solo4652 Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Folks, I need to get my head round the bassline for Seahorses' Blinded by the sun. I have the basic chord structure but I'm struggling to work out the basslines around it. Can anyone help, please? Steve Quote
gary mac Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Good choice. I love most of that album and there is some very pleasing bass playing on it. Sorry can't sit and work it out at the moment as I still need to nail a few songs for tomorrow nights gig. If no one has come to your aid by the end of the weekend I'll try to help you. Quote
solo4652 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1319830753' post='1419206'] Good choice. I love most of that album and there is some very pleasing bass playing on it. Sorry can't sit and work it out at the moment as I still need to nail a few songs for tomorrow nights gig. If no one has come to your aid by the end of the weekend I'll try to help you. [/quote] Thanks for your offer of help. I'm auditioning for a band in 2 week's time and I need to nail this song. Quote
Stag Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 This might sound utterly bizarre but I work (indirectly) with Stuart Fletcher. I doubt he has a tab... but I could ask if he's go any tips / directions? Quote
solo4652 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 [quote name='Stag' timestamp='1320011988' post='1421356'] This might sound utterly bizarre but I work (indirectly) with Stuart Fletcher. I doubt he has a tab... but I could ask if he's go any tips / directions? [/quote] That would be great! All help gratefully received. Steve Quote
StuFletch Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 I could probably write out all the chords for you and give you the notes of all the runs etc. I can write notes out in tab but i'm useless at writing out all the rhythms and dead notes etc so you'll have to just apply the notes to parts yourself. Should help though. Shouldn't take me too long as I recently had to learn it again for a gig with Chris Helme. 1 Quote
gary mac Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 Don't think you'll be needing my help then How good is that? The man who played it originally offering to help you, got to love Bass Chat. If he gets it wrong let me know and I'll do the corrections. Welcome to the forum Stu. Quote
Dood Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 This is why BassChat is the best flippin Bass forum going! Welcome Stu and thank you! Quote
Dood Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 And nice one Stag for hookin' up a fellow Bass player with the best person to answer the question! Quote
solo4652 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Posted November 1, 2011 [quote name='StuFletch' timestamp='1320060930' post='1421640'] I could probably write out all the chords for you and give you the notes of all the runs etc. I can write notes out in tab but i'm useless at writing out all the rhythms and dead notes etc so you'll have to just apply the notes to parts yourself. Should help though. Shouldn't take me too long as I recently had to learn it again for a gig with Chris Helme. [/quote] Marvellous! I'll gratefully accept anything you can send me. Chords and note-tabs would be just great. Once I have those, I'll be able to work out the rhythms, I'm sure. Thank you for your generous offer of help. I'll PM you with my private email address, Cheers, Steve Quote
Stag Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 [i]***in best Hannibal from The A-Team voice***[/i] I LOVE it when a plan comes together Quote
StuFletch Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 I'll try and get this done tonight for you and post on here if you like, although I'd appreciate no laughing at my ineptitude to write out bass notation. I'm more of a feel player than a theory one (although I did used to be able to write orchestrations out thanks to A Level music) However, that was a VERY long time ago. I'm thinking I'll just write the notes out with bar lines and some vox cues so you know where you are. This is probably the easiest way to follow it. Also I'll probably have to relearn some of it as Helmey has changed the structure of it a bit for his solo gigs. If anyone is interested, Chris Helme's new solo album is likely to be out in December. I do some decent playing on it along with some double bass stuff and acoustic bass stuff. Plus some electric melody stuff with bowed bass underneath. (Just seemed like a bass chat forum type thing to write!!!!) I'm also supporting Shed Seven at the Sheffield O2 Academy on December 8 with a band called "We Could Be Astronauts". If anyone is in the area, I'd be up for meeting for beers etc beforehand. Quote
LeftyBiskit Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Hi everyone, I dont want to hijack this thread but I have struggling to get my head around the Bass and vocal part on Love is the law by Seahorses,I've learnt the rest of the song but this last part of the song is really foxing me, anyone got any ideas,I've been trying to learn it by ear but the opening few bars keep confusing me. I cant find any tabs ,Tonight i even plugged my mp3 into my tuner to get the notes but it could'nt pick out the notes accurately. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. T. Quote
MB1 Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Don't think you'll be needing my help then How good is that? The man who played it originally offering to help you, got to love Bass Chat. If he gets it wrong let me know and I'll do the corrections. Welcome to the forum Stu. MB1. Cool! "I bet you werent expecting that?" Quote
StuFletch Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 For Love is the Law make sure all strings are tuned up a tone to F#, B, E, A. This is so you can do the bottom E (F#) octave stuff quickly. Then the ending is much easier to play. I don't want to get into a position where I'm writing out all the tab for every Seahorses tune as I simply don't have the time, but I'll happily give some advice on any bits you're stuck on. Still working on the Blinded stuff but I'm now at the second chorus so will try and get finished as soon as possible. Quote
LeftyBiskit Posted November 3, 2011 Posted November 3, 2011 Thats Great Stu thank's very much,I appreciate that you have your own stuff to do. I like to work on every song I do to completion- it's what i call pushing the envelope,you know Improving as a bass player,but this one had me beat-the first time in ages, I look forward to hearing the blinded stuff. thank's again. T Quote
Emlyn Timmons Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Did he ever post Blinded by the sun? i need to learn it Quote
solo4652 Posted December 18, 2019 Author Posted December 18, 2019 Hi, I have a bass tab for the song. It's probably not 100% correct, but it will give you a really good start-point. Drop me a PM with your email address if you want a copy. 1 Quote
Marcs1 Posted June 10, 2020 Posted June 10, 2020 On 18/12/2019 at 12:50, solo4652 said: Hi, I have a bass tab for the song. It's probably not 100% correct, but it will give you a really good start-point. Drop me a PM with your email address if you want a copy. Hi there, Could you also send me a copy of your tab as I'm struggling to find any bass tabs on this particular song, my email is @[email protected] Thanks marc. Quote
Rich Lock Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 Hi all, I too am learning this song for an acoustic cover, would you mind sharing the notes with me ? many thansk Rich Quote
Longshanks1719 Posted June 24 Posted June 24 Hi, I realise this conversation was from years ago so my apologies, however is there any chance you could send me the Blinded by the Sun bass tab please? If so my email is [email protected] Cheers!!! Quote
jackreacher193 Posted November 14 Posted November 14 would it be possible for someone to send me the tab for this if you still have it? Been to see Chris Helme acoustically live and he's amazing!! love Seahorses. Quote
jackreacher193 Posted November 24 Posted November 24 Wondering if anyone has the tab they can email me ? [email protected] Quote
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