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About the Bass-guitar:
The electric bass guitar is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. The bass is typically similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and scal
Equipment costs:
Low end Bass-guitar: £90
High end Bass-guitar: £1,800
High end Bass-guitar: £1,800
Accessories:
- Cables (Jack or Midi)
- Cases/bags
- Metronome
- Tuner
- Amplifier
- Plectra
Genres played on the Bass-guitar:
- Pop
- Rock
- Fusion
- Jazz
- Heavy Metal
Famous players:
- Jaco Pastorius
- Poul McCartney
- Sting
Famous songs & albums:
- Jaco Pastorius by Pastorius, Jaco
- A Show of Hands by Wooten, Victor
- The Sun Don't Lie by Marcus Miller
- Time's Up by Living Colour
- Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against The Machine
History:
In the 1930s, inventor Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington, developed a guitar-style electric bass instrument that was fretted and designed to be held and played horizontally. Audiovox's sales catalogue of 1935-6 (also featuring a solid body six-string
Type of Bass-guitar:
- Fretted basses
- Fretless basses
- Headless
- Four, five or six strings
- Double Bass (Acoustic Bass)
- Electric Guitar
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