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Michael Manring explains the Hyperbass

Posted on August 14, 2009 » tagged: Michael Manring, Zon Guitars » 3 Comments »

There was a pointer to this great video of Michael Manring explaining his Zon Bass lurking in the comments to “What I Hate Bass Licks” (a must read post if you haven’t read it already – masterfully written by Steve Uccello. In the video Michael explains how the Zon Hyperbass came about.

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Setting String Height – Adjusting Your Action

Posted on June 11, 2009 » tagged: fretboard, set up, strings » 11 Comments »

So, to the business of setting up a Bass Guitar. Tuning aside – do start with that first! – string height is the number one adjustment on a bass. There are all sorts of reasons that string height adjustment is needed, from changing string type and fret wear to changing weather conditions and playing style.

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Todd Johnson in Music and Harmony

Posted on May 25, 2009 » tagged: DVD, Jim Stinnett, Todd Johnson » 5 Comments »

Todd Johnson and Jim Stinnett have  been busily writing and filming ”Fishin’ For Grips” – 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 guitar. I [...]

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Meditating on Your Bass

Posted on April 8, 2009 » tagged: mediation, meditation, practice » 4 Comments »

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:
“I was never a fan of quick-fixes. It takes time to make things dear to one’s being, [...]

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Moving to Fretless from Fretted

Posted on March 28, 2009 » tagged: Fretless, jaco, Japan, Pino Palladino, Sting » 16 Comments »

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 [...]

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