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Bogdan Radovic29th March 2014Excellent lesson and Great tone!
Glad you like the lesson Jaco!
Please let me know if you need any help with the material.
Jaco29th March 2014Excellent lesson and Great tone!
Aleksander Sukovic15th March 2009Great. Bookmarked, learning.
Thanks, Bogdan!
Piotr Kaczor14th March 2009Cool stuff, Bogdan!
- Bogdan Radovic14th March 2009
Thanks a lot for your feedback! Glad you like the lesson!
Those dead notes are very cool! New guitar btw?Funky, funky!
And great bass, is that a new one?
Yeah its a new one, I finally got an american jazz bass deluxe ash one, really love it so far! 
Nazgul13th March 2009Funky, funky!
And great bass, is that a new one? 
Sergio Dorado13th March 2009Nice funk lesson!
Pedja Simovic13th March 2009Cool funky groove Bogdan
AlexLion13th March 2009Cool funky stuff:)
kaznie_NL13th March 2009Those dead notes are very cool! New guitar btw?
ItsMe13th March 2009Thats great. I will work on my bass playing. Keep the funky stuff coming
berko13th March 2009i'm gonna jam with this, such a great melody and groove
Emir Hot13th March 2009Very cool groove Bogdan
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Hello GMC!
-In today's lesson we are going to learn how to play a Motown funk style of bass line. This lesson will cover the James Jamerson type of line that would be often heard in 60s early 70s records.
-This lesson will help you get in the "motown" groove and you will also practice techniques like string muting and playing dead notes in order to construct a funky sounding groove.
-This lesson is in the key of B major. All notes played will fit the B major scale.
-Key: B
-Tempo: 100 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Tuning: standard
-Difficulty: beginner/intermediate
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Am Fender Jazz Bass deluxe, equal mix of both pickups with added bass and middle on onboard preamp - then going to the nemesis (eden) amp with a 1x15" and flat eq there.
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson's feedback and in my instructor board at the forum.
Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun grooving in this one!
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