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Prairie Prince and Bobby Vega: Chicken And Waffles
EMGtv has a great video in their archives of Bobby Vega, Prairie Prince and Chris Rossbach performing “Chicken And Waffles”. And here it is!
Black Sabbath Albums Reissued on Color Vinyl
If black vinyl albums just aren’t your thing as a Black Sabbath fan, you now have the option of buying limited-edition 180-gram color vinyl versions of the band’s first eight albums. The albums not only feature one of metal’s most influential bassists, Geezer Butler, who also penned most of the band’s lyrics at the time, but also correspond with the...
Weekly Top 10: Walking Bass Lines, Two Octave Triads, Top Bass Gear, Videos and More
Happy Sunday! This week’s reader favorites include two great how-to’s from Damian Erskine and Ariane Cap, the top 10 gear list, great bass videos and more. Thanks for reading, watching, commenting and sharing. 1. Making Walking Bass Lines Come Naturally This week, Damian Erskine responds to a reader who asked for advice on making walking bass lines come more naturally....
Positive Grid Announces the BIAS Rack Amp
Positive Grid has expanded their BIAS Amp lineup with a new rackmount version. The BIAS Rack integrates hardware and software to allow bass and guitar players to capture “any amp tone in the world.” The unit ships with BIAS Amp Pro software for Mac and PC, which allows users to capture and load simulations of the tones of popular bass...
Dudley Moore & Kenny Rogers: Satin Doll
A video has been making the rounds on Facebook, thanks to Freemont’s Office – and it was quite unexpected. Dudley Moore and Kenny Rogers performed “Satin Doll” on The Tonight Show (date unknown). What surprised us all was that Rogers was on double bass. During his solo, Rogers proclaims “I can’t play!”, but he handled it better than we would...
Colin Trusedell Returns to the Quartet of Jazz Death
Bassist Colin Trusedell, who is also musical director for the United States Air Force Academy Band’s Top 40 ensemble Blue Steel, has released his fifth solo album, Quartet of Jazz Death, Vol. 2. The album from the Trusedell, who is also a professor of bass at Colorado State University – Pueblo, follows up 2015’s All by Myself and his 2014...
Fender Updates Deluxe Series Basses
Fender has revamped their Deluxe series of instruments into a more cohesive lineup with a shared set of upgrades. The series includes new versions of the Deluxe Active Precision Bass Special, the Deluxe Active Jazz Bass, and the Deluxe Active Dimension Bass. Each of the basses now has a 12-inch fingerboard radius, active/passive electronics, a hi-mass bridge, and vintage noiseless...
Emile Nelson: Liberation
Emile Nelson shared this video with us saying “I just uploaded a live video from my album launch and thought it might be fun to share. It’s an original song with a 6/8 afro cuban groove. It’s quite a challenge to sing and play this one and make it feel good.” We dig the tune and that tone!
Tedeschi Trucks Band Adds Dates to Extend Tour
The Tedeschi Trucks Band, featuring bassist Timothy Lefebvre (David Bowie), has added eight fall/winter dates to its touring schedule, which had previously ended in October. The new dates start on Nov. 11, with a show with Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They’ll retain the same support act through Nov. 19. On Dec....
Radial Engineering Adds Bigshot EFX to ToneBone Series
Radial Engineering has announced the BigShot EFX, a true-bypass dual effects loop. The device lets you set up two separate effects loops to have two distinct and selectable pedal chains. This also helps to reduce tone-robbing and noisy by-products of certain non-true bypass pedals. Both loops are in series, allowing you to feed loop-A into loop-B for more creative options....
The Lightbulb Moment: Support Your Local Economy, Part 2
I remember the day that I got my first bass. Months of daydreaming culminated in a trip to Medley Music, a local music store just outside of Philadelphia. I knew that place well. It was a few blocks down the street from an ice cream parlor, a movie theater, restaurants, and various businesses. A frequent Friday afternoon destination, there were...
Vulfpeck: Conscious Club
Vulfpeck has released another video of a track from their debut full-length album – and it is one of our favorites. Joe Dart really lays it down on this one. If you dig this, you should check out our bass transcription for the tune, by Alasdair McLachlan.