Archive for July 2024 - Page 7

Our friend Marcelo Yakko sent this playthrough video for “El mejor dia es hoy” (“The best day is today”), from his new album, “Yakkosonics.” The track has both fretless and fretted basses.

Your weekly roundup of the top 10 stories from No Treble is here. This week, we have had a lot of bass gear, a great new blues lesson by Ryan Madora, our podcast episode with Michael Devin, and more.

Ashen Amps has announced a compact bass amp called the APG700.4. They say it was designed to deliver “pristine articulation and punch, catering to the discerning needs of professional bassists worldwide.”

Cory Wong and Metropole Orkest worked on a new album together. “Starship Syncopation” is available for pre-order. Now, we get to hear a preview of what's to come with this "strings winds session" video for "Quotidian Fields," with Bruce Hornsby.

Several months ago, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals announced they would be performing the album “Malibu” in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl on September 24th. Due to the fan excitement, they’ve decided to make it into a full tour.

In this episode of “From the Bottom,” Paul Thompson is celebrating one of the greatest - yet unsung - bass players to ever do it: Dennis Belfield. Paul breaks down his top 5 Belfield bass lines.

Julia Hofer is getting down with some funky slap bass on Lenny Kravitz’s “Heaven.”

James LoMenzo recently spoke with Jorge Botas from Portugal’s Metal Global to reveal that Megadeth is working on the follow-up to 2022’s “The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!”

Michael Devin, an accomplished bassist and may be most well-known for his stint with classic hard rock legends, Whitesnake. His journey in music, however, extends far beyond his tenure with the iconic band. He’s our guest for this episode of Groove - the No Treble Podcast.

Brazilian bassist Michael Pipoquinha is such an amazing player. His chops on a 6-string bass blow my mind! In this clip, he performs at Elgia Cafe in Brazil with his trio.

Tom Fowler, known best for his time with Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, has died of undisclosed causes. He was 73 years old. The news was shared in part by fellow Zappa alum Arthur Barrow, who paid tribute to Fowler.

In this Keep It Groovy bass lesson, Ryan Madora walks us through how to play a blues shuffle by practicing along to drum backing tracks.