For Your Love - Yardbirds - 19th FRET!

curt basner · #1 01-19-2012, 06:22 AM

Hi All,

While being on Talkbass for many years, have never ventured over this way. I was looking for new songs to play on Songsterr, and found the tabs for For Your Love by the Yardbirds, and was astounded to realize that the break includes a little bass action up at the 19th fret! I don't know about all of you, but the thought of a 60s rock/pop tune with the bass that high in the register seems awfully 'out there' for the time. Pretty cool to play, and sounds great, but just...odd. Agree?

Richland123 · #2 01-19-2012, 10:08 AM

My band plays For Your Love and I always thought the bridge bass part was cool.

dougjwray · #3 01-19-2012, 11:04 AM

Not too surprising... the Yardbirds pushed the envelope, instrumentally. Their "rave-ups" led directly to Cream's collective improvisation. Paul Samwell-Smith was quite a good bassist, and later an interesting producer.
Of course, the guitarist on "For Your Love" is Eric Clapton. It was supposedly the last thing he recorded with them; he was disgusted by how commercial they were getting, and he left (or was dismissed) right after.

giacomini · #4 01-19-2012, 11:32 AM

Basses have 20 frets or more since don't know when, so why wouldn' people use all of them?

curt basner · #5 01-20-2012, 07:22 AM

@ giacomini: Agreed! However, back in the 60s, it seemed save for Entwistle of the Who, that the bass was primarily a rhythm instrument, and you didn't see many folks venturing much past the 7-8th frets. So, I just found it actually compelling that this was NOT the case for this song!

@Richland123: Cool? Definitely!

For all: I found it a bit hard to play, at first, then the logic of the fingering hit me, and it's pretty simple, now.

iamthebassman · #6 01-23-2012, 09:39 AM

We do this one every show, I sing all the Yardbirds stuff we do.

Rocker949 · #7 01-24-2012, 08:59 PM

Great song, great band, but obviously not talked about much anymore.

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curt basner · #9 01-25-2012, 05:09 PM

Abatulian,

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