That Billie Jean bass sound - how it was created - and yes, it did include a bass guitar.

[musicbassman]

 

[Maude]

Wow that's a lot going on. 

[steantval]

That’s a coincidence, I was learning to play Billy Jean earlier in the week just for a bit of fun.

This guy explains it really well and definitely hit on about a synth playing the added octave.

I like the version two starting on the second fret of the E string, that’s the version I learnt, it’s a pig of a song due to the repetitive nature of it, you cannot afford to fall out of time, otherwise it falls apart.

 

 

[Cairobill]

Tony Marinelli is just fantastic and played such a key role in the sound of Thriller. Probably the best tutorials on sound design on YT in my opinion...

[King Tut]

We cover this in a band I often dep with. Drummer always plays it way too fast. Bloody nightmare!

[Dan Dare]

Trivia question. Who played bass on Beat It?

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, King Tut said:

We cover this in a band I often dep with. Drummer always plays it way too fast. Bloody nightmare!

That's worse than not playing it at all!

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, Dan Dare said:

Trivia question. Who played bass on Beat It?

EVH?

 

[Hellzero]

5 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

EVH?

 

Nope, as strange as it may seem, it's Steve Lukather.

[Hellzero]

That said Ernest Tibbs is a hell of a player, I saw him live a few times with Protocol, and when Simon Phillips starts to become tricky, he closes his eyes and starts counting, you can see it on his face...

[nilorius]

That is why the album was called - Thriller.