Archive for 2024 - Page 32

After releasing an ambient exploration in September, NICKO has returned with his third album, which takes a different approach. “Bits & Pieces 1” was created solely with a bass guitar to flesh out the multi-tracked compositions.

Source Audio has expanded its offering of bass-specific pedals with the ZIO, which is an analog bass preamp and DI.

I saw a video on YouTube titled, “Buddhist Priest Plays: Jaco Pastorius ‘Portrait of Tracy’,” and of course, I immediately clicked on it. Yuki Sugahar was inspired by the Robert Trujillo episode of Geddy Lee’s “Are Bass Players Human Too?” and recorded this after.

Ghost-Note has announced a new album. “Mustard n’Onions” will drop on April 19th. The band, led by Snarky Puppy’s Robert “Sput” Searlight, welcome a host of guests. MonoNeon handles most of the work, with Marcus Miller appearing on one track.

Ibanez introduced multi-scale versions of their boutique-styled BTB model a few years ago, and now they’ve introduced a refined version of them. The BTB Light Multi-Scale Basses feature subtler scale differences between the highest and lowest strings.

Charles Berthoud took Victor Wooten’s “Classical Thump” and added some twists of his own. Or as he said, taking Vic’s hardest solo, and making it harder.

Salsa bass lines can be fun as well as challenging, which is why bassist Álvaro Martín Gómez Acevedo has published a new transcription book called “20 Salsa Basslines for Electric Bass Guitar.”

ToneSpeak has introduced a new line of ultra-lightweight neodymium speakers designed specifically for the bass guitar. Built by hand in their St. Paul, Minnesota headquarters, the new drivers come in 10, 12, and 15 inch sizes.

Jazz Rock Fusion & Synthesizer Music took Chad Wackerman Trio’s “The City” video and remastered the audio from the long out-of-print DVD. This new version sounds amazing.

Warwick has sent out an important announcement regarding their leadership. Hans-Peter Wilfer, who founded the company in 1982, will be stepping away from the company. However, he will be leaving it in good hands as he has passed the torch to his son, Nicolas Wilfer.

In this new episode of “From the Bottom,” Paul Thompson digs into one of the “Hall of Fame” bass grooves from the past 40 years: “Glide” by Pleasure (1979), and the man who wrote and played it: Nate Phillips.

More videos are popping up from the Allman Betts Family Revival tour, which includes Tal Wilkenfeld on bass. Here’s one from the December 14, 2023 show in Spartanburg, SC. The video starts with a bass solo by Tal before the band kicks in on “Whipping Post.”