Bass Guitar Worship Blender

In this episode we interview Jesse Phillips, bassist at Church of the City.  Jesse is a talented musician with a great list of credentials (Church of the City, Chris McClarney, Christy Nockels, Aaron Shust, etc.).  But the coolest thing about him is his heart for Christ and a desire to build up others in the Kingdom.  

In this episode we talk to Jeremy Carriger of Short Circuit Electronics.  Jeremy makes some very clever replacement control plates for Jazz basses.  These are not your typical preamp control plates - in fact they are not preamps and are completely passive.  Find out about his unique products and his questionable-at-first product naming conventions.

This episode features new gear, a funny and true worship story, an experiment on if weight actually does increase sustain in a bass, and why everything is spinning around my head right now.

At the time of this podcast recording, we're a week into the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.  There are people on both sides that don't want war.  There are Christian brothers and sisters on each side that need our prayers.  This podcast, I share my feelings of heaviness on the situation and how it is impacting me.  

High pass filters are getting more attention lately by bassists, and for good reason - they clean up your low frequencies and help you to sit better in the mix.  Find out how this utility device reduces the bad rumble.  

It finally came after 2 months on backorder.  Yep, a new bass has arrived and it is awesome.  Learn about the new Ibanez EHB1005SMS.  Also, have you ever been surprised when a worship leader starts playing a new song during service that wasn't on the agenda?  Well, here's some basic hacks to figure out a part by ear - assuming the song follows much of CCM's common formulas.

Finally kicking off the 2021 podcast season, just in time for Easter.  It's a busy time when you play on 2 church worship services.  I give my Easter prep overview plus reviews of two new gear items I started using.  The first is iReal Pro, a low cost Band-In-A-Box alternative for the iPad and the EHX Nano Battalion, a cool overdrive/preamp that sounds great and is lower cost than most overdrives on the market.

Gospel bass player and YouTube star Travis Dykes is interviewed in this episode.  Travis talks about his playing style, his musical background and his secrets to his bass tone.  Good information you don't want to miss!

My new adventures with a short scale bass has me thinking more about ergonomic basses.  I discuss the models interesting me most, such as Ibanez, Torzal and Strandberg offerings.  I also do a review of the ForScore iPad app that is a perfect replacement to ringed binders of printed chord charts for bass players not blessed with a church using Planning Center.

I finally got to my long promised review of the Source Audio C4 synth bass pedal.  A also talk about my new adventure into the land of short scale bass.  In addition, a segment on 6/8 time and the misinformation/misunderstand regarding it - yes, reputable sources have it wrong.