Dead Goon – THAT Crazy Mr Bungle Bass Riff!! (tabs and tutorial)

This week I’m going to break down an incredibly famous riff that some of you may have pondered over long and hard. It’s the opening and verse riff from the song White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane played by the great bass player Jack Casady. White Rabbit

Most of you finger picking bass players out there probably play predominantly with two fingers. But today I’m going to talk a little about three finger picking and some of the benefits it can provide even if you only use the technique sparingly. Three Finger Picking  Sextuplet Picking C Minor Line Gallop Line Playing Fours…

This week we’re looking at one of the most interesting Ska bass lines ever written: Too Much Too Young by The Specials played by the amazing Horace Panter. A Classic Ska Line This bass riff is the perfect example of melodic bass writing through a chord progression. The bass line outlines the chord tones in…

This week we’re looking at Cliff Burton, the late, great, legendary bass player from Metallica. I’m going to breakdown the main riff from the song Battery and we’ll take a look at how Cliff’s approach to creating a bass line around a quick fire guitar riff can be effective in establishing a more groove oriented…

Jerry Was A Race Car Driver from the Sailing The Seas Of Cheese album by Primus is a masterclass in tapped, slapped and strummed grooves all courtesy of bass phenom Les Claypool. In this bass lesson we’ll be looking at the main riffs in the song and we’ll look at how to play them on…

This week sees the release of the awesome new Red Hot Chilli Peppers album Unlimited Love and one of the most obvious standout bass riffs can be heard on the tune: Aquatic Mouth Dance. Flea plays some great 16th note fingerstyle funk with awesome attack in his picking technique. This is a great throwback tune…