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![The Hex bass has a hexagonal shape with a shorter lower bout for easier access to higher positions – a design that is certainly true to the name Brute, as it is remotely reminiscent of mid-twentieth century Brutalist architecture. | Photo: Instagram Brute Bass Guitars The Hex bass has a hexagonal shape with a shorter lower bout for easier access to higher positions – a design that is certainly true to the name Brute, as it is remotely reminiscent of mid-twentieth century Brutalist architecture. | Photo: Instagram Brute Bass Guitars](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/uvodni.jpg?itok=8FQZNfbk)
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Story of a Hit #19: "The Sound of Silence"
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Milestones in Music History #54: Lonnie Donegan, The Man Who Shaped Modern Music
![A favourite target of criticism by all bass "professors" of merits – the thumb that is not neatly hidden behind the neck and is obnoxiously poking above the E string. | Photo: Artmaster A favourite target of criticism by all bass "professors" of merits – the thumb that is not neatly hidden behind the neck and is obnoxiously poking above the E string. | Photo: Artmaster](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/ArtmasterCz_Bass%20Course_4_smaller.jpg?itok=N6W8dQjT)
TOP 5 Bass Playing Techniques Forbidden by Academics
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Music is Not Rocket Science #3: The Myth of Happy Major and Sad Minor
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10 Tips for Musicians Who Are Missing the Boat
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Dreamstruments #26: Red Ant Stompboxes
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Bedřich Smetana: Dave Mustaine of the 19th Century?
![If you get a chance to talk to kind and charismatic Richard for a while, you will quickly develop a positive relationship with his instruments. You almost feel that this nice guy can never make or sell any junk. | Photo: archiv Santa Cruz Guitar If you get a chance to talk to kind and charismatic Richard for a while, you will quickly develop a positive relationship with his instruments. You almost feel that this nice guy can never make or sell any junk. | Photo: archiv Santa Cruz Guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/371839836_602632012070070_1326585232977675685_n.jpg?itok=Cnk_x-rK)
Legendary and Mythical Guitars #1: Santa Cruz Guitar Company
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Milestones in Music History #53: Tonto's Expanding Head Band, New Synths, New Sounds
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