[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1350142649' post='1835116']
Thought I might start a new thread on the subject of John Deacon's bass playing in isolation.
On the other thread, I sensed that maybe a few people doubted whether it was any good, or indeed, was it actually him playing at all?
And this is the reply I got from the guitarist in my band, after I sent him the isolated bass line:
[b][i][color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif][size=4]"[/size][/font][/color][size=4][font=Arial]Oh noooo - this track must have been played & loaded by someone attempting the bass line in their bedroom, I just cannot believe that this is what's on the track, it sounds totally different"[/font][/size][/i][/b]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]So I downloaded all four isolated tracks from YouTube, Bass, drums, guitars and vocals, and spent some time lining the tracks up in Reaper, I have not altered them in any way, no mixing, nothing! just put them together and rendered them.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]You can listen to the other isolated tracks on YouTube if you want, but hear is the bass line, and then combined.[/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif][b]Bass[/b] - [/font][/color]
[b]Combined - [/b]
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The bassline in isolation sounds pretty much on the money to me! We do a cover of this in my band and that's pretty much the bassline I play.
Couldn't vouch on whether or nor that's really JD playing it (it does sound a bit bedroom recorded - but then it was the 80s). However, the transitions and octave jumps sound like the style he writes/plays.
Cheers!
PS - The combined track bassline sounds a bit out of time! ;-)