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Pleasure - Glide

magma wrote:Buy bass guitar
Jam to Squarepusher tunes
?????
Profit

This is like having a dick measuring contest at the horse ranch. I don't recommend it.

Nah big up Squarepusher and his mad slap tekkers but thats not what i rate in a bassplayer tbh.

This guy is the big don dada



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oZClso_yUQ

rayman612 wrote:Pleasure - Glide

Im already on that one

I got a Fender American Jazzzz.

Red Hot Chili Pepper songs have good bass parts because Flea is crazy. Under the Bridge is nice, easy and sounds good.

Loads of dub songs have insanely good bass as well

Jim Smith from Cardiacs is a ridiculous bassist... and he bought me a pint once, top bloke!

Seriously even if you don't like the tune you cannot deny his bass skills are mental

also this...

Another maestro of the bass

other 1 i forgot was

Brick - Dazz

& anything between 1980 & 1984 u kno

this one is simple

James Jamerson & Robbie are your friends.
if you know a thing or two about music, scales etc check some Jazz standards like Autumn Leaves. if you don't - Blue Bossa is the best tune to learn something.
also, Blues & Rock n Roll standards are easy and give you a nice sense of rhythm. same goes for most P Funk tunes (Parliament, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Bootsy's Rubber Band...)
Bootsy Collins has a sick groove, too.

but yeah, Jamerson is sick. if you're fingering that shit, Iron Maiden is good for stamina. seriously. old Motörhead aswell.

I really enjoy playing old Muse bits.

and always remember: Flea has sick lines but can't slap to save his life. his slap bass sounds fucking awful. try to get a decent technique from the beginning.

LOL Flea has bad slap bass technique? Have you listened to the Mother's Milk album from 1988, or the three before that?

Fleas best moments are when he doesnt slap. (Mellowship Slinky, end of My Lovely Man etc)

1000 notes a minute slap has never done it for me

Les CLaypool is my personal bass god.

A bit cliche, but got me into bass.

Not even remotely concerned with the cliche of it all.
Man is amazing.

test recordings wrote:LOL Flea has bad slap bass technique? Have you listened to the Mother's Milk album from 1988, or the three before that?

yes. battering the strings close to the bridge sounds just so incredibly whack and doesn't give a tone nearly as clear and powerful as achieved by other techniques. this being said, Wooten bores me aswell, so you might latch on to that.

also, what Johoosh said.

Jurkhands wrote:a tone nearly as clear and powerful

If I want a clear and powerful tone, I will play an fm synth.

or just listen to Marcus Miller and that one guy from Cameroon who was with Weather Report.

^^^^^^^^^^ marcus miller is amazing