The Preamble:
I want to make a Tractor bass. I gave it a lot of thought, and almost went the route of buying a VM Jazz Bass and modifying it, but I really want to just make it all from scratch *(the fingerboard is pre-slotted). This will be my 2nd full build, and I know this will be a...
Hi all! My friend Derek and I have recently created a group on Facebook called “Jam Bass.” We are focusing on profiling and analyzing the stylings of players like Phil Lesh, Mike Gordon, and Allen Woody. It is a supportive community and there are great transcriptions and demonstration videos...
I'm watching a 1973 video of the Allman Brothers Band, after the unfortunate death of Barry Oakley, with his replacement Lamar Williams, who is playing ... to no surprise ... an early-to-mid 1960s Jazz Bass, and it looks and sounds like he's using a pick. But the surprise is that he's using the...