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Everything you do adds to your bass vocabulary. If you first catch on a new word you may tend to use it abundantly or over use it. It's all generally good as you will adjust and pull it it out when you hear it in the music you are playing. There are so many different ways to use slides. You can...

If I am familiar with the song and my approach I look at the fretboard less. When I go up and down the neck to slide or search for tones in the middle of the neck I will tend to look at the fretboard more. If I am comfortably rooted on the hand positioning and know where I am going I can take my...

Fender basses have the tone that sits in the pocket of the music just right. Boutique tones sound nice soloed but the essence of bass is still groove or the bridge between rhythm and melody with harmony thrown in. You hear remakes of tunes like the Jackson 5 Who's loving you and tell me what...

How about 212. I played an Eden 212 can and it fast and snappy enough to cover the attack, produced mid growls and had a beefy bottom end. They certainly do not make enough of them. I would certainly throw that in the mix the next time I look for a cab