Weekly Top 10: Fat Mike Podcast, Tal Wilkenfeld and Carlos Santana, Top 10 Bass Gear, Kansas – “Leftoverture” Part 8, and More
This week’s top 10 on No Treble includes some early NAMM news, our top 10 bass gear roundup, Tal Wilkenfeld joining Carlos Santana for Playing For Change, our podcast episode with Fat Mike, the final chapter of “Leftoverture”, and more.
Here is the top 10 reader favorite list for the week of May 28 – June 3.
1. Ibanez Introduces New Acoustic Bass Guitar for NAMM
Ibanez will be exhibiting at the 2022 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California next week, and they’ve unveiled some of the new instruments they’ll be bringing along. That includes a new acoustic bass guitar model named the AEGB24E.
2. Playing For Change: Oye Como Va (Featuring Tal Wilkenfeld)
I always look forward to videos from Playing For Change, and this one is special. In this one, Carlos Santana, Cindy Blackman Santana, Becky G, Tito Puente, Jr., Tal Wilkenfeld, Rubén Rada, and 20 other musicians perform “Oye Como Va”.
3. Two Notes Audio Unveils ReVolt Bass Analog Amp Sim
Two Notes Audio has introduced the ReVolt series of analog amp simulators. The lineup includes a guitar and a bass version, each featuring 12AX7 tubes.
4. Bass of the Week: Maurizio Über Basses Mighty Magma
This week we’re checking out the new Mighty Magma from Maurizio Über Basses, which is a medium-scale headless five-string. Built with a padauk body and thick pistachio top, the bass gets a big tone from a pair of Nordstrand BigMan pickups.
5. Bass Gear Roundup: The Top Gear Stories in May 2022
May is in the books, which means our sights are set on NAMM. Before we dive in to all the gear news coming from the show this month, we're looking back at the top 10 reader favorite bass gear stories for the month of May 2022.
6. Lehle Unveils “Wear-Free” Volume Pedal
Lehle has introduced the Mono Volume S, a volume pedal that is wear-free thanks to evolving technology.
7. Groove – Episode #90: Fat Mike
Episode #90 of Groove is here, and our guest is Fat Mike of NOFX. As expected, he is candid, real, raw, and he doesn’t hold back. Enjoy the conversation...
8. Lusithand Devices Unveils the Alma Bass Compressor Pedal
Lusithand Devices has added a new pedal to their lineup called the Alma Compressor. Based on the Diamond Bass Compressor, the Alma kicks things up a notch. “We keep all the good things of the original and add a Voltage Doubling circuit (selectable ON or OFF) and also a Clean Direct path to mix the compressed signal with uncompressed (clean)...
9. James LoMenzo Named Permanent Member of Megadeth
James LoMenzo has been officially welcomed back into Megadeth. The bassist, who was a full-time member in the mid-2000s, is once again a permanent member of the metal outfit.
10. Kansas – “Leftoverture”: The Complete Basslines, Part 8
Tim Fletcher and Troy Hughes’ epic project “Kansas: Leftoverture – The Complete Basslines” has, at last, reached its final chapter, featuring Dave Hope’s work on the eight minutes and twenty-five seconds album closer “Magnum Opus”.
