Bass Instruction Book Suggestions

[Bass_In_Yer_Face]

Facing redundancy for the 5th time in 12 years (IT was a big mistake to get into), I have had to cancel my bass lessons for the moment and I am attempting to keep my skills up together until I get another job.

I am looking for a good suggestion for a book with tablature in for practicing. When I first started playing bass I was using Stuart Clayton's 'Crash Course Bass' book but even the advanced stuff is too easy now so I am looking for intermediate level stuff.

Anybody got any suggestions?

[2wheeler]

I haven't got suggestions but I want to see what comes up here because I have just lost my teacher too. He (geoffbassist here in cyber-basschat) has gone full-time with his performing work.

[blamelouis]

Jimmy haslips book on scales and modes is great,
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melodic-Bass-Library-Jimmy-Haslip/dp/0757977502/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197394180&sr=8-10"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melodic-Bass-Libra...180&sr=8-10[/url]

Also Gary Willis and his book on fingerboard harmony is also superb shows you how to play basslines in one position without shifting by harmonically openung up the fingerboard,
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmony-Bass-Gary-Willis/dp/0793560438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197394276&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmon...4276&sr=1-1[/url]

And theres a great exercise book called fitness for bass which will KILL your left hand but five fret stretches will become second nature !
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Fitness-Exercising-Josquin-Pres/dp/0793502489/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197394484&sr=1-16"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Fitness-Exerc...484&sr=1-16[/url]

Well these three books have kept me going for the last two years Lol !

[Krysbass]

[Also Gary Willis and his book on fingerboard harmony is also superb shows you how to play basslines in one position without shifting by harmonically openung up the fingerboard,
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmony-Bass-Gary-Willis/dp/0793560438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197394276&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmon...4276&sr=1-1[/url]

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