Multi-tracked bass

[Nicko]

Scar Tissue comes on my ears feast and not just one but two brilliant basslines. Not sure theres not a third lurking lower in the mix. Flea really is a b***ard!

[mcnach]

two basslines?

I hear two simultaneous notes in places, sure, but that's just two notes played at the same time not multitracked... I could be wrong, of course, but that's what I hear

[Hobbayne]

Walk On The Wild Side

[joeystrange]

Apparently the outro of this song has four different bass parts.

http://youtu.be/CvtJVku_mJw

[SteveK]

Hazel O'Connor's little known 1981 cover of Lou Reed's [i]Men of Good Fortune [/i]has several basses: 2 simple contrasting basses in the verse, and instrumental sections that feature multi tracked basses. I'm not sure that they really helped the track

[spectoremg]

There's that bit in Spinal Tap with 3 basses... ;-)
Jaco on Joni Mitchell's Hejira album.

[Graham]

I can hear two distinct basses during the solo in War Pigs around the 3:40 mark

http://youtu.be/pf8CuLIOCwc

[Nicko]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1440013581' post='2847645']
two basslines?

I hear two simultaneous notes in places, sure, but that's just two notes played at the same time not multitracked... I could be wrong, of course, but that's what I hear
[/quote]

In the each guitar solo there's a high part and low part definitely double tracked. It repeats in the outro.

[Old Man Riva]

I think Inner City Blues has two Bob Babbitt bass lines working together.

Though I change my mind most times I hear it..

[mcnach]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1440071125' post='2848017']
In the each guitar solo there's a high part and low part definitely double tracked. It repeats in the outro.
[/quote]

I used to play that live, plucking two notes simultaneously, I'm pretty sure that's what he does too... or I *was* pretty sure I have to confess I never sat down to analyse it in detail. It just sounded to me like two strings plucked at once (with thumb and index? can't recall and I don't have a bass in the office)... To my ears it sounds right. Try it!

[mcnach]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1440071125' post='2848017']
In the each guitar solo there's a high part and low part definitely double tracked. It repeats in the outro.
[/quote]

You got my curiosity going

I found this, that's how I used to play it, no double tracking
The bottom notes are mostly droning, so really easy to play

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-T9ivCuV0#t=75[/media]

Edited August 20, 2015 by mcnach

[JTUK]

Always thought John Taylor was big on tracking basslines...even live, so one of therm is probably sequenced. Ditto L42

[Nicko]

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1440063339' post='2847916']
I can hear two distinct basses during the solo in War Pigs around the 3:40 mark

[media]http://youtu.be/pf8CuLIOCwc[/media]
[/quote]

Yes, not sure if its an echoplex though?

[Bassjon]

Sounds like delay to me on warpigs. back in those days people tended to play only what they could do live

[jazzyvee]

You will find lots of tracks with multi-tracked bass lines on recordings by Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten

[Nicko]

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1440078027' post='2848084'] You got my curiosity going I found this, that's how I used to play it, no double tracking The bottom notes are mostly droning, so really easy to play [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-T9ivCuV0#t=75[/media] [/quote]

You could be right. I've listened to it a few times now. When I played this before I used to play two notes in the high register, not as a pedal. Not sure if the recorded version uses a high note and a pedal, two high and a pedal or multitracking. However he plays it its fantastic.

[mcnach]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1440088290' post='2848222']
You could be right. I've listened to it a few times now. When I played this before I used to play two notes in the high register, not as a pedal. Not sure if the recorded version uses a high note and a pedal, two high and a pedal or multitracking. However he plays it its fantastic.
[/quote]

I'm now sure it's not multitracked: he plays it just like I did and if I can do it, doubtless he can do it too

It's actually pretty simple... but beautiful. I like Flea more from BSSM onwards than before BSSM. It seems that at that point he decided to go for less "gymnastics" and more thinking about the actual notes he played, the melody... and he came up with basslines like this one for Scar Tissue, which is just beautiful

[Graham]

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1440084241' post='2848165']
Sounds like delay to me on warpigs. back in those days people tended to play only what they could do live
[/quote]

Yeah, could be a delay, hadn't considered that

[Leonard Smalls]

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1440084477' post='2848168']
You will find lots of tracks with multi-tracked bass lines on recordings by Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten
[/quote]

Like this one?


[MEDIA]http://youtu.be/rdRG-hD5ZKo[/MEDIA]

[Rich]

Give it a couple of minutes. Someone will be along to tell us how dreadful it all is and that the bass guitar should never be a solo instrument and so on.

[Nicko]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1440164811' post='2848774']
Give it a couple of minutes. Someone will be along to tell us how dreadful it all is and that the bass guitar should never be a solo instrument and so on.
[/quote]

Yes, not one but 10 bass solos.

[Bassjon]

^ thats actually pretty good!

[ahpook]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrZ61cuKLk

3 or 4 basses ?

[elephantgrey]

I don't know if it counts but girls against boys have two bassists.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OEjJXeR1o8c

Edited August 24, 2015 by elephantgrey

[WalMan]

Three basses & a dodgy video

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXmuH8699Q"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXmuH8699Q[/url]