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Just picked up this guy. It's a Lu-Mi Meares bass viol. Sounds and plays magnificently. It's constructed of spruce and sycamore (European maple), and weighs around 1.5kg. mods: if it's inappropriate here, please feel free to move it.

Since going down the rabbit hole of double bass concerto repertoire, and trying to adapt it to electric bass, I've run into several gaps and technical hurdles. The largest of these has been the lack of a proper analogue for the jumping bow technique that Paganini and other bowed string players...

Here's a condensed arrangement of Nightwish's While Your Lips Are Still Red for solo bass. It's fiddly, but shouldn't be too hard for an advanced player. Enjoy!

Angelo Badalamenti was best known for composing the theme to Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart. Angelo Badalamenti, 'Twin Peaks' composer and David Lynch collaborator, dead at 85 Growing up in the '90s, Twin Peaks, and David Lynch's incredibly odd filmmaking, played a significant...

Here's an arrangement of the first third of Mussorgsky's Bydlo, taken from Pictures and an Exhibition. I had intended to do a solo bass arrangement in the spirit of Kazuhito Yamashita's guitar performance, but concluded pretty quickly that without the feel of massive ponderous torque, the piece...

Here's a solo bass arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade I. This one is not for the faint of heart. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Here's a melodic bass arrangement of the Ukrainian National Anthem. Lots of parallel thirds. Slava Ukraini!

Here's my transcription of John Dowland's Flow My Tears, one of the earliest pieces of popular music (dates back to 1596). As a piece, it's not difficult, and should be a good introduction to chordal bass playing. Recording:

This one has been a long time in the making and is NOT easy to play. Notes: I transposed it to E minor from C minor so that it would fit into the range of a 4 string bass. When playing the open E on bar 6 (endings 1,2, and 3) flick it with the fingernail of your index finger near the bridge to...

Here's an elaborated arrangement of Rebecca Sugar's "The Fry Song" from Adventure Time for solo bass. Notes: - Watch the plucking hand fingerings for the 16th note passage. Recording:

After going mad over the summer and trading everything in for a Rickenbacker 4003 autumnglo, I started to miss having a fretless. My wife, in her infinite generosity, told me to go ahead and order another. So here we are: Another Ibanez GWB205. Here are the details and my thoughts: Weight: 9.5...

Strictly dropped us after we asked to be paid, say musicians Discuss.

Here's a quick and dirty arrangement of Yann Tiersen's La Valse d'Amelie for solo 4 string bass. Notes: 1) Pay attention to the clef - it's up an octave, as the music occurs almost entirely above the 12th fret. 2) On bar 22, I put a high E (21st fret, G string). If you only have 20 frets, hope...

I wasn't planning on this, but I made the fatal mistake of entering a music store, expecting to buy something inexpensive. I saw this on the wall, compounded my mistake by playing it, and one thing led to another. Weight: 9.5lbs. A bit heavier than I'd like, but fairly typical for a maple Ric...

I noticed that my Ibanez GWB205 was a little buzzy last night, and compared notes with my Rickenbacker 4003SW, which I had shielded last year. It turns out that while the Ibanez black-paint shielding looks ok, it's quite a bit less effective than copper foil, so I took some liberties. Apart from...

With the help of @Inara, I was able to snag this 2016 GWB205 for $799 in Seattle. Thoughts: 1) The weight is excellent, at 7lbs 4oz. 2) The tone is really neutral, and quite flexible with the Bartolini radiused pickup and 2 band EQ. Lots of mwah. 3) The playability is phenomenal. I really like...