Great vid @JoshFossgreen.
Great tips for creating bass lines but also for covering for sure.
After getting notes under my fingers, I always try to listen closely to what the bass line is and how it was played. The sheet music (not tab) will get very close, but then sometimes there is still nuance.
It is really funny how our brains remember a song but when you critically listen to the same song it becomes very different. Agree every bass line can be improved. Every time I do a cover I think and think i nailed it (ie, got through it in one take without major “oh crap’s”, if I wait a month or so and listen back I cringe at how bad it was applying critical listening to it.
This video makes me think a ‘write a bass line challenge’ would be a good thing for us to all try and critique each other on how we could improve.