Archive for October 2023 - Page 2

After introducing their own version of the DarkRay, Sterling by Music Man has introduced a new signature model for Pete Wentz. The Fall Out Boy bassist’s new Artist Series StingRay marks SBMM’s first full-scale passive bass.

It’s always a good day when we spot a new video from Remco Hendriks. Dig his playing on a jam he calls “Adventurous Funky Bass Grooves.”

Geddy Lee has a busy few months coming up. His new memoir, “My Effin’ Life,” is releasing on November 14th, and he’ll be on the road in support of it. Now he’s unveiled a new docuseries called “Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?”

In this month’s edition of “Wonder Women: Stories From The Women Who Play Bass,” we look at Jennifer Young, the bassist for the acclaimed California-based instrumental rock fusion trio, the Travis Larson Band.

Ellen Alaverdyan is back with another episode of her top 10 favorite bass lines. In this video, she discusses and plays along to 10 of her favorite tunes.

Two years after his passing, ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill’s collection is going up for sale. Julien’s Auctions has announced “The Collection of Dusty Hill of ZZ Top,” which features nearly 1,200 lots of his items.

Today’s “Keep It Groovy” lesson involves playing a blues shuffle in the key of E, and more specifically, a Texas style shuffle. Inspired by the bass line from Albert Collins’ “T Bone Shuffle,” this takes us through a 12-bar-blues progression.

MarloweDK is going through his archives and sharing some pretty epic videos. “Here is the great band Rumors Corner. I play the Wild Cherry funk classic with a pick. This performance is from 2018,” he shared.

Late last year, Blink-182 announced a reunion tour featuring the classic lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker. Now, the reunion has culminated in “One More Time…,” their first album with DeLonge since 2011’s “Neighborhoods.”

Surrounding noises often make tuning more difficult, especially when using a clip-on tuner. Snark addresses the problem with the new ST-8 Titanium, which uses titanium and a rubber “sound shield” to block out unwanted ambient sounds.

Aaron Emerson, the son of the great Keith Emerson, was joined by a host of rock musicians to pay tribute to the late keyboardist. In this clip, the group performs “Lucky Man,” written by Greg Lake and originally performed by Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Dingwall’s basses are always eye-catching, but this Z model is on another level. The company shared the bass on Facebook writing, “Legend has it that if you play the forbidden riff on this Dingwall Z in Blood Moon Orange Reverseburst, you may turn into a werewolf!”