Recent content by Mark Demmerle

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Haha, great story. Def sneaky deal but certainly not a capital crime! Personnally, I can never do stuff like that because I am always caught immediately.

Let us not forget how excellent a bassist Jerome Arnold was. I first heard him at the age of 14. It was 1965 and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was playing in NYC. MikeM Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, Mark Naftalian Sammy Lay and Jerome were the band behind Paul Butterfield. It was the first...

I recently bought a Yamaha BB735A. I think it was a great deal for $799. It's an active/passive bass. It's design construction and materials a very well thought out. This bass is made in Indonesia. The fit and finish is excellent. I'm pretty sure this is not a $2000 bass under a different...

Very cool!!!

Rufus Philpot I will check it out Thanks!

Life is too short not to have the bass you want.

Check out YouTube Billy Sheehan one finger rake ghost note technique, you may find it helpful.

I find it difficult to practice solely technique. I need to make it music. Since I am new to ghost notes I played a version of S. James Infirmary and incorporated ghost notes as well as trip tones and melodies. The added ghost notes expressed a dirge like quality to the piece. I think it's...

Bill Sheehan suggest a one finger rake across adjacent string above the note for starts. Goes on to demonstrate ghost note rake over two or even three strings above note. Rake with one finger, same finger plays the note. I can control this technique and am satisfied with the results. Sounds...

Yes, one day at a time. As I watched the video I wondered how that technique is even possible?? As a classical guitarist for decades now, I thought my right hand technique would enable me to readily adapt ghost note techniques. Wrong! But I am happy to greet new challenges in the interest of...

That's an amazing video.

Thank you Groove Doctor. That's a lot of technique to work out and I will give it my best. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to enlighten me. Thanks!

I am interested in perfecting the Ghost Note technique. Can someone please recommend a daily technical exercise. I am playing scales, and integrating ghost notes. The note, followed by a ghost note and vis versa, a ghost note before and then after the note and two ghost Notes before and then...