marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 hey guys, going to be getting a fretless bass extremely shortly and need a few lines to get me started so far i sort of know these from learning on a fretted: weather report: birdland jaco pastorius: teen town paul young: come back and stay paul young: everytime you go away any other suggestions would help nothing too hard though please haha thanks marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydye Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365506467' post='2040371'] hey guys, going to be getting a fretless bass extremely shortly and need a few lines to get me started so far i sort of know these from learning on a fretted: weather report: birdland jaco pastorius: teen town paul young: come back and stay paul young: everytime you go away any other suggestions would help nothing too hard though please haha thanks marcus [/quote] You've learned teen town and birdland and want 'nothing too hard' ! Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombone has some juicy double bass, fun to play on fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Babooshka - Kate Bush (John Giblin), slide those harmonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Loads of Kate Bush has great fretless bass lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 You don't have to do anything special or different now just because you're playing a fretless. Just play your normal lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1365507582' post='2040390'] You don't have to do anything special or different now just because you're playing a fretless. Just play your normal lines. [/quote] Yes, playing what you already know is a good way to get on top of your intonation and a bassline is a bassline whether it's played on fretted or unfretted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Don Henley - In A new york minute. Pino again I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 You like Jaco, Marcus. Don't forget he practiced on fretted bass. Don't overdo the slides. Work on your intonation first. Listen to Gary Willis. Loads on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 April by Brand X (John Giblin)(anything by Brand X is loaded with great fretless playing but a lot of it is very stylised and impossible to recreate) Chris De Burgh's album 'The Getaway' has a load of great fretless lines (John Giblin again) Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass Alphonso Johnson on 'This Must Be Love' of Phil Cillins' 'Face Value' Mark Egan's work on the Pat Metheny Group's first two LPS 'PMG' and 'American Garage' - in fact, anything with Mark Egan on will be worth a look. Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' Mick Karn with Japan (not to my taste but very influential) Gary Willis on the first two Tribal Tech LPs 'Spears' and 'Dr. Hee' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hey You - Pink Floyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 cheers for the advice guys, well im getting this bass in the post and going to defret it following a few guides shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megallica Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I always had fun playing Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer on my fretless - not sure if Tony Levin recorded it with a fretless or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass Just listening to that album myself after years of it being off my listening list - wonderful stuff, not just Dill's playing Also Jaco's playing on Joni Mitchell's Shaddws and Light live album is sublime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Gary Numan, White Boys and Heros, Music for Chameleons, Pino at his finest IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Some more Pino goodness: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkRj4l_AKs[/media] & one from The Hodge: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOS6svKdELA[/media] P. Edited April 9, 2013 by Bloodaxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) [quote name='megallica' timestamp='1365509330' post='2040427'] I always had fun playing Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer on my fretless - not sure if Tony Levin recorded it with a fretless or not. [/quote]Oh, oh! Time for me to wear my TL anorak Recorded with a graphite necked MM Sabre (with THRAK! sticker) through chorus and octave effects and played with a pick. Edited April 9, 2013 by ezbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 absolutely love tony levins stuff, what a player... so yeah the bass is now a lined fretless and running through a few paul young and peter gabriel numbers cracking stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1365508731' post='2040412'] April by Brand X (John Giblin)(anything by Brand X is loaded with great fretless playing but a lot of it is very stylised and impossible to recreate) Chris De Burgh's album 'The Getaway' has a load of great fretless lines (John Giblin again) Barbara Thompson's 1980 live recording with Dill Katz on bass Alphonso Johnson on 'This Must Be Love' of Phil Cillins' 'Face Value' Mark Egan's work on the Pat Metheny Group's first two LPS 'PMG' and 'American Garage' - in fact, anything with Mark Egan on will be worth a look. Jaco Pastorius on Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' Mick Karn with Japan (not to my taste but very influential) Gary Willis on the first two Tribal Tech LPs 'Spears' and 'Dr. Hee' [/quote] Sublime selection...could not agree more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1365536658' post='2040925'] absolutely love tony levins stuff, what a player... so yeah the bass is now a lined fretless and running through a few paul young and peter gabriel numbers cracking stuff! [/quote] Jeez, that was quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 yeah set to work on it as soon as it arrived and with help from the old man its now lovely and well fretless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Listen to Jaco on 'Refuge of the Roads' from Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira' album.Not TOO complex and pretty easy to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Fish's first solo album [i]Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors[/i] has some real gems too. That there John Giblin again. http://youtu.be/1_4Nl_qFF8o or Doug Wimbish and his sliding harmonics on this one from Living Color (sic). http://youtu.be/vqnVhCADFHY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1365545964' post='2041074'] Living Color (sic). [/quote] Huh? Pray tell: why? Oh, and thanks for listing them. Worth a try. best, bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 (edited) Fretless? How about this one [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRK_M1vJXfQ[/media] Or.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mesr2siegRg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mesr2siegRg[/url] Edited April 9, 2013 by chrismuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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