Bass Solo - Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song - Part 1

[SpiritsAndPhantoms]

This is what plays in the background wherever Samuel L. Jackson goes.

[The07freightshaker]

Sounds so good, love this bass line,,,,,I didn't know Dr. Evil played the bass

[MrDrummertheo]

Wow, awesome!!!

[Theshemproductions]

sounds better here than on cd...Why are there 8notes for a riff?They make things up as they go or blind.

[pkaway]

Nice - your tone is right on. I play the exact same P bass - vintage 76 - with medium Elixers and the action set like yours. I'm a aggressive pick player though, so I set my EQ with lots of low and med, and 1/3 high.

I can get a similar sound with my 88 Ric with the addition of added bite on each note.

Rock on bro!

[TheOzzySabbath]

My mind was just blown......

[Bobsagget144]

fat guy doin work! power to the fats <3

[supercharged222]

awesome!! i like the tone of the bass you are using

[metalsilks]

very nice....

[bassmaster361]

hey man! nice vids, ive subscribed:)

[TheSirTurquine]

Dude awesome! what amp are you using?

[chinesmonke]

i didn't know kim jong il could rock out to JPJ like that

[AbsoluteZeroMusic]

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[WeedVulva]

sweet tone

[michaelenos]

Awesome groove!!!

[buryfc2010]

that was just amazing, first person i've heard who plays that start correctly, pls keep posting more videos!!

[hrp123187]

Dude. Just awesome.

[chuteboxe106]

is this doctor evil from austin powers playing?

[bigdaddy1382]

That was fuckin cool. Love your tone, and the playing was execellent.

[Javic2112]

Thks ! My drummer asked me to learn this song,so U'll be a great help ! Thks for sharing !

[expertgamerz101]

im loving your mirror pickguard :)

[TheDoomPig]

Led-Zeppelin is the greatest band on earth :)

[MrDrunkenful]

@TheDoomPig

You say it Dude

Led Zeppelin will never Die.

[learj25]

Great job!

[337camo]

man you're great. can you give me that bass, ill even give you my address

= D

[zackdellinguistico]

is it a fender precison?

[MusicTrainerDotCom]

Great playing!

[BassGuitarGuy128]

Wow this is great! Did u learn this by ear??

[DrugsyDrugs]

nnnnnice



[bigart2fyt]

nice fat bass you rocked

[Thack203]

Did you learn this from a tab or picked it out by ear?

[weetimbhoy]

oh yeah :))

[nuke97]

I got to give it up!... I admire your playing.

[lordcinturon]

very nice!!!

Excellent tone as well btw

[bassgroove21]

john paul jones is such a smooth player, his solos were perfect.

[ox092]

John Paul Jones was a really great blues bass player.

[SaeBap]

The Lemon song would be nothing without that bass line..Nicely played bro...

[ChaosInExpansion]

this is truly a great song for jamming, isn't it?

[zoso1975page]

Why do they always say not to curve your pinky????

[Longcatcrusade]

Fuckin groovy

[hassanebray]

Dude Awesome! I played guitar fora few years and it ended up in the closet for about three years. Then one day I was jammin out to The Lemon Song and the bass line just blew me away! That same day I went out and bought an American jazz bass and have been playing everyday since then! I just regret all the years I could of been playing. What drum machine are you using dude?

[BassManOnTheHill]

@hassanebray Thanks! Good choice getting into the bass. The drums on this recording are some groove loops played in Cakewalk Sonar recording software on my computer. Not very elaborate.

[freezazoid]

@hassanebray : well the bass is more of a rudimentary instrument. You play single notes and very few guys get too experimental with the bass.. as far as doing weird jimi stuff, the guitar is a much more experimental instrument. You're not gonna find a guy biting his bass strings while playing!!! The two instruments are different and with practice I'm sure you could have been a great guitar player.

[Ilikejudging]

Man, I know you're a cool enough cat not to really care about the a-hole comments, but this was sweet as hell, and those talking about 4th fingers can shove it. You are truly a badass.

[rudoman22]

Very nice bass

[nemakur]

I like that you're so cool and mellow

[esclapez]

Awesome!! Really nice job!!

What amplifier you used to play?

Peace

[cjorata]

Hi !! I own a 78 P bass also, but i can't get your tone !! What kind of strings are using on it in this video ? Flatwound or Roundwound ? How did you set the action ? Let me know !!

[BassManOnTheHill]

I always use roundwound personally, (DR Sunbeams currently), but I've heard half-round and flat-wounds give a good Jones like tone. My bass is set to a medium low action. Basically as low as possible for each string, but without any 'fretting out' all the way up the neck. My tone is achieved mostly by using lots of low end, little mid range, and medium hight end if you have an EQ adjustment for your amp or recording gear. Thanks for commenting!

[cjorata]

I think your bass is sounding great !! I own a 78 too but is not sounding good as yours. What gauge is your strings in this video 100 or 105 ? i guess i'll try DR Sunbeams too.

[cp1699]

@cjorata i have two pbasses just bought a jbass standard it will relight the fire half the weight twice the sound have not stopped playing

[MONKEY5689]

Your my boy Blue :D

Really god job!

I learned many things from your playing on Youtube...Really good feel for rhytm..Ty :)

Greetings from Serbia \m/

[TheNathanstudios]

beastly awesome

[SqueezeMyLemon68]

you were amazing in this. thank you so much for making an isolated bass vid instead of playing along with the track like most other vids of the bass in this song do.

[asianinvasion95]

man this is pretty sweet. ive attempted many times to get this "solo" but have failed miserably.

[lowfreq65]

oh yeah squeeze my lemon baby

[Longcatcrusade]

Groovy.

[paulhab12]

nice job! im only ordinary at bass but i plan to do thisa. john paul rocks!

[mould75]

nice to see someone playing this...camera's don't usually focus on Jonesy when he plays ;)

[timdalf]

Nice!

[BassSimo93]

awesome :) im trying to learn that too, unfortunatly there are no good tabs, well i cant find any, so im trying to make it by ear, very good job :)

[MrDirtydad]

u dont like your 4th finger too much; do you?

[BassManOnTheHill]

haha, yes, I do like my finger. Its one of my best looking ones. It makes appearances as needed.

[unpilarenunputiclub]

BEAUTIFUL IS THE WORD FOR YOUR SOUND!!! and playing!!!

[turntapzap]

Delightful!

[sticksbass]

heavy duty bassing bro! sorry i wasnt up for making a vid with you on this song. i never took the time to learn this one and i had just started a new job.

[BassManOnTheHill]

good to hear from you again. I think this video was posted long before I thought about doing a collab with your drums. Anyway, those collab vids are pretty tricky to produce, but maybe we'll work on one down the road.

[bckicksbutt]

can you send me tabs

[drinkincococola]

theres tabs on the internet. look at 911tabs

[spellmasterflex]

very laid back playing, kudos on the outstanding sound

[daverlb]

Outstanding! I spent a long time learning this too and its hard work. You've nailed it bro.

[zonacheck]

that is a gorgeous p-bass, like everyone esle has said...good job dude, awesome playing and awesome tone

[ayoal]

nice bass man.. and great job on this great tune

[aspygr]

Very clear playing! Well done! 5 stars. Are you using fx? which one?

[BassManOnTheHill]

thanks, I didn't use any effects for this video. Just low tone and lots of bass.

[krang07]

sweet!

[Beatlesman1967]

kick ass man

[impulsoprog]

the most beatiful Precision i've ever seen... although i own one but i like more jazz pick ups!

[aurele007]

perfect

[coex420]

nice job man!! i've seen all three videos for this song and you have a really nice playing going on, so can you send me some tabs for this song??? thanx in advance.

[mars213]

wat kind of bass?

[BassManOnTheHill]

'76 Fender P Bass with a BadAss II bass bridge

[pepe234rock]

very very very good my friend, this is great

[Wefunkyou]

Respect!

Love that old thump, flatwound!

[SHABAMDIGGITY]

Awesome job! Do you have a part 2?

[BassManOnTheHill]

yes, I did make a bass vid for the guitar solo section of the song. I could post it since you asked, I wasn't 100% satisfied with it, but its not too bad. Check back in a while and it should be up. Thanks!

[SHABAMDIGGITY]

Thanks a lot man! Flawless work by the way.

[six2112]

Smooth as silk dude....nice!

[FiftyoneFifty]

Excellent job! Can you tell me what you use to record with for the excellent sound?

[BassManOnTheHill]

Thanks, I plugged directly into my computer. I recently added a SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic soundcard, which has some good EQ and recording options. Its not considered a professional recording soundcard, but its pretty good for the price.

[hamandcheese493]

nice job nice job that was perfect makes me want to lisen to the lemon song now...as a matter o fact i think thats what im gonna do right now

[mgpvii]

Ooops...sorry didn't see you had another part to the Lemon Song. PEACE!

[BassManOnTheHill]

ya, sorry it had to be split up due to technical limitations. After your great comment I feel like remaking this song all the way through non-stop. I'll make it just with bass and a drum track once again, but no stops. Thanks!

[mgpvii]

You're killing me!!!! I'm freezing over here from the chills I'm getting listening to this. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...Never heard someone play this without the backround playing. Great to here just the bass and a drum beat. BUT.....as I'm listening and writing this it stopped prematurely. I NEED MORE! It's like you stopped the buzz I was getting from drinking just as I started.

[snowandtennis]

pretty fuckin dope man