Claypool's Craziest Bassline?

ZoSoIV · #1 08-24-2007, 01:16 PM

Considering I can only play about .1% of his material, I don't have any good mentions, but was wondering what you pros out there think is his hardest and trickiest bassline?

Baryonyx · #2 08-24-2007, 02:59 PM

Pulling tracks out of the air, I'd be tempted to say "Is It Luck?".

FloydianAnimal · #3 08-24-2007, 04:21 PM

DMV maybe? Tommy The Cat? Not really sure what his hardest bassline is persay...

ERIC31 · #4 08-24-2007, 06:47 PM

I'm no pro..and I don't know about hardest..(I still can't play it) but the first time I heard Jerry Was A Racecar Driver it flipped me out! Until I saw the video I had no idea how he was playing that song! In addition to being the first time I had seen a 6 string bass played in that manner. Still amazing to this day.

infect · #5 08-24-2007, 06:55 PM

I think 'Filipino Ray' is a bitch to play all the way through and accurately.

bbe · #6 08-24-2007, 06:55 PM

id agree on is it luck.

tommy the cat isnt actually as challenging as it seems. singing it and playing it is the real challenge there.

Baryonyx · #7 08-25-2007, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FloydianAnimal

DMV maybe? Tommy The Cat? Not really sure what his hardest bassline is persay...

I dunno, I always thought DMV was pretty easy to play back when I had a 5 string.

78bass · #8 08-25-2007, 04:53 AM

Sturgeon.

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #9 08-26-2007, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris2112

Pulling tracks out of the air, I'd be tempted to say "Is It Luck?".

Exactly the same one I thought of after seeing this thread's title.

Tbirdbassist · #10 08-26-2007, 01:33 PM

I think Hamburger Train is up there, it's really just a bunch of mutes added in to something kinda simple... it's still a bitch to play.

AmazingGracePlayer · #11 08-26-2007, 01:50 PM

Tommy the Cat's hard to learn, but once you get the pattern, it's really easy. What's hard about it is to sing/rap as fast and ARTICULATE as Claypool while playing.