We are delighted to be stocking the debut album from one of the UK’s finest solo bassists, Zander Zon!

Our most popular title, Ultimate Slap Bass has been released in a downloadable PDF edition. Customers can either buy the whole book for a cracking £9.99, or individual sections (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) for £3.99. Each download contains PDF files for each chapter, with all of the corresponding audio files embedded into the PDF for ease of reference!

The new book, Solo Arrangements for Electric Bass is on sale now! All pre-orders have been shipped.

The long-awaited book Solo Arrangements for Electric Bass is finally available for Pre-Order. The book is being printed this week and all pre-ordered books will be shipped before the end of the month. This is a huge book and contains some great solo bass music, including ‘The Simpsons Theme’, ‘Shape of My Heart’ (Sting) and ‘The Genesis Medley’. There is also a detailed history of the solo bass genre, an in-depth breakdown of the techniques needed to perform the pieces (with exercises and etudes) and interviews and biographies with all of the major solo bassists such as Michael Manring, Jeff Schmidt, Zander Zon and Stu Hamm. We’re also pleased to include contributions from Aram Bedrosian (’Space Opera’) and Zander Zon (’I, Resolute). Audio files for the book are available as a separate download, which is FREE.

In other news, we’re currently working on the first book in a series of Jamiroquai bass transcriptions. The first volume will cover Stuart Zender’s great bass work with the band on their first two albums, Emergency on Planet Earth and Return of the Space Cowboy. This book will be released early in 2011. We’re also continuing to work on the forthcoming Scales and Modes for Bass Guitar book, also scheduled for release in 2011. Finally, we’ve been working with Zander Zon on plans for a transcription book of his solo bass album Sonorous, as well as some of his solo bass arrangements of popular songs. Stay tuned!

Two more audio files from the forthcoming Solo Arrangements for Electric Bass book have been uploaded. This time, enjoy ‘The Simpsons’ and the ‘Stuart Hamm Style Etude’!

Recording has begun on the audio files that will accompany the forthcoming Solo Arrangements for Electric Bass book. Two complete songs have been uploaded for your listening pleasure: solo arrangements of Sting’s classic ‘Shape of My Heart’ and a medley of Genesis songs: ‘Blood on the Rooftops’, ‘Mad Man Moon’ and ‘Firth of Fifth’. Both will be featured in the book, which we are aiming to have released this September. Click on the Solo Arrangements advert below to be taken to the book page.

Enjoy – and please let us know what you think!

The Mark King Bass Book is now in stock! This great new title features transcriptions of ten great instrumental tracks recorded with Level 42 and four live bass solos! Also features a biography, detailed style analysis and an exhaustive bassography with pictures and comments contributed by Mark.

The Brand New Heavies book has finally made its way through the snow to us and is now available – you’ll find it under the TAB Books link. If you like the book, please let us know by posting a review!

The Brand New Heavies book will be available within the next few days – the heavy snow has delayed the delivery of the books. In the meantime, a free transcription of ‘Midnight at the Oasis’ (which we were not able to include in the book for copyright reasons) has been uploaded to the Bonus Content page. You’ll need to log in (or create an account if you haven’t already) in order to access it. Enjoy!

The next release from Bassline Publishing will the Brand New Heavies ‘Brother Sister’ transcription book. This book will feature full transcriptions of all the tracks from the ‘Brother Sister’ album as well as an interview with Heavies bassist Andrew Levy. Stay tuned for updates!