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Things you play while trying a bass/amp.
- Thread starter groove9028
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I just start playing riffs from Iron Maiden's Killers album. If I am going to find any problems with the sound I desire, then those riffs should bring it out haha... mostly because of the quick rhythmic patterns combined with aggressive string striking. Anyways, I am sure that those people at GC need to be exposed to more Maiden riffs than The Trooper
In A Gadda Da Vida. Louie Louie. Wipe Out. Y'know...all the usual things the kids now days are playing...
MM
Powerhouse by Raymond Scott. That's the 'factory'/'assembly line' music that appeared in dozens of WB cartoons.
LZ's Out on the Tiles
EWF's Power
Scales and I seem to always finish up with
"It's really nice, do you want me to put it back up on the wall? Thanks"
EWF's Power
Scales and I seem to always finish up with
"It's really nice, do you want me to put it back up on the wall? Thanks"
- I'll start off with some boxy funk stuff.
- Then usually do a walk or two in a major scale.
- I might throw in some Tom Sayer at this point.
- Then mess with some chords and harmonics.
- Then I might hammer out Come on, come over.
- Then a little Stevie with that bass and horn line in Sir Duke.
- At this point, if I'm digging the bass, I'll do chromatic walks all over the bass to test out high and low tones and see if I can sniff out the ever-feared dead spot.
- From this point it's anyones guess. I might do a Little Green Bag, maybe that great Kansas riff from Carry on my Wayward son, and there would probably be some RHCP in favour of Aeroplane or Around the World.
- Then usually do a walk or two in a major scale.
- I might throw in some Tom Sayer at this point.
- Then mess with some chords and harmonics.
- Then I might hammer out Come on, come over.
- Then a little Stevie with that bass and horn line in Sir Duke.
- At this point, if I'm digging the bass, I'll do chromatic walks all over the bass to test out high and low tones and see if I can sniff out the ever-feared dead spot.
- From this point it's anyones guess. I might do a Little Green Bag, maybe that great Kansas riff from Carry on my Wayward son, and there would probably be some RHCP in favour of Aeroplane or Around the World.
Usually Some slappy funk lines that i jam on. Then jazz lines, maybe SO What by Miles. Then chordal progressions (Double and Triple Stops) and then some RHCP and Primus, Metallica, Nirvana, Led, anything that comes to mind. Also Pink Floyd
I make shure its in tune than do 12 bar blues then ill do a rift from Anesthesia and, then what ever is stuck in my head, and ill finish with a rift from whatever song im working on writing 
Whatever songs I plan to use it for... the set I am currently playing.
Lowest string as hard and as soft as I can. Dig in for 8ths and see how the dynamics are as I get softer. Some 3 note chords, 1,3,5..1,b3,5, etc...
Jonathan
Lowest string as hard and as soft as I can. Dig in for 8ths and see how the dynamics are as I get softer. Some 3 note chords, 1,3,5..1,b3,5, etc...
Jonathan
Scales, some blues riffs, a little led zep maybe. I second the Kansas tune, "carry on my wayward son" is one of my favorite bass lines to play. Maybe "I wish" by stevie wonder.
I normally play some awesome songs i've learned in Orchestra, and also by myself. Here's a list!-
Crazy Train
In The Hall of the Mountain King
Carry On Wayward Son
Another One Bites the Dust
Wipeout
Animal I Have Become
as well as some christmas tunes
and some classics such as
Eine Kline Nachtmusik
just to name a few.
i luv goin 2 music stores and showin off my mad skills!
Crazy Train
In The Hall of the Mountain King
Carry On Wayward Son
Another One Bites the Dust
Wipeout
Animal I Have Become
as well as some christmas tunes
and some classics such as
Eine Kline Nachtmusik
just to name a few.
i luv goin 2 music stores and showin off my mad skills!
When I'm buying a bass I'll noodle just a bit to check the feel.
If I'm buying a amp I give the bass to the sales guy and screw with the amp while he plays.
I don't go for hot doggin' in some GC or S.Ash.
I mean really.
If I'm buying a amp I give the bass to the sales guy and screw with the amp while he plays.
I don't go for hot doggin' in some GC or S.Ash.
I mean really.
It varies, but usually the Lemon Song or some other good ol' Jonesy bassline, some RHCP, Come On, Come Over, Roundabout, and the intro to Portrait of Tracy (all I can play of it, lol). Oh, and Red Barchetta. From there, it's whatever comes to my mind.
Day Tripper and Come Together by the Beatles then the melody to Stairway to Heaven. That usually bores the salesmen and they leave me alone. I follow-up with Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder and Synchronicity ll by The Police and finish with Freewill by Rush.
Sometimes I will slap a funk line like Jungle Boogie or do the theme song from Barney Miller.
If I hear a guitarist wanking and I know the song, I may just play along. If he comes over I will tell him he was playing in the wrong key
Sometimes I will slap a funk line like Jungle Boogie or do the theme song from Barney Miller.
If I hear a guitarist wanking and I know the song, I may just play along. If he comes over I will tell him he was playing in the wrong key
A couple octaves worth of scales......a perfect 5th exercise I like to do...a few clarke-esques slappy things to test slap tone....some prince-ish type slap lines, a-la emancipation to test string balance....a few things by one of my own band's lines, and then Larry Graham's "if you want me to stay"
Jaco's Amerika and Portrait of Tracy.
Tool (most of their songs are played in drop-D so it's a good way to test out the bass' response!).
Harmonics and some chords.
Improv.
Tool (most of their songs are played in drop-D so it's a good way to test out the bass' response!).
Harmonics and some chords.
Improv.
I will usually start with a riff from a worship song, "All Day" which gets me over 4 strings pretty quickly and gives me a good feel for the neck. Then maybe some Hysteria, some 12 bar blues, maybe a little slap.
