Archive for 2021 - Page 3

This is the time of year we love to look back. Continuing our “Best of 2021” lists, here are the top 10 reader favorite interviews and podcasts we published on No Treble in 2021.

Adam Nitti just shared a new video for the holiday season, with a stunning bass arrangement of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”.

Fernando Molinari has a new album out that may be one of the year’s best prog and fusion records. “Reaching Inside” is packed with tantalizing riffs and grooves that the bassist has been honing over the past few years.

We cover a lot of new bass gear each year, including the many new bass amps that hit the market. Here are the top 10 No Treble reader favorite bass amp stories for 2021.

In this episode of “Keep It Groovy,” Ryan Madora covers a variety of ways you might read music, from standard notation to TAB to various forms of shorthand or Nashville Number Charts.

Our good friend Anthony Cook sent us this video by String Theory Project, which offers up a classic holiday tune with a twist. Anthony and guitarist Bruce Rubin made this arrangement of Vince Guaraldi’s “Linus & Lucy” for the band.

Heads up, pedal junkies – Backbeat Books has just released a new book by Ronald Light that will pique your interest. “Pedal Culture: Guitar Effects Pedals as Cultural Artifacts” is described as a themed exploration of stompboxes.

2021 marks the 40th anniversary of Rush’s “Moving Pictures”, and Tech 21 is helping to celebrate the milestone with a limited edition Geddy Lee signature preamp.

‘Tis the season for some great holiday-inspired videos. Here’s a new one from Kinga G?yk, who plays along to Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”.

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros are gearing up for a big 2022. They’ve just announced a 13-city tour for the spring as well as a new album, “Live in Colorado”, to be released February 18.

This week we’re checking out a Promethean 6 Singlecut by Carillion Guitars. Built for Martino Garattoni of Ne Obliviscaris, the bass is a six-string featuring their Promethean body and Reaver headstock.

Alex Bershadsky has shared a new original composition called “Merry” that features a mesmerizing ostinato bass line to accompany his vocals. The bassist is joined by keyboardist Rostik Lerman, drummer Sharon Petrover, and trumpeter Gregory Rivkin.