Welcome to Part 5 of the Bass Essentials Series. In this part we're going to look at setting up a bass guitar to playability and ultimately answer the question: how to set up a bass guitar. We're going to look at: Setting up your bass' truss rod, bridge and string height Some tools to keep your bass clean and functional and Some last little tips to keep in mind … [Read more...] about Bass Essentials Series Part 6: How to Set Up a Bass Guitar
Bass Essentials Series
Bass Guitar Essential Series Part 5: Learning to Reading Tab and Standard Notation on Bass
Welcome to Part 5 of the Bass Essentials Series. In this section, were going to tackle sheet music and reading music. Not only are we going to look at learning to read standard notation and sheet music on bass guitar, but we're going to cover tablature reading as well. While on the topic of each, we'll look at some of the pros and cons of learning both and explore some of the … [Read more...] about Bass Guitar Essential Series Part 5: Learning to Reading Tab and Standard Notation on Bass
Bass Essentials Series Part 4: Buying a Bass Amp
Welcome to part 4 of the Bass Essentials Series. In this section, we're going to look at buying a bass amp particularly: Different kinds of amps - solid versus tube and combo versus a cabinet and head Speaker sizes Some of the key terminology to bear in mind when looking at amps and some product recommendations to get you out and playing as soon as … [Read more...] about Bass Essentials Series Part 4: Buying a Bass Amp
Bass Essentials Series Pt. 3: Bass Guitar Notes, Fretboard Radius and Neck Profile
Welcome to Part 3 of the Bass Essentials Series. Here's we're going to look at the bass guitar fret board, the bass guitar notes and some tips to help you learn the notes along the fret board faster. If you missed Part 2 and Part 1, check them out to get yourself up to speed! When it comes to learning bass guitar, knowing the notes on the bass guitar is an unmissable … [Read more...] about Bass Essentials Series Pt. 3: Bass Guitar Notes, Fretboard Radius and Neck Profile
Bass Essentials Series Pt. 2: How to Tune a Bass Guitar
Welcome to Part 2 of the Bass Guitar Essentials Series: How to Tune a Bass Guitar. In case you missed Part One, don't forget to check it out here! Having a properly tuned instrument is essential to making great music and music that others can enjoy. Each kind of bass guitar, 4, 5 and 6 string, each have their own standard tuneings intended for the best performance of the … [Read more...] about Bass Essentials Series Pt. 2: How to Tune a Bass Guitar
Bass Essentials Series Pt. 1: Buying a Bass Guitar
Welcome to Part 1 of the 6 part Bass Essentials Series, seven in-depth posts meant exclusively for beginner bass players and those interested in learning bass guitar. Introduction to Bass Guitar and Buying a Bass Guitar Bass guitar is an instrument like none other. It's the instrument that gets the room dancing, its the instrument that is meant to be felt usually more than … [Read more...] about Bass Essentials Series Pt. 1: Buying a Bass Guitar
Three Sites for Quality Bass Guitar Transcriptions
Quality bass guitar transcriptions can be difficult things to find on the Internet. Though there are tons of tabs and transcriptions of varying quality circulating the Internet of popular songs and even some lesser known songs and even songs, finding a reliable source of readable, user-friendly bass guitar transcriptions can be very difficult. Luckily - I had some time to do … [Read more...] about Three Sites for Quality Bass Guitar Transcriptions