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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2011, 02:39:42 PM »
Oh believe me I know Rocco Prestia :hefdaddy. Fuck if only I could play jazz/soul/funk...
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2011, 02:43:13 PM »
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Slightly All The Time - Soft Machine
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #37 on: April 12, 2011, 02:51:30 PM »
Joey DeMaio of ManOwar plays some really good stuff. The arpeggios to Gates of Valhalla, Mountains, Bridge Of death, Guyana. He plays more like a guitarist.

Gene Simmons' early stuff was tasteful, especially Goin' Blind.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #38 on: April 12, 2011, 03:00:31 PM »
A lot of Tower of Power is epic, too many filler songs though. Usually the case with 70s Funk/Soul units.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #39 on: April 12, 2011, 04:37:26 PM »
Metallica - My Friend Of Misery
Rush - Turn The Page
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #40 on: April 12, 2011, 05:44:43 PM »
Quote from: jsem on April 12, 2011, 01:34:38 PM
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Quote from: jsem on April 12, 2011, 12:13:50 PM
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
I was hoping someone would have said it before I got here.
One of the epicest basslines in world history. Such a groovy tune.
That was recorded on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARP_Odyssey and it's awesome because it's a bass line too.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2011, 08:05:54 PM »
Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2011, 10:43:55 PM »
I also want to add the intro to Scarred
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #43 on: April 13, 2011, 07:06:10 AM »
Also, I really dig Stu Hamm.  He did a lot of bass for Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, but his solo stuff was pretty cool also.  This is the title track from his "Kings of Sleep" album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQ8BRit6ws

There are plenty of standout tracks on that album.  He's a lot into tapping, but not wild, out of control licks.  He uses it as more of a rhythmic device, as in the song above.  He taps out the bass line with the left hand and taps out some notes higher up, with the right hand.

A great example of this is "Surely the Best" from the same album.  Unfortunately, I cannot find a good copy of it.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #44 on: April 13, 2011, 08:46:21 AM »
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And my ALLTIME FAVORITE BASSLINE:[/b]
Jaco Pastorius - Chicken

Talk about a fun line to play :heart

Soul Intro/The Chicken is one of the greatest pieces of music ever
LOVE playing this song!!

also Sir Duke by Stevie wonder is awesome!
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #45 on: April 13, 2011, 09:08:37 AM »
Rush - Cygnus X-1

Possibly my favorite song of all time, as well.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #46 on: April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM »
Oh and 'Glass' by Incubus!
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #47 on: April 13, 2011, 11:15:41 AM »
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The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it be Nice

Came in to post this.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #48 on: April 13, 2011, 03:26:17 PM »
The Clairvoyant - Iron Maiden
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #49 on: April 13, 2011, 03:34:15 PM »
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The Clairvoyant - Iron Maiden
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #50 on: April 13, 2011, 03:48:02 PM »
Quote from: PixelDream on April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM
Oh and 'Glass' by Incubus!

Just came to post this.  I was listening to this song in the car on the way to work and the bassline just floored me.  Never realised how damn groovy it is.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #51 on: April 13, 2011, 03:48:24 PM »
Quote from: Ben_Jamin on April 12, 2011, 11:10:37 AM
IQ - You Never Will
Holy shit, someone other than me showing love for IQ.  Well slap my ass and call me Sally.  My favorite bassline of theirs is from Somewhere in Time off of Subterrenea.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #52 on: April 13, 2011, 03:49:00 PM »
Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on April 13, 2011, 07:06:10 AM
Also, I really dig Stu Hamm.  He did a lot of bass for Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, but his solo stuff was pretty cool also.  This is the title track from his "Kings of Sleep" album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQ8BRit6ws

There are plenty of standout tracks on that album.  He's a lot into tapping, but not wild, out of control licks.  He uses it as more of a rhythmic device, as in the song above.  He taps out the bass line with the left hand and taps out some notes higher up, with the right hand.

A great example of this is "Surely the Best" from the same album.  Unfortunately, I cannot find a good copy of it.

Love Stu.  A Satch album is always instantly better when Stu is on the bass.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #53 on: April 14, 2011, 02:23:00 AM »
Dazed and Confused... TSRTS version :hefdaddy
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #54 on: April 14, 2011, 03:11:53 AM »
Well for some time I think the one of my favourites is Stuart Hamm in Flow My Tears, great track, great bass line, triplets and tapping, everywhere in it, and melody of course  ;)
Sick Sad Little World from Incubus is also great bass liner one. So groovy, great too play it, if you play that riff faster and faster, he becomes a graet exercise ;)
Angra's Ego Painted Grey has got great bass intro, tapping as well. Hard to repeat it ;)
From Dream Theater - I just love bass line A Fortune In Lies, so crazy in the beginning of the song, I think that never will be able to play that ;) Bass in The Glass Prison, before JP solo and under solo, you know what I mean ;) And I love spooky As I Am bass flageolet intro... :metal
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #55 on: April 14, 2011, 04:00:11 AM »
Herbie Hancock - Ostinato (Suite For Angela)
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #56 on: April 14, 2011, 04:30:45 AM »
When my brother was getting into all different styles of bass he turned me onto this guy.  he'll blow you away.  His name is Michael Manring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdC2eQCa8Cw&feature=related
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #57 on: April 14, 2011, 07:34:42 AM »
Quote from: wolfking on April 13, 2011, 03:49:00 PM
Love Stu.  A Satch album is always instantly better when Stu is on the bass.

Indeed.  I mean yeah, Matt Bissonette is a good bass player, but he's no Stu Hamm.  :lol


Quote from: The Silent Cody on April 14, 2011, 03:11:53 AM
Well for some time I think the one of my favourites is Stuart Hamm in Flow My Tears, great track, great bass line, triplets and tapping, everywhere in it, and melody of course  ;)

Yep.  Flow My Tears was pretty cool.  I didn't like that album as much as Kings of Sleep.  In fact that's unquestionably my fave Stu Hamm solo album.  Just everything on it is fantastic.  I learned how to play Terminal Beach once and man, what a workout.  Very cool though.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #58 on: April 14, 2011, 12:23:17 PM »
Quote from: ZBomber on April 13, 2011, 09:08:37 AM
Rush - Cygnus X-1

Possibly my favorite song of all time, as well.

This.
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #59 on: April 14, 2011, 12:32:04 PM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on April 14, 2011, 04:30:45 AM
When my brother was getting into all different styles of bass he turned me onto this guy.  he'll blow you away.  His name is Michael Manring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdC2eQCa8Cw&feature=related
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #60 on: April 15, 2011, 11:39:22 AM »
Has anyone noted Victor Wooten yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8ytGHTbNc
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #62 on: April 15, 2011, 11:57:08 AM »
Quote from: ThroughHerEyesDude6 on April 15, 2011, 11:39:22 AM
Has anyone noted Victor Wooten yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8ytGHTbNc

I saw him live on the Thunder Tour or w/e when he was touring with Marcus Miller & Stanley Clarke. It was insane.  :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #63 on: April 15, 2011, 12:24:17 PM »
Cozmo beat me too it...but anything by Mr. Sheehan

Shy Boy/High Speed On Ice




Also Stu Hamm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47nSQuDfnE


UFO

Rock Bottom and Doctor Doctor...simple but so effective
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Re: Your Favourite Bass Line?
« Reply #64 on: April 15, 2011, 12:53:15 PM »
I love Stu's "Linus and Lucy" bit.  Killer.  As for Billy, the examples you mentioned are gold:

High Speed on Ice (Ignore that the video is about some hockey guy, it's the song that's important):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIUCrTA3t5A

Shy Boy (Live, with Mr. Big):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J85Fzsui6Dc
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