Bass Riffs

[M4T VW]

Im after a few songs with some good bass riffs in them (Aaron?:thumb:)

Kinda like the start of Higher Ground by RHCP but i want a bit more like, Not just the start.

I saw an audio demo by KEF a few years ago and they have a demo DVD of this big black guy in a band dressed like the pink panther. Man he could play bass. I guess it was Jazz more then anything.

Any ideas?:lol:

Oh and i want good stuff, Not some **** by any new people. -VE for people who suggest it!:knock:

[callumburns]

muse mate, chris is a master on the bass i think

[Gav]

Bassline to this song is awesome, especially the intro :p

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[M4T VW]

Bit heavy for me Gav! Just noise!

[Gav]

Intro's still good regardless of the rest of the song :p

[Spaceboy]

Bit old...

Intro (first few bars) to Tool: Swamp Song
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Nice and easy to learn if you're picking up the bass
Fields of the Nephilim : Celebrate (most ironic song title ever ;) )
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and is it specifically Guitar Bass riffs you're after ? Or are you testing a new speaker / sub setup - if it's the latter I've always loved Massive Attack - Angel :D
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Bit of a bouncy one
Green Day : Longview
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[M4T VW]

I do have a bass but I'm more a guitar man.
I just love bass riffs, not bass in general that you make with electronics. Proper string bass stuff!

[Aaron]

Are you looking specifically for something slap bass-ish, like the start of higher ground, or just something with a good bassline? And are you looking for a band can it be anything? Off the top of my head, you could look at (some might sound a bit dated, but the playing in them all is just stunning):

Songs:


'Amazing Grace' by Victor Wooten - all played in harmonics at the same time as accompanying himself with a slap line. Absolutely stunning.
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Mr Pink by Level 42 - cool once it gets going about a minute in..
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'Can't Find The Time' by Joe Hubbard on the album 'Hubbard's Cubbard' is very cool for bass soloing, and particularly the slap solo from about 3mins 45secs - I had to play it a few times, and its quite challenging, but great when you pull it off!
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Teen Town by Weather Report/Jaco Pastorius (if you can find a good recording). I've also had to play this, and its a killer! :lol: Maybe a bit more jazz than you were after though (all played on a fretless!):
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Dune Tune by Level 42 - more of a solo than the sort of thing you mentioned but still cool and quite easy to play too..
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Not sure if there's anything in there that you're after - tell me which ones you like and I'll give you more of it :lol:

General, more modern bands I'd look at would be:


RHCP
Propellerheads - might be a bit too electronic for you tho!
Early Incubus

There's quite a cool slap bass bit in a song called 'Redefine' - about 2 mins in.
Also, the whole S.C.I.E.N.C.E. album is relatively heavy, but got some good riffs in it.
Battlestar Scralatchtica is defintely worth a listen


Early Hoobastank (and some later stuff to a lesser degree)
Pendulum is quite cool, but I'm not really its what you're after
Muse

I'll keep thinking too :)

[M4T VW]

Cheers Aaron. I will check these out when I get a few mins.
Tryin to weld the roll cage into the car at the moment!