There’s no doubting Marcus Miller’s reach on the 24 inches of fingerboard extending from his famous ’77 Jazz Bass—a wooden wonderland where his funked-up 1st-position thumps alternate with relaxed upper-fret melodies full of expression, ...
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Marcus Miller Reaches Wider Than Ever With 'Marcus'
Renaud Garcia-Fons: France's Otherworldly Bass Transformer
Without effects, how many distinctly different musical sounds can a good player get out of an upright bass? Likely not half as many as Renaud Garcia-Fons. As if through magical transformation, cello, viola, flamenco guitar, and hand ...
- Web Exclusive Peek: The First Annual Bass Player Readers’ Choice Awards
- Anthem Of The Tone: Phil Lesh & The Modern Electric Bass
- Lesh Is More! Portrait Of An American Beauty
- Marc Johnson’s Homage to Bill Evans & Scott La Faro
- Jaco’s 1962 Fender Jazz Bass “Bass of Doom” Found!
- Randy Jackson!
- Bass Player Magazine Mourns Passing Of Cachao
- Bass Player Artist Master Class Webcast: Michael Manring: Full Range Bass - Sponsored by SWR
- Steve Bailey
- Miroslav Vitous
- Cachao!
- Pantera’s Rex Brown Digs In With Down
- Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones
- Bass Player Live! Highlights From the Annual Fall Call to Bassists Far and Wide
- Bass Player's NAMM Report
- The Bass World Remembers Joe Zawinul
- Incredible Journey: Eberhard Weber
- Duran Duran’s John Taylor
Gear
Retro Rama: 1968 Baldwin/Burns 704
The Baldwin/Burns 704 is yet another variation of the hollowbody “guitar as bass” formula we’ve seen before with the Fender Coronado [July ’07] and Hagstrom Concorde Deluxe [May ’06]. With a bright red finish that ...
- Retro-Rama: 1968 Hagstrom H8 8-string
- Jaco’s 1962 Fender Jazz Bass “Bass of Doom” Found!
- Retro-Rama: A 1983 G&L L-2000
- Retro-Rama: 1974 Gibson Grabber
- Retro-Rama: 1980 Music Man Cutlass I
- 1967 Wandre Etrurian “Black Tulip”
- 1959 Rickenbacker 4000
- 1969 Gibson EB-3
- New Stuff From NAMM Part 1
- DNA Analogic BD-1 Bass Dragger
- Cause & Effect
- Happy Feet
- Frantone Electronics Bassweet
- Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet
- Gallien-Krueger Diesel Dawg
- HAO RR-1 Rust Ride Bass Driver
- Homebrew Electronics Hematoma
- Ibanez Phat-Hed PD7
- MXR Bass Blow Torch
WoodShed
Focus Forms, Part 4: Incorporating Shifts
Last time we added position shifts to our technique-building focus forms. Here are two more exercises to help you work on shifting smoothly as you refine your technique. Remember to strictly alternate your plucking fingers, and follow ...
- The Easy Sell: Using Melodic Cells To Outline Common Chords
- May 2008 Homework Assignment
- Bolero
- Dawg Pounds
- April 2008 Reader's Tip
- Focus Forms, Part 3: Incorporating Shifts
- April Homework: Transcribe!
- Forget Those Scales Part 2
- March 2008 Homework Assignment
- Cachao’s Tumbaos
- Alternate Fingering & String Crossing, Part 2
- Forget Those Scales Part 1
- February 2008 Homework Assignment
- Let It Flow, Let It Flow, Let It Flow
- January Homework Assignment: Good Tone is in Your Hands
- Cha-Cha-Cha!
- December 2007 Homework Assignment
- Alternate Fingering & String Crossing
- Matt Garrison: In The Moment Of Improvisation
Forum Feed
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Vegas - May 16 & 17
Thu, 08 May 2008 15:46:26 EDTNUTT:
Are any Lowdowners in the Las Vegas area going to be playing on May 16th or 17th? I'm meeting ... -
directions required from a new bass player
Thu, 08 May 2008 14:38:04 EDTRocky MacDougall:
I have a Zoom B2. What does it sound like? I have no idea, I don't have a clue on how to use it. ... -
I am getting worse, not better....
Thu, 08 May 2008 11:05:12 EDTDavo-London:
Many moons ago in a recording studio, I did what you did. Ouch. Timing? Where was it? Practi ... -
Carbon Fiber Double Bass
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:01:54 EDTjeremy c:
They've been advertising those instruments in the Musician's Union magazine for a while. They ... -
Next Project Bass
Thu, 08 May 2008 09:12:25 EDTjeremy c:
It's hard to actually describe a pickup. I've got Lindy Fralin pickups in my Mike Lull M4V bass ... -
What song are you learning/playing right now?
Wed, 07 May 2008 20:29:13 EDTtnb:
The grooves aren't the problem. The song titles are are the prob ... -
Kissing Frogs
Wed, 07 May 2008 18:30:58 EDTDavo-London:
LoL "Can't swing an 8th note the same way twice. Kick drum has no relation to the beat, but i ... -
New Forge Bass System
Wed, 07 May 2008 17:31:12 EDTTom Capasso:
The Forge Bass System isn't the first to do this. I've played the Bergantino IP series - they ...
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