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How the Fender Bass Changed the World [Sheet music]

Jim Roberts (Author)
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May 1, 2001
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Jim Roberts was the founding editor of Bass Player, and now writes a column for the magazine.

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  • Sheet music: 208 pages
  • Publisher: BACKBEAT BOOKS (May 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0879306300
  • ISBN-13: 978-0879306304
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for Players & Non-players alike! A+++++++, October 15, 2001
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This book is extremely entertaining and educational. I have been playing bass over 25 years, and have enjoyed it completely. Jim Roberts covers a wide range of electric bass guitar history, and also identifies some classic albums and bassists as examples of electric bass history in the making. This is also a wonderful book for beginners, who want to learn how the bass guitar changed the sound and texture of music since the 1950s. Fantastic photographs and memoribilia throughout. I highly recommend it!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable history of the electric bass, October 2, 2001
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New to playing bass, I was thrilled to discover this book. Roberts doesn't assume any pre-existing knowledge on the part of the reader, yet even if you've been playing rock and roll for decades, you will learn a ton and have fun in the process. If you have any interest at all in the electric bass, buy this book. It covers the history of the instrument, its manufacturers, and its most famous players, in detail. Tons of great photos. Yet, the most important feature of this book is how it puts the electric bass in its proper place in the history of rock and roll--a far more important place than you might think, prior to what you'll learn in these pages. Not to be missed!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice collection of pics and info, January 12, 2002
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Jim Roberts really wrote a winner with this book. The pictures are great, but one picture in particular of a store display of three new custom color mid-fifties Precisions is worth the price of the book. Bravo.
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To overcome some of the problems poor strings cause, bass players used dozens of different tunings. Read the first page
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stringed bass instruments, flatwound strings, graphite neck, electric upright, electric bass, bass technique, upright bass, maple neck, bass player, bass playing, acoustic bass, jazz basses, bass guitar, new bass, bass sound
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Precision Bass, Leo Fender, James Jamerson, Jack Bruce, Elvis Presley, New York, San Francisco, Stanley Clarke, John Entwistle, Miles Davis, Bill Black, Larry Graham, Anthony Jackson, Chris Jisi, Joe Osborn, Music Man, Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Weather Report, Billy Sheehan, Darryl Jones, Fender Custom Shop, Guild Starfire, Jeff Berlin, Jefferson Airplane
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