Learn these AMAZING Bass Guitar Swells techniques (volume swells)

Bass guitar swells can be an amazing tool, adding texture and colour to your playing! Whether it’s haunting legato melodies or majestic sounding harmonic chords, using swells is super effective and a LOT of fun!
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[@ScottWhitley]

Download the free PDF worksheet here:
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[@robertotakahashi9950]

Thanks Scott! It’s the firs time I see instructional information on this technique.

[@fstopPhotography]

Thanks Scott.
More cool stuff to learn.

[@ScottWhitley]

Cheers, Greg - you're very welcome! :)
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[@markbass354]

GOOD VIDEO LIKE ALWAYS
THANKS SCOTT

[@ScottWhitley]

Thank you, Mark! Hope you're well.
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[@eugenechek7288]

Very cool, as always.

[@ScottWhitley]

Thanks, Eugene - much appreciated!
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[@ErixSamson]

very interesting

[@ScottWhitley]

Cheers, Eric.

[@GospelBluesMan]

What about using a volume pedal for swells? I used one for electric guitar but not tried on a bass .

[@ScottWhitley]

Good call and it would work really well. For me personally I like the idea of being able to pull this technique out at any time (ie. not needing to have the volume pedal with me) but more to the point (and more honestly lol) I could never seem to get the coordination together with a pedal. 😂 To be fair I didn't really practice using one very much, but even so - definitely not something I had a natural aptitude for. :)