I like to do the Gene Simmons solo from youtube and then point all over the place so while they are looking at what I am pointing at, I can run out with bass in hand =)
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Things you play while trying a bass/amp.
- Thread starter groove9028
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I usually just thump around and feel stupid because i don't know any songs really.
then contemplate kicking the idiot play stairway to heaven, higher ground or schism in the head.
then contemplate kicking the idiot play stairway to heaven, higher ground or schism in the head.
Usually I do The Awakening, the Les Claypool version, then I actually go into the lines used by basstasters.com just because they seem to do great for side by side comparisons.
I like to crank it up and feedback for about 5 minutes then I scratch my finger nail up and down it. If I am at Guitar Center, I would much rather fart thru the PA. That place sucks on the weekends.
i run scales up and down the neck while checking for dead spots.
then i run through various tunes that have techniques i use often.
and i do admit i noodle a bit just for fun
then i run through various tunes that have techniques i use often.
and i do admit i noodle a bit just for fun
Depends on the sounds I'm checking out. To check on the crispy stuff, usually Roundabout to see if I can get that CS sound going. For a different sound, Birdland to check harmonics and a bassier sound. Then I'll try to dial in a funky sound with some original grooves.
In all, I'll spend no more than 2 or 3 minutes checking out the amp - I hate to play in music stores.
In all, I'll spend no more than 2 or 3 minutes checking out the amp - I hate to play in music stores.
I was in my local music store this morning. A guy was checking out a bass and what was he playing?
"Yankee Doodle"
"Yankee Doodle"
- Apr 30, 2007
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Chic's good times (rapper's delight)
Generic funky walking line,
Generic jazz line,
Generic punk line with pick,
Incubus's Battlestar Scratchtachica
And Portrait of Tracy if I'm feeling flash.
Generic funky walking line,
Generic jazz line,
Generic punk line with pick,
Incubus's Battlestar Scratchtachica
And Portrait of Tracy if I'm feeling flash.
well
usually its a bit of
Lady Marmalade
groovy basslines there
higher ground
portrait of tracy
and maybe if i have time some of my songs
usually its a bit of
Lady Marmalade
groovy basslines there
higher ground
portrait of tracy
and maybe if i have time some of my songs
hahaha
i usualy just mess around with no rhyme or reason, but if i catch someone looking at me, (wich i usualy do when i turn up the amp to 5) i do some mad/random/loud/horible slaping down the neck and start rippin out "rock lobster" as hard as i can while bangin my head sporadicly. then i just follow that patern up the neck till i hit the top, turn down the volume and play "continental soldier" and people usualy just shake their heads and look away...:scowl:
but seeing as i usualy go shoping with my guitar playing buddy, we'll usualy jam sum foo fighters, metalica and maiden, and then, just to show boat, i'll bust out my pick and start playing guitar riffs from cuthulu dawn (CoF) and kissing the shadows (CoB).
on that note, i dont usualy buy anything without an arse load more of the usualscales & whatnot
i usualy just mess around with no rhyme or reason, but if i catch someone looking at me, (wich i usualy do when i turn up the amp to 5) i do some mad/random/loud/horible slaping down the neck and start rippin out "rock lobster" as hard as i can while bangin my head sporadicly. then i just follow that patern up the neck till i hit the top, turn down the volume and play "continental soldier" and people usualy just shake their heads and look away...:scowl:
but seeing as i usualy go shoping with my guitar playing buddy, we'll usualy jam sum foo fighters, metalica and maiden, and then, just to show boat, i'll bust out my pick and start playing guitar riffs from cuthulu dawn (CoF) and kissing the shadows (CoB).
on that note, i dont usualy buy anything without an arse load more of the usualscales & whatnot
wow... that was the first time i've ever heard the words "shred" and "nirvana" used in the same sentence.
the GC here is so lawless that you don't ask for jackall, you just plug in...
last time i was there, i was testing out various Ampeg and GK cabs...
for punchy:
Naked In The Rain - RHCP
Freewill - Rush
for warm/round:
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
Steppin' Out - Steel Pulse
last time i was there, i was testing out various Ampeg and GK cabs...
for punchy:
Naked In The Rain - RHCP
Freewill - Rush
for warm/round:
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
Steppin' Out - Steel Pulse
Ornithology-Charlie Parker, to test the neck speed/show off
Slappy Funk Riff, to test the slappability
A bunch of jazz heads, for fun-
-Stop and Play with Tone Controls for a few Minutes-
that stupid Cliff Burton Solo i play to much
Stanley Clarke's School Days
the ending to Bach's Prelude to the Six Suites, for dead spots
_Stop Play with tone Controls some more_
A Bunch of TOOL songs
My Usual Routine
-Mike
Slappy Funk Riff, to test the slappability
A bunch of jazz heads, for fun-
-Stop and Play with Tone Controls for a few Minutes-
that stupid Cliff Burton Solo i play to much
Stanley Clarke's School Days
the ending to Bach's Prelude to the Six Suites, for dead spots
_Stop Play with tone Controls some more_
A Bunch of TOOL songs
My Usual Routine
-Mike
Dethklok - deththeme
Tool - schism
As blood runs black - in dying days
Dio - holy diver
Metallica - Orion
Electric wizard - Whichever song I remember at the time
Yah...woo!
Tool - schism
As blood runs black - in dying days
Dio - holy diver
Metallica - Orion
Electric wizard - Whichever song I remember at the time
Yah...woo!
