Loading ...I introduced diatonic 7th chords a few weeks back and this week I want to focus on one chord type in particular, the minor 7th chord. In this lesson I will talk about the intervals involved in it’s construction and give three of my favorite bass lines that use these chord tones. If you remember the previous lesson, diatonic minor [...]
Great things that are orange, GO… The General Lee, orange juice, uh Orange amps? Yes! Under The Hood This little monster puts out 6 watts into 2 4″ speakers. It can be powered by an optional 18 volt power supply or 2 9 volt batteries allowing you to rock anywhere. The controls are: Gain, Tone, Volume and Aux In. A [...]
One of the main reasons I play guitar is because I love making music with other people. In the last 5 years I’ve been in 5 different groups, and I attribute so much of what I’ve learned to the musicians I have worked with. I thought I’d write a lesson on writing guitar parts in a band setting. I’ve had [...]
I am a sucker for a pretty BASS. I have as much a love for art as I do music and when I started seeing pictures of these basses pop up a few years ago on Facebook, I fell in love. The care and beauty taken with each instrument is evident and what the person ends up with is a [...]
Recently I saw an ad for Professor Green’s guitar polish. The company offers a fretboard conditioner and a polish. What caught my eye is their eco-friendly marketing. The two things that stuck out were; the fretboard conditioner is made from 100% organic ingredients and if you ever run out of polish or conditioner the company encourages you to mail them [...]
The Pick Punch is its own monster. That 25 cent piece of plastic known as a pick or plectrum for you scholars, can make or break a performance for some. What good is free shipping from your favorite online retailer or your friendly local mom and pop guitar shop when it’s 10pm and you have a gig? The Pick Punch [...]
Hey Everyone, It’s been a few weeks since my last post and even longer since my last lesson. Last month was devoted mainly to interviews of Bass giants David Ellefson and Frank Bello, what a month! Check out the interviews if you have not already. They both have such a long, incredible history and musical journey and had great stories [...]
The whammy bar itself is nothing new. Since the 1940s we’ve seen the Bigsby, then in the mid-50s Leo Fender came along and changed well just about everything we know about electric guitars and basses. The Stratocaster is probably the most common guitar you will see today that sports the whammy bar. Honestly before this week I had my Fender [...]
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