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Wood&Tronics

Posted on February 16, 2009 » tagged: Fodera, Ken Smith, Wood&Tronics » 7 Comments »

It is pretty rare for me to stumble across a bass manufacture of note that I haven’t see before, but yesterday was one of those days… I ran into a very nice chap by the name of Mark Graham, and he was playing a Wood&Tronics Chronos. I was immediately struck by the sound (I heard […]

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Bass Blogger Distortion Pedal

Posted on February 15, 2009 » tagged: distortion, Ed Friedland, Electro Harmonix » 8 Comments »

This YouTube Video from Bassguitar mag caught my eye if for no other reason than the fact one of the pedals is called the “Blogger” – a Bass Blogger – how about that? I love watching Ed Friedland goofing around too! The first half is the Electro Harmonix Bass Micro Synth, then the bass blogger pedal:

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The Case of The Bass and BA

Posted on February 13, 2009 » tagged: modulus, Steve Lawson, video » Add a comment »

I like stories that have a happy ending – they aren’t as plentiful as I’d like though. So, here’s one for you…

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Wooten Woods

Posted on February 10, 2009 » tagged: Bass Camp, Victor Wooten » Add a comment »

So, Victor Wooten gets to open Wooten Woods Retreat! Thanks to notreble for the heads up.

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Tweeting Bassists – Bass Twitter

Posted on February 6, 2009 » tagged: twitter » 2 Comments »

The micro-blogging service Twitter has been getting a huge amount of visibility recently. For those that have missed the storm, it is a web service that lets you publish short messages (of up to 140 characters) to the world… It’s a lot more than that, but the only way to find out is to dive in. […]

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One Finger One Fret

Posted on February 5, 2009 » tagged: Dave Marks, fingering, Simandl, technique » 29 Comments »

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 guitar. […]

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