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		<title>bassbuds Earphones</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2012/11/bassbuds-earphones/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2012/11/bassbuds-earphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Well look what just arrived! I&#8217;m calling the bassbuds Earphones rather than Headphones, a) because they go in your ears, rather than round your head and b) because, quite frankly, I&#8217;m very confused about what we call these gadgets these days, as you&#8217;ll see there&#8217;s a lot more to them than tiny speakers and wire. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New TonePrint Package for BG250 Bass Combo</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2012/07/new-toneprint-package-for-bg250-bass-combo/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2012/07/new-toneprint-package-for-bg250-bass-combo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TC Eletronic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The folks over at TC Electronic have been busy again. I&#8217;m still enjoying playing through the TC Electronic RG450 rig, but things have moved on in that range, with the custom Staccato&#8217;51 model, created for Rocco Prestia, and the BG250 bass combo. TC Electronic have added to this 1&#215;15” ultra-light bass combo, with additional TonePrints from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hofner Bass &#8211; Beatles Style</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2011/06/hofner-bass-beatles-style/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2011/06/hofner-bass-beatles-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hofner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, this via Twitter from @FretZeroMusic and @martyschwartz &#8211; a great video review of the Hofner Bass. Made famous my Beatles Bassist, Paul McCartney, this hollow bodied bass has a sound all of it&#8217;s own! Not to all tastes, but definitely hightly distinctive and still produced today: Related Bass Posts]]></description>
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		<title>Bassists Who Never Were</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/06/bassists-who-never-were/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/06/bassists-who-never-were/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borisborisboris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of Friday fun! So, we here a lot about famous bassists&#8230; You know the names! But what about the famous non-bassists? Which famous people out there are actually closet bassists? Can we out a few of them?!? Someone forwarded me this video, which is a mash up of audio from London&#8217;s world-famous Mayor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Would You Hand Your Bass To?</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/01/who-would-you-hand-your-bass-to/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/01/who-would-you-hand-your-bass-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victor Wooten]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to @tucsonbass for bring this one to my attention in his post &#8220;Have You Played Victor Wooten&#8217;s Bass?&#8220; - he saw it on Saudra Williams Facebook page &#8211; aren&#8217;t the Interwebs a wonderful thing The video shows what  Victor Wooten&#8217;s shows are all about &#8211; such energy and fun! Check out about 50 seconds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ritter Cora &#8211; Bass fit for a Prince &#8211; Bassist</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/01/ritter-cora-bass-fit-for-a-prince-bassist/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2010/01/ritter-cora-bass-fit-for-a-prince-bassist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[namm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jens Ritter has released a new model, designed together with Josh Dunham (the Bass Player for Prince). The &#8220;CORA&#8221; &#8211; click on the images to see more full size pictures on the Ritter site. It is rather conventional for a Ritter Bass, given the wild bass designs that have come out of the German-based luthier. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drifting &#8211; Brilliant Upright Bass Solo</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/12/drifting-brilliant-upright-bass-solo/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/12/drifting-brilliant-upright-bass-solo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simply Brilliant Adam Ben Ezra, doing Andy McKee&#8217;s Drifting on the double bass: Hat tip to Guy for forwarding it to me! Related Bass Posts]]></description>
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		<title>Practicing with a Looper</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/11/practicing-with-a-looper/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/11/practicing-with-a-looper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bass]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Manring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently stumbled upon this great piece on practicing with a looper over at the Institute of Bass &#8211; the post was sponsored By SWR Sound Corporation and written by the ever impress Michael Manring, who I had the pleasure of seeing live with Steve Lawson last month. Looping History Looping devices used to be huge, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MiniGroves from Accugroove</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/minigroves-from-accugroove/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/minigroves-from-accugroove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cabs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the press! Mark and the Accugroove crew have brought a new range of cabs into the bass world &#8220;Eight years in the making, our new MiniGrooves are the first and only tiny, lightweight cabinets that are built for the serious professional.&#8221; So says Mark, Accugroove&#8217;s CEO, and he&#8217;s bigger than me, so I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal is Back</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/wal-basses-back/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/wal-basses-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wal Basses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal is Back &#8211; Thanks to no treble for the heads up.  The UK Bass manufacturer, known for a very distinctive range of basses, had been working just on back log, but they are now taking new orders again for the first time in a few years. From Wal&#8217;s site: After much activity we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Manring and Steve Lawson – Live at &#8216;Round Midnight</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/michael-manring-and-steve-lawson-%e2%80%93-live-at-round-midnight/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/10/michael-manring-and-steve-lawson-%e2%80%93-live-at-round-midnight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markbass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Manring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solo bass]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, in London, England, Manring and Lawson brought together Solo Bass from Both Sides of the Ocean. Starting with a workshop by Michael Manring at Chappell music. I have to say, to Markbass&#8216; credit, the sound and tone of Michael&#8217;s playing was absolutely amazing. I first heard Michael play live almost a decade ago when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updating&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/09/updating/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/09/updating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hope you are holding the low end down! Just wanted to share a couple of things that are going off&#8230; The site has moved on to a bigger faster server.It&#8217;s a process that&#8217;s kept me busy for a bit! We&#8217;re in the hands of Redcatco for WordPress hosting &#8211; I think they are great, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pedulla Basses Announce The Nuance</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/09/pedulla-basses-announce-the-nuance/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/09/pedulla-basses-announce-the-nuance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2009 and Michael Pedulla introduces a new bass, the Nuance, the latest in a long line of basses from the US-based going back to the late 70&#8242;s, when Pedulla started making the fretless Buzz Bass . The Nuance was designed as an acounstic instrument, focussing on tonal subtleties. Says Pedulla: It has been fully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: John Patitucci Trio &#8211; Remembrance</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/interview-john-patitucci-trio-remembrance/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/interview-john-patitucci-trio-remembrance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I had the immense pleasure of talking with John Patitucci, from his New York home. The main topic of conversation was the new Album from the John Patitucci Trio album  - &#8220;Remembrance&#8221; &#8211; on Concord Jazz, his sixth album for the label. This is a series of posts, covering the album itself, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seth Horan Clang and Chime &#8211; Produced By You</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/seth-horan-clang-and-chime-produced-by-you/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/seth-horan-clang-and-chime-produced-by-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer singer/bassist Seth Horan gave the opportunity to produce this new album to everyone on his mailing list. A group of people took him up on the offer and became co-producers. A year later and the album is pretty much mixed and mastered. Seth recorded and sent out a song-a-week for twenty weeks over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Manring explains the Hyperbass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/michael-manring-explains-the-hyperbass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/michael-manring-explains-the-hyperbass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zon Guitars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a pointer to this great video of Michael Manring explaining his Zon Bass lurking in the comments to &#8220;What I Hate Bass Licks&#8221; (a must read post if you haven&#8217;t read it already &#8211; masterfully written by Steve Uccello. In the video Michael explains how the Zon Hyperbass came about. I first saw Michael live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fret Dressing &#8211; a Proper Polishing</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/fret-polishing/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/fret-polishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that often comes up in talking about getting the set up right on a bass is fret dressing, or polishing. There are two times this should happen to a bass: Before it leaves the factory. If the frets become overly worn from use (usually years of use). Many of the low cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even Bassists Are Going Green</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/even-bassists-are-going-green/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/08/even-bassists-are-going-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Man]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess that I&#8217;m a sucker for anything green &#8211; either eco-green or just plain green-green. I had a green bass (of the green-green sort) for a while &#8211;  a 5 string Status Graphite Bass &#8211; but have been at the more traditional end of the spectrum for a while, so Musicman&#8217;s latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TC Electronic Classic450 Bass Amp</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/07/tc-electronic-classic450-bass-amp/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/07/tc-electronic-classic450-bass-amp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a post about the original RebelHead450 in the NAMM 2009 – Bass News, but since then The folks at TC Electronic have been busy dreaming up new things, the latest being the TC Electronic Classic450. Bass amp technology has been bounding along over the last few years &#8211; You no longer need a team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fruity Box Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/06/fruity-box-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/06/fruity-box-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we&#8217;ve had a fun post, so in the great tradition of the 2 string bass and the Bogdon box bass, I present for your delight this from Bass Guitar Blog reader Elmar! The Klangbox is made of fruit boxes and was originally meant to be a gig case for one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up a Bass Guitar</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/06/setting-up-a-bass-guitar/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/06/setting-up-a-bass-guitar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This will be a mini series of posts &#8211; although I may put everything under this one post too. How do you set up your bass guitar? Obviously the ideal is to have a professional do it for you &#8211; you can&#8217;t be a skilled hand and experience to get the perfect set up. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Todd Johnson in Music and Harmony</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/05/todd-johnson-in-music-and-harmony/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/05/todd-johnson-in-music-and-harmony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 22:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Todd Johnson and Jim Stinnett have  been busily writing and filming &#8221;Fishin&#8217; For Grips&#8221; &#8211; a tutorial on Melodic Harmonization for Bass Guitar. The Book and DVD combination is due out on June 1st and  priced at $40 for the set. Fishin’ For Grips is designed to be the definitive approach to learning chord-melody on the bass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ean Evans &#8211; Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/05/ean-evans-lynyrd-skynyrd-bassist/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/05/ean-evans-lynyrd-skynyrd-bassist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 19:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist, Ean Evans  passed away earlier this month. Ean was 48, and died after a battle with cancer. He was born in Atlanta, but moved to Columbus after marrying his wife, Eva. He joined Lynyrd Skynyrd after Lynyrd Skynyrd&#8217;s previous bassist, Leon Wilkeson, died in his sleep in a hotel room in 2001. Evans toured with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Beck Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s with Tal Wilkenfeld</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/jeff-beck-performing-this-week%e2%80%a6live-at-ronnie-scott%e2%80%99s/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/jeff-beck-performing-this-week%e2%80%a6live-at-ronnie-scott%e2%80%99s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, he isn&#8217;t actually playing this week at Ronnie Scott&#8216;s, but Jeff Beck does have a new DVD coming out, and that&#8217;s its title:  Jeff Beck Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scott’s. The DVD features bassist, Tal Wilkenfeld - a Sadowsky Basses  and EBS amplifiers and cabinets user who&#8217;s tour credits include Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Joss Stone and on&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditating on Your Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/meditating-on-your-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/meditating-on-your-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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: &#8220;I was never a fan of quick-fixes. It takes time to make things dear to one’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Messe 2009 &#8211; Frankfurt</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/music-messe-2009-frankfurt/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/04/music-messe-2009-frankfurt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A week on the road, with almost no Internet access &#8211; Ah, how do we survive these things? Oh, I know&#8230; With bass goodness&#8230; A few highlights from musicmesse: TC Electronic added the RS410 to their range of cabinets (the RS212 and RS210) for the RebelHead450, announced back at the NAMM show. As you can probably guess from the name, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving to Fretless from Fretted</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/moving-to-fretless-from-fretted/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/moving-to-fretless-from-fretted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Ups &#8211; Avoiding Gig-asters</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/back-ups-avoiding-gig-asters/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/back-ups-avoiding-gig-asters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, South by South West (or should I say &#8220;South By&#8230;&#8221;) was even more full on that I had imagined, and I had imagined it being very full on. Oddly, the thing stuck in my mind isn&#8217;t a gig, it was looking across at a rig. It got me thinking about having back ups and avoiding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clever Bass? Weird Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/clever-bass-weird-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/03/clever-bass-weird-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The design of the bass has been pretty much set in stone since its birth. There have been one or two notable exceptions over the years, so when I saw and read about the Orchid bass, it really caught my attention. The bass was designed and built by Luthier Rich Toone. It has a 32&#8243; neck, a Trapezoidal Neck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elrick Expat Bass Line</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/elrick-expat-bass-line/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/elrick-expat-bass-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can probably guess from the title, Elrick has joined the ranks of MTD and Lakland with a higher-volume, lower-priced bass. The range has its own dedicated website: www.expatnjs.com. I&#8217;ve been a long term Elrick user, so I was particularly eager to check out where Rob Elrick is headed with this range. Elrick have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wood&amp;Tronics</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/woodtronics/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/woodtronics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is pretty rare for me to stumble across a bass manufacture of note that I haven&#8217;t see before, but yesterday was one of those days&#8230; I ran into a very nice chap by the name of Mark Graham, and he was playing a Wood&#38;Tronics Chronos. I was immediately struck by the sound (I heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case of The Bass and BA</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/the-case-of-the-bass-and-ba/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/02/the-case-of-the-bass-and-ba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like stories that have a happy ending &#8211; they aren&#8217;t as plentiful as I&#8217;d like though. So, here&#8217;s one for you&#8230; A little while bass I blogged about Flying With A Bass, including the episode of UK solo bassist Steve Lawson ending up distressed, with an even more distressed bass: That&#8217;s not what you want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashbory Upright</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/ashbory-upright/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/ashbory-upright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah&#8230; a blast from the past. I used to own an Ashbory bass. It is definitely one of the most unusual instruments I&#8217;ve ever had in my bass collection. It&#8217;s the tiny bass that thinks it is a giant upright. It does deliver that URB acoustic bass sound, but in a most unusual way. In true upright style, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAMM 2009 &#8211; Bass News</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/namm-2009-bass-news/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/namm-2009-bass-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The music world is strutting its (new) stuff at NAMM 2009. Steve Lawson will be playing for Looperlative, Modulus and Accugroove, and around and about with Lobelia &#8211; I&#8217;m hoping we might get a few wonderful Steve-social-media video clips coming in! A few picks from the new gear so far&#8230; I like to look of the all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single Cut Basses</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/single-cut-basses/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/single-cut-basses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I do, it has to be said, have a bit of a soft spot for single cut basses. So when I came across the home of Aquilina Basses (French site here, English here) I dug in. Single cut basses have just one cut out, compared to the more usual double cut away model. If you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Selling a Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/tips-for-selling-a-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2009/01/tips-for-selling-a-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year tends to be a time for fresh starts and clear outs (happy new year by the way!). It is for me, time to thin the bass stable and find a new home for one or two basses. I&#8217;m very blessed to own more than one bass &#8211; I know that not everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fan Fret DIY Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/fan-fret-diy-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/fan-fret-diy-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you want a bass that is totally unique to you, and the only way to get it is to build it yourself. This labour of love was created by John Garncarz: It is featured on buildingtheergonomicguitar.com and you can read all of the details there. It is the first bass that John has built and is definitely an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-ear monitors &#8211; Future Sonics</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/in-ear-monitors/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/in-ear-monitors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I wrote about using in-ear headphones for  Monitoring Your Bass, Daniel East of Future Sonics got in touch with me. A Future Sonics user had pointed him at my post, and Dan suggested that I audition their Atrio professional earphones. I&#8217;ll write up the complete &#8220;amp-free&#8221; set up in the next post (completing the Bass Amp Set Ups posts), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying With A Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/flying-with-a-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/flying-with-a-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor Steve Lawson isn&#8217;t a very happy man right now, from his blog: &#8220;British Airways wrecked my bass &#8220;. The baggage handlers at one of the airports on his tour did a serious mischief to his much loved Modulus bass (I hope they can help Steve out for his US tour): Here&#8217;s a Video of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zon Store</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/zon-store/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/zon-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I had a Zon of my own, although rarely a day goes by without me hearing one &#8211; using via Michael Manring playing (see Manthing.com). Zon enthusiasts might want to check the latest addition to the Zon Guitars website. Zon now have their very own online store (store.zonguitars.com). Current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plectrums &#8211; To Pick or Not</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/plectrums-to-pick-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/plectrums-to-pick-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Billups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plectrums]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I tend not to think about basses and plectrums, but I&#8217;ve been forced to in the last twenty four hours. The Bass Starter Kit arrived with 3 plectrums, then last night I headed out with a group of friends to see The Hampsters. Not my normal musical fair I have to say, but they do have their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bass Starter Kit</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-starter-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-starter-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having talked about Gifts and Presents for a Bassist, you&#8217;d generally put a bass guitar and an amp as a bit on the pricey side. But what about the bassist just starting out? Maybe it is a sign of my old age, but of late I&#8217;ve had a number of conversations with friends that run along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts and Presents for a Bassist</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/gifts-and-presents-for-a-bassist/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/gifts-and-presents-for-a-bassist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many of us it is the time of year when friends and relatives ask what they can get us for Christmas. Always a tricky question for a bassist. The request for that latest custom-built signature bass of your very own never quite seems to hit the mark, so I thought I&#8217;d hunt around for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bass Reflex &#8211; Ported Cabinets</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-reflex-ported-cabinets/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-reflex-ported-cabinets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, this is the last post on speaker cabinets for a while, I promise! Completing the mini-series that started by talking about Bass Amp Set Ups and covered open back designs and closed back designs. The main type of cabinet design in use today is a ported enclosure. If you have a cab or a Combo it will almost definitely be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bass Amp Cab Design &#8211; Open Back Design</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-amp-cab-design/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/12/bass-amp-cab-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while about Mark Wright of Accugroove shared some excellent advice in:  Choosing a Bass Cab &#8211; Part I and Choosing a Bass Cab &#8211; Part II. The next couple of posts add a little bit of background about the different designs of cabinet, to take away the mystery of the shapes that you see around, and follow on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frethand Leading on Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/frethand-leading-on-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/frethand-leading-on-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[www.mutantbass.com has produced this rather fantastic introduction to frethand leading&#8230; Mind bending and a brilliantly produced video too&#8230; If you are more of a text kind of a person, then read the article on Mutant Bass. Oh, and I like the way he calls it &#8220;fret hand&#8221; rather than &#8220;left hand&#8221; &#8211; very lefty friendly. Related [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bass Amp Set Ups</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/bass-amp-set-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/bass-amp-set-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bass]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carrying my bass amp around over the last few days, and listening to the amplifier woes of others, has got me to thinking about the different set ups choices we have as a bassist. It seems to fall into three main buckets: Combo Bass Amp &#8211; A speaker / amp / pre-amp all in one. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>5 String Music Man Sterling Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/5-string-music-man-sterling-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/5-string-music-man-sterling-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve played a various Music Man basses, including the Stingray 5 (of which I&#8217;ve been an admirer for a long while) and the curiously named Bongo (strikingly modern looking), but I&#8217;ve never played a Stirling. So, I was very pleased to find this video with Ed Friedland (aka The Bass Whisperer), which gives a nice walk through of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark King Bass Solo</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/mark-king-bass-solo/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/mark-king-bass-solo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This made me smile on a cold, wet British morning. It looks like Mark is playing the original Status Graphite King Bass in this video (complete with rather nifty the bendwell that Rob Green put into the design). Check out this video on Killer Chops TV: Music Video from Killer Chops TV Related Bass Posts]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Enjoy Bass</title>
		<link>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/enjoy-bass/</link>
		<comments>http://bassguitarblog.com/2008/11/enjoy-bass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bassguitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bassguitarblog.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching the (US) elections last night, today was a little sleep deprived, but I was in the mood for getting things done. A big clear out of the office and the studio. And then, do you know what? I picked up an old bass. And played. And played. And played. Not struggling to learn [...]]]></description>
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