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Classic Rock and Blues Bass is a 64-minute guitar lesson taught by celebrated bassist Allen Woody of the Allman Brothers and Government Mule. In the beginning to intermediate video, Woody shares secrets of his electric bass playing style, demonstrates technique, and gives aspiring bassists real-world advice. Woody demonstrates thumb and index finger placement and style, circular picking, bending on the bass, and more. He discusses the pick versus fingers debate and he provides tips on how to buy a good bass and informs bass-playing students how to create a framework for the rest of their multi-faceted rock & roll band.