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Some bassists love them, some don’t. But pedals and effects news this year was as big as any on No Treble. Here are the 10 most popular pedal and effects stories on No Treble in 2013, based on readership. 1. TC Electronic Ditto Looper TC Electronic is getting back to the basics with the Ditto Looper, a looping pedal that...

Since September, 2009, Dr. Donovan Stokes has shared his expert advice through his “Lowdown with Dr. D” column here on No Treble. While all of his columns are worth a read, these ten were his most popular in 2013, based on readership. 1. Improving your Technique: Habits and Awareness for Bass Players Most bassists are looking to improve some aspect...

We’ve featured Ojay before, with one of his awesome solo bass performances on a Newcastle street in the UK. Here’s another, recorded back in 2011. I’ve played out in the cold before, and I’m sitting here wondering how in the world Ojay is doing what he’s doing. Looks nasty out there.

We post a different video pretty much every day on No Treble, and out of the 360 or so we’ve posted in 2013, these 10 were the most popular. There were so many great videos this year, it is difficult to limit them to just ten. But that’s the name of the game. Thank goodness for the video archives. Here...

This year is almost in the books, and we have one more weekly top 10 to get before ’14 begins. This week’s list features a few top 10 lists – part of our Best of 2013 spotlights we’re running all week. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. Happy holidays and here’s to an even better 2014! 1. Best of 2013:...

Damian Erskine was No Treble’s first regular columnist, and he has been going strong every Wednesday afternoon since June, 2009. We feel very lucky to have him and based on readership, you all agree. Here are Damian’s top 10 most popular columns this year, based on readership. There’s a lot of great advice in here! 1. Butter Strings: A Guide...

We covered a lot of bass gear news in 2013, and there’s just too much to try to pack into a single Best Of list. So this year, we’re featuring the top 10 most popular gear stories in various bass gear categories. Kicking things off is the top 10 most popular bass amp and cabinet stories this year. As always,...

Thomas Risell, the man best known as MarloweDK sent me this video over the holidays. It starts off – appropriately – with MarloweDK saying “How to play a funky bass line”. This is a demo of a theme song Thomas wrote for a TV program about social media. So it is fitting one of the best known bassists on Youtube...

Every other Friday, columnist Ryan Madora shares the lessons she’s learned along the way as a working bassist in her “I Wish I Knew That” column. Here are the top 10 most popular IWIKT columns for 2013. Enjoy! 1. Bass Strings: To Change Or Not To Change For years, bass players have debated the concept of changing strings and most...

I’ve been watching Flight of the Conchords a bit over the holidays and discovered this scene from the show’s second season. As the band warms up in their “dressing room”, band manager Murray Hewitt questions Bret on the whereabouts of his guitar. Then he goes on to describe the bass in epic fashion.

When we started pulling the best of lists for No Treble this year, we were reminded of how much readers love the lessons and transcriptions we share. Of course, it helps a lot to have Thomas “MarloweDK” Risell as a primary contributor of bass lessons and Stuart Clayton as our primary guru for awesome bass transcriptions. Add to that a...

What a perfect video for today! Here’s the popular carol “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” done in the way we love it… on the bass, thanks to Davie504 Merry Christmas!