Here is my 50th cover on this thread ! I though that my favorite APC song would be a good choice for this.
A Perfect Circle - Passive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d4NCTxOyBc
This song is in fact a cover of an unreleased song from Tapeworm, which was a side project of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), with Maynard James Keenan (Tool, APC) and a few other musicians. So, this is some kind of a self-cover of Maynard James Keenan.
This song is on eMOTIVe (2004), which is a cover-only album. The t-shirt I wear is the one of this album. I love the two previous albums but Passive is certainly my favorite song really. Feels very organic to me.
There are several bass covers of this song, and my version is inspired by the cover recorded by Leo Düzey with some minor differences concerning the fingering and the bass line itself. I added a little break at 3:18 and modified a bit the line at the begining.
What I like especially with Leo Düzey’s version, is that he takes advantage of a strange tuning : C-A-D-G (just the E tuned down to C). That’s a huge gap between the two lowest strings but I really like how deep it sounds, and how uncommon and fun it is to play. Also there is a very different string tension between the C and the other ones, that’s someting to consider when playing, especially with light strings (40/100 here).
Greenie, Darkglass Vintage Microtubes clone (that I built from a Musikding kit), Bass POD Pro.
Now that I have 50 covers, maybe it’s time to create my video index post, so here it is.