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The best of the best in bass. Here are the top 10 most read stories and how-to’s and the most watched videos for the week of March 10 – 16, 2013. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing! 1. Jan Urbanec: Acid Jazz Fingerstyle/Slap Bass Groove I’ve been following Czech bass player Jan Urbanec for many years now. As great as...

Antonio Angotti shared this interesting mashup with us, with the bassist playing Chris Wolstenholme’s bass line from Muse’s “Panic Station” against Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”. Very cool… and a little mind-bending too.

For his 20th studio album – and first in three years – Eric Clapton decided to change things up a bit. The 67 year old guitarist switched labels, choosing his own Bushbranch imprint through the indie SurfDog label, and recorded an album with his longtime collaborators and friends. Two of the twelve tracks on Old Sock were penned by Clapton,...

No Treble reader Kaleb Staples shared this video with us saying it “seems like something you guys would like.” You know us so well, Kaleb. This is Aces of Bass, a clever name for a quintet of double bassists performing a medley of tunes by the Swedish pop band, Ace of Base. The medley includes “The Sign”, “All That She...

Niacin is back. After an seven year hiatus, bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Dennis Chambers and keyboardist John Novello have teamed up once again on Krush, their sixth studio effort. The album will be released on April 2, 2013 through Prosthetic Records. The power trio’s name comes from the common name for the vitamin B3 and the Hammond B3 used heavily...

One way to make a tune better is to turn it into an all-bass arrangement (or at least a bass-focused version). That may sound simple, but as you’ll see in the videos below, it often takes a remarkable combination of skill and musicianship. Sometimes going so far to seem impossible, even with the video proof. Here are the top 10...

Jermaine Morgan shared this video with us, featuring him performing his original tune, “Imagine Noah’s Journey”. The song is from Jermaine’s The Journey Continues album. Love the melodic bass work, and the great technique Jermaine shows on this one.

Meet bassist Jukka Haavisto, who hails from Finland and keeps a busy routine as a full-time bassist. Jukka is our player in the spotlight for the week of March 11, 2013. Bio: The bass bug bit Jukka Haavisto hard in his early year of elementary school upon hearing Geddy Lee of Rush, a local bass player Jussi Kosonen, and Jaco...

February may be the shortest month, but there was no shortage of great bass videos! Not only that, but look at this list – the diversity is pretty amazing. Here are the top 10 most watched videos on No Treble for February, 2013. 1. Marta Altesa: “Time Won’t Wait” Jamiroquai Play-Along Holy smokes. How have we missed Marta Altesa all...

David Bowie’s twenty-fourth studio album, The Next Day, was first announced on his 66th birthday back in January. But the album was in the works – in secret – for some time before then. For his first release of new material in 10 year, Bowie teamed up with some of his long-time collaborators, including producer Tony Visconti, engineer Mario J....

There was a lot of bass goodness last week, making this list so epic, we can barely contain ourselves. Here are the top 10 most read stories and most watch videos on No Treble for the week of March 3-9, 2013. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Blast Cult Enters the Electric Bass Market with the Thirty...

Hal Leonard has added Carlo Mombelli’s Intergalactic Bass method as their latest book in their Bass Instruction series. The comprehensive, 240-page book is based on the premise that in order to play music, one must have a solid handle on scales and arpeggios. A bassist, composer and educator, Mombelli said he searched for a book on scales and arpeggios to...