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Hugo Doyon-Karout: Playthrough of Brought By Pain’s “Guided by Fear”
Bass Videos

Hugo Doyon-Karout: Playthrough of Brought By Pain’s “Guided by Fear”

Metal bassists don’t often get the credit they deserve. Here’s a video of Hugo Doyon-Karout playing through his bass line on “Guided by Fear” by Brought by Pain. The Montreal-based progressive death metal band delivers crushing riffs, which the bassist runs through with ease. Warning: Death metal vocals ahead.

Judith Owen and Leland Sklar Announce Free Tour
Concerts & Tours

Judith Owen and Leland Sklar Announce Free Tour

What’s better than seeing legendary bassist Leland Sklar perform with a super talented songwriter? How about seeing them for free? Sklar will be joining singer/songwriter Judith Owen on her upcoming “Ebb & Flow” tour across the United States. Each show on the duo’s tour will be free, with a suggestion that if you’d like to support the tour, you do...

Keeley Electronics Releases Neutrino Envelope Filter
Pedals & Effects

Keeley Electronics Releases Neutrino Envelope Filter

Keeley Electronics is now shipping the Neutrino, an envelope filter that’s built for both bass and guitar. The hand-built pedal is a modern compact circuit of an opto-coupler based design that borrows concepts from their other stompboxes. “Our design team focused on building a tunable dual opto-coupler design that could be aligned for unit-to-unit perfection,” company founder Robert Keeley explains....

Joe Gallant & Mike Visceglia: Outvention
Bass Videos

Joe Gallant & Mike Visceglia: Outvention

We love a good bass duo. Here’s Joe Gallant and Mike Visceglia playing their piece “Outvention.” Taken from the December Fretathon concert in New York City, the piece is a play on Bach’s Inventions, filled with cool counterpoint.

Dunlop Super Bright Bass Strings Now Available
Accessories & Strings

Dunlop Super Bright Bass Strings Now Available

Dunlop is now shipping their Super Bright Bass Strings, which the company designed with slap bass players in mind. The strings are defined by a lighter tension and provide clear highs balanced with a fat fundamental. The sets come in either stainless steel or nickel with options for 4- and 5-string basses with light and medium gauges. They’re available now...

Ron Carter Trio: Autumn Leaves
Bass Videos

Ron Carter Trio: Autumn Leaves

Ron Carter’s birthday is today, and we’re celebrating with this video of his trio performing the classic jazz standard “Autumn Leaves.” The video was filmed during Jazzwoche Burghausen in 2006, with Russell Malone on guitar and Jacky Terrasson on piano. Carter lays some masterful walking lines behind both of his bandmates before taking a walking solo at the 6:47 mark....

Rufus Philpot Trio: Jam Pt. 1
Bass Videos

Rufus Philpot Trio: Jam Pt. 1

Gallien-Krueger has released their latest artist video with Rufus Philpot’s trio laying down a solid jam. Philpot, who is joined by drummer Raul Pineda and keyboardist Lao Tizer, floats some melodic lines overtop of a synth pad before kicking into the Latin-tinged groove.

Gibson Introduces Memory Cable With Built-In Recorder
Accessories & Strings

Gibson Introduces Memory Cable With Built-In Recorder

Gibson has unveiled a new development in the world of instrument cables with the introduction of their new Memory Cable. The cable, which works on bass, guitar or keyboards, has a built-in recorder that can save up to 13 hours of playing to a microSD card. The TASCAM-designed component captures audio at 44.1kHz/16-bit resolution and can easily be transferred to...

Bass of the Week: KlangKraft Tiefdruck IV EMG
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: KlangKraft Tiefdruck IV EMG

This week we take a look at the Klangkraft “Tiefdruck” IV EMG, a bass the company designed with modern rock and metal players in mind. The body features nice 3D body shaping for comfort with a matte black finish for aesthetic appeal. The European-made bass is created with an ash body, hard rock maple neck, and an ebony fretboard that...

Rockin’ With Rocco: An Interview with Francis “Rocco” Prestia
Interviews

Rockin’ With Rocco: An Interview with Francis “Rocco” Prestia

Few bassists have a style that is as instantly recognizable as Francis “Rocco” Prestia’s funky, bubbly ghost and 16th-note playing. His work with Tower of Power has shaped what is expected of a funk bassist in terms of playing in the pocket and has subsequently inspired countless bass players. Prestia himself is humble about his contributions, citing James Jamerson and...

La Bella Strings Introduces Low Tension Flexible Flats
Accessories & Strings

La Bella Strings Introduces Low Tension Flexible Flats

La Bella Strings is introducing a new take on their flatwound strings with the Low Tension Flexible Flats series. Made with the same techniques as their Deep Talkin’ Bass sets, the new strings have a slightly adjusted construction for a lighter and more flexible feel to their heavier counterparts. The company says that the Low Tension Flexible Flats offer the...

Fodera Unveils Victor Wooten Bow Bass Prototype
Basses

Fodera Unveils Victor Wooten Bow Bass Prototype

Victor Wooten is all about stretching boundaries, but most recently he’s teamed up with Fodera to create a radical new bass design. They’ve just announced the first prototype of their collaboration, which they’re calling the Bow Bass.