Figure It Out – The Amazing Bass Tone Of Royal Blood (simple bass setup, tabs & tutorial)

This last week saw the passing of jazz legend Chick Corea. Chick’s impact on jazz and music as a whole goes without saying and as a tribute to the great man I’m going to give you a breakdown of one of the lines that every jazz bass player should know. It’s THAT tricky part from…

This week we’re looking at one of the most popular unison bass lines in the shape of the instrumental section from Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder (played by Nate Watts) The Little Things I learned this line many, many years ago but recently realised the original line is quite different from how I played it….

Today we’re going to look at an absolute classic that I consider one of the greatest bass lines of all time by one of the greatest bass players of all time! It’s the song I Was Made To Love Her by Stevie Wonder and the bass line is played by the legendary James Jamerson. The…

This week we’re looking at the band Faith No More and the 8 best bass lines by the amazing Billy Gould! Faith No More’s Billy Gould Bill Gould is a great bass player with an incredible driving feel. He uses a variety of techniques from fingerstyle to slap to pick playing on his awesome Zon…

Today we’re going to look at a classic slap line from the master of punk funk slap bass, Flea. Get Up and Jump is from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers debut album way back in 1984 and is the perfect example of Flea’s hard hitting, punk infused slap bass playing. It’s fast, it features a…

This week we’re looking at a riff that caused me all kinds of problems when I learned it way back in the early 90s. The opening riff to the song Holy Wars The Punishment Due by Megadeth. This riff is played by the great David Ellefson. Dave uses a pick and this song is pretty…