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Bass of the Week: AJR Guitarmods Piccolo Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: AJR Guitarmods Piccolo Bass

Last year we featured a gorgeous singlecut bass from AJR Guitarmods that wowed readers. Now, builder Andy Rogers has finished a new instrument in a different direction: a semi-hollow piccolo bass. The elegant model was built for his band’s bassist, Pete. “Pete wanted a bass that he could practice with, and sort new riffs out, on the settee without risking...

Zander Zon: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Zander Zon: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Zander Zon has tackled something new in his latest video – his first ever video game theme. In this video, Zander plays his solo bass arrangement for the theme for the game “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”.

Charles Berthoud: Reflections
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Charles Berthoud: Reflections

Charles Berthoud is getting a lot of attention on his new video. After watching it, we can see why. Here’s “Reflections” – a composition Charles wrote for solo piccolo bass.

Jesús Rico Pérez: Peace Prayer
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Jesús Rico Pérez: Peace Prayer

Jesús Rico Pérez is one of our favorite solo bassists around here. So it is always thrilling to see a new video from him. In this video, Jesus performs his composition, “Peace Prayer,” for piccolo fretless bass. Enjoy.

Charles Berthoud: Resurrection
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Charles Berthoud: Resurrection

Charles Berthoud builds a beautiful soundscape in this solo piccolo bass piece entitled “Resurrection.” The bassist makes the most of two-handed tapping and harmonics to create a shiny, ethereal song. “Resurrection” is the second track from his new album Charles Berthoud: The New Age of Solo Bass, which also includes three completely solo tunes, five tunes in collaboration with Jim...

Bass of the Week: Modified Rickenbacker 4001 Piccolo Sitar Bass
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Modified Rickenbacker 4001 Piccolo Sitar Bass

And now for something completely different. We recently featured a video by Indian music enthusiast and seven-string bassist Jason Everett. While a seven-string may be outlandish to some, he sent me some info on a special bass he modded to fill another role for his style. After being inspired by John McLaughlin’s guitar work with Shakti, Everett turned his Rickenbacker...

Zander Zon: Steven Spielberg Movie Medley for Solo Bass
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Zander Zon: Steven Spielberg Movie Medley for Solo Bass

Zander Zon’s appreciation for composer John Williams is on full display with his latest video. Zander took several of the Williams-penned soundtracks on Steven Spielberg films and arranged them for solo bass. I’m sure you’ll recognize each one, but here’s the list of the soundtracks performed in this video: Jurassic Park E.T. Hook Indiana Jones Schindler’s List

Zander Zon: Skrillex “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites” Solo Bass Performance
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Zander Zon: Skrillex “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites” Solo Bass Performance

Good news! Zander Zon looks to be well recovered from his recent injury and back to playing his incredible bass arrangements. This time around, Zander is performing an all-bass cover of “Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites” by the dubstep group, Skrillex. “The melody lines were what interested me about the piece,” Zander shares. “I thought it could work well with...

Replacing Lead Guitar with Piccolo Bass?
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Replacing Lead Guitar with Piccolo Bass?

Q: I am a high school musician in a relativly serious band with my friends, and we are about to make the transition into college. Unfortunately, our fantastic lead guitarist is going away for college, so rather than find a new lead guitarist, our frontman asked me if I would be willing to play lead guitar, since he’s seen my...

Zander Zon: Braveheart Theme for Solo Bass
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Zander Zon: Braveheart Theme for Solo Bass

For Zander Zon’s 50th solo bass video, he went back to one of his favorite movies for inspiration. Zander found the soundtrack for Braveheart to be “amazingly beautiful music”, and arranged the main theme for solo bass. For this arrangement, his bass is tuned B, Eb, Db, Gb.

Zander Zon: Kinetic
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Zander Zon: Kinetic

Zander Zon impresses as always with a performance of his tune, “Kinetic”, from his album, Saturn Return. As Zander explained in our Track by Track feature on the album, “The ideas behind this piece were energy, motion and dynamics, hence the title. I’m using [a] thumb percussive technique … as well as tapping and fingerstyle.” While we love the composition...

Zander Zon: Adele’s “Someone Like You” Solo Bass Performance
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Zander Zon: Adele’s “Someone Like You” Solo Bass Performance

In this recent video, Zander Zon takes a pop tune and makes it better, with a solo bass arrangement. Enjoy Zander’s own arrangement of Adele’s “Someone Like You”.