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Think of John Lennon's guitars and most likely his Epiphone Casino comes to mind, or maybe his Rickenbacker 325 or Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric. You almost certainly don't think of the Sardonyx 800 D II used during the making of his last album, 1980's Double Fantasy . . .
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IN THE BASSMENT
A Passive Tone control is a low pass filter comprised of a three-way variable resistor (potentiometer), and a capacitor.
The passive tone control on your electric bass guitar . . .
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Clint Strong on Learning and Transcribing Solos
Jazz master Clint Strong talks about learning songs and transcribing by ear. Tells of tips he gained from the late great Howard Roberts. Clint has played with Howard Roberts, Herb Elllis, Tal Farlow, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and more . . .
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Do melodic bassists possess a 6th sense-a mysterious talent channeled only by mystics and bass gods. Their well-kept secret? Or, do they just have a good command of wide interval jumps which make for compelling, melodic lines. You can improve your playing by learning to use intervals in a . . .
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GREAT GEAR
The RC-1 is designed as the entry-level model into Boss's loop recording technology. Built to record loops and nothing else, and housed in the durable Boss compact pedal case, the stripped-down RC-1 is designed to . . .
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ARTIST AWARENESS
Known as "Mr. Guitar," Chet Atkins is the most recorded solo instrumentalist in music history. As a studio musician, his string-tickling work has gilded the records of Elvis Presley, Kitty Wells, The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams and dozens of other Nashville legends. His style influenced such pop greats as . . .
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