Flat back upright bass restoration project on carved upright bass
Broken Neck repair, New bass bar, new ebony fingerboard, new x bracing on back,
This was a big project from start to finish but the results were well worth the effort.
I also made and fitted a fingered C extension to this bass.
Jazz Bucket list. Jazz Albums Bucket list or albums highly recommended for listening . Heres a list of some of my favorite jazz recordings as you read through the list you’ll notice a pattern. I like a lot of hard bop jazz and groups influenced by that era. The list will be updated as I … Read more
Playalong downloads for Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines Jazz bass books are available through these links.
All Jazz Walking Bass Books books are now available from our website. Thank you for your patience while we update. More updates coming in the future. All play along backing tracks will be moving as well. They will be available for a free download. There will also be some other ear training exercises as well as … Read more
The Jazz Blues in 12 keys – A couple of weeks ago I started a blog post on Facebook titled A day in the life. The post focuses on what I’m practicing at the moment. As I often do, Ive gone back to practicing the blues in 12 keys. It really is a great way … Read more
What was going to be a routine update to our website ended up being much more. Oh well it was time to upgrade anyway. Over the coming weeks we will be expanding our new site which will be in more of a blog format. There will still be the Jazz bass resources : walking bass … Read more