Friday’s Leftovers: The Bass Of Doom

After nearly 20 years the holy grail of electric basses, Jaco Pastorius’ Bass of Doom, turned up in New York City recently. Bass Player Magazine’s Chris Jisi got to play the magnificent beast along with Will Lee, Victor Wooten and Victor Bailey. Jisi writes the most interesting tale of the Bass of Doom for Bass Player’s website. [via Yair]

 Let’s take one final look at what’s happening this week:

• The Samples enter the realms of the jam band graveyard
• Jane’s Addiction will reunite for this year’s NME awards
• iClips brings us the Mother Hips and New Monsoon on Saturday night
• The Trey Anastasio Band’s Russ Lawton won’t slow down
• Stevie Wonder heads a strong Taste of Chicago lineup
• Check out Black Kids’ cover of Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover
• Cunty Gail Zappa just can’t lay off fans of her late husband
• Beck and the Stone Temple Pilots are headlining Bumbershoot

Finally, kudos to the Golden Voice team for coming up with a last minute addition that’s sure to please the Coachella crowd. Prince has finally been confirmed as the true headliner of this year’s festival.