Musical Instruments

Bass Guitars, Amps and Accessories

A great primer for the beginning upright bass player taught in Tammy Fassaert's clear, concise teaching style. Let bluegrass musician Tammy Fassaert introduce you to the upright bass in her articulate, relaxed manner. Some of what you will learn includes: Holding and Tuning Your Bass Right Hand Techniques Muting and Damping Chord Progressions Learn Handsome Molly Left Hand Notes and the Chromatic Scale Marking the Stops on Your Bass Learn East Virginia Blues Timing and working effectively with a metronome

Made famous by Sir Paul McCartney, the 500/1 Hofner Violin Bass is celebrating its 55th anniversary. This is the only book dedicated to this historic guitar. Updated edition features hardcover format, all color and updated with new McCartney photos and letter from the daughter of the founder of Hofner guitars. The book offers scholarly detail of the fabled history of McCartney playing the two left-handed 500/1 basses. McCartney used the 1961 bass until the recording of With the Beatles in late 1963, when he obtained his second 500/1. He used his 1963 bass almost exclusively during the Beatles' touring career. Although by 1966 McCartney had begun using a Rickenbacker bass in-studio, he did break out his 1961 model for the "Revolution" promo film in 1968 and for the documentary Let It Be... Less

The Schecter Diamond-P 5 Custom 5-String Electric Bass Guitar is a rock solid instrument with loads of versatility and style. With a bridge pickup that consists of two Jazz style pickups with the ability to split the coil for classic single coil tone, and a P-style pickup for a deep, high output tone, you can get virtually any sound you could ask for with the Diamond P5 Custom.