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I Hate Bass Licks

Posted on July 1, 2009 » Filed under: bass and tagged: bands, musicianship, Steve Uccello, technique » 55 Comments »

Tweet While I’m on the road, here is a guest post by fellow bassist Steve Uccello. Steve is an Upright Bassist/Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer/Singer-Song-Writer and you can here his latest work Uccello Project, Symmetria on Last.FM. Add you thoughts to Steve’s post in the comments section… Over to Steve… All right bass people! I’ve got a question for you: When [...]

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Three Finger Technique – Alex Webster Video

Posted on February 21, 2009 » Filed under: bass, technique, video and tagged: Alex Webster, Billy Sheehan, John Myung, technique, video » 4 Comments »

Tweet Not heard of the three finger technique before? Steve Lawson pointed me to this lovely Qik interview he did with Alex Webster , bassist with death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

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One Finger One Fret

Posted on February 5, 2009 » Filed under: bass, technique and tagged: Dave Marks, fingering, Simandl, technique » 31 Comments »

Tweet Hopefully this post won’t be too controversial! I wanted to share some thoughts on right hand technique, or should I say frethand technique – I don’t want to be handist about it, I am a lefty even if I don’t play as one! I was educated into the one-finger-one-fret technique when I started playing [...]

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Plectrums – To Pick or Not

Posted on December 16, 2008 » Filed under: bassguitar, Players, shows and tagged: Andy Billups, plectrums, technique, tone, Trip Walmsley » 37 Comments »

Tweet I tend not to think about basses and plectrums, but I’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 [...]

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Frethand Leading on Bass

Posted on November 27, 2008 » Filed under: bass, bassguitar, technique, video and tagged: technique, video » 4 Comments »

Tweet www.mutantbass.com has produced this rather fantastic introduction to frethand leading… Mind bending and a brilliantly produced video too…

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Avoiding Sprains and Pains from Bass Playing

Posted on October 15, 2008 » Filed under: bass, bassguitar, technique and tagged: Norm Stockton, Rocco Prestia, technique » 5 Comments »

Tweet This post was kicked off by Simon Little‘s comments on “Bass Guitar Scale Length – Stretching Too Far?” (do check out his blog). Talking about extended scale lengths, then comparing and contrasting upright and electric bass technique, got me thinking about the subject of injuries, stretches, strains and pains.

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