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Solo Bass Christmas Carols

Posted on November 19, 2008 » tagged: bass, Carols, Christmas » 3 Comments »

A very big thanks to Andy Long for bringing this one to my attention: Alun Vaughan has released a very special Christmas treat for bass fans: 10 Christmas carol arrangements for solo bass. These are chordal arrangements for solo bass in notation and tablature. It might seem a little early, but you’ll need time to practice, right? You can [...]

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Bassists on Alltop Guitars

Posted on October 30, 2008 » tagged: blog » 2 Comments »

Um… “Woot” as I believe we say in web circles. The near-legendary best-of-the-web service Alltop has a shiny new guitar page, and… The Bass Guitar Blog is on it! Check it out. It’s a very clever little page, you can hide feeds you don’t want to read, and the most read sites bubble to the top.
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The Spellbinder is Back!

Posted on August 28, 2008 » tagged: Rick Turner, Stanley Clarke, Thomas Lieber » 5 Comments »

 

This fellow looks rather nice. The Spellbinder Bass II marks the return of the model from the synonymous Spellbinder corp (I’ve been desperate to use that word for weeks). The model has had a long break, it is almost three decades since the first batch of Spellbinders were built in the early 80’s. So how [...]

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Bass Gear Mag

Posted on August 20, 2008 » tagged: bass, bassguitar, bassmagazine, magazine » 2 Comments »

Ooo… Looks interesting: Bass Gear Magazine. It is free on-line – after your register, a link and password gets sent to your inbox. You can read it in your trusty old web browser. It’s worth getting a big monitor for . There is a paid-for print version available for people who need to do the [...]

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Bass not for girls, say the girls?

Posted on April 11, 2008 » tagged: bass, bassguitar, girls, News » 4 Comments »

image courtesy of Marissa Cap.
A bass guitar on the BBC news site? Oh yes, right here: Why don’t girls play guitar?
Interesting that it is either a lefty bass (yeah!) or they have mirrored the picture (looks like the later, from the headstock – doh! Slaps forehead). Anyway, that niggle aside. The article talks about the [...]

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