Metallica - Master of Puppets* (Bass Guitar) (Conference Proceedings / The Metallurgical Society of Aime) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Conference Proceedings / The Metallurgical Society of Aime | Publication Date: October 1, 1988

Matching folio to the best-selling album. Includes: Master Of Puppets * Battery * Leper Messiah * plus photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (October 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089524408X
• ISBN-13: 978-0895244086
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Really sloppy job, March 17, 2010

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B. Norbert (Budapest, Hungary) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metallica - Master of Puppets* (Bass Guitar) (Conference Proceedings / The Metallurgical Society of Aime) (Paperback)

I've gotten this book for learning Orion after being fed up with so many bad tabs on the net. Unfortunately it's a pathetic transcription, missing out on most of Cliff's fills. For example the 8 notes at 1:06 on the album version can be clearly heard to be different to what is in this book, and unlike the book says it's not repeated 6 times, Cliff is playing three separate variations to it during the six repetitions! What's in the book is what the guitars are playing! Does this author not have an ear?

And it's full of similar small mistakes and omissions for Orion. Ok, you might miss many notes if you're doing a quick and sloppy job, but how can you miss the complete bass riff at 1:45? Did the author thought that to be a guitar? And what it is clearly horrible, the complete bass solo starting at 6:37 is missing from the book. That's not a solo guitar mr. author, it's Cliff's bass!

So, I guess this book could be a starting point if you have the patience to correct all the mistakes in it, and I haven't checked the rest of the songs after my experience with Orion, but after what I saw in one song I think asking money for this one is a joke.

And they dared to print This book is dedicated to the memory of Cliff Burton on the cover. What a disgrace.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for experts and beginners to use., April 20, 1999

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[e-mail] (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metallica - Master of Puppets* (Bass Guitar) (Conference Proceedings / The Metallurgical Society of Aime) (Paperback)

This book is great for any skilled bass. I've just started playing for about 6 months, and Its helped me with my playing. It is a good buy, I strongly sugest it. Oh and Mark Phillips rules!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Cliff, July 25, 2000

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Derek J. Rouleau (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metallica - Master of Puppets* (Bass Guitar) (Conference Proceedings / The Metallurgical Society of Aime) (Paperback)

It's another album with Cliff Burton, what else is there really to say? Between Battery, The Thing that Should Not Be, Orion and every other song you can't go wrong. Cliff Rules!