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New – 3 DVDs for Advanced Bass Players

By Marie Page | May 4, 2010

Learn advanced bass parts to 14 worship songs with this 7-hour 3-DVD instructional & backing track set:
* An in-depth instructional video lesson per song
* Step by step instruction and camera close ups
* Every bass part is unpacked in detail
* High quality backing tracks to play along to
* Select backing tracks with or without bass parts
* [...]

Posted in Bass | Also tagged advanced bass, guitar, Worship | 3 Comments

50 tips – Worship Bass

By Andy | October 8, 2009

Lock to the kick drum.
If you are new to bass then the key that every experienced player will tell you is to start by locking your groove into the kick drum. 
Think harmony.
Bass is actually a cross over between the rhythm section and the harmony. A really effective bassist will still lock to the kick but [...]

Posted in 50+ practical tips, Bass | Also tagged tips, Worship | Leave a comment

Ask the Expert – Recommendations on bass guitar strings

By Andy | April 22, 2009

Adrian Eley from Derby in the UK asks:
“I have been playing bass guitar for about a year and I am now starting to look a little deeper into the sound I can get from the guitar. I have been told there are four different types of bass guitar strings. What are the pro’s and con’s of these strings, [...]

Posted in Ask the expert, Bass | Also tagged bass guitar strings, guitar, strings | 5 Comments

Ask the Expert – getting a cello sound from a bass guitar

By Andy | January 22, 2009

Tiffany Reynolds asked this fascinating question:
“I know this is going to sound weird but I’m serious. I play bass but sometimes you want the bowed sound of a cello or an upright bass during quiet passages of a song. I want to take up cello but sometimes you can’t switch back and forth … in [...]

Posted in Ask the expert, Bass | Also tagged bass guitar, cello, cello sound, ebow, upright bass sound | 2 Comments

Ask the Expert – Getting a brass-like tone from a fretless bass

By Andy | January 14, 2009

Malcolm Douglas from Slough in the UK asks:
When I play my fretless bass I am able to produce a brass-like tone that I cannot obtain when I use my fretted instrument. I have heard Lawrence Cottle and Geoff Gascoyne produce this brassy sound while playing fretted instruments. Both were playing SWR combos and I wondered [...]

Posted in Ask the expert, Bass | Also tagged bass tone, fretless bass, fretted bass, worship bass | 1 Comment
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