Song: Soul to Squeeze
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tuning: Standard (EADG)
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Iāve been playing this song for a while now. Itās still not easy to play and itās not my best effort, but itās a really fun song.
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Yes! I really enjoyed that. Lotās going on and Iām sitting here thinking āItās rare to not have any slapping in one of their songsā. Then at the 3 minute mark. Oh right there it is 
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Nice job @Paul_9207 ! I like the micāed amp setup as wellā¦
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Thank you @Barney. Iām still trying to figure out slapping. Thereās just enough in this song to get excited about it, but itās not hard enough that I skip it.
Thank you @skydvr. I micād the cab and I also went DI out from my Zoom B6.
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That was great @Paul_9207! Youāre flying all over the neck and making it look easy. All around great playing, timing, tone, trills, slapping, very nicely done.
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Thank you so much!
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Really nice @Paul_9207
Youāre on fire this week.
Keep it up.
Such a good job, any āmistakesā felt like they belonged thereā¦and aināt that the point for real playing? Awesome.
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Thanks @John_E
Hopefully I can keep the forward momentum going.
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Awesome! This is really the only RHCP song I like and now Iām inspired to give it a try 
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Great job.
This bass line has always been a stand out for the way melodic bass can drive a song. Great job on a tricky one.
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Thanks @Gio !
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This might be my favorite Chili Pepper song. I never tire of it, even after listening to it a million or so times trying to learn it. I remember recording this to cassette off the radio on a āboomboxā because the only place you could get the song was The Coneheads soundtrack. I wouldāve killed to have Spotify then. I also remember how much I enjoyed @Paul_9207 's cover last September and thinking āIām not ready for thatā, and I wasnāt then. Maybe thatās someone else out there now, keep practicing, youāll get it!
Anyway, here it is, I hope you enjoyā¦at least the parts where Iām not trying slap and pop 
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Great job @dlamson13 !!!
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WOW, this was fantastic @dlamson13
really really well done!
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great job! sounded so good.
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I think itās the same for me. I actually did buy the Coneheads soundtrack on CD but have lost it over the yearsā¦ I had a lot of fun working on this one even if it had to be done in pieces over many weeks. I decided to go with the Flea bass (a must!) here and applied a black and white filter on the video as a nod to the music video.
Now to some other business, Iām getting frustrated with sync issues in these covers. Ever since I started having an issue with VLC not outputting video when Iām converting MKV to MP4/M4V Iāve been using Handbrake and it seems the video will start off okay but drifts off-sync as we go along 
I think I just need to start outputting directly to MP4 from OBS to avoid this snafu.
If you can forgive the sync in the later half of the video I think I did pretty nicely on the slap part.
Anyways, I hope you enjoy the cover!
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Nice one @cheeze_pizza ! This is absolutely right up there on the list of my favorite RCHP songs, and you nailed it.
My favorite part of this song is the fun little variation around 4:17, and it sounded great in your cover!
How long have you had the Flea bass and what do you think of it? I love the concentric controls, and while Iām not generally a huge fan of relicāed finishes in general, it just works so well on these and I even love the faded shell pink. I thought long and hard about one of these, but ultimately went another direction. So cool to get to hear you play yours!
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Thanks @fennario !
Iāve had the Flea bass since June 2023 and I quite enjoy it. Itās light-weight and has a great punchy vintage sound. The dual tone knobs also allow you to approximate a p-bass a bit better if need be. It has a vintage neck spec which I also enjoy.
As for the finish, I donāt mind the texture/feeling of the instrument but I feel they do go far overboard with all the dimples and raking on the horns. Road Worn tends to be more relicād than a Journeyman finish from the Custom Shop. Hope that info helps!
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