Archive for June 2023 - Page 2

Luthier Tom Molstad of Bird on a Wire Stringed Instruments recently posted photos of his first-ever bass build, and he’s off to a great start. “Sil Nora” is a six-string, multi-scale bass with a rich combination of colors.

I stumbled upon the musician known as KNULP on Youtube, and I was blown away. KNULP performs multiple tunes on multiple instruments. Here she is performing Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb.”

Knower has returned with a brand new album called “Knower Forever,” marking their first full-length release since 2016’s “Life.” The album’s low end is covered by MonoNeon and Sam Wilkes.

Happy Sunday! Time to look back at the week of top 10 stories on No Treble, which includes gear, lessons, news, and “The Funkiest Bass Line From Outer Space.”

Which each new video Ellen Alaverdyan shares, I’m more impressed. And that’s saying a lot. Ellen has fun performing some funky slap and fingerstyle on “The Secret Society Of The Flying Thumb.”

The unstoppable death metal machine that is Cannibal Corpse has announced its sixteenth album, “Chaos Horrific,” which will be released on September 22nd. They’ve also unveiled a corresponding U.S. tour that will launch the same day.

Another piece of music history will hit the auction block at the end of this month. Session legend Tommy Cogbill’s 1966 Precision Bass will be up for grabs through the “Gotta Have Rock and Roll” auction.

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade and Adrian Belew are currently touring together, and now we have a fan-shot video of them on stage together. Here they are performing “Thela Hun Ginjeet.”

“The Omnichord Real Book” marks Meshell Ndegeocello’s first album for the legendary Blue Note Records, and as such the bassist/vocalist digs into her jazz side.

It’s been fifteen years since Dunlop launched the MXR Bass Innovations department, so they’re celebrating with the Blackout Series. The team chose two of their most popular pedals – the MXR Bass Compressor and the MXR Bass Envelope Filter.

Bassist Matteo Esposito reunited with four other professional musicians from Italy to record the Brecker Brothers’ classic “Some Skunk Funk.” They nailed it!

Fender has released a new collectible that celebrates one of their iconic pairings. The Fender Dynamic Duo Silver Coin Set features two pieces shaped like a Precision Bass and a Bassman amp.