Learn from Great Bass Guitar Teachers

Jon Dostou is a contemporary composer, arranger, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has been making music on stages around the United States for many years. From 2018-2020 he served as the Music Director for Northern California's Premier Party Band, Superbad, headlining shows throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

🎸 Hi everyone! My name is Maksym, and I’m a bass and guitar player from Ukraine. I have extensive experience performing with cover bands, orchestras, and artists, including Parfenyuk and Olya Polyakova. In addition to my performance career, I have many years of teaching experience working with students of different ages and levels — both online and in music schools.

Cord J. L. Breuer M.M. Ed. is a distinguished music educator and band director with a rich background in music. He’s a graduate of the Sioux City, IA West High, West Middle, and Smith Elementary School Band programs, where he was a 6-time Iowa All-State Band member, 2008 Honor Band of America trumpet section member, and a member of a featured 2007 Bands of America Percussion…

Lee Quick teaches acoustic guitar, electric guitar, songwriting, bassoon, music theory and live performance, using a holistic and minimalist musical approach. Lee has also led week-long seminars in acoustic guitar, music theory and songwriting for the National Guitar Workshop summer programs in New Orleans, Austin, Chicago and Nashville.

Ryan Schindler is the Los Angeles Regional Director of the California Bluegrass Association and has helped many students though his weekly bluegrass jam, private lessons, and in writing books to help students progress quickly (i.e. The Golden Standard or Bluegrass Guitar - How to play Fast NOW). Ryan grew up in upstate New York playing in rock and jazz bands.

Tom Arbaugh is an established musician and teacher who has been playing guitar, bass guitar, and double bass for over 20 years. He has played double bass in concert halls, including Benaroya Hall (home of the Seattle Symphony) for the 2006 and 2007 seasons of the hybrid student/professional Symphony Orchestra, toured Europe with jazz ensembles and wind ensembles over the summer of…

I have been teaching guitar for over 15 years. I started teaching when I was in college, teaching my friends around the dorms. I grew up playing in bands as soon as I picked up the guitar. That's why I love teaching. I remember how good it felt to learn an instrument when I was a teenager.

I am a fulltime teacher/performer outside Philadelphia, PA USA. I have performed and recorded with Neil Sedaka, American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, Simon Kirke, drummer with Bad Company, world class jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno. I am the first call guitarist at The Hershey Theatre, Hershey, PA for their national tours of Broadway shows and have been for 20 years.

What started as a childhood fascination with the guitar grew into a lifelong pursuit of music. I picked up the bass in middle school and high school, but it wasn't until I found myself living in New York City that I began seriously studying and performing on the instrument — diving deep into jazz, blues, and funk and never looking back.