muting like he does

taysteman01 · #1 10-29-2006, 01:03 AM

ok here is a video of blink 182's mark hoppus playing a bass solo at the beginning of their song "carousel"

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...carousel&hl=en
(please excuse the bad language at the biginning of the video)

After playing the beginning solo, he moves to playing two string chords. It appears that he is using not just the fingers that he needs to make the chords, but he is also using other fingers to mute it i guess.

i have been trying to learn how to do this for some time now, does anyone have any advice on how to mute the other strings without making it sound like crap?

Atomicant · #2 10-29-2006, 02:01 AM

I think it just looks like hes using those fingers, hes not playing on the E or A string so theres no need to mute them anyway.

bassicinstinct · #3 10-29-2006, 03:56 AM

My word that was dire!!

Can I have my 3 minutes back please.

VanillaO · #4 10-29-2006, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomicant

I think it just looks like hes using those fingers, hes not playing on the E or A string so theres no need to mute them anyway.

even if he is muting them, it's not necessary... atomicant is right; the whole intro is on D and G

fourstringdrums · #5 10-29-2006, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassicinstinct

My word that was dire!!

Can I have my 3 minutes back please.

+1

That is all.

Poop-Loops · #6 10-29-2006, 05:25 PM

I can see why they are so popular.

...wait, they're musicians!?

trasser · #7 10-30-2006, 12:11 PM

But what is the guys setup? That bass sound is extremely clean!

phxlbrmpf · #8 10-30-2006, 01:39 PM

Wow, I loved how "tight" they were.

P.S.: try using the thumb of your fretting hand to mute the strings that aren't supposed to ring when you're strumming chords or double stops.

Alun · #9 10-30-2006, 02:19 PM

Hi. It looks like he's just resting his middle and third fingers on the E and A so that he can strum all four strings while only sounding the top two.. You may find it easier (though not as punky

) to make smaller motions with your picking hand so that you just hit the D and G.

Cheers,
Alun

SlavaF · #10 10-30-2006, 11:26 PM

Dude... no offense but why would you wanna sound like Mark Hoppus???

OTOH, next to Tom, he looks like Jaco f***ing Pastorius

superjesus · #11 10-30-2006, 11:41 PM

wow, that was awful.

i fart more musically than that.

trasser · #12 10-31-2006, 05:32 AM

Yeah, disgusting. No, i'm looking for a more "secret" sound, as my teacher put it - i just wanna know what rig/bass can give you a sound like that. It sounds a lot like robert trujillo's sound