Grant Stinnett is an American bassist notable for compositions on the bass guitar played as a solo instrument which use tunings different from the standard bass guitar tuning.November 13, 2014, Damian Fanelli, Guitar World magazine, Grant Stinnett's Solo Bass Tapping Masterpiece, "Born of Fire and Light" — Video, Retrieved November 28, 201407 AUGUST 2013, ARTIST INTERVIEWS, Bass Players United magazine, Grant Stinnett , Retrieved November 28, 2014, "...Colorful, great chops, great concepts, ascending are all words that have been used to describe Grant Stinnett..."FEBRUARY 21, 2011, JAKE KOT, Bass musician magazine, Aspiration by Grant Stinnett, Retrieved November 28, 2014Guitar Radio Show, Episode 41- Grant Stinnett, Retrieved November 28, 2014, "...One of the most talented bass guitarists since Jaco ..." For example, he performed using a D-Tuner bass tuned to C G C G for his tune Born of Fire and Light.November 13th, 2014, Guitar Aficionado magazine, Grant Stinnett's Solo Bass Tapping Masterpiece Born of Fire and Light, Retrieved November 28, 2014 He played the jazz standard All the things you are using a LeFay Singer six-string bass, with a special tuning from the low E to the high F instead of the usual B to C tuning. Kevin Johnson, June 11, 2011, No Treble magazine, Grant Stinnett: All The Things You Are (Amazingly Fast), Retrieved March 14, 2020 Reviewer Jake Kot in Bass Musician Magazine compared Stinnett to bass guitarists such as Michael Manring, Victor Wooten, and Steve Bailey, who play the bass guitar as a solo instrument, and Kot described Stinnett as presenting a "nice array of techno-adventures, ambient excursions, chord/melody playing", with good melodies. Stinnett's album G Money was released in 2006 when he was 17 years old.
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External links Born of Fire and Light, video on YouTube When She Smiles, YouTube video