Archive for 2024 - Page 6

Juliaplaysgroove is back with another cover, and as always, we love what she adds to the music. Watch her transform Magdalena Bay’s “Tunnel Vision” with hypnotic bass lines.

Bryan Beller and The Aristocrats have been touring the world in support of their latest album, DUCK, and they’re not stopping yet. The prog trio completed by guitarist Guthrie Govan and drummer Marco Minnemann has announced a new set of North American tour dates for the spring.

EarthQuaker Devices is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Hoof fuzz with a “special hyper-limited edition” of the pedal. It will feature the same hand-soldered through-hole construction and rare military-spec germanium transistors from the original design.

Ellen Alaverdyan tried out three Markbass basses for her latest video, and her playing knocked us out once again. Check out her work on the P-bass, short-scale, and jazz.

Orin O’Brien became the first woman to join the New York Philharmonic in 1966. Now, "The Only Girl in the Orchestra" is widely open to audiences as it is now streaming on Netflix.

The Duesenberg Kavalier bass seems like a throwback to quirky vintage instruments, but the company designed it with more versatility than basses of yore. It features a short 30.5-inch scale similar to vintage instruments, but the key to its tone is its unique pickup.

Liam Galiano sent us this new video, saying “I just released a set of 3 short solo bass tunes about nature, specifically bird families. These little birds made their home in the flower pot on our porch, so I wrote this tune for them.”

Get ready to power up, North America. AC/DC has announced its first tour of the U.S. and Canada in nine years.

When I was eight years old, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" sparked a lifelong love of the bass. Without John McVie’s subtle brilliance, No Treble might not exist. Here’s how his playing inspired my journey.

Will Lee has been sharing a lot of amazing videos lately, and this one is super special. Here's footage of George Harrison's final concert at Royal Albert Hall.

This week’s top 10 includes our retrospective on Jaco Pastorius’s first year as a recording artist, bass gear (including a bonus top 10), a great Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe video (with Jeff Berlin), Ryan Madora’s new lesson on mastering blues bass, our podcast episode with Brian Wheat, and more.

Eastwood Guitars has had the uber-cool Rivolta Mondata design in their stable for years, and now they’ve finally applied the concept to the bass. Designed by Dennis Fano, the bass has a sleek body shape made from Simarouba, which is an ultra-lightweight wood.