Yes Roundabout Bass Cover

[Marshmanification]

Great playing! Chris would be proud. You've got an amazingly fast/twitchy index finger on your right hand. Also, good tone for using fingers. I'm pretty sure Squire relies on a pick for that bright tone.

[NickHill668]

hey man what is the tab for that riff your doing at 0:24

[PatrickUnil3]

U are da bawsss

[heathovc]

Why u no shatter windows?? :D

[swiftpool]

I'm going to take a break from drumming and devote as much of my life as I can to learn THIS base line.

[profalconey3]

did you learned it from a tab? If yes can you show it to me?

Nice vid though i LIKED it.

[Robert21970]

Nice!!!

[theairbrushdude]

WOW! The best I've seen/heard on Youtube....YOU RULE!!!

[BobbyKos]

@theairbrushdude Thanks! Glad you like it!

[creedence18]

how do you get that pick-ish sound? especially playing so close to the neck.

[BobbyKos]

@creedence18 Couple of things going on there. Low action, hard attack, and calluses on my fingertips. All together gets the effect you've noticed.

[Uzzie101]

@BobbyKos Can you explain what you mean by low action?

[TheShryesrivastav]

effect? single pickup?

[BobbyKos]

@TheShryesrivastav  No effects. Both pickups running through an on-board East J-Retro preamp.

[wornoutshoes81]

AWESOME!!! Dude, your fingerowrk is epic. you've gotta have forearms like popeye! keep it up man!

[BobbyKos]

@wornoutshoes81 Thanks!

[xXsfomXx]

I did not know this song (I know the song "Rio" by Duran Duran (small pub = p)) but I have a time to say one thing ...

respect;)

Sorry my English is not great ^ ^ "

[BobbyKos]

@xXsfomXx Thanks!

[GPWS339]

My 3 favorite Bass Players...

3. Greg Lake

2. Geddy Lee

1. Chris Squire

My favorite basslines of all time...

3. YYZ -Geddy Lee

2. Tank -Greg Lake

1. 21st. -Century Schiziod Man Greg Lake

[suziwant]

cool!

[VintageCampers]

Look at his pointer finger during the chorus! Chicks must be all over you!

[ultrajeitor88]

se riffa señor no la quiere tocar conmigo xD!!!



[Dente18]

Great job! And great tone as well.

I wanna learn this song and upload a video as soon as I can.

It´s cool to see that you use your fingers, in most of bass covers I´ve seen the guys using a pick. I still don´t know too much about Cris Squire... does he use a pick or his finger to play this song?

[BobbyKos]

@Dente18 He uses a pick. I don't know if it's true, but I read a long time ago that he used a quarter coin to get some of his sound. Might be urban legend though.

[huffalmighty]

Really nice tone, what gear do you use?

[Philburpalooza]

Bobby, I REALLY dig your cover of Roundabout. I play a lot of bass myself 20+ yrs. and your single finger (JJamerson?) technique is BRILLIANT on this song! Real crisp and solid-sounding.. Great job.

[Philburpalooza]

Bobby, I REALLY dig your cover of Roundabout. I play a lot of bass myself 20+ yrs. and your single finger (JJamerson?) technique is BRILLIANT on this song! Real crisp and sold-sounding.. Great job.

[Gamesrock22]

oh shit i think my ears just had an orgasm

[impulsoprog]

That Jazz Bass is gorgogeus!

[vectron12]

i like the geddy lee thing you're doing there with the index

[TheUrukhai1]

cool that helped me figure it out thankee kindly!

[nivblotsky]

Liking the Bill Bailey look you've got going there.

[RadioMasterDude]

Interesting technique... Good job.

[5oldschoolbcrich]

Nice playing sounds good. @ 5:27 the run up starts on a G . Been playing this one for a bit now ,took me a while to learn it too. Keep up the good playing. Just getting started on here myself, peace!

[polkadotfishxoxo]

It would sound much more like Squire's work if you actually used a pick..

[evanisgay11]

You seem to be in such a good mood haha

[martyman5000]

Nice job...good to see someone actually replies to comments.

[mnbnbf]

@BobbyKos Holy crap man, do you perform?

[readme60]

i love this bassl ine!

[Eltroim]

Plucking the mute string in the fast part of the main riff is a pain in the ass.

[tnad5212]

Shit, I wish I could play as good as you, man.

[nightwing321]

You sir, are a boss

[Hbulcao]

Oh my fucking god, that's an amazing tone you got there bro, I'm jealous.

[omfg51]

sweet jesus look at his fingers go. thumbs way up man, you earned it.

[aerosmick29]

your fingerstyle is udes by geddy lee in animate...it's great to see this fantastic playing, congratulations!

[fishfan67]

Real nice job man!! what year is your Jazz Bass and did you add a preamp to it? you really get that rickenbacker sound that. only a jazz bass can do. again nice job though i can tell you've been playing this tune for years.

[grommphone]

awesome

[wowser77]

very nice. I like the the way you use the finger style. Liked, of course. :)

[notmyname6]

SICK BASS. fender jazz bass, i like it

[theseedsofautumn]

Absolutely damn tight! I love your timing! Great use of harmonics. Nice slides too. Not everybody gets them right. Gonna tackle close to the edge?

[OveralledPlumber]

you stared into my soul!!! O.o

[nikolaxxjaxxon]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

great tecnic!!!!

[vasgodagama23]

Crazy.

[MikeTheSpike2291]

I don't care if the song was played with a pick, I think it sounds so much better like this. Great job man.

[ArielsSmartyPants]

Nice job, one of my favorites as well.

[Painkill3r4]

Excellent tone coming out of that Fender. Well done!

[Shellath]

You gave a very nice twist to this classic song, thumbs up man!

[thetawaves90]

Great to see someone do this fingerstyle, I'm guessing you're using both sides of the index finger for the main riff? Cracking tone either way! Definitely using this as a point for my attempt at a cover :D

[BobbyKos]

@thetawaves90

Thanks. You are right - I use the top of my index finger for the fast parts. I'm not that good that I can get the speed using two or four fingers. So I cheat a little... :-)

[BassByTheBay]

@BobbyKos

Cheat schmeat. Who cares how you do it? You sound great. Nice job!

[cannadien8888]

That too good! Really!! I'm not kidin! I wanna play like this someday!!! :D

[varoujanx666]

that was pretty sweet dude.

[nightwing321]

I was wondering if you could post a Bass tab for this song.  I looked on Ultimate guitar and they don't have any good tabs

[Malzarin]

Are you a Tony Levin fan? The sound you get reminds me of him, just need some funk fingers.

[fripp13]

Hi there, great cover! I was wondering how you obtain such a nice metallic tone. I have a Fender Jazz Bass too, any tips would be greatly appreciated :) Again, this is one of the best Roundabout bass covers on youtube!

[BobbyKos]

Thanks for the props. The metallic tone comes alot from my right hand. I have calluses on my fingertips and insted of a nice soft thump when I play, I get the attack that you hear. I used the preamp in this bass to accentuate the tone, but it's there no matter what bass I'm playing. Truth told, it's a P.I.T.A. because I have to try to dial it out alot of the time. If you don't have a pre in your Jazz Bass, look at the Audere JZ3 or the East J-Retro. I have both and they're great!

[FunkKlock]

@BobbyKos holy nuts thats crazy how many years of playing does it take for your fingers to sound like that?

[lxKazxl]

Your a badass..

[senn416]

That was cool. Nice work.

[LedHead1968]

That was gnarly

[moenl93]

Absolutely perfect.

[Sylvanranger]

Absolutely brilliant, flawless :)

Fragile is my favourite album so it's nice to see covers like these ;)

[omgwtfbbqalekx]

great job.

[McYdys]

It would be sweet if you did a won't get fooled again by the who cover.

[tojopa]

effortless...if only i could...nice work...great song

[Spector2112]

I WAS going to give this one a go.......

now I'll just pretend I did.

love how you're just staring at the camera..."school is in session...pay attention kids..."

[Mowac]

What is your honest opinion about the Nordstrands?

[BobbyKos]

In all honesty, I like them ALOT. I'm not just saying that because I bought expensive pickups. They work really well. I like the single coil Jazz Bass sound. The Nordstrand Big Singles do that sound very well. With the J-Retro in this bass, there's none of the single coil noise to deal with. All the positive hype about the Big Single pickup is well deserved.

[ejdbk]

@BobbyKos

how did you get this tone?

[king11fallen]

só vou valar três coisas....

1) WOW

2) WOW

3) Eu vou me inscrever no seu perfil

OBS.: WOW

[Vaughnrush]

Awesome! I need to learn this, amazing job, you have an awesome tone and an awesome bass! How much did that thing cost? Anyways, 10000000/5

[mrmarconavarro]

valeu, bobby!

incrível sua performance para essa que é uma das mais formidáveis linhas de baixo da música popular mundial. adicionei seu vídeo como um de meus favoritos.

abraço e congratulações aqui do brasil.

M.

[BobbyKos]

Obrigado!

[imjfarley01]

Bob, thats really good man! When are you going to do a Primus cover?

[jazzbass5]

Nice Job Man!

[gwalj]

This just rocks! What is THAT bass it sounds awesome?

[BobbyKos]

Thanks! The bass is a Warmoth walnut body with an Allparts neck. Tasties include J-Retro Deluxe preamp, Badass II bridge, Nordstrand Big Single pickups and R.Cocco nickel strings. The bass was put together by someone else and he did a FANTASTIC job with all the details. I really like it. It plays well for me.

[barelymadeit1986]

R A W K !

[newbpwnr]

Ugh I need to learn this.

It's so damn fast though.

[dsaylor184]

WTF Bob - no heart of the sunrise? Nice Job, I wish I could do that

[BobbyKos]

Thanks! I didn't think of that tune. Maybe I'll work it out and post it.

[amimbari]

saw the post on TB, and had to come take a look....excellent my friend BUT--your Pitts tunnel video is WAY MORE "accurate"...lol

I have lived in Pgh all my life :)

[BobbyKos]

Hee hee. It IS more accurate. I hate those tunnels!!

[SnidelyMore]

Very Cool Bob! Nice take!