope with higher tempos and more aggressive grooves. Bassist Dan Maines explains Clutch’s approach was to not overthink and to just keep writing hard rocking songs. In a new preview...

Bass of the Week: Amfisound “Hellbass”
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Amfisound “Hellbass”

Our friend Greg B. emailed me with a few shots of his bass, and I couldn’t wait to share it. Greg’s axe was built by Finnish luthier Sampo Leppävuori of Amfisound, who based it after their Kuru model. The six-stringer – dubbed the “Hellbass” – has two personalities. The first is a gorgeous, bright red 4-string bass with a 32?...

101 Proof: An Interview with Rex Brown
Interviews

101 Proof: An Interview with Rex Brown

Ten years after the band’s split, bassist Rex Brown has completely opened up about his time in the iconic metal outfit Pantera. His new autobiography, Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera, delves into his own youth, the band’s formation, rise and fall, the death of guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, and his struggles and successes since. Describing the...