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 […]

OK, he isn’t actually playing this week at Ronnie Scott‘s, but Jeff Beck does have a new DVD coming out, and that’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’s tour credits include Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Joss Stone and on… […]

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″ neck, a Trapezoidal Neck […]

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.

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

A quiet couple of days on the blog, due to a couple of VERY busy days off the blog – some of which will become apparent very shortly. There are still a few hours left (as I post this) to enter the Upton Bass pick up competition, before we roll into December.