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Felipe Gomez: Last Man Standing
Bass Videos

Felipe Gomez: Last Man Standing

We featured bassist Felipe Gomez a couple of weeks ago in our Reader Spotlight. Since then, Felipe reached out and shared this video with us, featuring some bass with slide. “I did this video soundtrack for my upcoming documentary, about playing my bass on the Arctic,” he shared. This is some amazing bass to go along with his amazing story.

Onetime Zappa Bassist Releases Memoir
News

Onetime Zappa Bassist Releases Memoir

Bassist Arthur Barrow, known for his time with Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as his multi-instrumentalist turns with Billy Idol, Nina Hagen, Berlin and more, has penned a book, Of Course I Said Yes!: The Amazing Adventures of a Life in Music. Barrow, who played on Zappa’s Joe’s Garage Act I, Joe’s Garage Acts...

Weekly Top 10: New Bass Gear, How to Reharmonize A Song, Top Bass Videos, Talking Technique and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: New Bass Gear, How to Reharmonize A Song, Top Bass Videos, Talking Technique and More

Time to celebrate another week of top stories, lessons and videos from the world of bass. Here are the the top 10 No Treble reader favorites for the week of May 7-13, 2016. Thanks for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Fodera Unveils Imperial Mini-MG Bass Fodera and Matthew Garrison have teamed up once again to introduce the Imperial Mini-MG....

Fender Introduces Pro In-Ear Monitors
Accessories & Strings

Fender Introduces Pro In-Ear Monitors

Fender has introduced their first line of Pro In-Ear Monitors. The new in-ears are designed and hand-assembled in Nashville, Tennessee and come in five models: the DXA1, the FXA2, the FXA5, the FXA6 and the FXA7. “All models except the DXA1 boast 3D-printed digital hybrid technology housings, custom designed drivers and select models in the series feature a patented Hybrid-Dynamic...

Eduardo Machado and Gabriel Grossi: Three Views of a Secret
Bass Videos

Eduardo Machado and Gabriel Grossi: Three Views of a Secret

Eduardo Machado sent this video to us, and it knocked me out. Here’s the duo of Eduardo on bass and Gabriel Grossi on harmonica doing their own unique version of the Jaco Pastorius tune, “Three Views of a Secret” – one of the greatest compositions of all time in my book.

Stanley Clarke Scores Latest Barbershop Film
New Albums

Stanley Clarke Scores Latest Barbershop Film

Enormously influential jazz bassist/composer Stanley Clarke has brought his talents to the silver screen, yet again. Clarke has a long history of composing television and movie scores (“Boyz ’N’ The Hood,” “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” and far more), and his latest is for the fourth installment in the “Barbershop” series, “Barbershop: The Next Cut.” Check out “Brother One Stop” from the...

Noggin Rockers Practice Amp Now Available
Amps

Noggin Rockers Practice Amp Now Available

Bassists looking for a quiet practice session have a new option with Noggin Rockers. The new “stethoscope-style” amplifier requires no power to get you jamming. The device, which work with guitar or bass, attaches to the surface of your instrument to deliver the vibrations to your ears via tubing and a pair of soft gel ear buds. Volume and tone...

Dmitry Lisenko: “Drifting” Acoustic Bass Guitar Cover
Bass Videos

Dmitry Lisenko: “Drifting” Acoustic Bass Guitar Cover

Andy McKee’s performance of “Drifting” has been viewed millions of time on YouTube and elsewhere. Now bassist Dmitry Lisenko has shared his solo acoustic bass guitar version of McKee’s tune.

More Rare John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers 1967 Live Recordings Released
New Albums

More Rare John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers 1967 Live Recordings Released

John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Live in 1967 — Volume Two offers up even more gems from a short-lived Bluesbreakers lineup that featured Peter Green, bassist John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, a trio that would go on to form Fleetwood Mac. A fan from Holland captured this version of the group, together for only three months, as it played five London clubs....

EarthQuaker Devices Releases Avalanche Run Pedal
Pedals & Effects

EarthQuaker Devices Releases Avalanche Run Pedal

EarthQuaker Devices has introduced the Avalanche Run, a stereo delay and reverb pedal built on their new high-powered DSP platform. The model is based on requests for the company to make a stereo and tap tempo version of their Dispatch Master. “While it is a delay and reverb just like the Dispatch Master, the style of delay and reverb is...

The Lightbulb Moment: Major? Minor? Why Bother?
The Lightbulb Moment

The Lightbulb Moment: Major? Minor? Why Bother?

Being a bass player is awesome. Not only do you get to hang in the back and groove, but you get to skate by on all of that “theory” stuff that guitar players have to deal with. You know… like chords and whatnot. We only have to play one note at a time! That’s like… way easier. I wouldn’t want...

Ian Pettersson: Kiss (Solo Bass Prince Tribute)
Bass Videos

Ian Pettersson: Kiss (Solo Bass Prince Tribute)

Over the years, Ian Pettersson has offered some great video suggestions to us. Now he’s shared one of his own: a solo bass tribute to Prince. Here’s Ian’s take on Prince’s hit, “Kiss”.