Covers band players. Nail it or close enough?

[Bassfinger]

Close Enough for me.  I might chuck in the odd twiddle or improvisation, but nothing head turning.  I generally play the bassline as per the book, although sometimes I may play it my own way elsewhere on the fretboard if I think theres a benefit.  But generally close enough is good enough - perfection is rarely worth the effort, and I do it for the craic, not because I'm trying to impress Simon Cowell. 

Edited February 22, 2020 by Bassfinger

[Woodinblack]

On 12/02/2020 at 22:34, Woodinblack said:

Yes, similar here. If there is something iconic in the bassline, or well known I will copy that, or if it is something I really like I will too 

21 hours ago, DaytonaRik said:

Other Whitesnake versions are available...thankfully!  I play the lines from Live in London as played by Marco Mendoza

That's one of the iconic ones for me, but like what I meant, there are some iconic parts to it, I wouldn't expect a note for note performance on it, it was always  different when played (and Neil Murray said as much on here), but I am always a little disappointed if it doesn't have that two descending scale run under the "fool for your loving" part of the chorus.

[Stub Mandrel]

On 22/02/2020 at 11:01, Woodinblack said:

"fool for your loving"

The song is no longer the same now I've been infected by the 'Fuel for your oven' earworm...

[Paul S]

8 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

The song is no longer the same now I've been infected by the 'Fuel for your oven' earworm...

Damnation, you've gone and spoild it dintcha.

😂

[krispn]

"Smelly wine and sheep perfume" from Don't Stop Believing is the one that sticks for me!

[Paul S]

Damnation, you gone an spoild it dintcha.... 

I always liked 'Raking The Lawn' in place of 'Breaking The Law' - seems so genteel. 

[cetera]

Not forgetting 'Anal Love In The Heart Of The City' by Whitesnake...

[r16ktx]

[neepheid]

I voted for "close enough" and I don't mean that in a lazy way.  Some of these songs are originally played by bass gods plural and I am nowhere near being even a single demi-god   I'm not 'Arry and frankly speaking, getting to the end of Hallowed Be Thy Name having completed all sections in the right order (however I blundered through them) with my hands still attached to my wrists is an achievement in itself for me.

Simpler lines, sure I like to nail them (I'd be really annoyed if I couldn't nail something like Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" for example - not a slight on the song or the bassist, it's a nice line that suits the song but it isn't difficult) and I confess that I just make stuff up as I go along in the solo of Smoke on the Water.

So really, I think I could have voted for "All of the above" if it was an option...

[Baxlin]

19 minutes ago, r16ktx said:

Yesterday there was a teeny bit of a (self inflicted - ie I’d switched to the wrong pickup which was volume zero’d) problem in the first song, which meant no bass at all.

Afterwards I asked around: the acoustic guitarist had noticed, but she’s a bass player anyway, the sound man noticed, as he should, but no-one else, not even Mrs B, noticed!!

Brings you sown to earth a bit........

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Baxlin said:

Yesterday there was a teeny bit of a (self inflicted - ie I’d switched to the wrong pickup which was volume zero’d) problem in the first song, which meant no bass at all.

Afterwards I asked around: the acoustic guitarist had noticed, but she’s a bass player anyway, the sound man noticed, as he should, but no-one else, not even Mrs B, noticed!!

Brings you sown to earth a bit........

Maybe it depends on your group. I was playing on friday and my battery died in my boss pedal that I hadn't plugged in. Trust me, everyone noticed!