Funny thing on this song…I can play the guitar part to it but don’t know the bass part!
Awesome job @akos. I’ve done this one, but not uploaded it yet. I love that Bass, it’s my ultimate dream to own a Duff McKagan bass.
@John_E - I also found this one quite tricky, despite its apparent simplicity…I struggled with the bit where the guitar solo is.
Here is mine…
same Fender CS ‘61 P-bass, Labella 760M strings, tone about 50% mark.
This time I went through the Fender Studio Amp and used their SVT sim via the XLR post output into the Focusrite and then Abelton. Ain’t perfect, but I really dislike this song and just wanted it done…haha. As I mentioned in another thread, I used 1 finger to pluck mostly throughout to try to keep the intensity/consistency of the pluck even. Not something I normally do.
Looks and sounds great John. Well done! I didn’t pick up on anything going wrong at all. And that bass sounds great. Almost upright sounding. I like this song, but I know there will be some in the 50 I don’t like for sure.
Nice bass!!!
Thanks, yes I keep leaning more and more to that upright sound, drawn to it.
You guys are setting the bar quite high, @akos and @John_E… I’m not as familiar with this song as I am with “Another Brick in the Wall”, so it will take me a lot of practice to learn this one. Also, the original bass line almost sounds like it was played on a double (upright) bass, and I’ll need to figure out how to get that tone as well…
Just buy an upright bass. Easily solved.
There are ways to try and emulate an upright, but I wouldn’t stress that for this purpose unless you really want to. Here are some tips if you choose that path.
Nice Job John, @John_E.
You nailed the tone and hit every point
Not a fan of the song either, not sure if i will cover this one??
i might have a play through and see what i think??, if i do decide to do it, it will only be to encourage others.
Cheers Brian
Cheers Brian
I’m going to try to do all of them, even if I don’t like it. I didn’t like all of the songs in the B2B course, but I consider everything I learn as adding to my toolbox. Might not like the song, but will still get something useful out of it I’m sure.
Yeah that’s how I’m approaching these as well. This song is good for practicing fretting hand muting (if you choose to mute the 8th notes with your fretting hand), and that part at the guitar solo is a nice finger stretch (if you choose to do it with 1FPF, and have small hands like me).
Great job @John_E. The way you played it, it’s hard to tell you don’t like the song. Great tone on that beautiful bass you have.
In high school, my guitar buddy wanted me to learn bass, and THIS was the song he tried to teach me. I think I have mental scars from it and now mad I never did learn to play then. Good fodder for a therapist, hahahaha. Behind me now, on to Crazy!
Great job John! Love your surroundings.
I noticed I tend to use mostly one finger also, non intentionally. I think this song lends itself to that technique
Bad Moon Rising. I May do another take with camera flipped so don’t look like I’m left-handed. The sound is a little better this time around. (I hope) Bad Moon Rising (song2) - YouTube
Really well played. You were definitely in the groove on that one! Thought the tone fit very well too. Awesome job!