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Digitech Announces Hardwire V-10 Power Block
Digitech has introduced the Hardwire V-10 Power Block, a pedal power supply with 10 fully isolated outputs. Housed in an aircraft-grade aluminum chassis, the new power block features a shielded toroidal transformer to eliminate noise interference. The outputs have different voltages, with four 9-volt outputs, two pairs of 9/12-volt outputs that can be merged for higher current, and two outputs...
Diatonic Arpeggios: A Guide to Better Improvisation
One way to quickly become fluent in a key is to familiarize yourself with that key’s diatonic arpeggios, i.e. the arpeggios beginning on each note of the scale. Facility in diatonic arpeggios is also necessary for true improvisational freedom and fluency. I don’t suggest attempting this until you are comfortable with the originating scale. In today’s examples, that is C...
Christian Harger: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Solo Bass Arrangement
Christian Harger sent us this video recently of his all-bass take on “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, saying “if you think it’s up to snuff”, that he’d love some more views. We love it. Very up to snuff!
Weekly Top 10: Loads of Great Bass Videos, New School with Stew McKinsey, Slap Bass Groove Lesson and More
Can you handle this much bass? We think you can. Here are the top 10 most read articles, columns and lessons and most watched videos on No Treble for the week of October 14-20, 2012. Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (September 2012) Of the 30 or so videos we shared in...
Black Sabbath Recording Songs for First Album in 33 Years
Last week, Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and manager Sharon Osbourne was in the studio at Triple M in Sydney, Australia and shared that Black Sabbath is in the studio and planning a tour in 2013, specifically mentioning dates in Australia. Osbourne said the group is working with Rick Rubin, recording their first album in 33 years by the reunited original lineup....
Travis Larson Band with Jennifer Young: Axe To Grind
Someone recently shared this video with me of the Travis Larson Band. I wasn’t familiar with them (hey, I don’t follow guitarists all that much). But bassist Jennifer Young really impressed me on this one. Sporting her Blue Dawn MusicMan Sterling bass, she does it all – doubling the lines, playing chords, and laying down a mean solo complete with...
John Taylor Releases Autobiography
Duran Duran bassist John Taylor’s new autobiography In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran is now available in the U.S. The 304-page book details Taylor’s life from his shy childhood to pop stardom with all the trials and tribulations in between. Born Nigel John Taylor, the bassist formed Duran Duran with friend Nick Rhodes in Birmingham during the...
Top 10 Cover Tune Videos Arranged for Bass – 3rd Edition
Time for another top ten list of awesome bass covers. As we’ve said before, we love love love all-bass arrangements of cover tunes, and we love that our instrument of choice is that versatile (and the versatility of those who play it). This time around, we have two by Adam Stevens (yeah, he’s that good), and two versions of The...
Voodoo Lab Releases Pedal Power 4×4 Power Supply
Voodoo Lab has introduced the Pedal Power 4×4, a new power supply to offers eight independent, filtered and regulated output sections. The box takes gets its name from having four high-current capable outputs that handle modern DSP-based effects as well as four standard 100mA outputs. All of the outputs are compatible with 9-volt battery operated pedals while two of them...
Anthony Crawford: What
Check out this awesome solo bass performance by Anthony Crawford. Recorded while on tour with Allan Holdsworth and Virgil Donati in Opole, Poland, Crawford takes the crowd for a ride with his tune “What” from his album Urban Jazz.
Dethklok Release “Dethalbum III”
Dethklok are back with Dethalbum III, a 12-track album full of melodic death metal from the second, third, and fourth seasons of the virtual band’s show Metalocalypse. While animated bassist William Murderface may be the part of the face of the group, the new album features the low-end work of Bryan Beller, who has been a part of the band’s...
Gibson Introduces Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass
Gibson is reviving another model from their past catalog with the new Thunderbird Studio Non-Reverse Bass. First introduced in 1965, the Non-Reverse flips the body shape of the original Thunderbird for a more traditional, albeit asymmetrical body style. Gibson kept the design identical while fitting the new version with upgraded hardware and pickups. The Thunderbird Non-Reverse is built with a...