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Meet Dave Lowenthal, a bassist who spends his time gigging around NYC – primarily in a band known as Phantom Pop. Dave is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: I studied music and recording in my home state of Massachusetts and then moved to NYC without my instrument to pursue life as a recording...

Time for one of the reader favorite top 10 lists of the month – covering the most watched bass videos on No Treble. We dig it too. Thanks for watching. Enjoy. 1. Nathan Navarro: Super Mario Bass Guitar Playthrough Nathan Navarro is back with another brilliant bass video, and this time he’s playing along with a run-through of World 1-1...

EMGtv has a great video in their archives of Bobby Vega, Prairie Prince and Chris Rossbach performing “Chicken And Waffles”. And here it is!

Happy Sunday! This week’s reader favorites include two great how-to’s from Damian Erskine and Ariane Cap, the top 10 gear list, great bass videos and more. Thanks for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Making Walking Bass Lines Come Naturally This week, Damian Erskine responds to a reader who asked for advice on making walking bass lines come more naturally....

A video has been making the rounds on Facebook, thanks to Freemont’s Office – and it was quite unexpected. Dudley Moore and Kenny Rogers performed “Satin Doll” on The Tonight Show (date unknown). What surprised us all was that Rogers was on double bass. During his solo, Rogers proclaims “I can’t play!”, but he handled it better than we would...

Emile Nelson shared this video with us saying “I just uploaded a live video from my album launch and thought it might be fun to share. It’s an original song with a 6/8 afro cuban groove. It’s quite a challenge to sing and play this one and make it feel good.” We dig the tune and that tone!

Vulfpeck has released another video of a track from their debut full-length album – and it is one of our favorites. Joe Dart really lays it down on this one. If you dig this, you should check out our bass transcription for the tune, by Alasdair McLachlan.

Matteo Vallicella sent us this video of a project he’s working on with Italian singer Carlomaria. “I playied a ’66 P-bass with flats,” Matteo shared. “The efx [includes] a Wonderlove, a Doom by 3 Leaf Audio and an Oc2. Also a Ditto x4 by TC Electronics for a reverse effect of a pre-recorded slide at 1:58.” He had us at...

Antonis Mikelis borrowed a bass while attending college, and the rest is history. Now he spends his time playing, teaching and running sound. Antonis is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story… Bio: Born on the small but picturesque island of Milos in Greece, his first introduction to music was classical piano. However, it didn’t really...

Time for a reader (and one of our) favorite lists of the month… the top 10 list of bass gear. As always, this is based on reader views. Here’s what everyone enjoyed during the month of July. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Fender Unveils Flea Signature Jazz Bass Fender has teamed up with bass legend Flea to release...

Here’s your weekly list of the top 10 stories, how-to’s, videos and news from the world of bass – all based on No Treble reader views. Thanks as always for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Nathan Navarro: Super Mario Bass Guitar Playthrough Nathan Navarro is back with another brilliant bass video, and this time he’s playing along with a...

We’ve featured some videos by Maddie Jay with her band, The pH Collective before. I recently got a Facebook note from Jeannette Lough – Maddie’s mom. “Just wondering if you have had a chance to see this yet (proud mom – I really love this re-imagination),” Jeannette shared. The song is what Maddie calls “a re-imagination of a 1996 classic...