slightly off topic, but what am I doing wrong that when I post a video it’s black with a red play button and not a thumbnail?
I always say I’m going to try and smile more, then the concentration takes over and well, you’ve seen the results 
Anyway, that was good for a quick ‘one shot’, well done 
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They do sometimes look like that, but as long it still plays when you click its fine
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Thanks! My band mate says if you see someone smiling, they’re working really hard at that. He says try smiling on purpose and see how it effects your playing
I’d agree but @howard introduced me to a bassist named Fami on YouTube and what I love most is she just smiles and has a dang blast playing.
I want to be the Chubby American male version of her 
I want to have that much fun when playing my music.
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Punk rocks … see what I did there . Great playing!
Great playing, @AndreaJayne!
GREAT song, @JustinAndSheba !!!
Great playing, @totyasrac! Now you’ve posted one, we want to see more!!
Josh should have created a module for bass face! Great playing, @MattyD!
Indeed it does! Great playing, @robbp!
Drop D rocks, @faydout!
Most excellent, @JustinAndSheba!!
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Thank you, @TheMadBassist!
Thanks, @AndreaJayne! We’re still working on precise how we play this song, and others. I keep telling the guitarist, more effects for more depth
Thank you, @AndreaJayne!
Thanks, @JerryP!
Yes, it’s a bit of an ‘oldie’, indelibly etched into my mind!!
Thanks, @saroohoo!
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Thanks brother! We need a bass face video! 
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Mine sometimes do that but I can’t figure out why 
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Thank you Dan!
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Kind’a rock on the fretless? Hell yes!
Evanescence - Use My Voice
Amy Lee, what a voice!
Sire V7 fretless, through the Ampero One, then on into GarageBaned.
I seem to have picked up a partial copyright block on this one, although I am unclear which regions. It plays in the U.K….
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It plays here across the pond. Well done sunDOG!
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Saturday is coverday!
Today I present the classic Brown-eyed Girl by the Dutch Irish artist Van Morrison.
The bassline is relatively simple - G C G D and lots of walkups. This track is a living tribute to walkups. This is good because it leaves lots of room to improvise the rhythms and phrases for the bassline. This is bad because you’ll never be 100% happy with what you improvise and you’ll be repeatedly re recording the bassline. I think I may have dithered over this for a couple of days before I said “Ed! Do your business or get off the potty” - and finally published. So you will probably see a couple of points where the video doesn’t 100% match the soundtrack.
The Rickenbacker was the perfect choice for the cover. All the amp sims on the Line 6 made the tone a bit too muddy so I just added some compression. I may have to invest in some kind of preamp - the Ricky sounds great through an amp but it can be a bugger to record.
Anyway: Brown-eyed girl by Van Morrison
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Nice work @sunDOG ! The fretless really works well with those slides - although it’s crying out for some chorus 
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The Steinberger does it again Great work @JustinAndSheba and I love your avatar of the parrot god 
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Very cool cover - but never call Van Morrison Dutch. He is Irish and will surely kick our Dutch asses, drunk or not!
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Thanks
I live I learn ! Adjusted accordingly
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Thank you, @JerryP. I’m curious where it doesn’t play properly…
It took a few goes at this to get to the point where I was happy with the slides - as with everything, it’s all about timing and duration. Re: chorus, I was having enough trouble making sure I hit the right notes, let alone clicking through presets
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I’ve had ones like this - if I play it just once more, I’ll get the perfect take…”
Great playing, @Ed!
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My first full song that I’ve learned. I added the song over the video of my playing so some of the timing is a bit sketcky but for first cover, not too bad?
Edit: Song is I Wanna Hold You by McFly
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congrats on your first cover ! not the easiest bass line for a start in the cover world
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