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10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Special Features
10,000 Post Celebration

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Special Features

We’re closing out our week-long celebration of 10,000 posts on No Treble with this top 10 reader favorite list of special features throughout our 7+ year history. Thanks for reading and taking this ride with us! 1. Stories Behind the Songs: Leland Sklar With over 2,500 albums under his belt, Leland Sklar is more than a seasoned pro. He’s a...

Bass of the Week: Ploughman Guitars Semi-Hollow Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Ploughman Guitars Semi-Hollow Bass

This week we’re checking out another beautiful instrument by Serbia’s Ploughman Guitars. Their take on a semi-hollow body bass is crafted with a one-piece Sipo body that topped with book-matched, hand-carved, Bosnian maple. Its five-piece maple and mahogany neck is topped with a wenge fingerboard adorned with mother of pearl block inlays. The hardware includes a solid brass LP-style bridge...

Talking Technique: Changing Technique Habits – What it Takes
Talking Technique

Talking Technique: Changing Technique Habits – What it Takes

There is a step by step process that can help you change ingrained habits. It is a fast and effective technique to practice just about anything so effectively that it can become addictive. But it is also a great catalyst for changing ingrained habits. That is good news, because if you have ever tried to change a habit – be...

BassPlayerAdam: A Jaco Pastorius Medley
Bass Videos

BassPlayerAdam: A Jaco Pastorius Medley

BassPlayerAdam knocked us out with his medley of Jaco Pastorius tunes. He asks, “Can you name all the songs?”

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Bass Videos
10,000 Post Celebration

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Bass Videos

We love sharing a video with you every day… and there are so many great ones to watch after 7+ years. Here are the top 10 No Treble reader favorite bass videos since we started No Treble. Which one is your favorite? 1. Carol Kaye Gives Gene Simmons a Bass Lesson Here’s something I never thought I’d see. Studio legend...

Weekly Top 10: New Gear, Breaking Right Hand Habits, Top Videos, Jimmy Johnson Transcription and More
Weekly Top 10

Weekly Top 10: New Gear, Breaking Right Hand Habits, Top Videos, Jimmy Johnson Transcription and More

Happy Sunday. The week closes on a high note with the top 10 No Treble reader favorites for the week of October 15-21, 2016. Thanks for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Fender Unveils New Mustang Bass Model Fender has reimagined some of their classic models to create the new Offset lineup of instruments. “We took timeless designs with an...

Spector Introduces Timbre Acoustic Bass Guitar
Basses

Spector Introduces Timbre Acoustic Bass Guitar

Spector Basses has announced their first ever acoustic bass line called the Timbre Series. Available in Black, Natural and Walnut Stain finishes, the bass is crafted with a solid sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides, a mahogany neck, and a rosewood fingerboard. “This is much stronger than solid lumber would be and helps to allow the top to vibrate...

Julie Slick: Adrian Belew Power Trio “B3” Bass Playthrough
Bass Videos

Julie Slick: Adrian Belew Power Trio “B3” Bass Playthrough

Thank God for Julie Slick. While wading through countless awful political posts in my Facebook feed, I saw this incredible clip of her ripping it up on the Adrian Belew Power Trio song “B3”, and it saved my day. The track comes from the 2009 ABPT album e, which features Slick and her brother Eric on drums. It’s a short...

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Interviews and Podcasts
10,000 Post Celebration

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Interviews and Podcasts

We’ve talked with many great bassists over the years through our interviews and podcast. Here are the top 10 reader favorites since our launch. Enjoy the conversations… 1. Groove – Episode #1: Robert Trujillo Robert Trujillo is known to millions of people – all over the world – as Metallica’s bass player. Fans of Metallica know Trujillo as the guy...

Tensor Bass Expands With the Ultralight Jazz Bass Series
Basses

Tensor Bass Expands With the Ultralight Jazz Bass Series

Tensor Inc. has expanded their bass guitar offerings with the Ultralight Jazz Bass series. The custom made basses come in four- or five-string versions and are fitted with a pair of Aguilar J-HOT pickups, which feature an over-wound design for a hotter output. Each bass is built with a chambered maple body and 3-piece, grain oriented maple/mahogany neck with a...

Aaron Gibson: Two Fires
Bass Videos

Aaron Gibson: Two Fires

Aaron Gibson has a new demo out for another song that will appear on his next album. As always, Aaron impresses us with his unique style and compositions. Aaron’s Kickstarter campaign for the new album is still going if you’d like to help support the project.

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Isolated Bass Tracks
10,000 Post Celebration

10,000 Post Celebration: Top 10 Isolated Bass Tracks

Since we first posted our first isolated bass track over 6 years ago, this has been one of the most popular features on No Treble. And here are the top 10 most listened to isolated bass tracks in our history. Enjoy! 1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: James Jamerson’s Bass Line Visualized Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton sent me another one of...