Nicko Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Walk On The Wild Side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeystrange Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Apparently the outro of this song has four different bass parts. http://youtu.be/CvtJVku_mJw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 There's that bit in Spinal Tap with 3 basses... ;-) Jaco on Joni Mitchell's Hejira album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I can hear two distinct basses during the solo in War Pigs around the 3:40 mark http://youtu.be/pf8CuLIOCwc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I think Inner City Blues has two Bob Babbitt bass lines working together. Though I change my mind most times I hear it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Always thought John Taylor was big on tracking basslines...even live, so one of therm is probably sequenced. Ditto L42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassjon Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sounds like delay to me on warpigs. back in those days people tended to play only what they could do live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You will find lots of tracks with multi-tracked bass lines on recordings by Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 [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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 [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] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassjon Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 ^ thats actually pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrZ61cuKLk 3 or 4 basses ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Three basses & a dodgy video [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXmuH8699Q"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXmuH8699Q[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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