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Bassist birthdays, new bass gear, awesome bass videos, and some great bass-focused columns = another great week in the land of the low end. Here are the 10 most popular stories, columns and videos on No Treble for the week of June 15-21, 2014. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Fender Introduces American Standard Jaguar Bass Fender is adding...

David Pastorius has been knocking everyone out with his bass remixes of Tech N9ne’s tunes. It started with “Questions” and followed up with “Worldwide Choppers”. Now David is back with a brand new video, featuring his amazing bass work on the Tech N9ne tune “This Ring”, from the album Anghellic.

Meet Spencer E. Zubrow, a bassist who currently attends Berklee and got his musical start by stealing a guitar from his brother before coming to his senses and picking up the bass. Spencer is No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for the week of June 16, 2014. Be sure to check out his “Bernadette” play-along below! Bio: I grew up...

If you have young kids, you may have heard this song many more times than you’d like. But we think you’ll appreciate this arrangement by Simon Fitzpatrick, who takes the song and performs one of his trademark solo bass arrangements. If you dig this, Simon has released an album featuring 12 solo bass tunes.

This week was a week for videos. Bass videos dominated the top 10 for the first time in a while, including a top 10 list within the top 10 list. But there were also a couple of how-to’s, some new gear and the Bass of the Week to throw into the mix. Here are the top 10 most popular stories...

Today’s featured video is dedicated to all the Dads out there. Horace Silver’s “Song For My Father” was the opening track for his 1965 album of the same name, and a dedication to the pianist’s father. Here’s Silver’s Quintet performing the tune for Jazz Omkring Midnat – Denmark TV in 1968. The line up is killer: Bill Hardman on trumpet,...

Today is Marcus Miller’s birthday, and we’re celebrating by listening to all kinds of music with Marcus (of which, there’s a lot to choose from). Here’s an epic video of Marcus with his band performing Miles Davis’ “Jean Pierre” at North Sea Jazz in 2011. It starts out with such a fantastic groove and starts building, with quotes from Prince’s...

Adam Ben Ezra is one of our favorite bassists around here, and I think he now holds a unique status on No Treble. This is the third time we’ve shared his tune “Can’t Stop Running”. But that’s because the bassist keeps putting together great variations on it (if you’re interested in the first two, check out the original and his...

Meet Zakk Zodiac, a bassist from Australia who is about as diverse as they come (and more proof you can’t judge a book by its cover). Not only that, he has an incredibly entertaining story to share. Zakk is No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for the week of June 9, 2014. Enjoy. Bio: A punk rock bassist who at...

Many of the videos we shared in May turned out to be monsters – breaking all kinds of records for video views — in the tens of thousands. And I do believe this has to be among the most diverse top 10 bass video lists we’ve shared so far. Here are the top 10 most watched videos by No Treble...

Miki Santamaria is back with another stunning version of his arrangement of Stevie Wonder's "Overjoyed". This time around, Miki is joined by drummer Dani Ktna, who create a new vibe on the arrangement. Still stunning

The first week of June was a huge one, thanks in part to our fourth ever Isolated Bass week. Those isolated tracks combined for nearly 60,000 listens. But there was more bass goodness than that… including some new gear, great bass videos, a unique Bass of the Week, some how-to’s and some exciting stories. Here is your top 10 for...