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Oct 6, 2009 · Most of the Bowie catalog has his 12-string in the background. Obviously "Space Oddity" , which opens with a massively dissonant 12-string chord (Fmaj7/E) that resolves to C, and one of the greatest 12-string riffs of all time, his C - F - G - A. You should check out some old time blues, Leadbelly, and soforth. Gordon Lightfoot.
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Nov 2, 2007 · Doing so with a 12-string is often a pretty frustrating excercise, even with a nice beefy, stable, instrument like a Guild. I can tell you from hard-won experience that even under the best of conditions, it'll be a good 10-15 minutes before a 12-string stabilizes and starts staying even remotely in acceptable tune.
Rick Beato: Top 20 Best Rock Bass Guitar Intros - TalkBass.com
Feb 25, 2016 · Black Night by Deep Purple. Politician by Cream (along with Sunshine of your Love, obviously) Those are some 'Rock' intros that spring to mind... (The Proclaimers is more Pop, but still dead simple and huge fun!) Peace, SoundSupport. 4 Strings Good, Amano, JMacBass65 and 2 others.
Good songs on a six string bass? - TalkBass.com
Nov 18, 2013 · I'll suggest a few that would be easier (notes closer) on a 6 string: You could play "All right now" (by Free) and halve the distance of the slide in the solo. "Good vibrations" by the beach boys perhaps. There's other songs played by Carol Kaye with high register notes.
25 Songs every auditioning bass player should know
Jan 4, 2009 · TC2112. I'm working on a list of "gotta know" songs for every auditioning or jam session attending bass player. It seems that every "weekend warrior" type band has at least 3 of these on their set list, so if you know these songs cold, you should have a head start. 1. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison.
What are some good fretless bass songs. - TalkBass.com
Aug 19, 2000 · Marcus Miller - The Sun Don't Lie. Jaco Pastorius - Solo album and Weather Report's Heavy Weather. Pat Metheny- Bright Size Life (Jaco Pastorius on bass) Alain Caron- Rhythm n' Jazz or the self-titled "Le Band" CD. Rock/Alternative-. Pearl Jam- Ten (Jeff Ament has some awesome fretless stuff on this album.
Top rock songs you NEED a 5-string to play? - TalkBass.com
Jul 24, 2013 · Feb 12, 2017. #4. Shine by Collective Soul. Well that's all I got right now. I use the 5 on a lot of our songs, but I could play them on the 4 if I HAD to, but they sound better with the 5. But Shine, you gotta have that 5. kikstand454, Quantized Harmonic, BWorm and 3 others.
Double neck Bass/Guitar Pro's/Cons - TalkBass.com
Jan 13, 2011 · Only one that became a no keeper was 13 pd steiny. Too heavy. Pros of doublenecks: Can switch between guitar and bass, or fretted and fretless bass. Or 6 & 12 string guitar, super easy. Sympathetic vibrations from playing one neck can cause interesting and useful drone tones etc off the other neck.
What songs did John Paul Jones play an 8 string on?
Aug 26, 2003 · 1,483. 189. Apr 22, 2008. #6. Apr 22, 2008. #6. Oh yeah, the 8 is all over the disc he released with Diamanda Galas (highly recommended, btw) and his 2 solos discs after that. +1 to being "all over Presence." Achilles Last Stand, Nobody's Fault But Mine, etc. are both classic 8 string bass songs. He even used it on a few songs he maybe shouldn ...
5 or 6 String Bass with 8 String Guitar? - TalkBass.com
237. Dec 13, 2015. #15. Thomas Kievit said: Nolly Getgood from Periphery owns a 6 string bass guitar tuned F# B E A D G to match the 8 string guitars. Dick Lovgren from Meshuggah owns a lot of 5 string basses (like said above), but he is tuned to a drop tuning : drop Bb (Bb F Bb Eb Ab).