Best bass solo

[foal30]

yes to Willie Weeks and Stanley Clarke
both Voices Inside and School Days amazed me. Still do. Great music.

Prince - 2NigsUnited4WestCompton
Paul Chambers - Blues by 5
Marcus Miller - Legends Concert, on the fretless 6, nice.


always liked the Sade tune with the bass break in it, quite like some Joy Division but probably Perfect Kiss New Order video version for specific bass solo, Larry Graham Hair

[HeavyJay]

Chili's, Flea, Naked in the Rain:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56GvyekbMQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56GvyekbMQ[/url]

From about 2:23.

Fits in really well with a really funky and groovy song and isn't too long. I love it.

[originalfunkbrother]

There are too many and too diverse to mention but Richard Bona's solo on George Benson's version of 'Missing You' does
do it for me each time I hear it....

[wombatboter]

[quote name='jude_b' post='715919' date='Jan 17 2010, 08:24 PM']Tacky eighties: there was a really really good bass solo on a 12" version of Freedom by Wham.[/quote]

I remember a great bass solo on an extended remix of "I'm your man", isn't that the one you mean (with a great jazzbass-sound in a Stanley Clarke sort of style (Dean Estes, I presume ?)) ?

My favourite : Jaco's fretless solo's on "Refuge of the roads" (Joni Mitchell)

[Alien]

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='716321' date='Jan 18 2010, 08:45 AM']Flea's ditty on 'Aeroplane' needs a mention as it was a bonafide actual hit with a bass solo, allbeit shortened for the radio.[/quote]

Nigel Harrison's solo on Blondie's 'Atomic' predates it by a good few years...



solo starts at about 2:30.

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[wombatboter]

I love that solo too but I still have doubts that he really played it himself..
In a documentary producer Mike Chapman complained about the poor technical abilities of the musicians of Blondie (the drums for Heart of Glass had to be played one tom, snare, hi hat, etc.. at the time) and that it was really hard to work with and since this is such a difficult solo..?
I would love the thought though that he really played it himself.

[AndyTravis]

The lad from Sleeper dod a great version of that bass break for the trainspotting soundtrack.

Also, it was just a mention for that solo, if we're putting them all in, why not 'My Generation' by the Who.

Love the 2 or 3 Danelectro's vs 1 Jazz Bass story on that one...

Edited January 18, 2010 by AndyTravis

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='716080' date='Jan 17 2010, 10:16 PM']

WINNER!![/quote]

I can see the appeal of this, and I'm not knocking the skill, but is it not fretw***ery of the highest order?

[xilddx]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='716925' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:00 PM']I can see the appeal of this, and I'm not knocking the skill, but is it not fretw***ery of the highest order?[/quote]
It was rubbish! but a lot of fun.

[Bass Culture]

Another one I've got a particularly soft spot is the solo from 'We Don't Need This Fascist Groove Thang' by Heaven 17 - it takes me back just thinking about it. I think the bassist was given as 'John Wilson' and I've never come across him on anything else. Anyone out there able to give me some back story on this fella?

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='silddx' post='716931' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:04 PM']It was rubbish! but a lot of fun.[/quote]

[leschirons]

Not really a bass solo, more solo bass. This one does it for me.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZH99St4HGk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZH99St4HGk...feature=related[/url]

[iconic]

that's quite humbling, so much talent it hurts, thanks for sharing that...I can't even slap my bass without all sorts of noises coming out the speaker that makes my cats ears pick up in pain...and you can pat your's and make it sound wonderful!

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='716925' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:00 PM']I can see the appeal of this, and I'm not knocking the skill, but is it not fretw***ery of the highest order?[/quote]
It actually sounds like someone vigorously twanging a ruler off the end of a desk at different lengths.

[nick]

My favourite

[deathpanda]

[quote name='leschirons' post='716955' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:17 PM']Not really a bass solo, more solo bass. This one does it for me.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZH99St4HGk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZH99St4HGk...feature=related[/url][/quote]

holy sh*t... mind = blown.

[steve-soar]

[quote name='nick' post='716984' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:33 PM']My favourite

[/quote]Now THAT'S a bass solo.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='iconic' post='716960' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:21 PM']that's quite humbling, so much talent it hurts, thanks for sharing that...I can't even slap my bass without all sorts of noises coming out the speaker that makes my cats ears pick up in pain...and you can pat your's and make it sound wonderful!

[/quote]

Love this!

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='716961' date='Jan 18 2010, 07:22 PM']It actually sounds like someone vigorously twanging a ruler off the end of a desk at different lengths.[/quote]

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='717062' date='Jan 18 2010, 08:19 PM'] [/quote]

Eloquently put.

[pockethammer]

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='715660' date='Jan 17 2010, 01:39 PM']I'm going old school - Andy Fraser's solo in 'Mr Big' for me, from Free Live.[/quote]


Andy Fraser's Mr Big for me too.......... excellent.

[JakeBrownBass]

+1 to this
3.17


But my fave has to be this

Edited January 18, 2010 by jake_tenfloors

[xilddx]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='717061' date='Jan 18 2010, 08:19 PM']Love this![/quote]
Fabulous isn't it!

Truly, completely musical, for a f***ing change! I did put a link to it earlier in the thread but I should have done it that way.

[purpleblob]

Okay, one more from me, when I heard Jonas Hellborg play Little Wing on a 4 string bass I was mesmerised, basically to my mind this guy opened the door to do anything on bass, for me at least (not sure how to embed a youtube vid. so here's the link) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh_Z1kt5iR4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh_Z1kt5iR4[/url]

I have the good fortune to see him live a couple of times at the end of the 80's/early 90's and he was truly spellbinding. Not to everyone's taste including me at times, but a truly innovative musician.

If you don't like slap then please don't play the following link [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-NSHWrHJlM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-NSHWrHJlM[/url] and yes it's total bassturbation

EDIT:Been trying to find something with Jonas playing fretless as he has so much feeling - often not see due to his slap pyrotechnics - but this is nice (more solo bass than a bass solo as was Little Wing ) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYV-MS5WzJ0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYV-MS5WzJ0[/url]

EDIT AGAIN: Sorry just realised I went a little Jonas mad in this post, so in for a penny in for a pound [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WelduVCB03g&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WelduVCB03g...feature=related[/url]

Edited January 24, 2010 by purpleblob

[retroman]

Another +1 to Lemmy's solo in Motorhead's "Stay Clean". Funny enough, been working that one out over the last week or so.....Not as easy as it first sounds!

here are some more of my faves for bass solos;

Motorhead- Lost In the Ozone
The Who - My Generation
Metallica - Anasthesia/ Pulling Teeth
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deciever
Primus - Tommy The Cat