New Guitarist Toolkit

Bass Essentials

Explore bass guitar through the lens of both blues and rock music

Bass guitar provides the rhythmic and harmonic foundation for pretty much any song. This toolkit includes challenging and engaging exercises for bass players of all skill levels, with lessons designed to maximize your fretboard knowledge, improve your chord comprehension, and hone your dexterity on the instrument. Explore bass guitar through the lens of both blues and rock music — from classic blues to classic rock, psychedelic rock, grunge rock and more!

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65 Lessons

65 lessons in 5 seperate packs, with full supplemental material.

58 JamTracks

58 custom play along tracks are included for effective practice.

4k & 1080p

All lessons are filmed in 4k with 7 cameras and delivered in 1080p.

Core Topics

Guided practice for the core techniques for developing guitarists.

Tabs & GPX

All tabs and notation included in PDF and Guitar Pro formats.

Lifetime Access

Unlimited downloads. Save all files and own them for life.

This Toolkit Contains the Following:

Bassist Practice Plan

Complete Course: New for 2021

Establish consistent and mindful practice habits for learning bass

If your goal is to become skilled at playing bass guitar, consistent and mindful practice will be critical to your success. In this lesson pack, veteran bassist Alex Scott takes you through a series of challenging but engaging exercises designed to maximize your fretboard knowledge, chord comprehension, and dexterity on the instrument. Each lesson will provide you with an in-depth explanation of a concept, followed by a guided practice session.

20 Lessons

4k & 1080p

3 JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this pack is to help you establish consistent and mindful practice habits for learning to play bass guitar.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Work on committing major scale shapes to memory.
  • Focus on several challenging 16th-note fingerstyle exercises.
  • Learn augmented and diminished shapes across the fretboard.
  • Learn how to count and use odd time in your bass playing.
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Blues and Rock on Bass

Complete Course: New for 2021

Explore the role of bass guitar in both rock and blues music

Blues and rock are inextricably linked throughout music history. In this pack, Alex Scott takes you through 15 tracks that showcase the best of both genres. You’ll begin with classic blues, then work your way into a fusion of the two styles. Throughout this course, you’ll also learn about the history of the two genres, and the role that that bass guitar plays in each.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

15 JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

This pack helps you understand how blues and rock music are linked and the important role that bass guitar plays in each genre.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Learn the role that bass guitar plays in rock and blues music.
  • Play over the 12-bar acoustic blues form.
  • Practice grooving over a variety of rock and blues music.
  • Apply your understanding of the fretboard.
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Bass Grooves

Complete Course: New for 2021

Explore new playing styles and jam along with 15 killer backing tracks

We’ve raided our extensive vault of backing tracks and found 15 amazing tracks that are perfect for bass players to jam along with — covering every genre from rock and funk to country, blues, R&B, folk-pop, Latin jazz and modern jazz. Join Alex Scott as he demonstrates a cool groove for each track, and guides you through the process of creating your own amazing bass grooves.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

15 JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this pack is to get you grooving on bass along with fun and engaging backing tracks.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Play bass in a variety of genres.
  • Come up with your own grooves and try new styles.
  • Use your understanding of arpeggios, scales, and modes to improvise bass solos.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Bassist Fretboard Roadmap

Complete Course: New for 2021

Never get lost on the bass fretboard again

Few things are more important on bass guitar than a solid understanding of the fretboard. In this pack, veteran bassist Alex Scott takes you through a series of 15 lessons and 5 JamTracks designed to maximize your fretboard knowledge and comprehension. Throughout this pack, for every two lessons you spend learning core concepts, you’ll get one lesson that lets you practice your new skills along with a backing track.

15 Lessons

4k & 1080p

5 JamTracks

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this pack is to give you a solid understanding of the bass fretboard and its relationship with music theory so that you can navigate the neck with ease.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Discover the relationship between the bass fretboard and music theory.
  • Learn about arpeggios, scales, and modes.
  • Learn the different positions of scales to connect the notes on the fretboard.
  • Start using chromatics and accidentals to add flare to your playing.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.

Bass Essentials JamTracks

2021 JamTrack Pack

Practice playing bass guitar over 20 awesome JamTracks

Get ready to get low with these 20 awesome JamTracks, designed specifically for bass players of all skill levels. In this JamTrack pack, Alex Scott covers a wide variety of genres — from rock to country, funk and even EDM. Players of all skill levels will have a blast grooving along to these professionally-produced tracks.

20 JamTracks

Stems Included

Tabs

Purpose

The purpose of this pack is to let you practice playing bass along with a variety of rhythmic structures, tempos, and music styles.

Focus

Presented by Alex Scott, we cover:
  • Put to practice everything covered in this toolkit.
  • Gain confidence as you try new playing techniques.
  • Improve understanding of music theory concepts by applying them.
  • Play solos and grooves in a fun and engaging way.
Included free with your all access pass. Own it for life, and download all files to your devices.
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