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Rate my bass tone! and skills

Nice for 2 months of playing :)

Focus on timing and accuracy of plucking. Do this by slowing down. Learn to play what you know at half pace, and pluck every note with as much accuracy, precision and tone as possible. Try to be aware of where your fingers are at all times. Know which note is played by which finger (fretting AND plucking hand), and most important, keep practicing :)
 
+1 on timing and plucking strength. Instead of recording yourself playing such a fast song try something slower, groovier, and simpler. Something you can enjoy playing without forcing to play it.
 
Lol seems like i got alot of diss on my timing, alrite i re-recorded myself trying to focus more on my rhythm. see if theres any improvement...i added a new bassline too

anyways how do you u guys like the sound of my bass? technique aside, wanna guess what model it is? :-)

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Not sure how you recorded the file, I like cakewalk or cubase myself.

I have been playing for about a year and a half, funny you and I are practicing the trooper LOL! I love that harris thing. I always mess up while recording, seems I put pressure on myself to play perfect and screw it all up.

I agree with timing, keep up the good work. Let me see if I can find my nuts and add a file on this thread of my playing...............
 
Nick Ioannucci said:
uhhhh pretty cool. just timing really. and are you using a pick?

I play with fingers, I find it amusing that everyone keeps thinkin im using a pick. Btw Im playing a yamaha attitude with very low action therefore the clicking sound. I play w the middle pick up, super growly tones, I have my mid max'ed in the eq too...

Anyways thanks for the comments. btw, i hav problem with the trooper a week ago until I switched to 3fingers, I just practise with the consistency and alot and what an investment. I can play faster than i could with 2fingers in a week already....i reckon everyone giv it a try
 
Keep practicing and at this rate you will be blowing people away in a couple of years. Yeah, just keep practicing.

When I started first playing bass I would play Our Lady Peace songs, as they have moving but simple bass lines that can be heard easily. I still play OLP to warm up. If you like their sound, I reccomend that as a great place to start learning songs.

Maybe not Spiritual Machines, but any of their other albums. Clumsy is great, you can get it at a record exchange place for 5$ anymore.
 
Vorago said:
Nice for 2 months of playing :)

Focus on timing and accuracy of plucking. Do this by slowing down. Learn to play what you know at half pace, and pluck every note with as much accuracy, precision and tone as possible. Try to be aware of where your fingers are at all times. Know which note is played by which finger (fretting AND plucking hand), and most important, keep practicing :)
+1 and post another clip when you get The Trooper completely down, man thats a fun song to play. ;)
 
is it just the song by muse? cause theres one part where you seem to slow down a whole bunch. timings a bit better, do you have a metronome? cause that would make it easier to see where you mess up and what not. this makes me want to upload the intro to the chicken, ive been playing fretless for 6 months as opposed to DB for 6 years, but i have no clue how to record to my pc.
 
Your playing was good enough that I recognized the song, but to really nail the muse song you gotta have the fuzz/distortion effects going! Other than that I would say to not be afraid to slide around the frets because he does that alot on that song.
Sounds good though, you'll be a regular Flea/Claypool in 2 more months:bassist: