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Eastwood Guitars Introduces the Sidejack VI Bass
The new Eastwood Sidejack VI 30" 6-string bass guitar is inspired by the popular Fender Bass VI from the sixties – and in true Eastwood style this model is totally retro-cool. Eastwood’s Sidejack VI is the newest member of the Sidejack family and its carved bound Mosrite style body with set 30” scale neck makes this six-string bass totally
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'Bryan Beller: Mastering Tone and
Music Masters Camp Series Announces the
New Signature Basses From ESP and LTD
Jeff Ament and Mike Lull
In a nondescript industrial park near downtown Seattle, a giant machine is whirring to life. It’s days before Pearl Jam is to launch its PJ20 tour, and there’s lots to be done. Downstairs at the band’s warehouse, techs and assistants scramble amid towering shelves of gear to prepare for rehearsal—one of just a few remaining before the tour—while
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Thundercat: Future Soul
Flea Association
Victor Wooten: More Love
Dog House & Pork Chop: The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 1
EVERY BASSIST HAS A STORY. Doubling bassists tell two stories—how they came to play the slab, and how they learned to play the tree. The slab (the electric bass guitar) is the kissing cousin of the people’s instrument, the electric guitar. The tree (the acoustic double bass) is a huge furniturelike package that underpins classical,
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Doubling: Multi-Bass-Tasking
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Roscoe Century Basses
Twentieth Century American philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler once said, “People value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant, or as intrinsically admirable.” This quote came to mind this past month as I reviewed three basses from North Carolina luthier Keith Roscoe. It’s not often that I get a chance to review three instruments
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New Gear, September 2011
Buying An Upright Bass
Meet Your Maker: Michael Tobias of
James Jamerson Honored With Samson's International Bassist Award
NAMMblings
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BPL '11: Bromberg Press Conference, Feraud Super Band, New Fodera & More!
Marcus Miller, Pino Palladino, dUg Pinnick & More!
News
Adam Yauch, 1964-2012
Eastwood Guitars Introduces the Sidejack VI Bass
Music Masters Camp Series Announces the Women’s Music Summit
'Bryan Beller: Mastering Tone and Versatility' DVD Now Available from Alfred
Join PreSonus for a Special Tech Talk on Wireless Mixing
Metallica Orion Music + More, June 23-24, 2012
Wooten World Won-Hundred Sweepstakes
Artists
The Jazz Education Network: Bass Magic on the Banks of the Ohio
The Sound In Your Head
Alex Webster: To The Extreme
Billy Squier, Colosseum, Mark Clarke: Chalk and Cheese
Keller Williams: Bass [SCI Fidelity, 2011]
Leftward, Ho!: A Guide for Southpaws
Linda Oh: Initial Here [Greenleaf Music]
Lessons
Don’t Cross Me! The Clave & Tumbao In Cuban Music
The Bass in the Caribbean: Trinidad's Bass of Steel
Blues You Can Use: Jazzed Up
Harmonic Awareness, Part 2
Play Fast, Think Slow . . . Play Slow, Think Fast
Blues You Can Use: Chromatic Lines
Triple Play: Subdividing Rhythm With Triplets
Gear
Elixir Stainless Steel Strings
Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2-12T Combo
Get the Most From Your Studio Monitors
New Gear, May 2012
Retro-Rama: 1964 Framus 54-19
Get Loopy
Portable Multi-Track Recorders
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BPL09: Vato Negro - Part 2
BPL11: Igor Saavedra (Part 1)
BPL11: Igor Saavedra (Part 2)
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