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The SBL Podcast

182 - 5 ICONIC Bass Lines that use EVERY. LAST. FRET.

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Scott's Bass Lessons, Bass Guitar, Bass, Online Bass Lessons, Education, Music Interviews, Electric Bass, Music, Sbl

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Ready to stretch out beyond your usual comfort zone? In this episode, Scott and Ian explore five epic bass lines that make full use of the fingerboard. We're talking top to bottom, end to end. Along the way, you’ll pick up tips on fretboard visualization, targeting key notes, and making the entire neck feel like home. These riffs aren't just cool. They're a masterclass in using the whole instrument. PS. If you're a member and you'd like to download the workbook for this lesson just click the ...

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0:00.0

Oh, yes.

0:06.0

Stuart Zender, getting up on that dusty ends.

0:20.0

So dude, we're looking, we're going to be using the Tocles. Stuart Zender, getting up on that dusty end.

0:26.4

So, dude, we're looking, we're going to be using the entire fretboard today.

0:29.4

Oh, look at this thing.

0:32.5

Oh, are you blowing the dust off?

0:34.9

There's no dust on this, dude.

0:37.9

That's one thing.

0:39.3

That is a pet peeve of mine.

0:42.2

When people call this up here, the dusty end.

0:43.4

I hate that.

0:46.1

Like, oh, the dusty end, because you never play it up there.

0:48.4

There's so many reasons to play up here.

0:50.5

Said all of the people that never play up there.

0:57.7

There ain't no play that plays up here and use that term. That is right. That is right. It's true. I feel like most professional base players I know too, like really want to have

1:03.1

the entire fingerboard at their disposal, right? So that you can use all of it when you need to.

1:09.3

Yeah. And we're going to be getting into some awesome, like, tips and tricks as well today.

1:13.8

Like how to, like visualization of the fretboard or at least visualization of target points

1:19.8

on the fretboard as well, like super nerdy stuff.

1:22.4

So if you're a nerdy base playing, you want to get better at playing over the entire

1:25.8

fretboard.

1:26.7

You're in the right place.

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