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• Bassist Wants to Play Pop and Rock

  by Milton Chavez September 30, 2019
  Having fun going over bass lines to songs by Boston, Fleetwood Mac, 38 Special. Ordered Band in a Box to explore various styles of playing over a set chord progression in various keys. 

• 6 string Bass in the shop. Using four string backup bass.

  by Milton Chavez June 11, 2019
  Some how I broke the mid range push/pull control switch pot on my Ibanez GVB-36 6 string bass. The Guitar Infirmary in Auburn, IN is addressing this issue, a fret leveling issue and a bad barrel connector issue. Connector and fret leveling tasks are done. Just need to wait on the push/pull pot which...
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• My Bass Player Practice, Rehearsal and Performance routine.

  by Milton Chavez April 22, 2019
  This is the routine I use when learning a new piece of music. If you have a routine, please share as I could learn something from you. 1. Obtain standard notation sheet music or chart (chords and lyrics) in the key to be performed. 2. Obtain recording of selection of music to be performed for my T...