Archive for January 2024 - Page 3

In this episode of “From the Bottom”, Paul Thompson digs into one of the greatest (and underrated) fretless bass guitarists of the 80s and 90s: Mick Karn.

Bill Bruford consistently shares great videos on his channel. Here’s a recent one from a 1989 performance of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe performing “Long Distance Runaround.” Jeff Berlin filled in for Tony Levin for this concert.

Verdine White and Earth, Wind, & Fire are keeping plenty busy this year. They’ll be back on the road again with Lionel Richie for the second round of the “Sing A Song All Night Long” tour.

Blake Burley of Burls Art states on his website that all of his instruments begin as an idea, “with some ideas being more daring than others.” This week we’re checking out a super cool build called the Burst 5-string bass.

I love when Charles Berthoud breaks out the fretless, and he did just that on this all-bass cover of Metallica’s “Fade To Black.”

Green Day has returned with “Saviors,” which marks the group’s 14th album. It comes 30 years after their major label debut, “Dookie,” and 20 years after their milestone record “American Idiot.” “Saviors” brings the group back to form, leaning on the politically charged side of “American Idiot.”

NAMM starts this week, but the news has already started trickling in. This week’s top 10 includes a handful of bass gear stories as a result. Check out this week’s reader favorites list.

Armed with his Sire bass, we catch Marcus Miller in an intimate setting sitting in with Xavier Gordon’s band on the Sly Stone classic, “If You Want Me To Stay.” The band includes Ethan Farmer on bass as well.

Great news for No Doubt fans: the band is getting back together. The alternative ska rock band will be reuniting at Coachella 2024. They shared the news on X, simply writing “Coachella 2024. We’ll see you in the desert this April!!!”

Kiesel Guitars has announced a revision to their signature model with Dustin Davidson of August Burns Red. The second iteration of his model, dubbed the DDM4, is based on Kiesel’s A2 bass with some tweaks.

No Treble reader Christian Kussmann sent us the latest video by his band, Almost Nailed It, which is powerful musically and visually. We really dig this band. Enjoy “Terra Rosso.”

In 2017, fans were shocked and elated when the Dixie Dregs announced a reunion of their original lineup. Now the band is going back out on the road again in 2024.