Song 16 - "Come as You Are" by Nirvana

Nicely done John! Love the growl you’re getting on the low notes.

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Thanks. Yeah the Rick and the SVT amp mode in the VT Bass DI play nice together for sure.

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This song is near to my heart. Was one of the first guitar riffs I ever learned and I gotta say I enjoy playing it on bass more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qSizWa3XYQ

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Really great job here @dlamson13 !
Nice tone too.

It is a fun song to play for sure.

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Recorded this one a bit ago, but I did not have time to post… I’m not playing as much lately, I still lurk in the forum…

Come as you are - YouTube

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@Reo - Something seems wrong here.
Did you miss the drop tuning?
E string seems dropped properly but the other 3 don’t sound like they were dropped.
Tuning on this is DGCF

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Huh?… you are correct sir, I only drop the E, I didn’t realize that… no wonder it didn’t sound right, I thought that it was the effects… I’ll have to go back and try that tuning instead
Thanks!

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Alright so yesterday I quickly whip this video together, plenty of mistakes but proper tuning, certainly sounds different, duh! :crazy_face:
That’s when reading the music would have been helpful instead of just the tab, I could have also double check since I knew something was off… I am keeping that other one up also, as reference
Considering that I had not practice the song since recording it back in August, I was surprised to be able to play it whole fairly easily, blemishes granted specially at the end :woozy_face: there is progress after all

https://youtu.be/hoCyLwQb34s

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Something is now even more off with the tuning @reo. Even the low E string.

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Yeah sorry @Reo that sounds off to me as well :frowning:

Really? more off tuning.? I am using the same bassless track as most of us (I think) and I verified the tuning this time… I guess I will stick to standard tuning then :face_with_diagonal_mouth:
Could you tell off tuning in the crossfire one?? I recorded that in between these two, just wondering if there’s something else (different tuning of course but, I don’t know that getting DGCF using a digital tuner shouldn’t be that hard to obtain)
Thanks guys

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It definitely doesn’t sound like this.

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

Hey man, that’s why we are here. Post stuff and if it’s off you will get the help you need to fix it.

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Crossfire is down a HALF step- EbAbDbGb - and yours sounds fine
Come as you are is down a WHOLE step - DGCF, another half step lower than crossfire.

I slowed this down and got out my tuner to see if I could figure out the issue.
During the pre-chorus (22222222555555550 etc your notes are F, Ab and Eb - which means your E string is tuned to Eb and not D.
The very last note (9 on the second “A” string) is sounding as an F and should be an E.
This means you are tuned to EbAbDbGb and not DGCF.
Keep cranking those tuners down another half step.

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You can if you want, that’s what I did. If you start the main riff at the 5th fret of the A string instead of the 7th. You have to shift things around a little in the chorus and pre-chorus, and you won’t have the low D, but he only hits it a few times. I had to reach up an octave for those, but close enough in my opinion.

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it certainly doesn’t sound the same
@John_E thanks for taking the time to do that… I will play with the tuner again, I must be ignoring something

all right mates, I think that it’s in tune now :hand_with_index_finger_and_thumb_crossed:

https://youtu.be/NeJiP4sHTjM

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sounds MUCH better, and great timing.

I can ‘sort of’ play this on my bass uke, but the extra spacing on the bass hurts my fingers!

I just finished #2, so I’ve got a ways to go before I hit this one.

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There it is!!!
Well done @Reo

Nice job! way to keep at it.