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If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime of ignoring your metronome.

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On Bass: Easily Avoidable Bass Pitfalls, Part 2

Give your strings some thought, fine tune your action, and don’t forget to breathe.

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On Bass: Easily Avoidable Bass Pitfalls

By thinking in terms of quantity over quality, many are led to regard the bass as an “easy” instrument, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

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On Bass: Island Bass

Examining the bass lines from classic reggae tunes to help grasp the genre’s spirit of simplicity, feel, and groove.

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On Bass: Entering the Reggae Trance

Stirring up your skill set with some reggae technique will do plenty more than simply allow you to play the genre.

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On Bass: Deconstructing a Perfect Bass Line: “The Image”

Victor Brodén extols the virtues of bassist Randy Jackson’s “pick” and ghost-note techniques, and explains how copping Jackson’s approach can serve a player well.

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On Bass: Leaving Well Enough Alone

The next time you’re out shopping for a new bass, remember that not getting precisely what you paid for can be a good thing.

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Bass Bench: Dead Strings ... Revive or Replace?

Learn how to reclaim “new string tone”—at least temporarily.

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On Bass: The Lowdown Society

Our columnist shares tips and tools he’s culled from his podcast, direct from bassists handling the low-end duties on some of the world’s biggest tours.

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On Bass: Improve Your Groove

If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime of ignoring your metronome.

On Bass: Easily Avoidable Bass Pitfalls, Part 2

Give your strings some thought, fine tune your action, and don’t forget to breathe.

On Bass: Easily Avoidable Bass Pitfalls

By thinking in terms of quantity over quality, many are led to regard the bass as an “easy” instrument, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

On Bass: Island Bass

Examining the bass lines from classic reggae tunes to help grasp the genre’s spirit of simplicity, feel, and groove.

On Bass: Entering the Reggae Trance

Stirring up your skill set with some reggae technique will do plenty more than simply allow you to play the genre.

On Bass: Deconstructing a Perfect Bass Line: “The Image”

Victor Brodén extols the virtues of bassist Randy Jackson’s “pick” and ghost-note techniques, and explains how copping Jackson’s approach can serve a player well.

On Bass: Leaving Well Enough Alone

The next time you’re out shopping for a new bass, remember that not getting precisely what you paid for can be a good thing.

Bass Bench: Dead Strings ... Revive or Replace?

Learn how to reclaim “new string tone”—at least temporarily.

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Our columnist shares tips and tools he’s culled from his podcast, direct from bassists handling the low-end duties on some of the world’s biggest tours.

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Explore the potent technique of using pedal tones on electric bass.

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If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime of ignoring your metronome.

Give your strings some thought, fine tune your action, and don’t forget to breathe.

By thinking in terms of quantity over quality, many are led to regard the bass as an “easy” instrument, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

Examining the bass lines from classic reggae tunes to help grasp the genre’s spirit of simplicity, feel, and groove.

Stirring up your skill set with some reggae technique will do plenty more than simply allow you to play the genre.

Victor Brodén extols the virtues of bassist Randy Jackson’s “pick” and ghost-note techniques, and explains how copping Jackson’s approach can serve a player well.

The next time you’re out shopping for a new bass, remember that not getting precisely what you paid for can be a good thing.

Learn how to reclaim “new string tone”—at least temporarily.

Our columnist shares tips and tools he’s culled from his podcast, direct from bassists handling the low-end duties on some of the world’s biggest tours.

Explore the potent technique of using pedal tones on electric bass.