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NEWS
30 Dave Carroll’s You Tube
Triumph, Knaggs Guitars, Leo
Fender’s 100th Anniversary
On The
Cover:
Featured bass: 1959 Fender Precision Bass
Bass photo © Robb Lawrence 2009
DEPARTMENTS
15 Opening Notes
Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood and
Eric Clapton, X-ray Vision: Acoustic
Bracing, Chris Squire
24 Highlights from
The Gear Page
28 Reader Feedback
38 September Media Preview
Motor City Mayhem, Lenny Breau & Brad Terry,
Adam Rafferty, Exploring Jazz Guitar, Folk
Blues Fingerstyle, David Bromberg, Confessions of a Record Producer, Black Tooth Grin,
Battle of The Band Names
183 New Products
Gigging + Recording
46 Tone Tips From the Road
Peter Stroud
“I’m the Rhythm Guitarist…”
48 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Stick Men Bass Man, Tony Levin
50 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
You Know Him as T.B. Player
52 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Chops versus Groove
54 Guitar Tracks
Chris Scheidies
Rock That Bass!
Tech Tips
56 Acoustic Soundboard
Bob Taylor
Are You in Tune?
58 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Ampeg B-15-N
60 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
Stratocaster with Individual On/Off Switches
62 Speaker Tone Center
Tony Pasko
Your Signature Distortion
64 Get Wired
Evan Skopp
How Not to Play Bass like a
Guitar Player Playing Bass
66 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Effects Pedals for Bass
Vintage + Upkeep
68 Trash or Treasure
Zachary Fjestad
Bass Collection SB401
70 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Freshening up a 1962 Harmony H22 Bass
72 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Unsung Heroes of Tone: The Early Years
74 Vintage Vault
Tim Mullally
All you need is… Bass!
And Don’t Miss ...
78 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
A Walking Tour of Bass Lines
80 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
Fire Good
82 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
The Great American Sound
84 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
What about Bass Players?
200 Last Call
John Bolinger
The Bass-ics
190
1978 Rickenbacker 4001
Eye Candy
189 Guitar of the Month
1978 Rickenbacker 4001
190 Modern Builder Vault
Claudio Pagelli Guitars
