John McCoy – Bass known for his work with Ian Gillan and Mammoth as well as numerous other bands and sessions since the late 1960s. He also played in British rock trio Guy McCoy Torme with former Gillan/Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Bernie Torme and Bruce Dickinson drummer Robin Guy. Along with guitarist Vic Elmes and ZZebra colleague Liam Genockey on drums, McCoy…

Jaco Pastorius – Bass This is the album that changed it all. I was only 13 when this album came out and I was not any where near playing the bass at that age. It was some time before this guy appeared on my radar and I can’t recall when I first heard the name.…

Gary Willis – Bass I hear a lot of Gary Willis in the younger players like Hadrien Feraud but a lot of it is just Jaco on steroids (testosterone?). The use of ghost notes at this level of intensity is challenging and it is for that reason that I have tried transcribing a lot of…

Hans Glawischnig – Bass I am delighted to have found a Miguel Zenon recording that is not impossible to play. I have been looking at the charts that Zenon writes for several years now on and off and some of them are incredibly challenging to the point where I find transcription next to impossible due…

Geddy Lee – Bass This transcription was done the day after Rush started their tour with the new drummer so I thought, in celebration of their achievement, I would go all the way back to that first album from 1974. The transcription is actually an approximation as the bass playing on that first album is…

Gary Willis – Bass Transcribing is something that everyone who can read can do and it doesn’t have to be the 10 page transcriptions I do here. Sometimes, you just need to write something down to capture an idea that appeals to you. In this case, I heard an ending to an otherwise conventional Blues…

Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett – Bass I have played this 100 times on gigs over the years but never looked at the track closely until now. There is often a lot more going on with Reggae bass than you think. The emphasis on triplet feels is something I had picked up on but there are…

Carlos Henriquez – Bass This one is an excerpt and it is only a steer as there is detail that I have chosen not to examine as closely as I have other performances as I am doing this on my lap in an unconducive environment. I just wanted to get something down on this tune…

Hans Glawischnig – Bass I keep coming back to these Miguel Zenon charts because I love what I am hearing but these compositions are so intense that it is impossible for me to get a handle on what is happening for more than a few moments at a time. I guess that is part of…

Mo Foster – Bass I just did this because I am struggling with the heavy transcriptions at the moment so wanted something relatively easy to keep things moving. My kid brother was a massive Gary Moore fan (as was I, come to think of it) and we saw him live several times between us. I…