Bass guitar

that bass The horizontal bass has a vague history. Many bassists believe Leo Fender was the first creator of the horizontal bass; but, they’re not completely right. Though Fender made the “ Precision “ bass ( which was the first good sounding bass ) there were at least 4 prototypes before that. The modern bass was a grandchild to the seventeenth century double bass. The first notable change was in the nineteen-twenties by a man named Lloyd Loar, which at the time worked for a notable guitar…

titles, as a unit the group performed very well. The group includes Big Nick Riviera who had the blues tone of voice and occasionally accompanied the band with his harmonica, Mike “El Rey” Lewis who played the guitar, Rocky Heyer…

PART FOUR: Creative Process 381_CP_SONG 1: Can’t Stop I started with the guitar and formed a riff based in the key of Em. I transposed this riff onto a sparkly synth sound and could hear a strong bass line that would accompany it. I had three successful ways of approaching the creation of Can’t Stop. Firstly, completing a section and moving to the next before adding production elements. Secondly, having short breaks and returning to listen with fresh ears to recognize sounds that were not…

The Electric Guitar was invented in the early 1900’s. It was the new kind of guitar which sound through an amplifier, which is powered by electricity. Many brands soon made electric guitars of their own to sell, brands such as Gibson, Fender, Martin, etc. They had made electric guitars with a distinct style and sound. Some were common and affordable and some were expensive and rare. Many famous acclaimed bands and musicians…

tempo change relayed a very important message. In this song it is not a huge tempo change, like going into half time, but it just goes to show that even five BPMs can greatly change the emotional direction of a song or piece. In this piece the two guitars act as voices in conversation. They go back and forth using call and response, ether playing together or on there own seprit parts. When the tempo change comes in at one minute and ten seconds it helps setup the more somber and gloomy phase of…

sound goes back a long time, taking many forms. In the fifties, guitarists experimented with gain to overdrive their guitar amplifier, even poking holes in the speakers with pencils. Well before before loud overdrive/distortion effects became main staples of rock, distortion was used on electric guitars in blues. It was more subtle and in order to emphasize harmonics and enrich the bass tone to add great sustain sounds. Because vintage blues recording artists had little gear to choose from,…

The very first electronic amplifiers were made for guitars and the first guitar amplifier didn’t appear until the 1930’s, when an amplifier for the Hawaiian steel guitar was developed. Most people believe the first guitar amp was a fender, however some research suggests it was a ford, made when an electrolytic capacitor tube was made with a built in power supply that was now able to be plugged into walls. These amplifiers had terrible bass and treble and the only controls allowed for treble…

(PRS) with some of the highest quality guitars in the profession, but did you know that when amplifier designer Doug Sewell became part of the PRS team, the brand began to produce phenomenal amplifiers, too? That’s right—Dayton, Ohio’s music professionals at Centerville Music love the Paul Reed Smith Archon Twenty-Five amp, and here’s why. Versatility: This amp isn’t only for high-gain or metal musicians, even though it is a high-gain amp. No matter which guitar you use with this amp, it will…

that bass The horizontal bass has a vague history. Many bassist believe Leo Fender was the first creator of the horizontal bass; but, they’re not completely right. Though Fender made the “ Precision “ bass ( which was the first good sounding bass ) there were at least 4 prototypes before that. The modern bass was a grandchild to the seventeenth century double bass. The first notable change was in the nineteen-twenties by a man named Lloyd Loar, which at the time worked for a notable guitar…

wouldn’t be needing and boost the ones I would. An example of this would be my bass drum. I cut out any sound above 250Hz as I wouldn’t be using this. I then boosted at around 100Hz because this is where I wanted the kick drum…