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224- Mike Dirnt's Basses are INSANE

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222- The Legendary Bass Lines of Stu Hamm

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221 - My bass teacher was a NIGHTMARE!

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220 - 10 Things Mike Dirnt Can't Live Without

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219 - Fender Just Started a WAR… Are Basses Next?

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218 - From Thrash to Funk: Josh Paul Breaks Down Iconic Bass Lines from Infectious Grooves and Suicidal Tendencies

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217 - The Band the BROKE the Internet: Angine de Poitrine

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216 - This Pedal Made the Internet FURIOUS: The Walrus Mantle

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215 - Mike Dirnt and the INCREDIBLE Bass Lines of Green Day

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214 - EllenPlaysBass' Favorite Bass Lines

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213 - Joe Dart Breaks Down His Favorite Bass Lines

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212 - Bass Players to Watch in 2026

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211 - 2025 Bass Gear & Basses in Review – The Best and the Worst

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210 - The Top 10 Gifts To Get For The Bassist In Your Life

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209 - Danny Sapko and THE TRUTH

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208 - The LEGENDARY Bass Lines of Nathan East

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207 - The Top 10 Funk Bass Lines (According to Reddit)

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205 - The Legendary Bass Lines of Sean Hurley

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Have Fender Lost Their Minds?

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204 -The Fenders that Failed

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203 - Joe Dart and the INCREDIBLE Bass Lines of Vulfpeck

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202 - MXR Bass Synth: The Bass Pedal that BROKE the internet

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201- We’re Finally Talking About This…

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199- Bass Travel NIGHTMARE… what NOT to do!

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198- Our biggest bass struggles - the stuff we felt shame about

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197- Slap Bass Tone (6 Things Everybody Does WRONG)

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196- The Legendary Bass Lines of Ready Freddie Washington

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195- New Bass Day… all the juicy details

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194-The Darkglass Anagram: Worth the Hype?

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Live Q&A - All your questions answered about our biggest program

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193 - My new program: everything you need to know

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192- I dismissed Pino Palladino (The Truth)

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190- The Dark Side of YouTube

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189- I took a lesson from a LEGEND (and was disappointed)

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188- OK. Let’s talk about Giacomo Turra… and the bigger questions behind the controversy.

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187- Why MOST bassists are DOOMED :(

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186- Rating 10 GREATEST Bass Lines of ALL TIME (according to WatchMojo)

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185 - Rex Brown: The BONECRUSHING bass lines of Pantera

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184 - Berklee College of Music - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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183 - NEW 5 string arrived. It's INSANE.

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

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181 - Lee Sklar: The Working Bass Player

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180 - BIG changes coming to our YouTube channel

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179 - Writing 365 Bass Lines in 1 Year?... INSANITY.

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178- Rating the technique of Bass LEGENDS

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177- Record your bass (at home) and get a BADASS sound ($100 - $20K)

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176- Vintage vs Boutique? Don't throw your money AWAY

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175- Our Fav Bass FX Pedals (and Preamps) of 2024

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174- The 6 Basses that DEFINED the 1990s (why Fender is ABSENT)

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173 - 37 AWESOME gifts for bass players ($1 - $1000)

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172- Let’s talk about P Basses (and my Freddie Washington Obsession)

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171- My Health Scare and the MADNESS that prevailed

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170 - Our favorite amps & cabs in 2024

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169 - Is the Bass Amp FINALLY DEAD?! (In ear monitor takeover?)

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168- Why Headless Basses Suck

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167 - Dirk Lance: The ICONIC bass lines of early Incubus

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166- Was G&L Leo Fender’s biggest MISTAKE?

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165-Why learning scales is NOT the answer to knowing your fretboard

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164- Anderson .Paak’s Secret Bass Weapon: Kelsey Gonzalez

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163 - The Genius Bass Lines of Tony Franklin

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162 - 6-String Basses: Pros and (mostly) CONS?

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161 - Is Toxicity costing you the gig?

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160 - The HIDDEN Genius behind Bob Marley’s Bass Lines (6 ICONIC examples)

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159 - The Bassist Behind Blackstar: The Tim Lefebvre Interview

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158 - The Mount Rushmore of SLAP Bass

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157 - Human vs. AI ... is real bass DEAD?!

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156 - I was WRONG?!

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155 - The 5 BIG Mistakes I Made on My Journey Of Bass (it was PAINFUL!)

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154 - Jon Button breaks down his favorite bass lines

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153 - The 12 Ugliest Basses of ALL TIME

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152 - Why learning Jazz Bass SUCKS (5 reasons no one talks about)

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151 - Michael League breaks down his FAVORITE bass lines

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150 - The LA Bassist EVERYONE’S talking about

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149 - Are Short Scale Basses DEAD?!

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148 - The Undercover BASS ICON of ROCK: The Chris Chaney Interview

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147 - We Met Adam Clayton from U2 (it was OUTRAGEOUS!)

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146 - The Sean Hurley Interview: Behind John Mayer's Iconic Bass Lines

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145 - The Dark Side of Boutique Basses

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144 - Gospel Bass Mastery: The Justin Raines Interview

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143 - Are These the 5 Most Iconic Basses of all time?

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142 - The SCARIEST Bass LEGEND of LA? The Nick Campbell Interview

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141 - The ONE thing that TRANSFORMED my bass playing

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140 - Bass ICON for a NEW Generation? The Charles Berthoud Interview

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139 - The 5 Greatest Basses of the 1980s

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138 - Is this Mexico’s answer to Fodera? ($3K+)

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137 - Doubling down on ROCK / Dealing with H8RS / Why Spector Basses RULE with Daisy Pepper

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136 - P Basses are for OLD PPL?! / Ferocious SLAP technique / Finding Your Lane with Steve Jenkins

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135 - The Mysterious World of Bass Pickups (Explained!)

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134 - Should you go to music school?

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133 - The Michael League Interview: The Secret of Snarky Puppy

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132 - Best Gear of 2023 / SBL end of year round up!

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131 - People say Jazz SUCKS… We say it changed our LIVES!

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130 - Octave Pedal DEATHMATCH... $50 to $5k!

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129 - LOST POLOS / Scott's Album Breakdowns (Tone, Grooves, Solo's, Technique and More)

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128 - Holiday BASS Buyers Guide - The Gear you NEED Under $50!

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127 - STATUS CONFIRMED - Scott's Album Breakdowns - Tone, Grooves, Solo's, Technique and More

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126 - Risk, Reward and the SECRET to Motivation with Josh Paul

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125 - Scott DISAPPOINTS at a gig / New SBL HQ / Clinics vs. Masterclasses / Why Prep is EVERYTHING

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124 - Scott's Journey of Overcoming His Fretboard Woes

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123 - Oops... Scott bought a NEW bass, making ultimate CHEAP bass, Do BIG headstocks change the tone?