What ever it takes to make it work for you 
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Keep on Thumpin’!
Lanny
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Canadians have alot more religions than:
- Rush
- The Tragically Hip
- Neil Young
Just to name a few check out:
BTW-there are a few Nickleback tunes that I really like too. And how can we forget Stomping TOM Connors! https://youtu.be/UxJvrD80nJ4
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Great job as always brother
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Great job dude
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I know it’s Sunday but it’s still the weekend so I gave it a pass to post lol. This was really fun to learn. I like these guys.
Twenty One Pilots - Saturday
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I’m from Nova Scotia… Stompin Tom was a drinkin bud of my dad’s 
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Super funky 
Great job @BumbleJazz
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I love your tone here, the bass sounds massive.
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So it’s been over a year (maybe closer to two) since I’ve posted a bass cover here on this forum, and now that I’ve backed off playing with two of the three different groups I’ve been involved with these past couple years, I’ve found a little more time to relax and get back to basics (and having fun again)…. I didn’t realize how demanding and mentally exhausting playing music with others can be - not to mention that the older I get, the heavier my gear seems to weigh…
This cover is my tribute to one of my favorite blues guitarist who BTW was born the same year I was. Although he passed away at an early age, his memory still lives on….
Still Got The Blues - A Gary Moore Classic….
Keep on Thumpin’!
Lanny
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Just got home from work… THIS is the perfect wind-down tune… super mellow … love it. And amazing cover! ( subbed to your YT channel as well )
Edit: Also … great camera work
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Sounded great…nice tone coming out of your bass and that song was a lot of fun to listen to. Nice clean playing. Keep it up, dude!
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Oooooo…I like that song. Smooth playing. That was a pleasure to listen to.
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Thanks John. Totally agree. One of my favorite slower songs to play.
Thanks!! Appreciate the comment. Sometimes it’s the slower ones with fewer notes that are the most challenging to play….
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Sorry for the repeated cover of a song recently done, but heard @Barney do it not too long ago and my wife really loves the song, so committed myself to learning it for her, and posting for you all as well.
So this song had a few interesting challenges to learn. I first watched Barney’s performance, then checked some tabs on both Songsterr and Ultimate Guitar and YouTube. So, basically the song is in E minor pentatonic, and most tabs show it played on the low E string (notes: E G and A), but numerous covers on youtube are playing it an octave higher - and Harry’s cover on YouTube even plays a Gb instead of a G, but whatever).
Another interesting challenge for me was keeping the bass groove slow while everything else is cooking along, since I mostly play metal originals with a guitarist (oh yeah, we have a second guitarist and drummer now - had 2 sessions with them, we seem to be clicking nicely musically so far).
Third challenge was, when I would play it as written on the tabs, it sounded to “boomy” but, the octave sounded a bit too high to my ears - so did a little research, in live performances the bass player in one live performance was playing a short-scale bass and then that difference in tonal quality made sense. I suspect maybe the original was recorded on the higher octave with a octave pedal? I’m not sure exactly. Anyways, I wanted a fairly punchy and dirty tone for it, so this is what I came up with. I took some liberties playing the high octave for the first verse and chorus, then for second verse played as the tabs indicated on the E string, switched back to A string for the chorus, and finished 3rd part on the higher octave. Added a little fill before the second verse and finished the song with a little flourish for fun.
Fairly simple and fun song to play, I enjoyed this one (minus a couple timing mis-steps in the beginning… the minute the camera goes on, it really messes with my brain).
Equipment:
Bass: Ibanez EHB1505MS
DI: Universal Audio Volt 2
DAW: Reaper
Pedals: Darkglass Harmonic Booster → Darkglass Microtubes Infinity → Line 6 HX One → Zoom B1Four - directly in, no amp sim (the Microtubes has built-in cabinet emulation).
RipX to create stems from original song and remove bass.
So, without further adieu - The Black Keys “Lonely Boy”
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I feel seen! LOL ( this happens EVERY time to me… could play it perfect 6X… hit ‘record’ fingers go stupid! lol )
That was a GREAT cover
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That was great, @BumbleJazz ! Love the tones on your covers.
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Loved it, Bill. I hope you have time for more covers.
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Awesome cover @brik1970 !
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Why not just set the camera to record and play through the tune several times, picking the best take or even comping the best parts of several takes? Just thinking out loud.
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I thought of doing that at first… but to be fair (to myself)… I’m doing this mostly so I can see my progression as time goes on So … flubs are included… so I can see vids down the road without them (hopefully… lol)
Edit: part of that progression is getting used to the cam/recording
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