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Issue 63 February2011

20 MATT MCJUNKINS:
A PERFECT CIRCLE
After dominating the low end for ASHES
dIVIDE and Puscifer, young bass phenom Matt
McJunkins steps into his biggest gig yet

Regulars Interviews
08 THE LOW DOWN 34 NICK PINI: HOODLUMS
Keep up with all the latest new gear, giveaways Meet the man pulling the double bass strings
and industry news … with UK breakthrough act the Hoodlums

14 BASS TO THE FUTURE: 36 ALEX BERSHADSKY

CHRIS BRITT We marvel at the awesome bass work of Alex
Introducing the talents of Chris Britt Bershadsky

16 TAKE FIVE: DAVE PAJO, 39 JIM BAGLINO, MONSTER

INTERPOL MAGNET
Interpol’s newest recruit talks us through his top Joel McIver takes a trip with hard-hitting bass
bass albums man Jim Baglino

18 BASSICALLY SPEAKING
We talk to bassists Ryan Clark, Yaron Stavi, Marc
Beste, Ryan Neff, Rob Jones and Andre Purvis

24 STU HAMM
As he prepares to release his fifth studio outing,
Just Outside Of Normal, Stuart Hamm sits down
to discuss all things bass

28 LIRAN DONIN: LED BIB

Liran Donin is at the heart of the action as Led
Bib return with their best offering yet

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 Gear Reviews
46 VIGIER
EXCESS II
This sumptuous bass
from French builder
Patrice Vigier boasts
intelligent construction
and superb tones

42 G&L ASAT
The revered ASAT model combines
impressive pickups with classic Leo
Fender style
Bass Techniques

Dave Marks:
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Welcome to Rhythm into 5/4 time.
and charging ahead
exploration of 3/4
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most commonly see
when playing in 5.
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Dave Marks is a busy
out of
bassist living and working
and recording
London. His playing
rage of bands
credits span a wide
Larry Carlton,
and artists, including
Albert Lee, Carl Palmer,
Paul
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
8th note pulse).
between pounding
out subdivision of our
Jr. band,
rock with the Rick Parfitt
grooves for Exercise 1
playing deep soulful
Ola Onabule and depping
for Bass Techniques
West End.
Thriller Live on the
playing,
Aside from his full
rs
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

Gear
are first- and second-tim month
e bars.
These can occur
at the end of a
repeated section
and signify that
the second time
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

50 MAYONES PATRIOT MR
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
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.

Designed in conjunction with Italian bass

74 If you’re stuck with
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refer back to previous
issues of Bass
Guitar Magazine,
or send me an
Exercise 5 email and I will
try to help! Many
of the past tuition
tips are available

virtuoso Maurizio Rolli, the Patriot MR looks to

on the Bass Guitar-X
website: www.
bassguitar-x.co.uk.

break the mould with some neat design features If there’s anything
cover, or if you
you’d like me to
have any questions,
email me on andrew@g
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See you next time.

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Regulars 66 THE
WOODSHED
Techniques
74 STEFAN
58 THE WOODSHED: OVERWATER REDTENBACHER
Chris May unveils the new Overwater Aspiration Funkyologies
Series
78 JANEK GWIZDALA
68 ESSENTIAL EFFECTS Tuition Tip: Reading Notation
The Electro-Harmonix Bassballs
80 ANDREW MCKINNEY
72 THIS GOES TO 11 … Modern Bass Improvisations
Alex Claber explores the standard specs we see
for bass amps and cabs 82 FRANC O’SHEA
Bass Beyond: The Tempered Scale
70 ON REVIEW
We preview the latest bass-related CD releases 84 DAVE MARKS
from the likes of Rudder and Led Bib Rhythm Section Development

72 TRANSCRIPTION 86 JON CLEMENTS

Bass highlights from Stu Hamm’s Just Outside Of Scholarship Diary
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