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Old 08-28-2008, 07:22 AM
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Your favorite overall bass book

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Anyone have one favorite book about bass instruction/music/history?

In other wods, one complete book that does it all - looks at the bass guitar as an instrument, looks at some players, and looks at basic method/instruction?
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Old 09-01-2008, 02:19 PM
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Teach Yourself Rock Bass by David Gross (1980)

Not so easy to get hold of, but its on ebay
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Old 09-01-2008, 02:22 PM
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I have a lot of bass books but this one is definitely one of my favs. Jaco Pastorius: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of the World's Greatest Electric Bassist

http://www.amazon.com/Jaco-Pastorius...d_bxgy_b_img_b
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