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Two more videos with Bill “The Buddha” Dickens and his band. I’m shocked.

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No comments. Just watch…

Bill is amazing. His guitar is amazing. Take a look on it:

Conklin GTBD-7 7 String Bass Guitar Wine

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thelibster:bass is the great site with tons of transcriptions, lessons and sounds. Excellent reading, chord and ghost notes lessons. I spent a lot of time with them and all lessons, exercises and samples are perfect and balanced. They are leading you to success step by step. There are also a lot transcriptions of bass lines with mp3 samples.
I cannot remember any other site with such selected and carefully presented free material. Be patient and attentive and you’ll definitely increase your skills.

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MusiciansFriend.com introduces new feature Stupid Deal of the Day. Sometimes there are very valuable deals which can save you some bucks. There are ever difference in price when you click “Buy Now” or “More Info…”. So check it time by time…

Also during November 2006 they have “No Payments, No Interest Until 2008” promotion.
It’s a time to upgrade your gear.

But if you don’t want to buy anything – you can win it. Register daily at “Daily Gear Giveaways” and maybe you will be lucky enough to get something for free. For example today they giving away Basson B210B 500W Bass Cabinet with 2×10 Speakers and Horn.

P.S. I’ll put this links to the sidebar to be sure that everyone can find them in the future.

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In other reality Metallica could sound like this. Hehe… In 1986 Les Claypool (thanks God) was too good for them.

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If you are looking for great looking durable and comfortable strap for your beauty – check Italia Leather Straps. This is the best straps ever. I read a lot of positive reviews and bought one on eBay – the same seller, but much more cheaper. If you can show me strap that beat this one in quality and comfort and it will cost you $30 – tell me – I’ll take two.
Here is some advices:

• Again, use eBay unless there are no such design you want – you can save extra $10 or $20
• 4″ is more than enough ever if you are 6’8″ and 300lb guy (like me). I have 5″ wide strap and it is ok, but I think 4″ version could be better.
• order “long” one unless you are short and your bass is above your belt. Spend some time with your old strap or piece of rope and think twice about strap’s length. For me “standard” is enough, but I cannot make it longer ever if I would.
• Be patient and wait – usually it takes 4-6 weeks to get this piece of art

Yes, and prepare for the smell of fresh premium leather when you open your package

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Everyone, ok, almost everyone know about “Spider” from John Patitucci, this is nice exercise which increases your speed and dexterity, but you can enable your own creativity to create your own exercises based on it.

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The most common beginner question about bass setup after “how to restring” is “how to adjust trussrod and action”. Here is links that can help you with this:

Garry Willis guide about trussrod adjusting on bass.
Guide from Fender®.

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Slapping, overdrive and fretless … but he rocks! Bass guitar is very young instrument and every experiment, every technique counts. His sound inspires me more to buy a fretless than “classic” stuff.

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