This is how a BASS Solo should sound.

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  • Eddie's Booze
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    • Apr 2007
    • 326

    This is how a BASS Solo should sound.

    Dave Should have made the Van Heineken Brothers hire this guys 25 years ago....



    Yeppers!

    :D
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  • Eddie's Booze
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    • Apr 2007
    • 326

    #2
    Yah, I know Dave hired him eventually.
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    • bluemustard
      Veteran
      • Mar 2006
      • 1762

      #3
      I have great respect for his speed and maybe he's a nice guy but I find it boring as hell...Also at the steve vai astoria dvd.

      Jaco Pastorious till the grave.

      Wolfie is doing fine..LOL
      They just gotta get a keyboard player who plays 44hrtz.

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      • dave_is_vh
        Sniper
        • Apr 2004
        • 920

        #4
        Doesn't do anything for me. That is not what the bass guitar is for.
        "Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass: go home, the earth is full." DLR

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        • dave_is_vh
          Sniper
          • Apr 2004
          • 920

          #5
          Real bass players enhance the song rather than trying to show off in a solo.

          Real bass players: Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Peter Hook.
          "Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass: go home, the earth is full." DLR

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          • Tiki-Tom
            Commando
            • Apr 2006
            • 1071

            #6
            Very good dexterity, but so much wasted talent. Where's the groove, the melody? No sir, thats a great guitarist on a bass.
            If I want gymnastics on bass I'll listen to Jaco. He could out play Billy any day, and it still sounded like a bass. That's because he understood the bass' place in the music and excelled at stretching those bounds, not destroying them.

            Listen, learn, this is how its done............."Slang"


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            • Jurak
              Foot Soldier
              • Mar 2005
              • 607

              #7
              now theres some talent...... nice vid
              "Hear that O.F.? If old school Army gals with solid track records of contribution choose to bless us with their tits, ass, vagina, or just sexy eye shots, leave them be (at least until I've had a chance to rub one out)..."
              That is all.
              Icon.



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              • Tiki-Tom
                Commando
                • Apr 2006
                • 1071

                #8
                Watch this clip all the way through. You will soon see just how little Billy knows about his own chosen instrument


                Jaco Pastorius "Modern Electric Bass" - Part 5

                Last edited by ELVIS; 10-31-2007, 10:37 PM.
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                • ELVIS
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 44120

                  #9
                  There's more than one forum here at the Army...

                  Ya know...


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                  • VAiN
                    Use my hand, I won't look
                    ROCKSTAR

                    • Nov 2006
                    • 5056

                    #10
                    Ugh... sitting through that was painfully boring... Maybe 20-30 seconds, but that was waaaaaaaaay too long.
                    Originally posted by wiseguy
                    That shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.

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                    • Diamondjimi
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • May 2004
                      • 12086

                      #11
                      Jaco is the master. R.I.P.

                      Billy is a frustrated guitarist.
                      Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!

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                      • naturochem
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                        • May 2004
                        • 495

                        #12
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                        • bueno bob
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 22951

                          #13
                          That was a complete waste of time. diamondjimi is exactly right, Sheehan is a frustrated guitarist. I'd rather listen to 10 consecutive Michael Anthony bass solos than listen to that horse shit wankoff again.

                          If you got into bass to melt steel, you got into the wrong instrument. I've said it before and I'll say it again, John Alderete is the PREMIERE bassist to back a guitarist for any kind of bass theatrics, simply because he can outshred the best of them BUT manages to do it with class, style, tact and more than a slight tip of the hat to Jaco Pastorius. Alderete essentially IS a metal Pastorius, perfected.

                          Sheehan may as well be playing guitar, honestly. At the very least, he'd sound like any other jackoff in the bar on Friday night.

                          I'm more impressed with somebody who actually knows what the bass is FOR and brings it forth with precission and technical expertise while being interesting. "Yngwie on Bass" does nothing for me either for entertainment or education.
                          Last edited by bueno bob; 11-01-2007, 01:18 AM.
                          Twistin' by the pool.

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                          • Nitro Express
                            DIAMOND STATUS
                            • Aug 2004
                            • 32942

                            #14
                            Wanking. Talented wanking but wanking.

                            I think the bass should add some excitement to a song. I always liked players like John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, Jack Casady, and Geddy Lee.

                            You hear the bass and it's being played up front as an instrument and not just keeping rythum with the drummer. Great tones. But it's all incorporated into a song. That's how you do it.

                            Heck. I even liked John Taylor of Duran Duran. His bass lines on Rio still hold up and he had some great tone going.
                            No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                            • Diamondjimi
                              DIAMOND STATUS
                              • May 2004
                              • 12086

                              #15
                              Allan Woody (Govt. Mule) R.I.P. was no slouch either!

                              Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!

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