South African Music Magazine
Looking through my previous articles I realised that one instrument that I have not spoken much about is the bass guitar. Despite what you might think, capturing a great bass tone can be a tricky thing to achieve. The nature of low frequencies can often lead to an uncontrolled and muddy bass tone, there are Read More »
Choosing the right bass is not always as easy as one would think, but with some research, and if you have a good idea of what you are looking for in a bass, you will probably find an instrument that satisfies your needs. Some very important questions to ask yourself are the following: 1. What Read More »
Every guitar effect junkie knows that stomp boxes multiply when you’re not looking (or at least, that’s what we tell our partners). You start out with a simple overdrive and maybe a stomp tuner. Then before you know it, you need a power supply unit to feed your plethora of pedals and are making up Read More »
The type of strings we use on our instruments play an enormous role in how it both sounds and feels.We should never under estimate the role strings play in the overall tone we get out of our basses. Understanding the various aspects of bass strings will help us know which ones to use for our Read More »
Tutorial: Play Better Bass BASS in WORLD MUSIC (Part 2) We dealt with some Rhythm aspects in World Music in Part One in the previous issue. In this edition we will look at some more of the Melodic approaches. The bass lines used are very much derived from scales used in the melodies of the Read More »
