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by Todd Coolman. New Book and CD format! The ULTIMATE bass line book. Contains 23 chapters on bass line construction and other areas such as sound production, practicing, “special' effects, blues/rhythm, slow/fast tempos and time/feel. Review exercises included for each chapter. For acoustic or electric. Complete! This is a Bass Line Bible! 64 pages

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