If you could master just one bassline as a party piece which would it be

[Barking Spiders]

This is one I've been working on for a while now and it's a bvgg3r to nail down. Here's the man himself playing it solo in a bass store, Julian Crampton of Incognito, The Pasadenas, Sunburst Band, Down to The Bone, Heaven 17, George Benson, Donna Summer and Paul Young among others.

 

 

Edited April 23, 2024 by Barking Spiders

[SamIAm]

 

[bassbiscuits]

14 minutes ago, SamIAm said:

 

Good work that man. 

[tauzero]

Waterfront by Simple Minds.

[Dad3353]

 

[TheGreek]

Forget me knots - Patrice Rushen - just love that groove. 

[Rodders]

Predictable I'm sure but I'd go with Teen Town..

16th notes and me don't really mix that well so I've never managed to get anywhere near it.

[miles'tone]

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (at full tempo). 

[vantagepointrocks]

As much as I'm a fan of Steve Harris & Geddy Lee and would love to master loads of their basslines. If there was one I'd like to be able to play as a party piece, that would go down well with, I think, most people, it would be, The One That I Want from Grease.

 

 

[miles'tone]

11 hours ago, SamIAm said:

 

Posted before I saw you had!

[Dazm66]

48 minutes ago, Rodders said:

16th notes and me don't really mix

That will be my new catchphrase!

 

[naxos10]

For me it has to be Roundabout by Yes, the excellent bass playing of Chris Squire.

[SamIAm]

35 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

Posted before I saw you had!

I'd say it's SO good it's worth repeating!

Sam x

[asingardenof]

12 hours ago, SamIAm said:

 

This is the one I'd like to master, but I don't think I have enough years in me left to do so (I'm 45).

[martthebass]

Dune Tune Level 42 (and hit me with your rhythm stick of course...)

[martthebass]

57 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

This is the one I'd like to master, but I don't think I have enough years in me left to do so (I'm 45).

For the last 5 years I've had cracking this as my new years resolution.....

Progress is slow.

Buying a Status S2 did not improve progress.

Edited April 24, 2024 by martthebass

[Doctor J]

 

[wintoid]

Chic - Everybody Dance for me I think.

[nilorius]

Donna Lee by Jaco. I learned it allready 15 years ago, but then was faster tempo - very close to Jaco record. Now i play it sometimes a bit slower, when i am sad.

[Dan Dare]

Pretty well anything by Henrik Linder.

[Nail Soup]

Most of my favourite lines would be too simple or not well-known enough to serve as a party piece.

So I'll go for "Good Times" by Chic.

[LewisK1975]

Rhythm Stick for me too.  YMMV but I think it's pretty close to being the ultimate combination of Right / Left hand synchronicity combined with great groove.

[asingardenof]

I think Rhythm Stick is my great white whale, but more realistic party pieces I want to actually be able to play are Hysteria and Master Blaster. 

[SteveXFR]

Maxwell Murders by Rancid

The greatest ever punk bass line

 

 

 

[Guest]

Not found a bass line yet that I couldn't master given sufficient time and determination, and that's with two fingers that don't work properly.