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  Encyclopedia: Electric upright bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The first electric upright basses were developed in the mid-1930's by a company named Rickenbacker.
Most EUBs are amplified using piezoelectric pickups, and produce little sound on their own.
A Yamaha Electric Cello The electric cello is a pickup-based electric instrument based on its cousin, the acoustic cello.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Electric-upright-bass   (625 words)

  
 Bass Player magazine - Acoustic and electric bass guitar tabs, chords and lessons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bass Player magazine is your source for acoustic and electric bass guitar tabs, chords and free online bass guitar lessons, tutorials and videos for both beginner and professional.
The bass guitar is playing an ever-increasing role in hip-hop—from the rubbery, crafty grooves of Raphael Saadiq and Pino Palladino to the dirt-fisted funk of Leonard "Hub" Hubbard and Preston "P-Groover" Crump.
Upright jazz moved to the forefront through gigs with drummer/percussionist Alex Cline and other members of L.A.’s avant-garde scene, and via a trio with Alan Pasqua and Peter Erskine.
www.bassplayer.com /story.asp?sectioncode=21&storycode=1978   (2923 words)

  
 Electric Bass - Beginning-Intermediate from Mel Bay Publishing at Music 44
Comping Styles for Bass is a collection of 36 different progressions with both guitar and bass parts written out, so a bass player can see what the guitar is doing and also get used to reading bass parts in a funk style.
Playing electric bass from chord symbols is an essential skill for the musician desiring to play at either amateur or professional levels.
The bass has been called "the most important instrument in any band." The bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes, keep the "time flow" or "pulse" steady, and keep the form of the song together.
www.music44.com /X/category/M8K29   (3378 words)

  
 Bass Books Electric and Upright: Bass Lessons .com Bass Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bass Heroes : Styles, Stories and Secrets of 30 Great Bass Players From the Pages of Guitar Player Magazine, by Tom Mulhern (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1993.
The Complete Electric Bass Player : Slapping Techniques (The Complete Electric Bass Player Series, No 4) Vol 4 by Chuck Rainey / Paperback / Published 1996.
Electric Bass Improvisation (The Complete Electric Bass Player Series, No 3) Vol 3 by Chuck Rainey / Paperback / Published 1996.
www.basslessons.com /books.html   (897 words)

  
 history of the electric bass guitar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
… I also built him a bass fretted to the 5th and fretless from there … a brief list of players that have helped add to the history of the Electric Bass and it's …
Welcome to Weedhopper.org section on electric bass guitars and all the cool gear that goes along with them!.
… The design that would attract bass players was an electric bass that was a compact, fretted instrument one could hold and play horizontally.
www.tianxing-art.com /history-of-the-electric.html   (476 words)

  
 Dave On Bass - Bass Links
From this list, the best bass player of all time is:
Victor Wooten - Me and my Bass Guitar
Mickey D - One Thin Man, One Big Bass
www.daveonbass.com /links/bass.htm   (149 words)

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