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Jeff Beck & Tal Wilkenfeld: Big Block

Corey Brown — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:04 +0000

There have been many videos circulating of bassist Tal Wilkenfeld with Jeff Beck, and we’ve covered a few. This one, a live performance of “Big Block” during the 2007 Crossroads...

Ask Damian Erskine: Gear (loopers and straps)

Damian Erskine — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:30:33 +0000

Ask Damian Erskine is a regular column here at No Treble. If you’d like to submit a question, send it to askdamian@notreble.com. We can’t promise every question will be answered, but we will read...

Ernie Ball to release a new Coated Bass String line

Corey Brown — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:30:23 +0000

Ernie Ball is unveiling Ernie Ball Coated Slinkys, their newest addition of Slinky line strings, at this years summer NAMM show in Nashville. A micro-thin layer of enamel coating is applied to the...

Jefferson Airplane: The Woodstock Experience

Corey Brown — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:30:54 +0000

In celebration of Woodstock’s 40th anniversary this summer, Sony Legacy is releasing The Woodstock Experience, a collection of double CD sets from a variety of bands who performed at the...

Nick Harmer on Death Cab for Cutie, time warps and careers

Evan Kepner — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:30:21 +0000

In a recent interview with the Seattle Times, Death Cab for Cutie bassist Nick Harmer reminisces about the band’s humble beginning and the years that have gone by since then. From the band...

Happy Fourth

Corey Brown — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:30:56 +0000

As we celebrate Independence Day today in the U.S., we decided to look around for videos of Jaco Pastorius performing his landmark arrangement of “America The Beautiful”, aka...

Tom Kennedy & the Dave Weckl Band: The Chicken

Corey Brown — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:13 +0000

Check out Tom Kennedy taking care of business on “The Chicken”, a song most people think was written by Jaco Pastorius. (It was written by Pee Wee Ellis, a member of James Brown’s...

New Gear: Bugera BTX 3600 Amplifier

Evan Kepner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:30:54 +0000

Burgera has released what they claim is “the most powerful bass amplifier in the world.” The 3600 Watt (no, that’s not a typo) bi-amping stereo bass amp has been named The Nuke and...

Fan restores Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s grave

Evan Kepner — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:44 +0000

A dedicated fan took it upon himself to restore the headstone of bassist Stuart Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe was the bass player for the Beatles in the early 1960’s. Sutcliffe’s headstone had fallen...

Ask Damian Erskine: Professionalism

Damian Erskine — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:48 +0000