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Hal Leonard has added a new edition to their Bass Play-Along series, with the release of Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bass Play-Along (Vol. 42). The 80 page book offers up tab for nine Flea bass lines, with the standard enhanced audio CD that is included with each book in this series. The audio provides the opportunity to hear the bass...

In my opinion, “Little Wing” is one of the greatest tunes of all time. Covered so many times, here’s another guitar legend, Jeff Beck – who experienced the magic of Hendrix live at the Isle of Wight – performing his tribute at the same venue. Bassist Rhonda Smith lays down the perfect bass line behind Beck, with some seriously gutsy...

Meet Chris Robinson, a bassist from New Hampshire who has played in bands as diverse as we’ve seen. Chris is our player in the spotlight for the week of June 19, 2012. (You can be next!) Bio: I’ve been playing bass since I was twelve. Since I picked up my first four string, I’ve played in almost every setting and...

Here’s Weather Report, soon after Jaco Pastorius joined the band, performing “Badia” live in 1976. This performance was recorded live on July 8, 1976, at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland. Jaco’s tone is like butter. Weather Report’s line up for this performance included Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco, Alex Acuna, and Manolo Badrena. Hard to believe this is 36 years...

Time to get back to the basics… if this is “basic”. In 1983, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan took the stage together and performed this incredible version of “Born Under a Bad Sign” – a tune King recorded on his album of the same name. Of course, this one is aided by one sweet bass line laid down by...

Brace yourself… massive amounts of bass greatness below. Which is another way of saying, here’s the top 10 most read articles and columns, and most watched bass videos for the week of June 10 – 16, 2012 on No Treble. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing! 1. Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (May 2012) Typically, we share lots...

In 1986, Paul Simon released Graceland, his groundbreaking album which took the world by storm, leading to 14 million copies sold and a five-year tour. For many of us, this record also introduced another great discovery: bassist Bakithi Kumalo. His fretless bass work – particularly his iconic bass on the album’s “You Can Call Me Al” was as remarkable then...

Viaceslav Svedov just keeps blowing us away. Here’s Viaceslav and his “Double V Projection” project, which includes drummer Valentin Tarasov. In this video, the duo takes on Bela Fleck & The Flecktones’ “Sinister Minister”. Holy smokes. And as an added bonus, here’s the Flecktones doing their version:

Korn has extended their current “Path of Totality” tour, in support of the album of the same name. The new dates include stops in the Northeast and Midwest US and dates in Canada, including a couple of festivals. The group has released a new video, “Way Too Far”, which followed a series of bizarre photos on their Facebook page, including...

During the 2012 London Bass Guitar Show, bassist Steve Lawson took the stage with his Modulus fretted 6 string and performed this solo bass arrangement of Lionel Richie’s “Hello”. The arrangement, the tone and the bass are all pretty sweet.

Meet Simon Normand, a bassist from Denmark who has a GAS-inducing list of gear, and a nice musical background. We love his super power too. Simon is our player in the spotlight for the week of June 12, 2012. (You could be next!) Bio: I picked up the bass at age 12. Two weeks later, I found myself playing in...

Typically, we share lots of videos featuring bassists doing their thing, laying down serious supporting lines, doing their solo bass thing, and everything in between. For some reason in May, we shared more than our share of funny/entertaining videos without playing. And readers dug it. The first three in the top 10 list this month include a look at the...