100 Rock Grooves for Electric Bass: Learn 100 Bass Guitar Riffs & Grooves in the Style of the Rock Legends

Master the Riffs and Grooves of The World's Greatest Rock Bass Players



There's no style of electric bass more immediate, more powerful, or downright satisfying to play than rock! 



100 Rock Grooves for Electric Bass is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Rock bass guitar. You'll learn 100 riffs and grooves in the style of 21 legendary bassists, from the early beginnings of Rock music to cutting-edge modern rockers.



Discover 100 Authentic Rock Riffs & Grooves for Electric Bass



This is much more than a simple book of licks. You'll go on a journey with some of the most innovative players ever to pick up the bass. These are the players who literally discovered what makes an amazing bassline.

You'll nail the groove styles of:



·       Early Rock Pioneers - John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Chris Squire

·       Classic Rock - Lemmy, Cliff Williams, Ross Valory

·       Heavy Metal - John Paul Jones, Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton

·       Prog Rock - Geddy Lee, John Myung, Justin Chancellor

·       Funk Rock - Flea, Les Claypool, Doug Wimbish

·       Grunge - Krist Novoselic, Jeff Ament, Mike Starr

·       Modern Rock - Billy Gould, Chris Wolstenholme, Mike Kerr



The Recipe for a Perfect Bass Groove



We all know a great bass riff or groove when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling? In this book, seasoned session bassist Dan Hawkins teaches the essential techniques needed to create an array of memorable grooves.



Electric Bass skills you'll learn include:



John Entwistle-style percussive techniquesThe jazz trick Jack Bruce used in Cream tunesHow to embellish your basslines with pentatonic fillsTips for both fingerstyle technique and playing with a pickThe articulation techniques used by the greats to make the bass part stand outHow to create solid memorable riffs that make a tuneAll the must-know arpeggio and scale patterns you needThe ideas that fuelled some of the greatest basslines in recorded history