David Ellefson - Metal Bass: Speed, Thrash & Old School

2xDVD5 | VIDEO_TS, NTSC, 6000 kbps, 720x480 | English, AC3, 192 kbps, 2 Ch | 120 mins | 6.31 GB

Subject: Bass Guitar

Legendary heavy metal bassist David Ellefson of Megadeth reveals the fundamental skills required to play metal bass.

DVD 1 - You'll learn the basics like holding the bass, hand positioning and reading tablature.

Key metal elements like playing with a pick and your fingers, how to mute, scale basics, exercises, and alternate tunings are also covered.

Learn rhythms & timing, octaves & fifths, and how to create a great bass sound.

DVD 2 - David reveals his personal secrets to riff-oriented bass lines and rips through advanced chords, scales and metal bass techniques like the gallop, half step demonic tones, hammer-ons, and pull-offs.

Play the bass lines along with the custom drum and guitar backing tracks and experience how it feels to play in a metal band.