5 string songs that use low B?

[Jared92]

Good songs that hit the low B often? I jsut got a 5 string jazz and i havnt used the B much!:scowl:

 

[Johnny Mack]

obligatory RHCP - Righteous and the Wicked

 

[Jared92]

Love it. BSSM is a great album. But i always did, on A, 5-5-5, E, 7-5-7-0-0-0 (0, A -7-) is that wrong?

 

[Johnny Mack]

A: 5-5-5 E: 7-5-7 B: 0-0-0, A: 5-5-5 E: 7-5-7 B: 5 A: 7 ...i believe

 

[Jared92]

alright that also sounds good thanks alot. Any other lines people?

 

[Johnny Crab]

Not sure of your definition of "good".

For B practice some fun can be had on Staind & Nickelback tunes, many country tunes(ok, pop country), Christian metal/rock(Kutless, Pillar, and others), Nightwish & Delain (goth/symphonic metal), and tons more. You WILL need either good speakers or headphones or both to hear it. ACME B2 cabinets work fine for it.

The band I'm with now has a 5'er in 2 tunes(covers with a great female vocalist sitting in with us) but I use a Line 6 BODXTLive's SubOctave to do it instead of carrying an extra bass for them.

 

[DZIB]

Walking On The Chinese Wall - Phillip Baily (Nathan East-Bass)
New State Of Mind - Yes (Chris Squire - Bass)
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (Tony Levin - Bass)
Baby Can I Hold You -Tracy Chapman (Larry Klein - Bass)

 

[Chronicle]

Guys...


311!!!!! They make me want a 5 stringer

 

[Bass Hero]

Guys...


311!!!!! They make me want a 5 stringer

was just about to mention them

 

[capnsandwich]

Any Alan Holdsworth song with Jimmy Johnson playing on it.

Dave Weckl Band, Panda's Dream.

 

[BassBastard]

Everyday - Jamiroquai
Me, myself & I - Beyonce
Fight for your mind - Ben Harper

 

[tmw]

Riding with the King - B.B. King and Eric Clapton
Its too Funky in Here - James Brown

 

[gottawalk]

"My Father's Eyes", Eric Claption. The version on "One More Car, One More Rider". Nathan East runs some of the best lines imaginable! Awsome Reggae riff that starts on the low B string. Meaty!!!!!

The whole album is some of Nathan East's tastiest stuff.

 

[Toastfuzz]

On Primus's Brown Album and Pork Soda he uses his 6-string Rainbow bass alot, uses the low B for cool slapping and the high C generally just for chords, so a 5 string would be able to pull them all off.

Off the Brown Album, I'd say Shake Hands with Beef and Bob's Party Time Lounge, and always a classic winner from Pork Soda, My Name is Mud

 

[flipper_gv]

any melodic death metal song, they're normally tuned B flat or C flat

You simply have to tune 1/2 step up and there you go.

 

[Mayers]

You could play Primus's My Name Is Mud where he only plays on the B strings.

All Korn song or Limp Bizkit or Nickelback. You could also play all song from Dream Theater Systematic Chaos album.

 

[Afrokid]

get some between the buried and me in your life...their bass player is truely incredible

 

[h00t]

Send the Pain Below (and likely many other songs) by Chevelle (and many other nu-metal bands) can be played entirely on the B/A# string without going over the 9th fret. That should give it a good workout.

 

[valiant]

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I play low B all day long with my band

 

[valiant]

I play low b all day long

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