Tab for Rush - Tom Sawyer 'bass solo'

BassBob2112 · #1 01-03-2011, 06:35 PM

Does anyone have a dead accurate tab for the bass solo part of the Rush song Tom Sawyer? One that YOU Play and KNOW is correct in terms of notes and positioning on the fretboard?

I see all kinds of versions out there (like Ultimate Guitar tabs, Rush Tablature Project), but then seem to never be in agreement and they don't agree with how I learned it a long long time ago (which I think came out of an old Guitar Player magazine).

If you can help out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks !

glenb73 · #2 01-03-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BassBob2112

Does anyone have a dead accurate tab for the bass solo part of the Rush song Tom Sawyer? One that YOU Play and KNOW is correct in terms of notes and positioning on the fretboard?

I see all kinds of versions out there (like Ultimate Guitar tabs, Rush Tablature Project), but then seem to never be in agreement and they don't agree with how I learned it a long long time ago (which I think came out of an old Guitar Player magazine).

If you can help out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks !

Yes as a matter of fact, I have dead-accurate tab right in front of me. It is from the Guitar World September 2001 issue, in which this very song is transcribed by the one and only Andy Aledort. PM me for a trade.

BassBob2112 · #3 01-04-2011, 05:19 PM

Thanks I think I pieced it together now. I see he jumps positions from the 9th to the 5th fret, rather than playing it in one position like I've seen transcribed.

Ibanez Bassist · #4 01-05-2011, 03:21 PM

@BassBob2112 > Let me know if you want just the Mp3 bass track from the Orig. song and then you will be able to hear it and that might help as we..

Alvaro Martín Gómez A. · #5 01-05-2011, 05:23 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlGibhuobrM

Duke21 · #6 01-09-2011, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BassBob2112

Does anyone have a dead accurate tab for the bass solo part of the Rush song Tom Sawyer? One that YOU Play and KNOW is correct in terms of notes and positioning on the fretboard?

I see all kinds of versions out there (like Ultimate Guitar tabs, Rush Tablature Project), but then seem to never be in agreement and they don't agree with how I learned it a long long time ago (which I think came out of an old Guitar Player magazine).

If you can help out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks !

If you use one of the good tabs out there, you will easily adjust it by listening to the original version from Moving Pictures. Most of the good versions are fine to play like they are and fit to the song. Geddy do not stick to the studio version strictly, as he tend to add some double notes here and there instead of single notes, or add some fills. Listening to the various live versions is helpful in seeing which parts/ notes are a must and which can be modified.