Archive for April 2024 - Page 6

NativeAudio has added a new pedal to their lineup with the Frybread Fuzz. The transistor-based fuzz pedal pays tribute to company founder Mike Trombley’s native heritage.

For the first time in fourteen years, Dream Theater’s classic lineup will be hitting the road together. That includes James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung, and drummer Mike Portnoy, who returned to the fold late last year.

Sandman Dream Guitars recently shared a custom build for a customer that looks downright mythical. Dubbed “Trident,” the five-string bass has an incredible book-matched hybrid wood and resin top.

The Jaco Pastorius Archive delivered big with this recording of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” performed by Tommy Strand & The Upper Hand. Jaco was only 19 at the time.

Blu DeTiger grew her audience on TikTok with killer covers and then her own original songs. Though the platform is based on brevity, DeTiger has been getting deeper into long form releases. Now, she’s dropped her debut full-length studio album, “All I Ever Want Is Everything.”

No Treble readers never fail to impress us. Here’s a video Milan Srdanovic shared with us of a masterful solo bass arrangement of “Niška Banja.”

This week’s top 10 includes plenty of bass gear (including a top 10), tour news from Stray Cats and the new Beat band, our podcast episode with Henrik Linder, an epic video with Ron Carter and Marcus Miller, and more.

In this video, Ed Friedland (on double bass) covers the Oscar Pettiford tune “Tricrotism.” The tune also features Kevin Ravellette on sax and my friend Kenji Lancaster on drums.

Scott LaFaro was only 25 when he tragically died in a car accident in 1961, but the body of work he left changed jazz bass playing for good. He influenced the majority of today’s best bassists. That includes Brian Bromberg, who has just released a trio album in his honor.

Ernie Ball Music Man has launched the Custom Design Experience, an online instrument configurator that lets you spec out your own StingRay Special bass.

You have to hand it to DHL. They asked Cory Wong to “write a song that demonstrates the idea of ‘supply chain’.” Cory delivered an excellent, funky tune with the help of bassist Yohannes Tona, and some killer string and horn sections.

We recently shared that Beat - the nearly unbelievable lineup of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey - would be teaming up to perform the music of King Crimson’s ’80s lineup. Now they’ve revealed a massive North American tour.