Archive for January 2024 - Page 4

Longtime Orange endorser and former Deep Purple member Glenn Hughes has teamed up with the company to create a signature version of their O Bass. The Glenn Hughes Signature O Bass comes in a rich purple finish.

This video from 2016 just hit my radar, and it’s a great one. Tedeschi Trucks Band took the stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with some special guests. Here they are performing Freddie King’s “Palace of the King” with Billy Gibbons and Jimmie Vaughan.

Mercyful Fate has announced that bassist Joey Vera is no longer in the band. Frontman King Diamond announced in a short post that the split was amicable.

In 2022, amid the news of Pantera reforming to tour, Gibson unveiled a Rex Brown signature Thunderbird Bass. The signature model has now been added to the more budget-minded Epiphone brand.

Hadrien Feraud has released another video from his “Bass of Doom Sessions,” where he plays Jaco Pastorius’s legendary bass. "These Were the Days" was co-written by Feraud and vocalist Ericka Guitron.

Former Journey bassist Ross Valory has announced his debut solo album is coming this April. “All of the Above” is described as the first of three “experimental” albums from Valory, who has been crafting his own musical ideas for decades.

Ernie Ball Music Man has added a third iteration to the Joe Dart Artist Series Bass Collection, fittingly called the Joe Dart III. The bass takes a wholly new approach from the previous two and features a short 30-inch scale with a passive split-coil pickup.

Ryan Madora’s newest “Keep It Groovy” bass lesson is all about getting acquainted with a pick. Let’s dig into the mechanics of it and establish some exercises for our pick-playing journey.

Muriel Anderson was visited by Roy (Futureman) and Victor Wooten recently, and thankfully, she recorded it. “We try out some tunes we’ve never played together and talk about our latest projects,” Muriel shared.

Clutch has announced a new set of tour dates for the spring that will take them around the United States from April to May.

EBS has revealed the first of their new products for the 2024 Winter NAMM Show with the Runsten. The pedalboard power supply features ten isolated 9-volt DC outputs, eight of which can be switched to 12-volt operation.

In September, the JammJam brought back the Life Is Beautiful Festival in Las Vegas with Cory Wong and Friends. In this clip, Cory Henry and Elmo Lovano join the band to perform “Sir Duke,” with Moe Hill grooving hard.