Ventures Bassist

Yep, that's Bob Bogle who unfortunately passed away in 2009.

Interestingly, Bob was The Ventures' lead guitarist until he and Nokie Edwards switched places in 1962. Bob played lead on their biggest hit, "Walk, Don't Run" (1960) while Nokie played bass.

Bob was also a great bassist. Listen to the bass line on "Pedal Pusher" and check out his chops.

 

Yes, The Ventures is one of my favorite groups. We all miss Bob Bogle. Have been imitating Bob's lead solo... Hope to learn some of his bass lines soon.

 

yeah, not to many places to find ventures tabs/sheet music, online or in the stores that i'm aware of. i do enjoy the surfer style of playing and they are a nice change of pace from artist similar like the beach boys and jan and dean who'd sing about cars, women, and enjoying the beach(not that there's anything wrong with that ) but instead of singing, they let their instruments paint you a picture.

 

Try eBay..type in "Ventures tab" or "Japan tab". A lot sellers in Japan selling Ventures tab or band score (guitar/bass/drum) But they are not cheap plus overseas shipping..

The best Ventures tab and play along book which I have found so far is: (for guitar only, no bass tab)

http://www.amazon.com/Ventures-Guit...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284045158&sr=1-1

Hope this help.

 

There was an album the Ventures released in the early '60's called play guitar with the Ventures that had the tab for the lead part, as well as some Venture cuts. I learned their version of "Memphis" that way. The rest I figured out on my own but I do remember buying and playing that album a lot as a youth

 

Yes, that was an old old LP which is very hard to find now. (40 years ago, maybe)

I had one of those long time ago, they only teach you the main parts but not the difficult bridge parts which I had problems. Now I figure them out by watching other band members play.

There was one called "Play Bass with The Ventures" too.

 

i'll have to look into ebay and check it out. i'd try to play by ear but my ears just aren't to that point. thanks for the info