Sounds great to me!
Well done.
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Here is my little attempt for this song :
- Tab used : https://youtu.be/NY-oWLwb0Zs
Lots of fun to play this (especially with the ghost notes), much less to video edit the thing (new OS, new workflow …)
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It’s crazy that I started practicing this almost 2 years ago and kinda gave up. Need to get back on it and playing in general. Hope you post something soon-ish.
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I’m not really doing the 50 Song Challenge, but I was looking for a song and “My Girl” was always one of my favorites.
The Temptations - My Girl
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Jesus @JerryP, you should have been an recording engineer. You more than nailed the tone here. It’s your superpower!
well played as always
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Thank you John! Your comments are always very much appreciated.
If I could go back in time I would do that!
Me too!
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Here is my recording.
I am still quite camera shy and make way more mistakes when the camera is rolling. So, a few missed notes and inconsistent note length, but I still like how it sounds.
I also really liked my tone for a change!
I do have flats on which have not been changed in a few years, and I have not cleaned the fretboard in a long time, so I guess the gunk does keep the funk?!?
I also played it only on the E and A strings (other than the intro), I don’t like how thin my D and G strings sound for this song.
It is just the P pickup, tone all the way down, and an EQ pedal (bass boosted a touch and treb down a touch).
All in all I really enjoyed this one. I obviously liked the ending, so I played an extra round of it!
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Really great job @y.farkash ! Well done!
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great!!!
nice tone and perfect timing and playing.
Bass a tad high in mix, if you care, but sounds great!!!
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Thank you.
I do like the bass high in the mix, as it is a bass challenge after all. Maybe later I’ll try to work on better mixing, as in closer to the original, but I am still way from it in my mastering of the software.
No doubt that this challenge pushed me way ahead in this regard already!
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I love this song! And it has enough variation so I decided to learn it note for note. Took a little longer on this so I could play it by heart which was a fun process.
I also decided that as I know it by heart, I wouldn’t take too many repeats with my recording, so this is the first take I recorded with a couple of flubs. I could go back and re-record it without mistakes but I don’t really feel like that’s the point right now.
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Great job Mmatt! Nice tone as well.
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Thanks. I’m using the Amplitube amp sim, so I looked for a James Jamerson preset.
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Sounds really really good! Well played.
Pro tip - when playing Motown tunes, put a piece of weatherstripping foam, or sponge, etc at the top of the bridge ala James Jamerson on the P-bass to get that deadened muting sound that these songs all have. It levels up the sound a lot (FYI - experiment with various foams - I use a piece of foam paintbrush, super cheap - and position, and check tuning).
Great job.
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I did that when I recorded my cover of September and it made a big difference to the sound, definitely gets it closer to that old school thump. Though I had to leave the G string open since my foam muted it too hard. It’s just a strip of the stuff I use to seal my window air conditioners.
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Here’s my version of song #9.
The Temptations - My Girl (Bass cover)
What an iconic song! I feel like I was smiling every time I played it.
I fiddled with the effects pedal until I found something I liked, but the icing on the cake was the Ernie Ball Mute Noodle. I was looking for sponge height dimensions to properly dampen the sustain and stumbled upon this little gadget. I’m glad I went with it - it’s perfect for this song!
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Great cover Professor! Perfect tone for this one.
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Nailed it!
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Thank you for your feedback! 
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