DAVID BOWIE / Carmine Rojas - Let's Dance / ISOLATED BASS

[Bart Funk Bass]

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Another one I've been playing slightly wrong for years... 🤣

[Lozz196]

Proof yet again that what sounds really bassy and warm in the mix just isn’t. 

[Lord Sausage]

Played this at Chester Lakes festival in 2019. I can honestly say it was probably the most I've enjoyed playing a tune ever. So much fun to play.

[steve1879]

This is in our set list, I thought I had the sound pretty close with just my envelope filter but got some tweaking to do now!

[ezbass]

I used to play this in a Bowie tribute (well, you just would), most enjoyable but I would never have guessed that was the original tone. 

[Judo Chop]

Fretless with a pick and octave?

[JapanAxe]

I have played this live quite a few times (including in a Bowie tribute) and always went for the brightest tone. I’ve invariably done it fingerstyle though, never thought to use a plectrum.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, Judo Chop said:

Fretless with a pick and octave?

No, I believe it’s a keyboard bass in the verses doubled, and it’s a fretted bass as you can hear the fret buzz when he picks harder in the “aaah” crescendos. 
Carmine is a much under-regarded bass player. His work on Let’s Dance was fantastic. His credit list has a lot more on it than I’d have thought as he’s not one of those “names” that immediately springs to mind.

I’d like to have a black ESP (I think) PJ with gold hardware like he played on the serious moonlight tour

[ezbass]

He was with Joe Bonamassa for quite a while IIRC. Loved his work with Bowie. DB certainly had some great bass players in his time.

[pineweasel]

This has been a fixture in my band's set for a while and always goes down well. I use an OC-2 for the verses. It doesn't sound quite like the original but it's close enough. 

Fun song to play, and some nice chords for the guitarists too. 

 

 

[Happy Jack]

I reckon I play this WAY better than he does.

😂

[hiram.k.hackenbacker]

Never heard of it 😂

[Bart Funk Bass]

Jerry Barnes who works with Nile Rodgers & Chic plays it without any effects and it sounds great live! Just a fingerstyle jazz bass.