Thursday 2 September 2021
by Wulf
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I’ve managed to get round to recording another Players Path track today: The particular challenge of a piece like this is not losing concentration. There are two, fairly subtle variations of the main riff and you have to keep tabs … Continue reading
Sunday 29 August 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on Settling in
I’m liking how my new Jaguar bass is settling in. Having played it a bit, it is losing the brand-new string zing and I got what I’d count as a nice vintage tone out of it at church this morning. … Continue reading
Saturday 14 August 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on Why a Jag?
What grabbed me about the Jaguar? I think a lot of it came down to being much better than I had expected. I’ve been watching lots of online reviews of all sorts of basses and, although I’d seen this recently … Continue reading
Friday 13 August 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on The Other Kind of J Bass
In the minds of some bass players, there are but two kinds of electric bass – the P and the J. These are instruments based on Fender’s classic Precision and Jazz lines. From there on in, it starts to get … Continue reading
Friday 6 August 2021
by Wulf
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This is the last of my three pieces for level five of Players Path on Scotts Bass Lessons. This one seems relatively simple compared to other pieces on the level. It has a subtle rhythmic displacement but that remains consistent … Continue reading
Thursday 29 July 2021
by Wulf
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For my next Players Path track, I picked the 80’s heavy metal piece Black Leather and decided to break out my plectrum bass skills: It turns out that took a fair amount of work and I’m still a bit sloppy … Continue reading
Sunday 4 July 2021
by Wulf
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Here is the third of my level four pieces for Players Path on Scott’s Bass Lessons: In some ways, this is a straight ahead rock track. However, most of those are in 4/4 time and this one is in 3/4. … Continue reading