yorick Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Morning all. After many years of working out mainly rock and metal songs, i've decided to work out some Madness songs. Any pointers as to the tunings they used/use. Once i've got this, shouldn't be too difficult.... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allighatt0r Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Baggy Trousers is fairly simple and is in standard tuning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 What makes you think he uses different tunings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) We do Our House and It must be love as per the originals. Nothing tricky about the tunings at all. there are some resonably accurate tabs here to get you started. [url="http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/madness_tabs.htm"]http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/madness_tabs.htm[/url] Edited September 30, 2009 by lonestar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 We do Baggy Trousers and Night Boat To cairo and they are great fun to play. One Step Beyond to be added soon (gotta keep the sax player happy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggy Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 We do Night Boat, One Step, Baggy Trousers, Must be Love and a few more. Always fun to play and the punters love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassatnight Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Why is bedders never interviewed in Bass guitar mags!? If I get the editor of Bass magzines E-mail address - whose up for filling up his in box with requests for the underated Madness four-stringer to get the in depth interview he so richly deserves I am fed up with reading interviews with American Bass virtuosos lets get some good old influential British boys interviewed!!!!!!!!! Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='bassatnight' post='612806' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:25 AM']Why is bedders never interviewed in Bass guitar mags!?[/quote] Funnily enough when I saw this thread I was immediately reminded of a 90s interview in the sadly defunct Bassist magazine with him. The quote that always stood out in my mind was him saying that he had to try and make all his basslines sound a bit funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='bassatnight' post='612806' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:25 AM']Why is bedders never interviewed in Bass guitar mags!? If I get the editor of Bass magzines E-mail address - whose up for filling up his in box with requests for the underated Madness four-stringer to get the in depth interview he so richly deserves I am fed up with reading interviews with American Bass virtuosos lets get some good old influential British boys interviewed!!!!!!!!! Steve.[/quote] Add it to the BGM thread ... I lourve his basslines and sound .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTee Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I have a few tabs from Bassist magazine from a few years ago. Can always scan them for you. House of Fun is fantastic in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='BurritoBass' post='612809' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:29 AM']The quote that always stood out in my mind was him saying that he had to try and make all his basslines sound a bit funny. [quote name='JJTee' post='612953' date='Sep 30 2009, 01:35 PM'] House of Fun is fantastic in particular.[/quote][/quote] House of Fun is one of my favourite bass lines ever, it's nuts. And a near 100%-perfect pop song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarcher Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='612983' date='Sep 30 2009, 02:19 PM']House of Fun is one of my favourite bass lines ever, it's nuts. And a near 100%-perfect pop song. [/quote] Pure Joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't make em like that anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Just watched the Nutty Boys on BBC4 from Glastonbury, Bedders was sounding great, but as ever the bass player rarely gets any camera love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Great weren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Watching the same. Spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Maybe it's a black on black Fender* Precision with maple neck thing, but I always loved Mark Bedford's tone. I say a black on black Fender* Precision with maple neck thing because that's also what Bruce Foxton was using, and I loved his tone as well! * Other brands may also have been used! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 [quote name='tarcher' post='613121' date='Sep 30 2009, 05:22 PM']Pure Joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't make em like that anymore. [/quote] Can you imagine how much fun it must've been to be in that band at its peak? Bloody hell. They were knocking out top 10 fodder like it was nothing, and having a proper bark doing it. I've never been so jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 MB1. ...Just Watched Take It or Leave It on the Tv....That brought lots of Nutty memories back...Great Band!...Have seen them live many times....Mark Bedford is a very underated bassist!..me thinks!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Lots of chromatics and the keyboard parts tend to use inversions of major chords. So while the bass may be playing the root B of a B major chord, the keys may have a G# or E as the bottom note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 (edited) Some good b'lines to be had with Madness, found house of fun interesting. In Tru Steppaz we do The Prince (very easy), Nightboat to Cairo & One step Beyond (Prince buster) in our set. Edited October 4, 2009 by Rasta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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