Post your covers! (2024)

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 :rofl:
Anyway, that was good for a quick ‘one shot’, well done :slight_smile:

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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 :rofl:

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 :grin:

I want to have that much fun when playing my music.

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Punk rocks … see what I did there :rofl:. 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 :rofl:

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! :sunglasses:

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Mine sometimes do that but I can’t figure out why :thinking:

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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 :wink:

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The Steinberger does it again :slight_smile: Great work @JustinAndSheba and I love your avatar of the parrot god :parrot: :+1:

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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 :slight_smile:

I live I learn ! Adjusted accordingly :slight_smile:

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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 :rofl:

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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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUNawLdU6rw

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congrats on your first cover ! not the easiest bass line for a start in the cover world :slight_smile:

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