Bleak - Opeth - Bass Guitar Solo Cover

[PARIAH805]

Do you have tabs for this? At least for the main riff? The ones on the web suck and I can't seem to get it right by myself. Great cover man!

[aggeliki5z]

nice description of martin mendez!awesome cover too,keep it up!

[TelmoBass665]

at 3:55 it really looked like funk in sort of a way x'DD

the rest is really nice ;) keep going

[TheHynza]

nice cover. iyou should cover blackwater park.

[SideWays8Productions]

Read the description, and I couldn't agree more with the Mendez bit. When I write songs for my band, I'm the same way. The bass is always doing something different off to the side, that fits with me guitar/drum parts. Excellent bass tone, and playing! Join my band? Haha post more Opeth stuff!

[MrBlack1368]

best "bleak" bass cover

[DrumBum561]

whats this tuning, and where can I get these tabs

[MorkaGraven]

Do you ever adjust your tone settings? They say if it sounds bad unplugged, it'll sound no better plugged in. Just a word of advice if you ever bought another.

[toubala5]

6:44 made me cum, Its the best bass line in the whole track, thumbs up if u agree

[sebasvelasco353]

Man i really like your covers, nice work dude...

[deviroth666]

solid playing man. what bass is that?

[Muze42]

Is that bass Pacific Blue Burst? It looks really dark compared to pictures of that color that I've seen.

[nextsatylotr]

great work mate:)

[GuitarNarb]

Good cover. Thumbs up.

[Metal4EvahTv]

haha you have 1 ugly bass

[zanarian11]

How did you learn this? If you used a tab, could you direct me as to where you got the tab?

[teskius89]

you're out of time...

[SUPERTOUCHOX2]

what sort of settings are you using? i use fingerstyle and i play in a technical-ish metal/prog band. since weve got a lot heavier im finding a little hard to get my tone to cut through and at some venues it ends up being very muddy (partly due to the sound guy).

[RobBobMusic]

Hey man - thanks for watching the video and for the comment. This tone is from a Line6 POD XT. The thing that gives it the crunch and punch is a slight bit of distortion. I think the setting mimics a Tech21 Sansamp. I think the (untraditionally metal) guitar helps come out a bit too. Try adding a bit of gain to your sound - see if that helps and if not tell them guitar players to turn down! Thanks again for watching. -Rob

[4stringFanatico]

@RobBobMusic or u can try blasting ur mid and putting ur treble at 8 to get some bite and if mud is a problem then cutting ur lows might help but only if u have a joke of an amp. if that doesnt work, then get a high wattage amp and large cab. but keep mids cuz mids=presence

[geganobo]

sometimes turning up the tremble works too :)

but that depends on the bass and the kind of music

[squiresuzuki]

@SUPERTOUCHOX2 Just turn up your mids and turn down your lows.

[GreenDragonaut]

This bass-line is absolutely epic! I never really listened to the bass in this song until I watched this video, and now when I hear it I can't help but air-bass to the song. My favourite line is the one that you play at 0:41.

[PATEv4]

s1ck c0v3r man

[RobBobMusic]

ch33r5 m8!

[seb2112]

Although I'm not a huge Opeth fan, I envy their bassist, their laid back prog-rock orriented feel leaves a lot more room for grooves and walkings than most metal bands. Nice vid

[RobBobMusic]

Yeah man I know what you mean about envying him - its a sweet gig! Thanks for watching. -Rob

[lildread1]

i love the sound your bass gets, its nice a even, with a low tone, but not muddy.

i i could get that sound on my bass without 20min of chaos messing with the knobs

[HDx89]

love the tone. very well done.

[joe190]

hey man nice job i was just wondering if he plays in standard tuning or not

PS i know exactly what you mean about the funk haha

[RobBobMusic]

Hey dude, thanks for watching. Yeah, this song is in standard tuning. I think most of Opeth's tunes are in standard to be honest. Some are in drop D though - a few off Ghost Reveries for example. Thanks again for watching and the comment! -Rob

[TheGentlemanAnatoli]

Atleast the guitar parts for all the songs on Ghost Reveries are in open Dm. Atonement is in standard though. Other than that, the vast majority of their songs are in standard tuning.

[Jin0la]

Woah, was cool to see this on here along with the vid of Pendulum. Good taste in music :)

Real good cover.

[knumorvid]

that fill from 0:20 - 0:28 ...doen't quite work....

[RobBobMusic]

Hey dude. Thanks for checking out the video and commenting. I don't think there really is a fill during that time - its pretty much just the original bass line. I'm always interested in other people's opinions though so if it was another fill you meant or just don't like that line I'd be interested to hear more. Thanks again. -Rob

[knumorvid]

I guess fill wasn't the right word....But i think that line sounds odd...it doesn't sound right with the guitar...

I wasn't critizising you though

[MrBlack1368]

Great Job!

[h3llhammer22]

I respect you man. Way to not be a puss and use a pick. Fingers all the way!

[whipmanjak]

wow man good job! amazing song to ; ]

[joshbfat]

Your a great player man

Only noticed one or two mistakes and they where tiny

Better then what i could do.

How long have you been playing for?

[RobBobMusic]

Hey dude. Thanks for checking out the video and the kind words - much appreciated. I've been playing bass since September 2000, but I had been playing other instruments for about 5 years prior to that. Thanks again man! -Rob

[jharahul]

i play bass myself. . you are a cool player dude. keep it up !!

[bandikka]

very SHIT4!!!!!!!!!!!

[samsaccountyea]

i dont like opeth but ur good at bass, i wish i had a stingray :(, nore of a fender fan myself thow!

[Exylum123]

how can you not like opeth?

[hojima]

@Exylum123 Easy.  The vocals.

[Exylum123]

@hojima Vocals are the best part...

[basslord454]

one of the best bass pieces ever written! such a bastard to play though!!!! gonna take me ages just to get the first 2 or 3 mins down...

[towmee]

Nice stuff man! Keep it up. Can you play some Mastodon?

[makeluisdisapear2]

do u live in Arizona cuz i think ive seen u before??????????????

[RobBobMusic]

Hehe, fraid not mate, I'm from London, UK. Thanks for watching, -Rob

[jonsey577]

Mendez writes the basslines

[owl731]

lol you can see its fake cuz his giutar is not plaged in the amp and at his fingers lol o.o

[RobBobMusic]

Thanks for watching, but do you honestly think this is fake? -Rob

[mobman47]

Yeah, it totally sounds fake (sarcasm)

[strikeanote]

Its not sarcastic if you say it is.

[zero716]

Not to crush your dreams or anything, but Mikael Akerfeldt, the singer and lead guitarist of Opeth, writes every single line of music for Opeth; guitar , drums, bass, everything. Occasionally parts will get modified if he feels that they merit changing but he writes everything...so you like Mikael's bass huh? Lol.

[RobBobMusic]

Yo dude, thanks for checking out the video. I honestly didn't know that about Mikael. I'm a big Opeth fan, so obviously I knew that he's the main guy and main songwriter, but didn't realise he would write the bass lines. If its true its very impressive seeing as he's not primarily a bass player. Not that I'm purposefully doubting you, but where did you get this information from? Is it from an interview that maybe you could link me to? I'd like to see it. Thanks again for watching. -Rob Bob

[topherdrumhero]

Mikael practically writes everything and then the band comes together and screws around until they all like how it sounds. Mikael was actually the bassist from the early formation of opeth. He auditioned as a bassist and then he just switched over to guitar. He plays both guitar and bass on some of the earlier albums I believe.

[Dantaron]

I believe that's only on My Arms, Your Hearse, since Mendez joined last minute. He does co-operate with writing the actual music in subsequent stuff, but there's no denying Akerfeldt's genius and influence in Opeth.

He's not pulling an Arjen here, though, so this is still Mendez's bass madness. =P

To RobBob, good arrangement, dude. Loved the staccato touches, and your tone is effin' sexy - I love that well-rounded semi-fretless tone. What's your gear?

Way to go, man, +1.

[RobBobMusic]

Hey Dantaron. Thanks for the info - I'll try and check it out and get to the bottom of it. Very very nice Arjen reference by the way. I'm a huge fan of his, especially the Ayreon stuff, and I'm really looking forward to his Guilt Machine project with Jesper Steverlinck (sp?) as I think Jesper is one of the best singers I have ever heard. Many thanks for the compliments on the video too. I think the staccato touches come quite naturally as I'm primarily a funk player.....

[RobBobMusic]

And I'm playing a MusicMan StingRay 5 string through a Line6 PODXT Live. I use a really small amount of distortion on that sound, which might explain the well-roundedness quite well. Thanks again for checking out the video dude. -Rob Bob

[etrit1993]

Nice (Y)

[NeKu91]

Great Playing!

[belgiumstefan]

The most part of it is great, and I'm not a bassist but your timing if off on a lot of the parts, where you accidently start a 16th or even 8th too slow in the measure.

[donchipocles]

the bass is weak you need more strenght on your right hand and your sound will be much btter

[goatcheese514]

I agree, donchipocles. Whoever disagrees is either a nOOb or doesn't play this style of music on bass. By the way man I think it sounds great either way. It could use a little more percussive stregnth, but either way you're great. Ryan Martinie is also a great metal bassist.

[Zaalatrix]

Would love to learn this song on bass but i'm having a trouble finding the right tabs. I get like 5 different versions when i search for it. Would you mind linking the one you used? And btw, great video. Love to see more of you. I really like your version of Girl in the Fire too.

[RobBobMusic]

Hey dude. There's a powertab on ultimateguitar that I think I used. I modified it a bit slightly and didn't play exactly what was written on that tab, but it should provide enough to learn from. Hope this helps and thanks a lot for checking out the videos and commenting. -Rob Bob

[kekejomppa]

you play pretty well but playing does not groove. Some timing problems, too. 4/5

[RobBobMusic]

Yeah this isn't so much of a grooving song, must admit. Check out some of my other videos if that's what you're into - like my Canned Heat, So Emotional or Star Is Born, they might be more up your street. Thanks a lot for watching.

[williamtheconcreter]

i had the exact same feeling

[MIKE22CA]

what a sick bass solo...

[broman113]

good! you should do ALL of "black rose immortal" (i just clicked this one odnt see if you have it or not yet)

[greenwingfanbase]

TASTEY!

[fdvjfd2]

im a bass player and i have to say those were some pretty intracket bass lines

[0tacon]

5/5. Very impresing, you got skills!

[idshanks]

Lies! I am a guitarist, but I love bass ^_^ I admire bassists so much. I wish I was a bassist, but people keep forcing me to play guitar in bands :( bassists are too easy to find here. I know there's a shortage in other parts, If possible, I wish I could deliver some spare bassists. :P

[SquareDancingPie]

It' the opposite for me actually. In my area, nobody plays bass at all. Guitarists and drummers are especially common. It's annoying at first, until you learn bass. bass is the shiz man.

[idshanks]

Hehe. I'm in the process of learning bass. I love it. I just got a Traben 5string Phoenix, it's a beauty. I'm not too good yet, Opeth songs are about the hardest basslines I can manage at the moment. If you've got any learning tips or anything, they'd be much appreciated ^_^

[SquareDancingPie]

I've been playing guitar for 2 years, and bass for a month. I'm better at bass, though. I'm not one to give advice, I don't want to mess you up or anything.

[mrp0p]

same here...were trying to get together a prog metal group and theres NO bassists lol

i have 2 drummers and several guitarrists tho >.>

[SquareDancingPie]

It wouldn't be hard for one of your guitarists to learn bass; and if they don't own one, they could just use a keyboard. I have no drummers, or I do, but she's lazy and never comes to practice. Drummers and guitarists are so bloody hard to find. Everybody thinks that they can sing. Makes my job difficult.

[Nocturno91]

That was a really fun watch/listen. Well done man, keep up the good work.

[Starrz88]

Hey very nice playing there. I've recently been thinking of picking up playing Bass Guitar (I don't play any instruments). What's a good bass guitar model to start out with you think?

[dervishspins]

what price range would you want to start out at?

[chadandalex2]

go with a Yamaha 4 string

[Nihillness]

yeah, in the low price instruments yamaha is the best quality speaking.

[AdolfderApfel]

Love the sound of your stingray :)

[simpaw]

Yo great job, check out my version :D

:O Youve got the same monitors as me...

[RobBobMusic]

Yeah dude it is a little different to what Martin plays but I think its important to be inspired by other musicians but not necessarily copy them exactly and you should put your own personality into the music. Thanks for the compliments saying you like my version, and I know what you mean about how sometimes it takes a bass player to appreciate the skill of some players. I think Michael Todd from Coheed and Cambria is like that too, as astonishing player but under-appreciated. Thanks again, Rob

[patfilthinflames]

i need that tab

[RobBobMusic]

It should be on the web somewhere mate - check out ultimateguitar. Thanks for viewing, Rob

[patfilthinflames]

verry verry good

[idshanks]

Very nice playing. I heard a couple of very minute timing issues, like notes being off by a fraction of a second... but really that's a compliment, cause that's such a small factor that I wouldn't even notice if there were any serious flaws :P

[ShiceIceDice]

very nice playing :O I wish I could play like this ;)

[camodudestrikesagain]

ur an idiot

[MetallicaVMegadeth]

i recorded this bass part as my gcse music coursework and like got full marks, m8 ur r pretty damn good, jus slightly out of time in a few places, but ye mint, i used powertabs, then changed it to my own likin and what sounded right after hearing the song, but ye well done mate, quality song choice!

[bernardvg]

great sound, and very good playing. I don't really hear any slight distortion though

[SymphonyforClassics]

marvelous. I'm learning this song too right now. except I started guitar first (5 years, so it's difficult to get the fingering sometimes because my hands aren't built to stretch like that. Great song though, its up there as one of my favorites aside from Drapery Falls, Demon of the fall, and Masters' Apprentices.

[MCLOVIN50]

Did you play by ear or tabs?

The bass tabs on ultimate-guitar was completely off, and the guitar pro sounded pretty accurate, but I'm sure.

[Arcople]

If there wasn't an ocean in the way...I would have you as bass player in a band. Good Stuff.

[w0rm24]

A mighty fine choice of Opeth song there. Gooood stuff!