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Legendary Shack Shakers Release New Album, Tour
Punk/rockabilly/blues band The Legendary Shack Shakers has returned with The Southern Surreal, the band’s first album since 2010’s AgriDustrial. Co-produced by the group’s double bassist and co-founder Mark Robertson, the record with a Southern gothic theme features contributions from actor Billy Bob Thornton (who pens a song) and Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison. Check out “Mud” from The Southern Surreal:...
Reader Spotlight: Gerald Mystille
Meet Gerald Mystille, a bassist who got his start early in music on classical guitar. One day, his dad came home with a Marcus Miller record, and Gerald’s life was changed forever. Gerald is No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for the week of September 14, 2015. Here’s his story… Bio: I was born and raised in Paris, France and...
Gear Review: Sire Guitars Marcus Miller V7 5-String Bass
Sire Guitars’ Marcus Miller V7 5-String Bass really caught me off guard, more about that after the details. This instrument is definitely of the Fender-style design. The body and neck feel as you would expect from this approach. The Maple neck had that full rounded profile associated with J basses, and the Ash wood body felt familiar. What catches the...
Trovão Rocha: Se Ela Perguntar
Good music transcends instruments. Knowing this, Brazilian bassist Trovão Rocha picked up his bass and created a bass arrangement of the classic guitar song “Se Ela Perguntar” by Dilermando Reis. The bassist does the song justice with lush chords and soulful phrasing that will pull at your heartstrings.
Homage to the Great Eberhard Weber Features Scott Colley on Bass
Music from two concerts held in early 2015 in Germany to honor jazz bassist Eberhard Weber (Jan Garbarek, Colours, Kate Bush) – featuring Scott Colley (once a private student of the late Charlie Haden) on double bass and onetime Weber collaborator Pat Metheny on guitar – has been captured on the live recording, Hommage à Eberhard Weber. Each concert revolved...
Barefaced Audio Announces One10 Bass Cabinet
UK’s Barefaced Audio has revealed the next bass cabinet in their amplification lineup with the One10. Weighing in at 15 pounds, the cab is their most compact offering, but that doesn’t make it sound small. “The magic ingredient is our unique 10CR250 driver, which can handle 250W continuously, pushes twice as much air as most 10″ woofers and has a...
Bass of the Week: Padalka Guitars Ennea Hotchkiss 3-String Bass
Extended-range basses have become a huge trend in the last few years with instruments having anywhere from five to twenty-four strings. While Russian custom shop Padalka Guitars has built several seven and nine-string basses, they decided to take a more minimalist approach with the Ennea Hotchkiss, a three-string bass with bold contours. A riff on their flagship Ennea model, the...
Arda Algan: All Bass Human Nature
Arda Algan is one industrious bassist. Exhibit A is his all-bass cover of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”. Using four different basses and countless tracks, Arda puts together what he says is just an attempt for “a pure bass song”. And if you really want to know the full details, Arda shared the bass line up with us: The Main Solo...
Christian McBride on Latest Orrin Evans Album
Jazz pianist/composer Orrin Evans has teamed with Grammy-winning virtuoso bassist Christian McBride on his latest record, The Evolution of Oneself. Evans says the album, recorded live in the studio, directly acknowledges things and people that opened his eyes and made him evolve as a person and artist. It also includes surprising elements, such as three versions of the jazz standard...
Weekly Top 10: Best Bass Videos, Freeing Up Your Walking Bass Lines, New Gear, Old School Gear and More
Time once again for our weekly celebration of all the best in bass… AKA the top 10 No Treble reader favorites from the the week. Thanks as always for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (August 2015) If you love the bass, you’re going to really love this collection of videos. These are...
TC Electronic Introduces RS115 Bass Cabinet
TC Electronic has expanded their RS bass cabinet lineup with the RS115. Fitted with a 15-inch Eminence driver, the cab is described as having a warm and deep sound while delivering 600 watts at 8 ohms. It’s built with handcrafted plywood construction including 18mm plywood side panels with a 18mm rounded, carved hardwood corners. As part of the RS series,...
Jesús Rico Pérez: Rise Me Up The Sun
Jesús Rico Pérez has just shared another of his stunning solo bass performances. This tune, “Rise Me Up The Sun” starts out at a slow, musical pace before Jesús picks things up around the halfway mark. As always, he delivers a great song and an equally great approach to the bass. If you like this, you should check out his...