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Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of November 7-13, 2010. Top 10: The Best Bass Gear (October 2010) News: Elvis Bassist Bill Black’s 1960 Fender Precision Up For Auction Video: Stanley Clarke: School Days (1990) Player News: Bootsy Collins Dives Into The World Of Fine Art Player News: Flea Joins...

Bassist Amanda Ruzza was raised by a mother who loved opera and a father who loved rock n’ roll, a combo she says helped her develop an “eclectic musical ear at an early age”. Amanda eventually attended Berklee in Boston, Massachusetts for a couple of semesters. In this clip, she and her bandmates take on Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation”, and nail...

No Treble readers have spoken. Here is the Top 10 bass gear list for October 2010. 1. Fender Announces Roger Waters Precision Bass A new 70’s-style Fender P bass is out, bearing the name of Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. 2. TC Electronic BH500 The newest “Bass Amp 2.0” from TC Electronic is the BH500, with two tone-shaping tools, TubeTone...

When Thomas “MarloweDK” Risell tries out new gear, cool stuff happens. Here’s MarloweDK test driving a MXR M82 bass envelope filter.

Meet Steve Harris, a bassist from Long Beach, California, and our bassist in the spotlight for November 9, 2010. Bio: A former bar band road dog, I came to L.A. to be a rock star. I did the strip big hair band thing. When grunge hit, I went back to my first love – playing jazz. I now have my...

A new album featuring a bassist, producer, composer Marcus Miller is scheduled for release in early 2011. A Night In Monte-Carlo, recorded in 2008, is a unique-sounding record featuring songs composed and/or arranged by Miller, for a concert commissioned in Monaco. On the recording, Miller leads his quartet and is backed by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Special guests include trumpeter...

Even Doug Wimbish‘s sound checks are cool. Here’s Doug at Southern Studios in London, back in 1990.

Alain Caron is making it look easy in this live solo clip from a Uzeb concert performance. Uzeb was a Canadian band, active from 1976 until 1992.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of October 31 – November 6, 2010. Top 10: The Best Bass Videos (October 2010) Video: Esperanza Spalding: I Can’t Help It (Michael Jackson Cover) Player News: Les Claypool Asks Fans For Help News: New Film to Feature Duff McKagan’s Loaded Player News: Krist...

Backbeat Books has released The Funky Bass Book, compiled and edited by former Bass Player magazine editor Bill Leigh. The 256 page book offers a huge collection of “funked-up wisdom and inspiration”, tracing back to the pioneers of R&B, soul and funk, to the latest hop-hop, neo-soul and Gospel. The book’s forward is by Bootsy Collins. The Funky Bass Book‘s...

Here’s a live Montreux Jazz Festival of Stanley Clarke‘s “School Days”, performance by Clarke and George Duke. The video gives you a close up look at Clarke’s Alembic bass (and playing!)

Jim Clench, a bassist from Montreal who performed with April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive, has passed away at the age of 61. Clench had been battling lung cancer. Clench was with April Wine from 1970 until 1975, performing on the band’s hits including “You Could Have Been a Lady” and “The Whole World’s Goin’ Crazy”. After his break from...