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George Lacson: Solo Bass Performance of Alicia Keys’ “Unthinkable”
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George Lacson: Solo Bass Performance of Alicia Keys’ “Unthinkable”

George Lacson turns in this nice solo bass arrangement and performance of “Unthinkable”, written by Drake and originally produced and performed by Alicia Keys. George’s Warwick Streamer Stage 5-string is tuned B-D-G-D-G for this tune.

Nick Mason: “You’ve Got A Friend in Me” Solo Bass Performance
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Nick Mason: “You’ve Got A Friend in Me” Solo Bass Performance

Bassist Nick Mason put together a great all-bass arrangement of the Randy Newman song, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”, made popular by the original Toy Story. Nick said he was inspired to arrange this piece after seeing Toy Story 3. If you’re interested in working on this one yourself, you’re in luck. Nick has posted a chart for download...

Viaceslav Svedov: “Tom Sawyer” All-Bass Cover
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Viaceslav Svedov: “Tom Sawyer” All-Bass Cover

Viaceslav Svedov slows things down a bit (for him) with this awesome all-bass cover of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer”, in his latest video. This guy can do it all.

Bass Cover Week: A Solo Bass Cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”
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Bass Cover Week: A Solo Bass Cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”

For our last bass cover of the week, we’re featuring Youtuber Fokfokbraj and his own bass arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”. While the audio isn’t stellar, the arrangement and performance are top notch. And, this seemed perfect for chilling on a Sunday morning.

Bass Cover Week: Gregorstube’s Bass Cover of Pat Metheny’s “James”
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Bass Cover Week: Gregorstube’s Bass Cover of Pat Metheny’s “James”

Youtuber Gregorstube shows off some amazing musicianship and bass playing with his interpretation of the Pat Metheny tune, “James”. Solo bass at its finest.

Bass Cover Week: Pete O’Neill’s Fretless Bass Cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”
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Bass Cover Week: Pete O’Neill’s Fretless Bass Cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”

Bass Cover Week on No Treble continues! We’re celebrating awesome cover tunes that feature bass in unique and awesome ways. If you have a video to share (by you or by someone else), we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note at [email protected]. Bassist Pete O’Neill sent in links to his many bass cover tune performances. We enjoyed...

Bass Cover Week: Viaceslav Svedov’s Bass Cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”
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Bass Cover Week: Viaceslav Svedov’s Bass Cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”

It wouldn’t be much of a Bass Cover Week without including bassist Viaceslav Svedov. There’s a ton to choose from, and we ultimately picked his cover of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”, posted earlier this year. One of the commenters renamed it “FUNKALLICA, Master of Slapping”. Awesome.

Bass Cover Week: Thomas Morgan’s Bass Cover of Radiohead’s “Karma Police”
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Bass Cover Week: Thomas Morgan’s Bass Cover of Radiohead’s “Karma Police”

Bass Cover Week on No Treble continues! We’re celebrating awesome cover tunes that feature bass in unique and awesome ways. If you have a video to share (by you or by someone else), we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note at [email protected]. Brian Storey shares this video of bassist Thomas Morgan performing an awesome bass version of...

Bass Cover Week: Zander Zon’s Solo Bass Cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”
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Bass Cover Week: Zander Zon’s Solo Bass Cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”

In the early ’70’s, music shops in England banned (and even fined) guitarists for playing “Stairway to Heaven” in the stores. (I seem to remember quite a few talent shows at as a kid that would have benefitted from this rule). This even inspired the scene in Wayne’s World, when Wayne started playing the Led Zeppelin classic before a salesman...

Happy Halloween, Bass-Style: The Munsters Theme Song
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Happy Halloween, Bass-Style: The Munsters Theme Song

In honor of Halloween, here’s bassist BumDog2112 (aka Shawn) performing The Munsters theme song the way we like it. Shawn says, “One of my favorite things to goof around with. Always gets a laugh out of anyone I play it for.” We dig it. Happy Halloween!

Uriah Duffy and 2 Beat Boxers: I Wanna Be Your Lover
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Uriah Duffy and 2 Beat Boxers: I Wanna Be Your Lover

Bassist Uriah Duffy took the stage with the Jazz Mafia to celebrate Prince’s birthday recently. Here, the bassist performs Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover” with two beat boxers – Infinite and Soulati – as an opening set.

Michael Manring: “Born to Be Wild” Solo Bass Performance
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Michael Manring: “Born to Be Wild” Solo Bass Performance

Filmed live at ?the Canadian Guitar Festival in Ontario last July, Michael Manring took the stage with his headless Zon bass and some slow blues. He eventually works up to a faster pace, leading him in to a rockin’ all-bass version of “Born to Be Wild”.