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Top 10: The Best of No Treble in January 2012

Starting this month, we’re going to highlight the best of the best from the world of bass. Here are the most popular features on No Treble in January, 2012. As always, our top 10 lists are based on readership. Thanks for reading! 1. Fender Custom Shop Introduces 2012 Bass Models Fender’s Custom Shop has announced two new bass models for...

Top 10: The Most Popular NAMM Gear Announcements, Videos, Lessons and Features of the Week
Weekly Top 10

Top 10: The Most Popular NAMM Gear Announcements, Videos, Lessons and Features of the Week

Last week proved two things: the No Treble readers are as diverse as they come, and the No Treble crew is having a harder and harder time recovering from NAMM as the years roll on (not that we’re complaining. At all.) Our NAMM coverage continued to generate lots of readership and comments last week, with new gear announcements making up...

Top 10: Top Bass Gear from NAMM, Plus the Week’s Most Popular Bass Videos, News and Music
Weekly Top 10

Top 10: Top Bass Gear from NAMM, Plus the Week’s Most Popular Bass Videos, News and Music

Winter NAMM kicked off last week, and with it, plenty of gear news. We’re back from Anaheim and not ready to rest just yet. Be on the lookout for tons more gear news starting today. Last week was a great bass week with all the gear news, some unbelievable bass videos, plus a few other goodies. Here is the top...

Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (December 2011)
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Top 10: The Most Watched Bass Videos (December 2011)

Our featured bass videos in December broke all kinds of records for views on No Treble in a single month. The top 10 featured many familiar faces, plus some newcomers to No Treble HQ and readers. Bassist Nick Mason (no, not the drummer), took the #1 slot with his solo bass arrangement of Randy Newman’s Toy Story classic, “You’ve Got...

Top 10: Tons of New Bass Gear, Top Videos, New Music from Esperanza Spalding and the Mark Evans Interview
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Top 10: Tons of New Bass Gear, Top Videos, New Music from Esperanza Spalding and the Mark Evans Interview

The big Winter NAMM show kicks off later this week, but the bass gear news started coming early this year. And readers love it. Four of the top 10 stories last week were about gear, and that’s just the beginning. Be sure to follow our NAMM coverage all week — including some updates live from the show. Our most watched...

Top 10: The Most Viewed Bass Gear, News, How To’s, Lessons and Videos for the First Week of 2012
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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...

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Top 10: Best of 2011 Lists, The Top Bass Video of the Week Plus New Bass Gear
Weekly Top 10

Top 10: Best of 2011 Lists, The Top Bass Video of the Week Plus New Bass Gear

Our weekly top 10 list for the final week of 2011 is made up of even more top 10 lists. Our “Best of 2011” series last week was mega popular, taking the top three slots, and six of the top 10 overall. If you missed them, check them out below, or the complete “Best Of” series. Happy new year! Looking...

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #1: Victor Wooten
2011 Reader Favorites

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #1: Victor Wooten

One of the busiest bassists in the business, Victor Wooten was probably never busier than in 2011. Let’s run down the list: The bassist announced his new label, Vix Records, during the Winter NAMM show in January. That wasn’t Vic’s only announcement at NAMM. He also debuted the new Yin Yang Standard bass with Fodera, based on the company’s Victor...

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #2: Les Claypool
2011 Reader Favorites

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #2: Les Claypool

Les Claypool said that Primus went “back on the front burner” in 2011, with the reintroduction of original drummer Jay Lane and the band’s release of Green Naugahyde, the first new full-length album since 1999. News of the reunion, the new CD and touring activity pushed the bassist to the #2 slot on the reader favorites list here. We caught...

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #3: Jaco Pastorius
2011 Reader Favorites

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #3: Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius remains a force, nearly a quarter of a century after the world lost the bass legend way too soon. Jaco would have been 60 on December 1, 2011, so we honored him that day with an all-Jaco celebration, including our tribute to the one called “the world’s greatest bassist”. Thanks to the web and Youtube, previously unseen Jaco...

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #4: Esperanza Spalding
2011 Reader Favorites

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #4: Esperanza Spalding

2011 was a monster year for Esperanza Spalding. She made bassists proud (and millions of teenage girls super sad/mad) by beating out Justin Bieber for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Esperanza was also the first jazz artist to win the award in decades. During the Grammy Awards, Esperanza teamed up with Bobby McFerrin for a memorable duet performance....

2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #5: Bootsy Collins
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2011 Readers’ Favorite Bassists – #5: Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins is one busy bassist. 2011 saw the release of his first studio album in five years, Tha Funk Capital of the World, a new transcription book of Bootsy’s Legendary Licks, the two year anniversary of the bassist’s Funk University and an appearance on Sly Stone’s first album in over 25 years, I’m Back! Family & Friends. One of...