BEAVER FELTON / SUPERCHOPS 4 BASS AUDIO SOLOS

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In the August 1985 issue of Guitar Player Magazine, Beaver Felton was chosen by Record Producer Mike Varney to be featured in the “Spotlight On New Talent” column. Mike also “discovered” dozens of other guitarists and bassists that went on to achieve Stardom, including Billy Sheehan, a somewhat unknown (on a national level) bassist at the time of his feature, 1982. Mike received as many as 500 tapes from guitarists and bassists from all over the world each month and picked the top three to be spotlighted. With this newly achieved international exposure, credibility, and recognition, Beaver turned his efforts to producing instructional materials from 1986-1993, a multitude which ultimately totaled 22 Audio Tapes, 7 Videos, and 8 CD/Book Lessons. These were released and internationally distributed on a handful of labels including Hotlicks, Hal Leonard, MVP, Metal Method, and his own series, entitled “Superchops 4 Bass”.

Both Beaver’s playing ability and the instructional course have received critical acclaim from virtually every major trade magazine in the US as well as from publications in Germany, Japan, and Australia. He’s also written over 100 educational columns, published in such international trade magazines as Bass Player, Bassics, Bass Frontiers, Guitar World, Guitar School, Guitar For The Practicing Musician, The Music Paper, Buzz Magazine and The Monitor.

The following short solos were recorded in 1986 to demonstrate the various techniques that were taught on the lessons as well as Beaver’s playing ability and style. These techniques included: Finger Style, Slap Style, Tapping, Chords, and Harmonics, as well as some less common “tricks”. Some of the solos focus on one or two specific techniques while others incorporate a combination any/all the above. The final solo was the one that impressed Mike Varney enough

A note from Beaver:

"These solos were crudely recorded on a 4-track cassette unit back in 1985-1986 but successfully characterized where I was, technically and conceptually, at that point. Clearly, the ‘Bar’ has risen dramatically since then, with standards that are increasingly higher with each passing year, but I remain proud of what I was doing then as a player and how my tutorials influenced and helped a multitude of players on six continents since then.”

Beaver Felton

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