2021 Reader Favorite Bassists – #4: Julia Hofer

Julia Hofer

Editor’s Note: At the end of each year, we tally up all the article and video views on No Treble to come up with a list of the top 10 most popular bassists. This is entirely based on readership, not on opinions, polls, or anything else. Just having some fun.

This is where the 2021 Reader Favorite Bassists list gets interesting – and exciting to us. While the names so far are some of the biggest in the world of bass historically, the web (and Youtube) has given us exposure to so many other talented bassists around the world.

One of those is Julia Hofer, who routinely shares some videos that capture the attention of No Treble readers.

Thanks to those videos, Julia lands at the #4 spot on this year’s list.

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Geddy Lee Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Geddy Lee Bass Lines

Julia Hofer has shared some excellent videos on her top bass five lines by Carol Kaye and Leland Sklar. Now she’s focusing on the work of Geddy Lee.
Julia Hofer: Top 5 Pino Palladino Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Pino Palladino Bass Lines

Julia Hofer is back with another “Top 5” video, and this time, she’s focusing on the incredible work of Pino Palladino. Choosing just 5 bass lines by Pino seems next to impossible, so Julia narrowed it down to some of her all-time favorites.
Julia Hofer: Top 5 ABBA Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 ABBA Bass Lines

Julia Hofer’s “Top 5 Bass Lines” videos are always a big hit around here. She’s just published a new one, focusing on the music of ABBA and the bass lines of Rutger Gunnarsson and Mike Watson.
Julia Hofer: Top 5 Carol Kaye Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Carol Kaye Bass Lines

After recently discovering the video series featuring Julia Hofer, I’ve been checking out a lot of the entries. In this one, Julia picked her favorite bass lines from Carol Kaye’s massive catalog and played along to the tracks.
Julia Hofer: Top 5 Leland Sklar Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Leland Sklar Bass Lines

Trying to narrow down any list of tracks by Leland Sklar is quite the challenge. But Julia Hofer did the work to put together her case for her top five bass lines by the legend.
Julia Hofer: Top 5 Kool & The Gang Bass Lines

Julia Hofer: Top 5 Kool & The Gang Bass Lines

Julia Hofer has been bringing it with her “Top 5 Bass Lines” series. Here’s the latest, celebrating the bass lines of Kool & The Gang.
Julia Hofer: Do I Do

Julia Hofer: Do I Do

Julia Hofer is back with another great video showcasing one of the great bass lines. In this one, Julia Hofer plays along with Stevie Wonder’s “Do I Do”. If that’s not enough, Julia shows off her multi-tasking skills to David504.
Julia Hofer: Back Pocket

Julia Hofer: Back Pocket

I’ve really been enjoying the videos Julia Hofer has been creating with Thomann’s Guitars & Basses. In this one, she takes on Joe Dart’s funky bass line on the Vulfpeck tune, “Back Pocket”.

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  1. Bill

    #4 favorite bassist and it’s nothing but Top 5 cover videos, over Wooten, Jaco, Sheehan, this is nutty

  2. Fred

    Julia is amazing, but I lean towards Team Kynga Gkyk.

  3. joseph kowrach

    Can you do any Rick Danko?