Can anyone help with the bassline for 'i should've loved ya'

[chuck_stones]

After months of trying, I just can't seem to get the bassline for this down. The part I'm stuck on is the main riff where it goes to the G and plays a few ghost notes. No matter how many times i listen to it, I just cant work out the timing/groove for it.

Any suggestions?

[iconic]

I can help, I play this a bit, not a great std though, a truly great bassline....bit tricky though...this may help?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KuCXCVjS8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KuCXCVjS8...feature=related[/url]

PS can you help with Level 42 43!

Edited April 13, 2011 by iconic

[iconic]

this is a simpler version

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA...feature=related[/url]

[molan]

[quote name='iconic' post='1198509' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:32 PM']this is a simpler version

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA...feature=related[/url][/quote]

I really like this version!

Wish I could play something like this with such a 'fluid' feel but I think it's never gonna happen

[chuck_stones]

[quote name='iconic' post='1198509' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:32 PM']this is a simpler version

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZcX3vkrlA...feature=related[/url][/quote]

Yeah, this is the guy I've been trying to learn it from. His playing is sublime. He's got so much groove and plays it impeccably, but I've watched it a hundred times and still can't figure out what he's actually playing. It's just those 16th notes on the G and octave that I can't get the timing for. As soon as he comes to the G part, he seems to play all 16th notes with lots of ghost notes but I can't for the life of me get it right It's driving me nuts!

[chuck_stones]

[quote name='molan' post='1198553' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:03 PM']I really like this version!

Wish I could play something like this with such a 'fluid' feel but I think it's never gonna happen [/quote]

Never say never Molan!! I bet you'd nail it if you tried.

[Pete Academy]

I used to play this in a previous band. The bass player on the track was T.M. Stevens, and it's his typical style. It's a difficult line to master - loads of ghost notes on the G part.

The guy in the vid seems to have nailed it.

Keep at it.

[molan]

[quote name='chuck_stones' post='1198565' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:11 PM']Never say never Molan!! I bet you'd nail it if you tried.[/quote]

I remember trying it out when the original single was released - I still have it on 12"

Interestingly I've just been listening to a view version on YouTube and there's quite a few speed variances kicking around. I've heard this before on YT but never noticed it as obviously as this!

Edited April 13, 2011 by molan

[peteb]

Guy Pratt’s take on the main riff (and a few other disco classics): [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidSinRocks#p/a/f/1/T_3Jc54k1Es"]http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidSinRocks#...f/1/T_3Jc54k1Es[/url]

[wombatboter]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1198568' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:14 PM']I used to play this in a previous band. The bass player on the track was T.M. Stevens, and it's his typical style. It's a difficult line to master - loads of ghost notes on the G part.

The guy in the vid seems to have nailed it.

Keep at it.[/quote]

A fellow bass-player met TM Stevens recently and asked him to play the bassline of this song and he couldn't nail it anymore..

[chuck_stones]

[quote name='wombatboter' post='1198992' date='Apr 14 2011, 06:58 AM']A fellow bass-player met TM Stevens recently and asked him to play the bassline of this song and he couldn't nail it anymore..[/quote]

Seriously? That actually makes me feel a bit better about not being able to play it

[JPS]

Brilliant track and bassline. You've got me trying - and failing miserably - to play it now.