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Bass Player US
February 2021
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CONTENTS
WELCOME
Movie stars love playing bass too. We know, because we asked one
NEWS
CAPTAIN HOOK
Peter Hook gets his own signature Yamaha BB bass
Slim Picking
New, two-octave Thinline Warwicks are on the way.
Gear News
Vintage have added a four-string electroacoustic bass to
NEW TRACE ELLIOT COMBOS
The veteran amp-makers announce new Elf units
INTRODUCING
MATT BARNES YOU ME AT SIX
WHAT IS GOOD BASS PLAYING?
GINGER POOLEY BURNING POOLS
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR IDOLS?
MATTHEW SCHUMACHER THE CURSE WITHIN
WHAT WAS YOUR WAY INTO BASS?
STAR BASS
AHMAD JAMAL
At the Pershing (1958)
Israel Crosby
THIS MONTH
GEORGE SHEARING
Jazz Moments (1963)
AHMAD JAMAL
Ahmad’s Blues (1958)
LOREZ ALEXANDRIA
Deep Roots (1962)
SAM JONES & CO.
Down Home (1962)
I WAS THERE
The Beach Boys record Pet Sounds in 1966
A historic moment in bass world—recalled by those who were there to see it
THE WOODSHED
WOOD TRENDS EXPLAINED
Don’t be terrified by torrefied maple
LOW LIFE
BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
Add some swagger to your bass playing
THEORY OF THE MONTH
MASTER COOL SUBSTITUTIONS IN TURNAROUNDS: PART 1
Nik Preston takes us through ways to exploit
JASON MOMOA: BASS ON SET
Lights. Camera. Bass!
Jason Momoa, the movie star who everyone knows thanks to Game Of Thrones and Aquaman, plays bass every single day. Who knew, right? Well, you read about it here first. He often talks about his admiration for a long list of heavyweight bass players— so, in a world first, we sit down with Momoa and present him with a list of questions from those very bassists. Along the way he reveals his journey into the low end, his admiration for a certain Mr. Claypool— and his profound fear of something that we bassists do all the time
AQUAMAN ANSWERS
Jason fields questions from his bass heroes, right here. First up: Les Claypool of Primus!
Rex Brown, Pantera, Down, Kill Devil Hill
Rex: “What type of sound do you go
Robert Trujillo, Metallica
Robert: “Jason, what is your earliest memory of
AQUAMAN ANSWERS
Tom Araya, Slayer
David Ellefson, Megadeth
David: “I’m curious if a longer, 35” scale
THE BIG F
Jason recently ordered a beautiful custom Fender Precision. He and Fender Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt tell the story
RON CARTER: NO QUARTER
GET CARTER...
...on your session, if you want the ultimate double bass performance. “I’ll take a bullet if I’m wrong,” says the great Ron Carter, 83 years old and kicking the asses of bass players a third his age
PHIL LESH: THE BASS RETURNS
ENTER THE DEAD ZONE
We chronicle the return of the long-lost 1974 Alembic bass, known as ‘Osiris’ aka ‘Mission Control’ by Deadheads, and ‘The Osage’ or ‘The Omega’ by Alembic faithful, once belonging to Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead
JOHN LAWHON: PASS NOTES
JON LAWHON BLACK STONE CHERRY
Bass tips and key advice from the rockin’ BSC bassist
JIMMY HASLIP
LUCKY JIM
Jimmy Haslip continues to push forward the frontiers of bass guitar with album reissues, sessions and a playing style that is like no other
TREVOR DUNN
DUNN DEAL
There is no rock band quite like Mr. Bungle. There is no composer quite like John Zorn. Trevor Dunn plays bass for them both
LEANNE BOWES
WHISKEY TONES
Session and solo bassist Leanne Bowes recalls the key moments that took her career to the next level
GEAR
GEAR Reviews
Welcome to our expert road-tests of state-ofthe-art basses, amps and effects
EPIPHONE JACK CASADY
EPIPHONE
Jack Casady
LAIRAT STEGA DELUXE
LAIRAT
Stega Deluxe
BERGANTINO FORTE D
BERGANTINO
Forté D amp, NXT112 and 210 cabinets
BASS LESSONS
Bass Lessons
Making you a better bass player in every issue, our state-of-the-art team of educators will guide you every step of the way. Say hello to them here!
RYAN MADORA
MINOR ARPEGGIOS
Hey there, bass players! In our previous column,
BEGINNERS LESSON
CHORD INVERSIONS EXPLORED
The great Steve Lawson brings us a new
INTERMEDIATE LESSON
UNPACK PENTATONICS
Phil Mann guides us into those super‐useful pentatonic
ADVANCED LESSON
COMBINE MULTIPLE THUMB STROKES
Over the past few columns, we’ve been looking
THE LAST NOTE
INSIDE YOUR AMP, PART 3
Dan Veall closes this issue with a deeper dive into valve versus solid-state amps
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