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Best of 2015: The Top 10 Interviews and Podcasts
Best of 2015

Best of 2015: The Top 10 Interviews and Podcasts

We debuted Groove – the No Treble Podcast in January, 2015, with the addition of host Mitch Joel. It is thrilling is seeing how popular it is with No Treble readers. Here are the top 10 reader favorite interviews on No Treble in 2015. 1. Groove – Episode #1: Robert Trujillo Robert Trujillo is known to millions of people –...

Bass of the Week: Ploughman Guitars Fanned Fret Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Ploughman Guitars Fanned Fret Bass

This week we’re checking out a fanned fret design by Ploughman Guitars in Serbia. Luthier Radovan Jovicic built the bass with a multi-scale ranging from 33 inches to 35 inches. It’s built with neck-through construction featuring a maple and mahogany neck and wenge fingerboard with mahogany binding. The body wings are a sandwich of mahogany, white ash, and heat treated...

Carol Kaye: Boogaloo
Bass Videos

Carol Kaye: Boogaloo

Today’s video isn’t really a video, but we don’t care. Once you hear Carol Kaye laying it down, we don’t think you’ll mind either. This is “Boogaloo,” from Kaye’s Picking UP on the E String album.

Baroness Releases “Purple”
New Albums

Baroness Releases “Purple”

A 2012 Bath, England, bus accident that changed the personnel of Baroness didn’t destroy the band, which has returned with the album, Purple. The metal band’s drummer and bassist left the band after suffering injuries in the accident, but with replacement bassist/keyboardist Nick Jost the band created an album that has already netted a Spin magazine “album of the week”...

Weekly Top 10: Talking Technique, Best of 2015 Lessons & Transcriptions, Bass of the Week, Top Videos and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: Talking Technique, Best of 2015 Lessons & Transcriptions, Bass of the Week, Top Videos and More

As always, we celebrate the end of another week with a celebration of reader favorites over the last seven days on No Treble. Thanks as always for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Galactic Empire: Star Wars Theme Star Wars buzz is in the air, so we thought we’d celebrate with this fun video by the band known as Galactic...

Tower of Power to Celebrate 48th Anniversary with Tour
Concerts & Tours

Tower of Power to Celebrate 48th Anniversary with Tour

It may seem hard to believe, but 2016 will mark 48 years since the formation of Tower of Power. The influential group has released 18 studio albums, seven live albums, six compilations, three DVDs, and have toured the world with thousands of shows. To celebrate the band’s longevity, they’ll be bringing their unique blend of soul, funk, jazz and rock...

Zawinul Syndicate with Gerald Veasley: Carnavalito
Bass Videos

Zawinul Syndicate with Gerald Veasley: Carnavalito

The Zawinul Syndicate performed at the Munich Philharmonie in Germany in 1989. Featuring Scott Henderson on guitar, Gerald Veasley on bass, Cornell Rochester on drums, Bill Summers on percussion, and Leata Galloway and Carl Anderson on background vocals, here’s the group performing “Carnavalito”. The tune originally recorded on the album. If you like that, check out the version we shared...

Cage The Elephant Hooks Up With Dan Auerbach on Latest
New Albums

Cage The Elephant Hooks Up With Dan Auerbach on Latest

Alternative band Cage the Elephant has released its fourth album, Tell Me I’m Pretty. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys – known for his production work with a wide variety of artist – produced the record, which features the work of founding band member Daniel Tichenor on bass. The hope, the band states, was to create a rock album where...

Best of 2015: The Top 10 Reader Favorite Basses
Best of 2015

Best of 2015: The Top 10 Reader Favorite Basses

Throughout 2015, we covered a lot of new basses hitting the market. The total number was nearly 100 in all, and those were viewed 300,000 times during the course of the year. Here are the top 10 most read and most shared stories in 2015 on No Treble featuring new basses. Enjoy! 1. Sire Guitars Marcus Miller Signature Basses Marcus...

Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon: Bye Bye Blues
Bass Videos

Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon: Bye Bye Blues

Time for one of the greats. Here’s Willie Dixon laying it down (and singing) on “Bye Bye Blues”, along with Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim. Timeless!

Five-Disc Set Released for Pantera Fans
New Albums

Five-Disc Set Released for Pantera Fans

The 1990s sound of metal band Pantera is available in full force on The Complete Studio Albums, 1990-2000. The set covers the band’s last five albums, all of which feature Rex Brown (Down, Kill Devil Hill) on bass. The set includes four platinum albums, one of which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. The five albums are:...

Steve Bailey and Friends: Jingle Bells
Bass Videos

Steve Bailey and Friends: Jingle Bells

Steve Bailey has sent out his annual audio Christmas greeting, and this year’s is the biggest yet. As head of the Berklee Bass Department, Bailey brings in featured artists during their visits to the college to make special bass arrangements of holiday carols. This year has Bailey, Sandro Scoccia, Leland Sklar, John Patitucci, Victor Wooten, David Ellefson, Gary Willis, and...