Archive for January 2021 - Page 3

Phil Jones Bass has unveiled a new tool for bassists called the PE-5. The pedal-sized preamp features a five-band EQ with DI capabilities as well as a boost function. Of course, Jones puts in plenty of details to make the unit stand apart.

Back in December, Kevin shared the exciting news that Liquid Tension Experiment was about to release a new album. In the meantime, the band has released a video for the track, “The Passage Of Time” - and it is killer.

Bassist, educator, and longtime No Treble columnist Damian Erskine has just released a new album called “In This Moment”. The gorgeous eleven-song collection is described as a departure from his previous albums and features a trio setting.

Sandberg Guitars has announced the latest in their artist series with a signature model for Opeth and White Stones bassist Martin Mendez.

Rosan Asmussen shared this video on our Facebook Group, and it is funky. Rosan discovered Matt Chancey and his drum cover of Dua Lipa’s “Levitating”, so she decided to add some bass to it.

Jon De Lucia has just released the print edition of “Bach Shapes: Diatonic Sequences for Bass”. The 70-page book is full of exercises picked from the Baroque composer’s musical vocabulary.

If things were normal, the No Treble crew would be on the floor at the Winter NAMM Show today. It wasn’t meant to be. However, the gear news is still coming like normal, and we’ll be covering it all.

Áron Hodek (aka “Áron The Bassist”) is back with Part 2 of his Q&A videos. Áron answers more viewer questions and lets us in on his practice routine and other topics.

Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten, and John Patitucci will be offering a free webinar with fellow bass masters. This week’s discussion will feature bassists who worked with Miles Davis, including Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Marcus Miller, and Darryl Jones.

Aguilar has blended their DCB pickup design into traditional shapes with the new DCB 4P, 4J, 5J, and 4PJ pickups. The dual ceramic bar style introduces a “new and unique voice for Jazz and Precision style basses,” they say.

For this lesson, we'll be looking into some alternate Lydian colors. We will take a look at the colors and applications of the Augmented Lydian and Dominant Lydian, both as full modes and as temporary colors integrated within more usual chord sequences.

With each new video the REO Brothers shares, I’m more convinced there’s nothing this band can’t pull off. Here’s their latest, with a superb cover of Dire Straits’ hit tune, “Sultans of Swing.”