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		<title>Improving your skills</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/improving-your-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you want to improve as a bass player? Who doesn&#8217;t? There are a couple of ways to build your chops that I would suggest you start with. These ideas are coming from a non-schooled player, so don&#8217;t expect anything over your head here. Scales &#8211; I know: boring. But I have found that as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=176&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Moments in bass &#8211; &#8220;Country Comfort&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dee Murray was Elton John&#8217;s original bass player. And what a player he was. I challenge you to find a more tasteful, interesting, and technically adept player. Of the two top rock bassists of the 70&#8242;s, Dee was right there with McCartney. While McCartney was always leaving you with that feeling of almost coming off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=160&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Players &#8211; Norm Stockton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>basscrazy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General bass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonder just where a bass player can take his instrument? Wonder how a bass player can lead a band and hold down a groove? Wonder how the so-called &#8220;next level&#8221; sounds? Then get familiar with Norm Stockton. You might not have heard of him, mainly because he works primarily in the areas of jazz and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=161&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Players &#8211; Rutger Gunnarsson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rutger Gunnarsson &#8211; not a household name? Maybe not. But you know his work, I can almost guarantee it. You see, Rutger is the tasteful groove-master behind every single song recorded by the Swedish supergroup, Abba! Can I get a witness? Save for, well, McCartney, there isn&#8217;t a bass player on the globe whose work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=157&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rigs of The Ox (John Entwistle) from thewho.net</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>basscrazy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[thewho.net (http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass6771.html) has a nice page devoted to all the rigs of John Entwistle. I&#8217;ve been curious about gear lately, so I&#8217;m tracking down who played what through what. Here&#8217;s a little sample, but please check the link above for more complete info on the Ox&#8217;s soundfarm: 1968–1971 Bass Vox Violin Bass Used on Magic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=153&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Basses of Geddy Lee</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/the-basses-of-geddy-lee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>basscrazy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Were you ever curious about all the basses Geddy Lee of Rush has used over the years? Well here&#8217;s a quick summary for you: Fender Precision Rickenbacker 4001 Rickenbacker 4080 (Double-neck, 4001 bass &#38; 12-string guitar with humbuckers) Rickenbacker 3001 Fender Teardrop Bass (the original Precision bass with the body modified to a teardrop shape, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=150&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Players &#8211; Jaco Pastorius</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/the-great-players-jaco-pastorius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaco Pastorius was a brilliant, but troubled genuis. There simply was no player like him when he arrived on the scene, fully formed, in 1976. His high fret work, intricate melody construction and mastery of the fretless electric bass (a 1962 Fender stack knob Jazz), made him a standout in jazz - only one of four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=148&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Bassplayer.com &#8211; Men in the mirror</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/from-bassplayer-com-men-in-the-mirror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>basscrazy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this first anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson, take some time out and read about the bass players that helped him create the grooves that changed pop music forever. In this article from Bassplayer.com, you&#8217;ll hear from &#8220;This Is It&#8221; bassist, Alex Al, James Jamerson Jr., Chuck Rainy, Nathan Watts, Louis Johnson, Nathan East, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=145&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Gear &#8211; Schecter 004</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/great-gear-schecter-004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is another bass that I own and love. I went to pick myself up a new bass and was open to about anything that sounded and played well. Price wasn&#8217;t a priority. Well this number was both affordable and easily the best playing bass I have picked up in awhile. I&#8217;ve owned my 004 for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=140&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great moments in bass &#8211; &#8220;Bust A Move&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thebassblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/great-moments-in-bass-bust-a-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 16:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hip Hop is an ever-evolving pop music form. Never was this clearer than in the 80&#8242;s when Run DMC got together with Aerosmith for their biggest hit. Another example of this merge of rock and Hip Hop was when Young MC brought Red Hot Chilli Peppers&#8217; bass player, Flea into the studio to record the blistering bass for &#8220;Bust [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thebassblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7835537&amp;post=135&amp;subd=thebassblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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