Bass Players - fun basslines?

jesQuick · Post by **jesQuick** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:08 pm

Grifter wrote:Tortoise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I48cHpcYHaY

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:24 pm

jesQuick wrote:
Grifter wrote:Tortoise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I48cHpcYHaY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IojbJvx_ ... re=related

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:27 pm

gjm - no, nothing's too simple.

been riffing on that for a while, fun! kinda dark and rolling.

Moody · Post by **Moody** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:30 pm

Cminor and Cminor natural notes on the E string. Fun stuff! Detune the E for even more fun.

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:39 pm

Tone Deft wrote:gjm - no, nothing's too simple.

been riffing on that for a while, fun! kinda dark and rolling.

On bar 3, try sliding from the 3 to the 5 and back to the 3. That was the original intent instead of going to the open D.

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:39 pm

Bowie "China Girl"

Queen "Another One Bite's the Dust"

Pink Floyd "Money"

Beatles "Eight Days a Week" for the walking thing.
Paul was genius of simple so anything he does is great

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:39 pm

getting the sound right on simple sounding bass lines takes feel. I wholly reccomend taking to the 4 string whilst not thinking.

Fender 78 shortscale is the only piece of gear i regret selling... yeah what a dumb cunt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sps7YxL ... re=related

Darwinist · Post by **Darwinist** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:00 pm

I don't play bass, but I think "Nice and sleazy" by The Stranglers could be a fun one, it's definately one of my all-time favorite song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqllpnyWrY

Also features some excellent use(or abuse) of a Moog synth.

gjm · Post by **gjm** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:01 pm

This might be fun. Its quite a loose interpretation, but you will get the feel. Just 3 little riffs basically.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq35vmHn ... re=related

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:10 pm

Another One Bites The Dust for sure and Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

Come As You Are or Lithium - Nirvana

Stone Dead Forever, Metropolis or Ace Of Spades - Motorhead

Anything by Bernard Edwards of Chic/Sister Sledge such as 'Good Times', 'Le Freak' etc. Or his bassline in Diana Ross's 'Upside Down'

Actually while not overly complicated (we ain't talking Jaco Pastorius stuff here), these are probably more geared to beginner-intermediate rather then beginner-beginner.

Walking On The Moon by the Police is simple yet good.

Stigmama · Post by **Stigmama** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:52 pm

Fun and easyyyyy
Around the world- Daft Punk( First song I learned)
Little Green Bag- George Baker Selection ( I used to teach kids, all the groove monster kids loved that song)
I will survive - Cake(easy and like the funnest song to play ever)
Church and Funky Bird- Galactic (Have to be the funnest songs to play ever)
Can`t Touch this- MC Hammer
Rappers Delight- Sugar Hill Gang

FlatBeat · Post by **FlatBeat** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:11 pm

Stigmama wrote: Around the world- Daft Punk( First song I learned)

glad someone picked up on this one.

another is...

subway song- the cure

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:40 am

Upside Down - fun pocket to play in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLEllvuDbSo

Bed's Too Big - nice one, love the reggae (reggae bassline at least.)

the disco stuff is fun, but the tabs are hard to find. I can use my ears and noodle with it but it's nice to get a suggestion on how to play it.

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Stigmama - nice ones!

Around the World - IMO played with a pic. the tab has the basic notes but I hammer on the F# at the start of the fast doward riff. same with the D-E, I hammer down those. track has nice sections to loop and play over yourself.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/d/d ... 3_btab.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HSD_i2DvA

George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag LOL!!

tab is for a 5 string, but n matter.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/g/g ... ag_tab.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1hD5OlPtw

I will survive - Cake - another cool one, tab looks good, arpeggiated chords, it'll take a bit to get the groove down. another nice suggestion
http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/c/cake/i_w ... btab.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10C68Gzd5GM

Galactic - Funky Bird - dunno this one, will look at it later
http://www.azchords.com/g/galactic-tabs ... 20972.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr7hS2x5MAg

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This - for advanced playas only
http://www.azchords.com/m/mchammer-tabs ... 28674.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nptjUs9FM

Rappers Delight- Sugar Hill Gang - very necessary
http://www.azchords.com/s/sugarhillgang ... 91131.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdHhE_9omr8

the Cure - omfg yes! loverly basslines with that lot.

bosonHavoc · Post by **bosonHavoc** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:47 am

i played guitar for a while then switched to bass because of a bass player shortage and i usually dont like play guitar with another guitar player either.
hell i usually dont like playing bass with a guitar player lol.
i did fall in love with bass and evolved to an upright.

at first i loved the bass because i just felt as if i was playing guitar solo's the whole time hehe
i would just riff around off the pentatonic scale
then when i wanted to make a key change i would go kick the guitar player in the leg to cue him (wake him up)

i also love rockin out with drummer and just thump on the kick.

dude if you know a descent drummer go jam some drum and bass.
nice little trick i do is make a split of my signal have one that is all my effects and the other is clean.. i put a volume pedal in the beginning of my effects chain so i can swell in effects.

keeps the low end but you can tweak out the effects side with distortion and filters.. also drop an octave shifter and pitch it an octave higher add distortion and you got a tight ass guitar player riffing with you to perfection

be careful though.... your guitars will get mad and leave.. i used to have a sick custom American strat and laney head with marshal 4x12 and thats all gone lol... i still have some crappy guitar in my closet some where .. i dont even remember what kind it is lol.

alot of primus songs are pretty easy to learn too.
at least the main riffs are.
to many puppies
my name is mud
shake hands with beef
(shake hands with beef sounds like it was jacked from a song called bertha butt and the butt sisters by the jimmy castor bunch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaUUK2_E ... re=related

o yaaaaa!!

stringtapper · Post by **stringtapper** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:52 am

Easy, fun, and funky:

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (the version on Headhunters)

The Commodores - Brickhouse

Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real

The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back