Contents

Issue 62 January 2011

EXCLUSIVE!
22 SCOTT THUNES
Mike Flynn chats to bassist Scott Thunes following
his recent return to the Zappa family fold

Regulars Interviews
08 THE LOW DOWN
Keep up with all the latest new gear, giveaways
and industry news …

14 BASS TO THE FUTURE:

MIKEY HURST
Introducing Mikey Hurst of Intraverse

16 TAKE FIVE: JOHN GARRISON

John talks us through his top bass albums

18 BASSICALLY SPEAKING
We talk to Hamish Fingland, Mark Brown,
Joe Harvey, Alessandro Sicardi, Dave Pybus,
Patrick Dahlheimer and Calvin Roffey

28 MICHAEL MANRING
We talk with one of the bass world’s most
profound innovators

38 BILL CLEMENTS
Michigan resident, Bill Clements, shares the story
behind his unique left-handed tapping approach
34 WAYNE NUNES & PERRY MELIUS
40 DAVID HULL Find out what makes one of the UK’s most revered
US session ace David Hull reveals his rock roots rhythm sections tick

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 Gear Reviews
42 WARWICK
CORVETTE NT
LTD 2010
Touted as a ‘Jazz Bass time
machine’, we road-test
Warwick’s most recent
limited-edition

46 SCHECTER ULTRA
Joel McIver auditions this retro rocket
from Schecter Guitars

Bass Techniques

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exploration of 3/4
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bottom shows the
the number on the
Carrack and many
others. time signature (remember,
is spread pulse, we use a 5/8
At the minute, his time If we have an 8th-note
out 8th note subdivision of our
pulse).
between pounding
Jr. band,
rock with the Rick Parfitt
grooves for Exercise 1
playing deep soulful
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for Bass Techniques
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playing,
Aside from his full
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teaching and Rhythmmatte
Dave
masterclass schedule, per bar. taking place onstage.
web presence, five quarter notes The length
maintains a heavy
In 5/4 time, we count of this may not
be the same every
site and
blogging on his own time, so a repeated
channel section such as
keeping his Youtube this allows the
music to continue
content.
stocked up with fresh for as long or as
www.davemarks.com using these smaller short as required
parts and counted or that time.
into smaller composite pattern of the groove
can be broken down 3. Usually, the accent
Many odd time signatures as a composite of either 3 & 2 or 2 & First- & Second-
felt systems is most appropriate.
Exercise 2
‘cells’. 5/4 is most often of these counting Time Bars
will determine which The final repeat
the flow of the melody marks this
are first- and second-tim month
e bars.
These can occur
at the end of a
repeated section
and signify that
the second time

Gear
through there
is a different ending.
The
the more common 3 &
2 feel. question are bracketed bars in
examples will use off with a
All of this month’s number above
them. The first-time
bar is to be played
the first time,
then you repeat
back to the start
of the repeat mark.
The second
time through you
Exercise 3 miss out the
first-time bar, jump
over this, and
of ‘Take Five’ go straight to the
Fig 1: In the style feel and uses strong second-time bar
has a bouncing swing and carry on. These
classic ‘Take Five’. It simple and can be used in
of Dave Brubeck’s to keep the part harmonically conjunction with
This groove is reminiscent root–fifth pattern here multiple repeats,
and 5. I’ve used a simple and you can, in
accents on beats 4 time bar, or more,
fact, have a third-
feel.
reinforce the 3 & 2 get quite confusing!
although this can

EXERCISES
in association with The first few exercises
are written in
compound time
signatures to give
you more practice
with these new
Exercise 4 time feels. As ever,
count out the
subdivision and
go slowly to start
to you with. The best
Dave’s column is brought plan when reading
RhythmMatters music with repeats
in association with is to scan over
www.rhythmmatters.co.uk the entire piece
first, work out
which bits are
repeated and where

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to go back to. This
MaGazine
is often referred
92 Bass Guitar 13/09/2010 10:42 to as the ‘geography
’ or ‘route map’
of the piece –
it is really helpful
know where you to
are going.
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refer back to previous
issues of Bass
Guitar Magazine,
or send me an
Exercise 5 email and I will

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cover, or if you
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See you next time.

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Regulars 78 ANDREW MCKINNEY

Tuition Tip: Reading Notation
62 THE WOODSHED: ZON
GUITARS 80 JANEK GWIZDALA
We take a trip behind the scenes at Zon Guitars
Modern Bass Improvisations
54 MESA BOOGIE M3 CARBINE
COMBO 68 ESSENTIAL EFFECTS 82 FRANC O’SHEA
The latest offering from US bass giants Mesa The Way Huge Swollen Pickle MkII
Boogie Bass Beyond: The Tempered Scale
70 THIS GOES TO 11 …
56 MARKBASS EFFECTS PEDALS Alex Claber explores the science behind polar 84 DAVE MARKS
We get to grips with the Italian company’s response Rhythm Section Development
Riverbero, Compressore, Distorsore and Super
Booster 72 ON REVIEW 86 JON CLEMENTS
We preview the latest bass-related CD and DVD Scholarship Diary
releases from the likes of Janek Gwizdala and
Sarah Gillespie

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