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Alberto Rigoni: Tetris Theme for Bass
Here’s a cool video of Alberto Rigoni bringing back old school gaming memories with a three-bass layered arrangement of the Tetris theme. For authenticity, he used a bitcrusher effect on the lead line for that classic game soundtrack vibe. Also, check out that fretless tone!
Top 10: The Most Viewed Bass Gear, News, How To’s, Lessons and Videos for the First Week of 2012
The first week of 2012 saw record traffic to No Treble, starting with the Top 10 Readers’ Favorite list of bassists on new year’s day. This is also the time of year where lots of gear announcements start coming, leading up to the Winter NAMM show taking place in a little over a week (we’ll be there, covering all the...
Esperanza Spalding Announces New Album, “Radio Music Society”
Esperanza Spalding is coming off of a monster year, which started in February 2011 when the bassist became the first jazz musician in decades to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (and, much to our pure joy, beating out Justin Bieber for the honor). That award was for Spalding’s 2010 release, Chamber Music Society, which reached number 1...
Fender Custom Shop Introduces 2012 Bass Models
Fender’s Custom Shop has announced two new bass models for 2012, including the 2012 Closet Classic Precision Bass Pro and the 1961 Closet Classic Jazz Bass. Both models are built in the U.S. by Fender’s master builders. According to Fender, the Closet Classic Precision Bass Pro combines “the best of the Precision and Jazz Bass models,” which can be partly...
Borlai-Kinsey-Willis Trio: Live Gary Willis Solo
Gary Willis! Here’s the bass master taking a solo during a live performance with the Borlai-Kinsey-Willis Trio in October, 2010, on a tune named “Essaouira”. Scott Kinsey – who was with Willis in Tribal Tech – is on keys, and Gerg? Borlai is on drums. Want to check out the whole tune? We’ve got you covered:
Overt?n To Debut New Amp, Combo, DI at NAMM
Overt?n Amplification will be debuting a few new pieces of gear at the upcoming NAMM Show, including the Flyweight 500 amp, the Tremor 10mini combo, and the T?nLink-DI, which will be the company’s first foray into outboard gear. Overt?n Flyweight 500 The Flyweight 500 builds on Overt?n’s Flyweight 200 and pumps up the power to 500 watts at 4 ohms....
Van Halen Releases North American Tour Date Schedule
After putting out a teaser last week, Van Halen has released their tour schedule for what will be their first outing since their 2007-’08 “reunion” tour. The current lineup includes David Lee Roth as well as Alex and Eddie Van Halen, with Eddie’s son Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. Wolfgang of course replaced longtime VH bassist and current Chickenfoot bassist...
Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle & The Chieftains: “Behind Blue Eyes”, Live at Carnegie Hall (1994)
This live performance is a real gem. The Who’s Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle teamed up with The Chieftains for this live performance in February 1994. The concert took place at Carnegie Hall in celebration of Daltrey’s 50th birthday. Here, the group performs the Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes,” with Entwistle working his magic on an acoustic bass guitar. Be sure...
Paul McCartney to Release New Jazz Album with Diana Krall
Paul McCartney‘s songwriting is legendary, but the inspiration for those compositions was never widely known. That’s about to change in February, when the former Beatle releases his newest album, Kisses on the Bottom, one that takes the bassist in new musical directions while keeping an eye on the past. Kisses on the Bottom is focused on jazz standards, or as...
AC Guitars Introduces Salace Model
AC Guitars has released a new model, dubbed the “Salace”. Built with the help of Paul Sugden, the bass was intended to be a headless design, but is also available with a headstock. Though AC Guitars builds to suit, this particular Salace is a 6-string bass with a wenge body and Maracarpra top. The neck is made of 7-pieces of...
The Most Influential Blues Bassists: Part 2
After reading the previous column in this two-part series, I’m hoping you’ve had a chance to check out some music featuring the playing of Willie Dixon and Duck Dunn. Their old school approaches to playing blues compliments the players they accompanied and reflects how novel full-band blues recordings were in the 1950’s and ’60’s. Early on, blues recordings typically only...
Cephalic Carnage’s Nick Schendzielos: “Ohrwurm” Bass Playalong Video and Lesson
Here’s one for the metalheads! Nick Schendzielos of Cephalic Carnage made this incredible playalong of the group’s bass-heavy song “Ohrwurm,” from their album Misled by Certainty. “I had a lot of “fun” making this video,” Schendzielos wrote. “I wanted to increase the watchability for musicians and non-musicians alike, so I tried out some new things like Picture in Picture, and...