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Tag Archives: bass guitar
Upright Bass Sounds
Many upright bass players and fretless bass guitar players will play many open sting notes within a song to help them play in tune. If you want your bass guitar playing to have that old slap bass sound, work in as many open stings into your bass runs as you can. You will be surprised how many different keys they will fit into.
Listening to the Bass Guitar – Jaco Pastorius
Musical Instruments Bass Guitar. Spend time listening to the many different styles of accomplished bass guitar players. Here is a video on YouTube of Jaco Pastorius playing A Portrait of Tracy.
Musical Instruments Bass Guitar – Rickenbacker Bass 4001
The Rickenbacker Bass Guitar model 4001 is one of the best bass guitars ever made. It was produced from 1961 – 1981 and was considered to be a “deluxe model” bass guitar. This is a long scale bass guitar. This bass guitar puts out a lot of treble making a very unique sound for a bass guitar. The Rickenbacker bass guitar is known for it’s clean crisp sound.
Musical Instruments Bass – The Gibson EBO Vintage Bass Guitar
The Gibson EBO bass guitar is a shorter scale bass with a smaller neck. It was Gibson Guitars top selling bass guitar for many years. Gibson manufactured this bass guitar from 1959 to 1979. This bass guitar has a very powerful pickup. The bass guitar pickup is closer to the neck giving the bass guitar a very powerful and unique sound. Gibson guitars named this bass guitar from the Gibson EB line. The EB stands for Electric Bass.
Musical Instruments Bass – Plucking the Bass Guitar Strings
Most bass guitar players use their index and middle fingers on their right hand to pluck the strings of the bass guitar. You want to find a positive anchor on the body of your bass guitar to hold your thumb. Learning to play the bass guitar you will notice that it makes a big difference where you pluck your guitar strings. When you pluck your guitar strings closer to the bridge you get a very intense, clear sound. The bass guitar strings sound much more defined. When you pluck your bass guitar strings closer to the neck, it sounds much more mellow, not as intense. As you are learning to play the bass guitar, pay attention to these differences on your musical instrument.
Victor Wooten Bass Guitar Lesson
Bass player Victor Wooten’s ”Groove Workshop” DVD. Learn to play the bass guitar from Victor Wooten. Check out this video preview on youtube.
Guitar Repair – Temperature and Humidity
Acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, and violins are greatly affected by temperature and humidity. Guitars will swell up and dry out in just a couple of days from the relative humidity. When a guitar moves from one environment to another you may need to loosen or tighten the truss rod. This adjustment may be necessary a few times before it settles into its new environment. Don’t let your guitar get too hot or cold, too damp, or too dry. All of these things will affect the wood, the finish, and the sound of your musical instrument. When the temperature reaches 200 degrees, the glue that holds your instrument together will melt. If the humidity is too high and your guitar gets too damp the strings won’t vibrate properly. The guitar strings will buzz and it will sound like you are playing a chunk of wet cardboard. Humidity also causes the guitar to expand. When the wood dries out you will have damage to the finish that will appear as small hairline cracks. In addition, if your musical instrument gets too hot or dries out too fast it can cause the neck, back, and sides of your guitar to move out of position potentially ruining your guitar.