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Two books I have used in the past (both are ancient):
Mel Bay Electric Bass Method (Mel Bay), 2 volumes
This is the granddaddy of bass methods. It's pretty complete but
doesn't get into licks much.
Carol Kaye Electric Bass Lines (Gwyn), I think it's up to six volumes
now
This one is heavy on sight reading. Her patterns are really funky.
The third volume covers extensive sight reading in all keys, I still
dive into it now and then when I need to feel humble. Vol. 4 has
the actual (complete)lines from some records she played on including
Joe Cocker's "Feeling Alright" and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations".
Two others that may be helpful:
Electric Bass Licks (Lucky7/Ernie Ball)
This is exactly what it says, a catalog of licks. They show it
in a fretboard tab as well as regular notation. Organized by key.
Some of the licks are super obvious, others are pretty hip.
Rock Riffs for Bass (Amsco)
Hall and Oates bassist T-Bone Wolk wrote this and it analyzes styles
of McCarteny, Bruce, Squire, Duck Dunn, Danko, etc. Also covers
early New Orleans, Memphis and Chicago bass styles. It helps if
you can already play as many of the examples are one and two bar
fragments from specific records, rather than extended transcriptions.
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I have a book called "The Improviser's Guide to Bass". It's
setup in a textbook/workbook form and, in my opinion, is the best
instruction book I've seen for *any* instrument. Starts with basic
theory, techniques, ear-training, interval exercises, positions,
etc and has an extensive glossary of transcribed bass lines and solos
from Jaco, Eddie Gomez, Alfonzo Johnson, Carol Kaye, Stanley Clarke,
and on and on. Loaded with useful exercises.
Don't remember the publisher, but I'll look it up tonite and
post more info on it later.
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