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We have a lot to report from the NAMM show, and will be continuing to do that over the coming weeks. Readers are digging it, based on the top 10 list each week since the show happened. Like us, readers are also enjoying the new podcast, Groove. This week, we published Mitch’s conversation with the great Jerry Jemmott. That, plus...

No Treble readership keeps climbing, and for that, we’re quite grateful. For the week of January 10-16, 2015, we all enjoyed some pre-show news from the upcoming winter NAMM, watched some killer bass videos, and were inspired by columns by Damian Erskine and Donovan Stokes. Thank you as always for making this site one of your places to hang. 1....

Q: How do I come to terms to the fact that I will never be a Damian Erskine-caliber player? How do I keep myself motivated to learn when I am always comparing my sucky playing to much better players? Why would anyone – especially another bass player – want to listen to me play? A: To a certain extent, in...

This week’s top 10 list kicks off with two incredible videos – the first by Alissia Benveniste with her old school funky sound, and the second by Rebecca Johnson and her remarkable bass and vocal work on Jaco’s “Come on, Come Over”. Readers also enjoyed columns by Sam Hallam (the best way to learn electric bass) and Donovan “Dr D.”...

Q: You can go to school and study electric bass in a jazz program, you can listen to records and learn from them, you can check out lessons on Youtube, you can subscribe to bass player’s online teaching regimens… But how do you know what is the best way to become a competent, professional level electric bassist? A: Electric bassists...

The first two entries in this week’s Top 10 list sparked a lot of discussion (and some debate) among No Treble readers, starting with Fender releasing a Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass, and Billy Sheehan jamming with Clint Strong and Mike Gage. We had a lot of popular videos make the list too – including our Top 10 Videos of...

In part 1 of this series, we were experimenting with using substitutions that allowed us to play familiar major and minor scale shapes over various basic chord types. Now, let’s move on to melodic and harmonic minor mode choices. First, let’s make sure that we’re all familiar with these two scales: Harmonic minor = Aeolian (natural minor) with a major...

What a way to end the week… with the best from the world of bass! It is always a bonus with a top 10 list contains a top 10 list… and that’s happened this week with the top 10 bass videos of the month. Plus, all the other No Treble reader favorites for the week of November 8 – 14,...

If it is Sunday, and it involves a lot of bass, it probably means No Treble has a new Top 10 list for the week. So much bass goodness in one spot, from the week of October 4-10, 2014. Enjoy! 1. Five Things to Remember to When Moving from Electric to Upright Bass If you’re thinking about making the leap...

If you haven’t caught on to the incredible playing of Snow Owl, it’s high time you did. The bassist – real name Juan Garcia-Herreros – has been turning heads with a style that synthesizes all of his musical tastes with flavors of jazz, latin music, pop, rock and more. Part of that special blend comes from his multi-cultural experience. Garcia-Herreros...

If it’s Sunday, it means it is time for the weekly roundup featuring the top 10 most read stories and most watched videos of the week. Sadly, this week we said goodbye to another bassist, Jethro Tull’s Glenn Cornick. We also got a look at some rare Jaco footage, Robert Trujillo performing with Rodrigo y Gabriela and some other great...

Another great week in the books, and we kick this top 10 list off with one of the deepest pockets around, by the one and only Paul Jackson. We had a great discussion on the value of slap bass, thanks to Damian Erskine’s latest “Ask” column, plus we got a chance to connect with Mike Kerr, of the exciting duo...