Archive for 2013 - Page 16

Here’s a great jam between bassist Steve Lawson and drummer Andy Edwards. Steve uses his six-string bass and looping wizardry to get a nice, spacey groove going.

Hal Leonard’s newest edition in their “Bass Recorded Versions” offers up David Ellefson‘s bass line transcriptions for 20 Megadeth tunes. Megadeth Bass Anthology includes transcriptions for each song in both standard notation and tab. Megadeth Bass Anthology Song List: Countdown To Extinction Dawn Patrol Five Magics Hangar 18 Head Crusher Holy Wars…The Punishment Due In My Darkest Hour My Last...

Thumb position is an essential technique for upright bass. Players like Steve Bailey and Brian Bromberg have even adapted it for use on the electric bass. However, when people first start using their left hand thumb to stop a note (i.e. play in thumb position) they often experience discomfort. This is sometimes due to their inexperience with the new hand...

It is always interesting to hear one prolific musician speak about another prolific musician. Will Lee did just that, sharing his thoughts on Jaco Pastorius. From his home studio (dubbed “The Beatles Museum”), Will starts off by playing a fretless bass, points at it and says “Jaco invented this thing… it’s amazing.” The interview covers a lot, including Will’s first...

UBass manufacturer Kala Brand Music has introduced a new line of wall hangers in their “Stand Out” series of instrument display accessories. The Stand Outs come in two sizes: one for basses and guitars and one for ukuleles and mandolins. Manufactured and assembled in California, the wall hangers are made with reclaimed wood, making each piece unique to itself. Woods...

This week’s top 10 features what is easily the most popular video on No Treble, all time. In fact, it may exceed the views on the other nine, combined. But the other nine were no slouches either, making it a record week for readership. Here are the top 10 most read stories and most watched videos on No Treble for...

Back in July, we featured one what turned out to be one of the most popular videos on No Treble this year: Jim Bennett’s solo bass take on Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”. Another one of our favorite bassists, Miki Santamaria took the same tune and did his own thing with it. Miki’s version layers loops using his Boss RC300 Loop...

Level 42 is giving a nod to their past with a new EP entitled Sirens. The six-song album, mixed and produced by John Morales, is firmly rooted in the retro dance format. “Back in 1980 and 1981 when we started out, we were very much a club band,” bassist Mark King told the audience at a recent gig at Indigo2....

Hevos has introduced the 2×6, a compact bass combo amp fitted with a pair of 6″ loudspeakers. It utilizes the company’s 400C amplifier, which includes a Class-D power amp rated at 400 watts. Features include two separate inputs, a mute for tuning, -6dB pad and a phase switch the company says is great for double basses with two pickups. The...

Here’s a cool video sent in from our friend Akashdeep Gogoi, featuring drummer Nawaz Hussain. The duo play their original song “Weekly Once,” featuring a tight groove and a great bass solo.

Coal Chamber has announced that bassist Nadja Peulen is back in the fold. The band, which reunited in 2011 and has been “taking it slow” since then, made the announcement on their website: “Sometimes change is good. Especially when that change reunites a person with someone from the past who they love and had missed. Thats right folks, Nadja is...

October is in the books… and those books include at least four new fuzz pedals! Add a couple of new Fodera basses, even more pedals, and some other exciting bass gear, and you have the top 10 gear stories of the month. As always, these are ranked by reader views. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing. Here are...