Hal Leonard has set a November 4 release date the "Megadeth Bass Anthology", featuring 20 of the finest from these thrash masters, with David Ellefson's awesome bass lines transcribed note for note with tab.Featured songs: * Countdown To Extinction* Dawn Patrol* Five Magics* Hangar 18* Head Crusher* Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due* In My Darkest Hour* My Last Words* 99 Ways To Die* Peace Sells* Sleepwalker* Sweating Bullets* Symphony Of Destruction* Take No Prisoners* Tornado Of Souls* A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)* Train Of Consequences* Trust* Wake Up Dead* YouthanasiaIn a 2010 interview with Bass Player magazine, Ellefson stated about his technique: "I'm not a hacker and slasher; my action is fairly low and I'm very meticulous and in control. I play with a pick predominantly, while muting the strings at the bridge to varying degrees with my palm. I hold the pick between my right thumb and index finger and sometimes my index nail hits the string slightly ahead of the pick, which gives the note a double-percussive attack. At the end of the night my nail is shaved down and I've even drawn blood, but hey, it's rock & roll. I strike the strings midway between the pickups, and I use butterfly up-and-down strokes."In the left hand, I basically use a one-finger-per-fret; my old Mel Bay books taught me to keep my thumb down behind the neck and play with my fingertips there's not as much flesh on the string, which results in very defined, clear notes. Occasionally, I'll pluck with my alternating index and middle fingers, like on the song 'Trust'. I learned how to slap, but I never use it; I did do some tapping on 'Take No Prisoners', and I played some harmonics on 'Poison Was The Cube' [all from 'Rust In Peace']."Overall, I'd say 50 percent of MEGADETH's sound comes from righthand technique. I pick, mute, and phrase the same way as the guitar players. For example, Dave [Mustaine] often upstrokes his root-5th power chords so the 5th comes first; I do that, too, to match him. It's those nuances and subtleties that set us apart from anyone else attempting our music."
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