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My Double Bass Setup: Part 4 – Endpin, Removable Neck and Travel Case
Endpin I also use an angled endpin while standing. The main reason for this is to take the weight of the instrument off my left hand while allowing my left hand easy access to the complete fingerboard. For more on this, check out this column. Some people have noted that my endpin length and angle seem to have changed over...
Diego Tarantino: Sir Duke
The last time we saw Diego Tarantino, he took the Pat Metheny tune “Better Days Ahead” and turned it into a lead bass arrangement. Diego just sent us his latest, where he applied his skills to the Stevie Wonder tune, “Sir Duke”. Diego nails the lead line and throws in a terrific solo on his ’72 Fender Jazz.
Green Day Announce 2017 Tour Dates
Green Day has announced their tour schedule for 2017, and it’s massive. Starting off in Europe for January and February, the tour will cross the ocean in March to tackle the United States and Canada. The North American leg ends at the end of April, when the trio heads to Australia and New Zealand for a handful of dates. The...
Weekly Top 10: Remembering Tim Cloonan, Talking Technique, Advanced Bass, Top Bass Videos, Gear and More
This week we were saddened by the news of the passing of Tim Cloonan, and the outpouring of love and remembering the great bass builder propelled his story to the top of the most-read list. No Treble readers enjoyed some great bass lessons, including Ariane Cap’s Talking Technique and Joe Hubbard’s Advanced Bass lessons, as well as some terrific bass...
Fender Unveils New Mustang Bass Model
Fender has reimagined some of their classic models to create the new Offset lineup of instruments. “We took timeless designs with an asymmetrically offset waist, added new pickups for heavyweight tone, updated the neck profile and splashed bold colors on these scrappy flyweights,” the company writes. The series includes a new take on the Mustang with the Mustang Bass PJ....
YYNOT: Losing It
Since it’s debut on the 1982 album, Signals, Rush hadn’t performed “Losing It” live. That all changed on Rush’s R40 tour, where they performed the tune during their stop in Toronto on June 19, 2015. Joining them on stage was violinist Ben Mink, who performed on the original track. YYNOT decided to take the R40 version and do a cover....
Marco Panascia Teams with Dario Deidda for “Bass Duo Live” Album
Marco Panascia, an Italian-born bassist living in New York City for more than a decade, has recently released his debut album Bass Duo Live, featuring fellow bassist Dario Deidda. The album is compiled from a live bass duo performance in Italy in which Panascia plays upright with Deidda on electric. The new Bandcamp re-release contains all of the jazz standards...
G&L Introduces the Kiloton Bass
G&L has combined one of their flagship models with one of their flagship pickups to create the Kiloton bass. The Kiloton features the body of their SB-2 fitted with a Magnetic Field Design bass humbucker for an instrument they say has “explosive power.” Besides volume and tone knobs, its pickup is controlled with a 3-way mini-switch to toggle between series,...
Timothy Perkins: The Lonely Man Theme
Timothy Perkins sent us this cool video for “The Lonely Man Theme”, and it’s impressive. The bassist brings it all to the table for the high and lonesome melody, including his five-string, his double bass, and a fretless. The playing is fantastic and the song itself will get stuck in your head.
Drummer Donati’s Latest Taps Pair of Bassists
Drummer Virgil Donati’s The Dawn of Time features not one, but two bassists. The recording, which is orchestral, yet drum-centered, includes the work of bassists Jimmy Johnson and Hadrien Feraud. “The bass and drums are the impetus behind this music, with the orchestra arousing emotions, taking the listener on a transcendent journey,” according to Donati’s website. The Dawn of Time...
Iron Ether Introduces Divaricator Bass Pedal
Effects pedal company Iron Ether Electronics has announced the Divaricator, a crossover and exciter pedal for bass that they call a “tone toolbox” for bassists. The pedal, which also includes an effects loop, splits your signal up to process it. “Using its 4th-order variable crossover, the pedal splits a signal into high and low frequency bands, and processes the high...
Bass Players to Know: Bob Daisley
When it comes to picking out a bass player to know, I always try to look beyond the scope of my own musical knowledge. Frankly, it’s the best way to learn and discover new things and my hope is that you, the reader, look at this column series as a way to do the same. By enlisting the help of...