Articles about the Bass Guitar Community, demos of bands and new products, shopping and info, upgrades and replacements for you bass guitar hardware.
You’ve heard the phrase “it’s all in the fingers” when it comes to guitars both for 6-string and bass. This player certainly proves that correct. The Yamaha TRBX174 is, quite literally, a $200 bass. Yes, $200. Not $2,000. Is the TRBX174 good for you, however? That’s for you to decide. However, it would seem that … Read more
Jared Dines shows beginners the 11 different ways to hold an electric bass guitar. We’re all very fortunate to have someone like this show us a very detailed, very informative video on how it’s done. This man is truly gifted.
The word octave was purposely put in the title of this article because some players hear “8 string,” and believe that means a tuning of something like F# B E A D G B E. That’s not what this is. This is a 4-string doubled with 4 more octave strings, as in eE aA dD … Read more
The Sabre Bass has had a long absence and hasn’t been made since the early 1990s, but now it’s back. Looks great, sounds great. For those of you out there looking for something “not Fender” but still has a great feel and sound to it, this might be just what you were looking for. AND … Read more
While at NAMM 2015, we did get the opportunity to try out the La Bella Olinto bass guitar, and yes, we can confirm it’s a great instrument. Chicago Music Exchange posted a demo of this particular bass so you can hear for yourself what it sounds like. If you’ve been shopping around for a high-end … Read more
While we rattled off 5 cool bass lines of the 90’s here, another band that had some great hits with great bass lines was The Mighty Mighty Bosstones with their song The Impression That I Get. The verse bass line is definitely one of the coolest out there. It’s involved-yet-not-too-involved, has a great groove to … Read more
I remember it as if it were a meal ago (that will make sense in a moment.) Fun fact: 1999 was 16 years ago. Yep. But don’t let that make you feel old, because every one of the songs below is still as cool and fresh today as they were when originally released back in … Read more
So you’ve upgraded your bass with some awesome Bartolini or Delano or Nordstrand or any other number of our great pickups, and now it’s time to upgrade your skills. One way to give your skills an upgrade is by learning what is known as the ghost note. This is a note that is nothing more … Read more
For those who follow Fender as the standard for what a bass guitar should be, the number of frets they use is 20. The number of frets is easy to spot on necks that have fret markers. After the 12th fret, there are 3 single-dot markers that mark where the 15th, 17th and 19th frets … Read more
Classical music, that is. The description of the video states, “Fur Elise (Ludwig Van Beethoven) – solo arrangement for bass guitar. For instructional purposes.” Learning classical pieces on the bass guitar is actually a really good way to increase finger strength and getting to know your fretboard (as in where notes are) a lot better. … Read more
