Song 10 - "With or Without You" by U2

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Nice job getting back in the saddle @JDDaniel !!
So somewhere mid song you started bobbing your head a bit, and then a little more and more, and even ‘bobbing’ your whole body. And guess what happened? - Your timing got even better!
The beginning of the song felt the tiniest bit rushed and I think it was cause you were nervous/scared of the tune. But once you started feeling the song, it all locked in.

It’s hard (especially trying to record cause nerves take over) sometimes to remember to feel the song and enjoy it. As soon as you started enjoying it, I could hear it in your playing. Even something as simple as this repetitive riff (which, is not simple to keep going for so long btw).
Long story longer - great job, let the music help you make the music!

Can’t wait for your next one.
Love that bass!

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Great work (and that is a meaty sound from that Stingray!)

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Great job on this @JDDaniel ! That Stingray looks and sounds wicked :metal:

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Nice work @JDDaniel ,
The more you got into the song the better you’re groove was, loved the finger work on both hands, sure the mix can improve but all in all, very nicely played ,
Cheers Brian

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Hey all, happy it’s the weekend and I can get some quality bass time in. Here’s my U2 take. It’s a simple one, but still a lot to learn from it and fun to chug along with. 10 down 40 to go!
https://youtu.be/cEQA5B1sUpE

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Excellent! Not much else to say!!

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This song is now part of my warmup / warm down routine.
Nice cover :+1:

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Thanks John!

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Thanks Barney! I try to keep a lot of these songs in my practice rotation too, this ones definitely good for warming up the right hand and locking in a tempo

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Great job @dlamson13 ! Nailed it with the tone as well.
:+1:

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Nice job @dlamson13 ,
Cheers Brian

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Thanks @JerryP!

Threw in a little extra mid-range on this one.

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Thanks Brian!

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Chugga chugga choo choo. Going to take @John_E 's advice from last year (I wish I saw this earlier).

P: 100%, J: 100%, Tone: 25%, running through SansAmp Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig, Flat EQ, Softone Saturation Plugin

:metal:

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Fantastic job @RoyB !!
Great playing and great tone, great groove,
keep ‘em coming…

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Skimming this thread is pretty interesting. Now I can’t decide if I want to do it the JT way, the big Al way, or the Josh way….

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Do it the @doylecb way!

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Great advice! I guess we’re gonna see how I feel tomorrow

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https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/802753375/privacy

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I don’t have a submission yet, but I’m looking at some U2 vids of this and I can hear 2 different versions of this song. One where there are no slides (Most live performances), and one where after the 4th note he slides back into the 1st (The studio song linked at the top of this thread.)

Songster has this version

but some crazy person put slides everywhere but the fingering looks like it would lend better to a slide from 3rd to the 10th fret.

I’ve installed TuxGuitar to see if I can edit the file and remove those silly slides. I may do 2 takes, one in this format and one with the sheet from the 50 song Challenge folder.

EDIT: Here is the new tab with the single slide after the 3rd fret. I’ll submit this to Songsterr as an alternate revision.

With or Without You - slides removed.pdf (37.8 KB)

2nd Edit.
Now on Songsterr