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A bassist has made the list of finalists in the BOSS Loop Station Championship National Finals in Canada. Marco Rodi was one of three finalists after four months of competition. Marco squares off against the other finalists at the Halifax Pop Explosion Festival on Thursday, October 21st. Here’s Marco’s entry: Good luck Marco, and thanks for representing.

Kip Winger, the one-time bassist for Alice Cooper and leader of the 80’s band Winger, and Rudy Sarzo of Quiet Riot fame have teamed up with songwriter/producer Mark Hudson for the new VH1 Classic series, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp”. The trio of counselors guide wannabe rockers to help them transform into rock stars. The show debuts tonight at 10pm...

LEDs? Headless bass? Must be Mark King doing his thing.

TC Electronic has announced the BH500, their newest addition to their Bass Amp 2.0 line up. The BH500 provides two tone-shaping tools, TubeTone and SpectraComp, with three user memory settings. SpectraComp is a conventional compressor taken from TC’s RH450, offering “per-string” multi-band compression to even out compression across all strings. TubeTone, also originally offered in the RH450, is designed to...

We’re introducing a new Top Ten series this week, showcasing the most popular features from selected categories on No Treble. This week, we’re taking a look back at the top 10 most popular bass videos from September, 2010. 1. 13 Year Old Bassist Performs “Rei Arthur” This one has “video of the year” written all over it. A 13 year...

Short, but oh so sweet… James Genus taking a solo during the Bern Jazz Festival in 1990.

Meet Yair Loewenson, a bassist from Haifa, Israel and our player in the spotlight for October 12, 2010. Bio: Yair Loewenson was born in Haifa, Israel, and has been playing, composing, and teaching music professionally since his late teens. Jazz has always been his main genre, along with late classical and contemporary compositions. His extensive track record on stage includes...

Bassist/author Glenn Letsch has a new book of bass transcriptions and lessons out. 25 Great Bass Lines is an 84-page book with CD set featuring notation and tab for 25 classic bass lines, lessons on how to play them, bios, equipment listings, photos and historical facts. Full-band demos of every bass line in the book is included on the CD,...

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of October 3-9, 2010. Gear: Fender Announces Roger Waters Precision Bass Video: Jeff Beck with Tal Wilkenfeld: Big Block, Live at Ronnie Scott’s Ask Damian Erskine: Should Bassists Be Multi-Instrumentalists? Video: Dave Marks: Slap Bass Demo The Lowdown With Dr. D: Rhythm Series: Improving...

How times have changed! Here’s a 1985 video for Stanley Clarke‘s version of the Bruce Springsteen hit, “Born in the U.S.A.” The track was on Clarke’s Find Out! album. (I have this on vinyl, if anyone wants to borrow it).

D’Addario has added to their line of bass string products with their new Nylon Tapewound Bass Strings. The strings are wound using a flattened black nylon which is polished to an ultra-smooth finish. Tapewounds can be used on fretted and fretless basses and are designed to produce a vintage tone ranging from “the thump of an upright bass to the...

Here’s bassist Christopher Thomas performing one of his original compositions, “Wishing Well”, for solo bass. (Tuning: EADGC)