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Creation Audio Labs Introduces Grizzly Bass Pedal
Creation Audio Labs has unleashed the Grizzly Bass pedal, which combines boost, overdrive/distortion, and tone shaping effects. Likening it to a tube preamp without the tubes, the pedal draws from the company’s other effects while being tailored for bass. “Grizzly Bass borrows analog wave-shaping technology from the [Creation Audio Labs] Holy Fire to re-shape the waveform and achieve tube-like FX...
Bass of the Week: Dahrendorf Guitars Darwin EUB34
Sergey Poedinko of Dahrendorf Guitars sent us the details for this gorgeous electric upright bass, and I knew we had to share it. Dubbed the Darwin EUB34, the bass mixes elements of both electric and upright basses into a minimalist design. “It has [an] absolutely ‘upright’ sound in its compact body that fits regular bass guitar gigbag,” the Dahrendorf site...
Ulf Wakenius Project, Featuring Ray Brown: Ray’s New Funk
Ray Brown was the king of jazz bass, but he also had a funky side. Besides playing on some James Brown tracks, he penned a few funk and soul-jazz songs that stood out in his repertoire. We’re celebrating the bass titan’s birthday with this video of his tune “Ray’s New Funk.” The performance comes from a 2000 concert at the...
Flying Lotus Album Heavy on The Thundercat
Flying Lotus’ fifth studio album, , started out as a record just for him and bassist Thundercat (Suicidal Tendencies, Erykah Badu). Flying Lotus (real name: Steven Ellison) tells Clash Music that the pair intended to make a double album, but decided to release the Flying Lotus songs first because they were completed earlier. His comments also mean Thundercat (real name:...
Weekly Top 10: Electric to Upright, Gibson Bass Updates, Victor Wooten Transcribed, Plus Top Bass Videos, Gear and Columns
If it is Sunday, and it involves a lot of bass, it probably means No Treble has a new Top 10 list for the week. So much bass goodness in one spot, from the week of October 4-10, 2014. Enjoy! 1. Five Things to Remember to When Moving from Electric to Upright Bass If you’re thinking about making the leap...
MU-FX Reissues Octave Divider Pedal
MU-FX has announced it will be reissuing the classic Musitronics Octave Divider pedal. The new pedal will retain all the qualities of the original thanks to MU-FX creator and builder Mike Beigel, who co-founded Musitronics in 1972. Equally useful for both bass and guitar, the Octave Divider has Bass, Tone, Dry Mix, and Ringer knobs, where the ringer is a...
Audet-Morissette: Contact
Sylvain Audet’s bass got abducted by aliens and was recovered a year later from a corn field in rural Pennsylvania. At least that’s what the bassist claims is the reason behind the new song “Contact” from his experimental bass/drum duo Audet-Morissette. The track, which also features drummer Christian Morissette and guitarist Claude Laflamme, is a cool spacey groove with some...
Contusion, Featuring Cristian Tisselli, Releases Debut
Cristian Tisselli was the No Treble Reader Spotlight back in May 2012 and now his band, Contusion, has released its self-titled debut album. The Argentinian progressive fusion band cites Allan Holdsworth and Tribal Tech as influences, Tisselli said in that Spotlight piece two years ago. Contusion’s songs have been percolating for a while and live versions of several tunes have...
Tech N9ne Announces Band of Psychos Tour with David Pastorius
Almost one year ago, David Pastorius blew everyone away with a nasty playalong with Tech N9ne’s “Questions.” That video and his subsequent videos caught the rapper’s attention, leading to some work together. Now Pastorius will be hitting the road with Tech N9ne on his fall “Band of Psychos” tour. The outing, which will be Tech N9ne’s first tour with a...
Ariane Cap: Solo Bass in Stereo
Grab a pair of headphones and get ready for a cool sonic experience. Ariane Cap put together an awesome solo bass jam in stereo with different lines panned left and right to please your ear holes. “All six string bass, a looper, a Delay pedal and a Slicer Pedal create all the mayhem,” Cap writes. “Recorded in true stereo!”
Alusonic Introduces ALU112 Aluminum Bass Cabinets
The aluminum specialists at Alusonic are getting into the bass cabinet world with the ALU112. Housed in an aircraft grade aluminum hardshell, the cab is loaded with a 12-inch aluminum cast frame woofer with a neodymium magnet. The ALU112 has an 8 ohm impedence with a nominal power handling of 400 watts RMS and continuous power handling of 600 watts...
Max Green Leaves Falling in Reverse
Bassist Max Green has parted ways with post-hardcore band Falling in Reverse, according to a press release from the band. Green, who has had a long musical relationship with controversial frontman Ronnie Radke, cited personal reasons for the split. “Max Green has exited the Falling In Reverse lineup due to personal matters unrelated to the band,” the statement reads. “The...