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Emma Dayhuff Explores the Places That Shape Us on “Mountains”
New Albums

Emma Dayhuff Explores the Places That Shape Us on “Mountains”

Bassist and composer Emma Dayhuff draws inspiration from Montana mountain ranges and New York City skylines on her second solo album, “Mountains.”

IK Multimedia Unveils the TONEX Board All-in-One Modeling Platform
Pedals & Effects

IK Multimedia Unveils the TONEX Board All-in-One Modeling Platform

IK Multimedia’s TONEX Board combines four simultaneous Tone Models, 76 effects, flexible routing, and more than 50 ready-to-play bass presets in one unit.

Toy Factory Project Blows “24 Hours at a Time” Wide Open in a 19-Minute Jam
Bass Videos

Toy Factory Project Blows “24 Hours at a Time” Wide Open in a 19-Minute Jam

Oteil Burbridge and Toy Factory Project take “24 Hours at a Time” way out, stretching the Marshall Tucker Band classic into a heady jam.

New Lineup, New Album: Al Cisneros and Sleep Return with “Hempispheres”
New Albums

New Lineup, New Album: Al Cisneros and Sleep Return with “Hempispheres”

Sleep returns with a revamped lineup and "Hempispheres," a five-song album packed with extended jams, massive riffs, and Al Cisneros’s thunderous bass.

Holcomb Guitars’ Nadacaster Bass Features a Pickup You Can Move While You Play
Bass of the Week

Holcomb Guitars’ Nadacaster Bass Features a Pickup You Can Move While You Play

Holcomb Guitars’ Nadacaster Bass features a custom humbucker on a sliding platform that lets players change its position and tone while performing.

Watch Brady Watt Build Iniko’s Songs Live with Bass and Loops
Bass Videos

Watch Brady Watt Build Iniko’s Songs Live with Bass and Loops

Brady Watt builds the arrangements live on his Modulus bass as Iniko performs three songs in this intimate episode of the Bass & Bars series.

Mike Watt’s New Band Casa Sueño Announces First Tour
Concerts & Tours

Mike Watt’s New Band Casa Sueño Announces First Tour

Mike Watt’s new trio Casa Sueño, featuring Mike Baggetta and John Herndon, will embark on its first tour this fall with dates across the West Coast.

No Treble’s Top 10: Spalt’s Walden Pond Bass, Joe Dart, Nate Mendel & More
Weekly Top 10

No Treble’s Top 10: Spalt’s Walden Pond Bass, Joe Dart, Nate Mendel & More

This week’s top bass stories include wild new builds from Spalt, Red Bird, and Rama, plus Joe Dart, Nate Mendel, Green Day, and more.

J.T. Cure and Adam Blackstone Share Bass Duties on Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake’s CMA Performance
News

J.T. Cure and Adam Blackstone Share Bass Duties on Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake’s CMA Performance

J.T. Cure and Adam Blackstone split the bass chair during Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake’s unforgettable 2015 CMA Awards performance.

Dane Alderson on Reimagining Jaco Pastorius for Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets’ New Weather Report Album
New Albums

Dane Alderson on Reimagining Jaco Pastorius for Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets’ New Weather Report Album

Dane Alderson shares how he approached Jaco Pastorius’ bass lines on Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets’ new album of reimagined Weather Report classics.

La Bella’s Lords of the Low End Returns October 10th with Ian Martin Allison and More
Events

La Bella’s Lords of the Low End Returns October 10th with Ian Martin Allison and More

La Bella Strings’ Lords of the Low End returns to Brooklyn on October 10th with Ian Martin Allison, bass builders, brands, gear, and more.

Vincen García Takes a Laid-Back, Melodic Approach to “Keep Calm”
Bass Videos

Vincen García Takes a Laid-Back, Melodic Approach to “Keep Calm”

Vincen García shows restraint and a melodic touch on "Keep Calm," a spacious live solo bass performance from his July 2026 set at Jazz in Marciac, France.