Shreddy basslines?

[Adieu]

Please recommend some fast and complex bassline songs.

Thx.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

You're gonna have to be more specific than that.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Songs, with complex fast basslines. That do NOT involve noodling circles around the root note of 2 chords from the chorus,

 

[Der Oberherr]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Rush - YYZ and Dream Theater - Dance of Eternity have some interesting parts in them.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Tempus Fugit from Yes is great.
The ConstruKction of Light by King Crimson
Water on the Brain, Pt 2 by Allan Holdsworth

 

[dystrust]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Megadeth - Holy Wars

 

[Old Guy]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Much of what Billy Sheehan did with Richie Kotzen is more than the average bass goodness.

And pretty much any Dream Theater track.

 

[Francois]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

The first that comes to mind for me is:

The Who "The Real Me"
The bass part is fantastic !

 

[Howlermonkey]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Was gonna post "kareem's footprint" but it might cause you to quit playing so here are some high school kids.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Muse - Hysteria

Great, fun, fast bassline.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Was gonna post "kareem's footprint" but it might cause you to quit playing so here are some high school kids.

Is that a girl or an extremely convincing jrock trap?

Anyway, regardless of gender, the guitarist has the intimidating fretboard acrobatics... all the bassist has to intimidate with is sheer string count (largely unused, get a 4 string and tune to BEAD dude)

 

[Howlermonkey]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

He switches to 4 string in later songs.

The girl is Hal-Ca and she's 15.

This is her with Yoshiro and Saki from "mary's blood" on either side with Tomo-Zo of "gacharic spin" in the white.

I guess it's time to lay "kareem's footprint" on this thread considering the thread title.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

He switches to 4 string in later songs.

The girl is Hal-Ca and she's 15.

This is her with Yoshiro and Saki from "mary's blood" on either side with Tomo-Zo of "gacharic spin" in the white.

I guess it's time to lay "kareem's footprint" on this thread considering the thread title.

There's hope yet for millenials.... just not on this side of the planet. Lol.

Although when it comes to music stuff, there's always something awesomER hiding somewhere in Japan.

Especially with bass. They like their wicked basslines over there. So much so that it's hard to keep track of who to pay attention to....

Hmmm.... Japanese bands with involved bass? MUCC had some pretty complex stuff, who else?

 

[Mikesr1963]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Check out the cd by Billy Sheehan named Holy Cow! Entire cd kicks ass. The entire thing has the bass in the forefront because Billy is a bass playing master and can shred his ass off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNcA-XjyRpY

 

[Mikesr1963]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Here's Steve Vai and Billy Sheehan in I'm the hell out of here.

 

[Mikesr1963]

Re: Shreddy basslines?

Here's a Sheehan solo showing a number of shred techniques.