In this short bass lesson, you will learn how to instantly create five different bass guitar tones that you can use in all kinds of different musical genres. You can vary your bass tone by using your fingers in different ...
In this bass tutorial I'll show you how to play the incredibly cool bass line from Groove Is In The Heart by Deee-Lite. I'll also show you: How to transpose it into the original key (it's a sample taken from ...
In this video lesson I'll show you a few of my basses and talk about the different kinds of pickups, woods, and strings available.Knowing this stuff is important as your instrument dictates how you sound and what you play. If ...
EQ stands for equalisation and is used to cut or boost frequencies in the sound spectrum. Sound is made up of waves of frequencies which are measure in hertz (Hz) of kilohertz (kHz).EQ is not as glamorous as, say, an ...
The bass line from Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel is one of the best of all time. It was played by one of my favourite bassists, the great Tony Levin.If you're a fan of his, check out this lesson:How To Play ...
Strings, technique, plectrums, amps, pedals. They all play a huge part in tone and that's especially true of rock bass.When I researched my soul bass book, it was evident that most of that bass tone was down to the dark ...
Whilst writing my book RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines, I noticed three areas that really help in ALL bass playing situations. I'll show you them in this lesson.The three areas are:How to get a great bass tone that sits ...
The soul bass players of the 1960s onwards created some of the greatest bass lines on songs that are still revered to this days.They did that pretty much exclusively using Fender basses - mostly the Precision bass and sometimes a ...
In this bass guitar lesson, I breakdown and teach Taxman by The Beatles, played by the legendary Paul McCartney. He's known for his weaving melodic bass lines but this one is very much riff-based, with a fairly simple pattern being ...
In this bass gear video, I demo six vintage bass guitars. A 1968 Fender Precision, 1978 Fender Precision, 1975 Fender Jazz, 1978 MusicMan StingRay, 1979 Rickenbacker 4001, and a 1973 Gibson EB3.They each have a unique character and want to ...