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- Contents -

1. String Boiling Recipe
2. Eye Contact
3. Take the 5th (For Improv)
4. So Many Melodies
5. Speakers Up
6. Drum Machine Don'ts
7. The One-Chorus Solo
8. Set Up On the Hi-Hat Side
9. Imaginary Fingering
10. Got Phase?
11. Live Monitor Mix
12. Tool Kit List
13. Mental Games
14. Bend New Strings
15. Re-use Fretless Strings
16. Rubbing Alcohol
17. String-to-String Balance
18. Adjust Your Intonation
19. Location, Location
20. Go Low
21. Fretless Reading
22. Nut Height
23. String Trimming
24. Parametric Parameters
25. Bass Reverb EQ
26. Bass Tracking
27. Cable Discipline
28. Tweeter Adjustment
29. The Sound of Wood
30. Compress for Finesse
31. Dynamics vs. Even
32. Mirror, Mirror
33. Make Your Own Strap
34. 2-5=5
35. 7sus Chords
36. Gain Structure
37. String Height/Neck Relief
38. Adjusting the Truss Rod
39. Adjusting String Height
40. Fretless Practice
41. Fretless Pivot
42. A Fretless Don't
43. The LocTite Solution
44. No TV!
45. Steel Wool Trick
46. Two-Finger Test
47. Left-Hand Accuracy
48. Minimum Pressure
49. Pickup Balance
50. Shim the Neck
51. Warm Up Under Control
52. Bass Balance
53. No Thumb
54. Solo Shape
55. Drums Stop... Bad
56. Regional Neck Isolation
57. Pull-Offs
58. Memorization
59. Machine Chops
60. Interval Learning
61. Bass Solo Symptoms
62. Bigger Is Better
63. Natural Harmonics
64. False Harmonics
65. Imaginary 24th Fret
66. False Harmonic Trick
67. Left-Hand Muting
68. "Jumping Bass" Syndrome
69. Light Gauge Strings
70. Cable Infomercial
71. Working Out
72. Muscle Memory
73. One String at a Time
74. Another Fretless Don't
75. Ear Improv
76. Avoid the Salute
77. The Benefits of Playing Soft
78. Dampening System
79. The Palm Mute
80. The Barre Joint
81. Pinky Flex
82. Right-Hand Note Dampening
83. Record Your Practicing
84. The Extra Mile
85. Look at the Neck
86. Look at Your Right Hand
87. Ear Training Exercise
88. PC Board Spacers
89. Chord Tones Thru Changes
90. Studio Tracking Setup
91. Secondary Dominants
92. Static Harmony Fix
93. The Tritone Sub
94. Chord Tone Proximity
95. Boomy Room Fix
96. The 2x4 Solution
97. Passive Quirk
98. False Harmonic Technique
99. Diminished Chord Improv
100. Classical Posture
101. Appendage Time