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Cool Bass Guitars Images

Some cool Bass Guitars Few Nice Bass Guitars images I found: Opened my own luthier shop Image by Tim Patterson So I decided to open my own luthier shop today (sorta like Erick’s). It’s in a cool old brick building built in 1907, just next to the pool hall in downtown Defenestration, TX. It even has a cool giant double bass mounted on the front... [Read more of this article]

My Pedals

Some cool Bass Guitars Few Nice Bass Guitars images I found: My Pedals Image by maury.mccown My new “all-pedals” guitar rig had its first official show today, and the layout worked out okay. It’s not exactly how I want it, but it’ll do until the 2 pedals I have on order arrive (a Crowther Hotcake and Bluesberry). I’m also changing... [Read more of this article]

Dinello – Guitar and Bass Solo

Bireli Lagrene on guitar and Dominique Di Piazza on bass. Great improvisation. Impressive bass playing.  Read More →

Moving to Fretless from Fretted

Lots of the newer bassists who come to chat end up asking about fretless. I was interested in fretless bass from the earliest days of my playing. Partly because of the Jaco influence, but also because when I started playing there were a number of bands in vogue that featured fretless (Japan, Paul Simon, The [...] The Bass Guitar Blog Bass Strings  Read More →

With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles – Bass Cover)

Not to forget how to play this song. Bass:Rickenbacker 4001 C64 MOD Strings:LaBella 760FX (FLAT WOUND) Audio Interface:ZOOM R16 Camera:SONY DSC-TX9 Video Editing:Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 Audio Editing:ACID Music Studio 8 Other bass playing videos are also available: www.youtube.com If I can get Hofner 500/1 V62 Violin Bass, I will upload videos... [Read more of this article]

A Major Bass Solo Ideas

Download Video, mp3, and tab of the 5 positions of the major scale here www.tradebit.com Bass solo ideas only using notes from the A major pentatonic scale and the major (Ionian) scale L253 Backing track and the scale transcribed available on playbassnow.com (you just need to register) Bass Strings  Read More →

Meditating on Your Bass

A long time ago in Getting Back into the Groove there was mention of “meditating on your bass” but a recent discussion with Kalin in the comments on the Road Worn Fender Jazz Bass post got me thinking about it again, especially this comment: “I was never a fan of quick-fixes. It takes time to make things dear to one’s [...] The Bass Guitar... [Read more of this article]

Rickenbacker 4003 Bass

Some cool Bass Guitars Few Nice Bass Guitars images I found: Rickenbacker 4003 bass Image by jacksonpe An early 80s example in Montezuma Brown (a rare finish) Bass Strings  Read More →

L234 Jazzy Em to A7 Bass Lick

This lick is actually a Em to A7 lick but can easily be played just over an Em chord / tonality.  Read More →

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