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BadBadNotGood Returns With “Talk Memory”
New Albums

BadBadNotGood Returns With “Talk Memory”

BadBadNotGood’s signature blend of jazz and hip-hop has led them to work with some of the top rappers in the game including Ghostface Killah and MF Doom. The trio now has a new instrumental album, Talk Memory, that leans more on the jazz side of things.

Electro-Harmonix Unveils Nano Deluxe Memory Man Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Electro-Harmonix Unveils Nano Deluxe Memory Man Pedal

Electro-Harmonix has updated their Memory Man delay/chorus/vibrato pedal with the Nano Deluxe Memory Man. The company’s founder Mike Matthews says it’s more in a smaller package.

Jason Matthews: Continuum
Bass Videos

Jason Matthews: Continuum

Jason Matthews posted this stunning cover video on Facebook, and I had to share it. In this clip, he nails Jaco Pastorius’s “Continuum”. He even recorded it the way Jaco did back in the day.

Classic Gang of Four Lineup Announces 2022 Tour
Concerts & Tours

Classic Gang of Four Lineup Announces 2022 Tour

Three members of the classic Gang of Four lineup are reuniting for a 2022 North American tour. The influential rock band will include co-founders Jon King and Hugo Burnham as well as bassist Sara Lee.

Nikki Sixx Publishes New Memoir, “The First 21”
News

Nikki Sixx Publishes New Memoir, “The First 21”

Nikki Sixx has led an incredible life in rock and roll, and now he’s telling how it all came to be. His new memoir is entitled “The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx” and chronicles his early years that led to his stardom with Motley Crue.

Scary Goldings: Bruise Cruise
Bass Videos

Scary Goldings: Bruise Cruise

Scary Goldings sent us the first single from their upcoming album, and it’s a killer song by a killer lineup. That lineup includes MonoNeon, John Scofield, Louis Cole, Larry Goldings, Jack Conte, and Ryan Lerman.

Ashdown Introduces the Interstellar-600 Guy Pratt Signature Bass Amp
Amps

Ashdown Introduces the Interstellar-600 Guy Pratt Signature Bass Amp

Ashdown Engineering has teamed up with Guy Pratt to create a new signature amp called the Interstellar-600. The bass icon’s new rig is a take on his ABM-900 with revamped EQ and valve drive sections.

The Brown’stone: Play Great Fills and Solos Using Pentatonics
The Brown’stone

The Brown’stone: Play Great Fills and Solos Using Pentatonics

This week in The Brown’stone on No Treble, Rich Brown is staying with the Pentatonic Scale. This lesson will get you grooving and playing great fills using the three Pentatonic shapes he discussed in the previous lesson.

CH Straatmann: El Misti
Bass Videos

CH Straatmann: El Misti

No Treble reader CH Straatmann sent us this video of his tune, “El Misti”, which is on his second solo album, “11 Dimensions”.

Dug Pinnick’s Fifth Solo Album, “Joy Bomb”, Now Available
New Albums

Dug Pinnick’s Fifth Solo Album, “Joy Bomb”, Now Available

King’s X frontman Dug Pinnick has just released his fifth solo album, entitled “Joy Bomb”. The bass legend’s latest effort features thirteen original songs with the monster tone and riffs for which he is known.

Peter Hook & The Light Announce “Joy Division: A Celebration” Tour
Concerts & Tours

Peter Hook & The Light Announce “Joy Division: A Celebration” Tour

Peter Hook & The Light have unveiled a 26-date North American tour that will take place in 2022. The outing will see the group playing the albums “Unknown Pleasures” and “Closer” in addition to an opening set of New Order material.

Klemens Cathcart and Alex Tabero: Gosh
Bass Videos

Klemens Cathcart and Alex Tabero: Gosh

We love it when No Treble readers send us videos. We also love the work of Bobby Vega. So this one was twice as exciting. Klemens Cathcart sent us this video of him and Alex Tabero performing Vega’s “Gosh”.