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Bass Battle: “Finding Myself” Live Looping Solo Bass
Bass Videos

Bass Battle: “Finding Myself” Live Looping Solo Bass

Iuliu-Bogdan Diaconeasa, aka “Bass Battle”, has released the fifth video in his series of live looping bass compositions. “Finding Myself” is a solo bass song that slowly layers up, eventually adding chords, bass, melody and percussion. Check it out:

Gov’t Mule Releases “Shout!”
New Albums

Gov’t Mule Releases “Shout!”

For Gov’t Mule’s tenth studio album, the band decided to do something never done before. Shout!, which is their debut on the Blue Note Label, is a two-disc set. Disc one includes the band’s eleven brand new songs, while disc two features an all-star lineup of vocalists performing their interpretations of the band’s new songs. The special guests on disc...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2014 Nominees
News

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2014 Nominees

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the list of nominees for the 2014 induction, and the bass world is well represented. Half of the artists have been nominated before, with several returning from last year’s picks, while the other half are all first-time nominees. This includes Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, the Replacements, Yes, Link...

Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of October 13th
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of October 13th

This one goes to 10. Here are the top 10 most read stories and most watched videos for the week of October 13-19, 2013. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Low Action on a Bass: The Pros & Cons In this week’s “Ask” column, Damian Erskine answers a reader’s question about setting action on a bass, and...

Zander Zon: Adele’s “Someone Like You” Solo Bass Performance
Bass Videos

Zander Zon: Adele’s “Someone Like You” Solo Bass Performance

In this recent video, Zander Zon takes a pop tune and makes it better, with a solo bass arrangement. Enjoy Zander’s own arrangement of Adele’s “Someone Like You”.

Darkglass Electronics Announces Duality Dual Fuzz Engine
Pedals & Effects

Darkglass Electronics Announces Duality Dual Fuzz Engine

Darkglass Electronics has unveiled the Duality, a fuzz pedal that offers up two separate fuzz circuits that can be used individually or blended for a wide variety of textures. The first side is a saw-tooth shape shifting circuit for an old school vibe while the second circuit is a 4-stage CMOS high gain distortion for a more brutal tone. The...

Gov’t Mule: “Thorazine Shuffle” Live with Allen Woody
Bass Videos

Gov’t Mule: “Thorazine Shuffle” Live with Allen Woody

A couple weeks ago we celebrated the birthday of the late great Allen Woody. On that day, we posted a question on our Facebook page, asking readers which of his bass lines they liked the best. You all roared back with one of the baddest rock bass riffs ever: “Thorazine Shuffle”. Here’s the original Gov’t Mule lineup featuring Woody on...

Aaron Germain Releases “Chance”
New Albums

Aaron Germain Releases “Chance”

San Francisco-based bassist Aaron Germain has released Chance, a jazz album with influences from all over the world. Germain enlisted musicians from San Francisco and France to create songs ranging from Senegalese Mbalax to Vietnamese traditional folk. While each song’s style varies, the album is balanced between electric and acoustic compositions. Germain lays down the low end on his upright...

EBS Introduces FuzzMo Pedal
Pedals & Effects

EBS Introduces FuzzMo Pedal

EBS has introduced the FuzzMo, a fuzz pedal for bass that fills the gap between their distortion pedals and vintage fuzz effects. In addition to Gain and Volume controls, the Fuzzmo has a Blend knob for mixing your clean tone with your dirty signal. The pedal’s Shape control changes the shape of the gain engine from triangle to square wave...

Mudvayne: “Dig” Music Video with Ryan Martinie’s Angle
Bass Videos

Mudvayne: “Dig” Music Video with Ryan Martinie’s Angle

Ryan Martinie is one sick bassist. Judging by this video, he might also be a little crazy. Here’s the music video for Mudvayne’s “Dig,” featuring Martinie’s infamous bass line.

Buckcherry Splits with Jimmy Ashhurst
News

Buckcherry Splits with Jimmy Ashhurst

Buckcherry and bassist Jimmy Ashhurst have parted ways, according to a post on the band’s website. Ashhurst had been with the band, known for their hit “Crazy Bitch,” since their 2005 reunion. “With heavy hearts and with great difficulty we have decided to part ways with our long time bandmate Jimmy Ashhurst,” the band wrote. “This was not an easy...

Bass of the Week: AV Basses AVB1
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: AV Basses AVB1

This week we check out the AVB1 from AV Basses, a versatile custom bass that comes in 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-string versions. Made in the Czech Republic by luthier Aleš Vychodil, the AVB1 comes with tons of options ranging from bolt-on or neck-thru construction to choice of woods to choice of pickups. While the bass can be made in...