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  • kick ass im learning this on bass and this was a great help thank you

  • YOU SIR!!HAVE VERY GOOD TASTE..And Are a great musician..

  • @runninonempiy: Thank you so much for your kind comment!

  • Es ud una inspiración para aquellos que como yo, están apenas en sus primeros pasos con el bajo. Estare atento a sus demas publicaciones y me paseare por sus videos instructivos jejeje.

    Una pregunta: ¿Ud estuvo tocando en un tributo a Iron Maiden este año en Bucaramanga?

  • @bohemio137: Muchas gracias por el amable comentario. Efectivamente participé a principio de año en un concierto tributo a Iron Maiden con motivo de su segunda visita a Colombia. Ese evento tuvo lugar en la taberna Barricada.

    De nuevo gracias. Un saludo.

  • @Alvabass con razon no extrañe el sonido de Steve =)

  • Great Playin. Just great! The best bass composition in rock history. Period.

  • JPJ rocks! I haven't seen one of those Peaveys in a loooooooooooong time!

  • I just shared this link on my facebook page so people could see just what a great player you are!....you are freaking awesome man!

  • @misterrainwizard: You are so kind. Thank you very much! :^)

  • Man O man!!!!....that was just plain awesome! I noticed you only looked at the neck a couple of times where as me....my eyes stay fixated on it...i can only hope to one day be as talented as you...very VERY nice work. Thank you for sharing!

  • That was amazing. Great job as always

  • You memorized all that?

  • Wow....Just.....Increadible

  • your an animal. Nice work.

  • I am selling my Peavey Grind 4 string bass on Ebay for $250! If you are interested please message me for the link to the page.

  • i like the permenent scowl you got goin on

  • THE BEST BASS SONG EVER!!!!

  • that is pretty bad-ass, man!

  • that was bad dude, amazing

  • Yeahhhhhh!

  • That was awesome been trying to learn it for like 6 months!!

  • Hello there music appreciator.

    -Do bluesy bands likes Zeppelin, Floyd, Joplin, Doors, Hendrix, and The Who give you chills? Are you physically attracted to seeking truth in music? Well I am formally inviting you to take a listen to my channel, Using your open mind take the time to hear my tunes... And in case if you end up liking it, your subscribtion to my channel will help me in changing the world with my music. Much Love.

  • Must have been a lot of work, that's very accurate, thank you for putting that up

  • hey what bass is that...i thought that it was a fender but the lower end of the body is round,so i guess is a musicman or something?

  • @rocconrollo: It's an '81 Peavey T-40. Thank you so much for your comment!

  • @Alvabass no no no...thank YOU for playing so damn good...i'm learning the song by watching your video,and guess what i'm halfway there!!! you should be a professional,the music world would need a competent player like you

  • @rocconrollo actually i unterstood what is it,it's a peavey right?

  • sloppy bullshit

  • good cover bro ur the future jonesey \\m//

  • (continua) maestro me ofrecen por 900.000 pesos un peavey t 40 original del 78, pasivo porque quien lo vende dice que vino activo sino hasta 85, me interesa porque mi ibanez srx 505 es muy rockero mas metalero  y quiero sacar sonidos como el del jazz bass y lograr notas mas dulce para el rock clasico,se dice que esta en excelente estado cosa que tendria que probarlo y tengo entendido que este bajo en un clasico...podria usted ilustrarme sobre este bajo y si vale la pena el precio siendo pasivo?

  • maestro un gusto en saludarlo, soy de valledupar colombia y como vallenato aprendiz de bajo lo felicito por la interpretacion de la candelosa y siempre se ha tenido en valledupar la discusion de quien la grabo..maestro quiero hacerle una consulta...(sigue)

  • awsome job

  • awsome

  • where the hell are the tabs to this bad boy!? gettin that funk out with that bad boy

  • hi, can you please or someone tell me how to add the lemon song track over your playing. how do you play the track over your bass cover? cansomeone please please tell me!!!!!!

  • good song

    good play, man

    but bass is farting

  • Outstanding!!

  • this song scares me, its hard); i think im gonna play bass for a year then force myself to learn the entire freakin thing.

  • @aczeppelindc2908 Not really a hard song. It's just 6 basic riffs played in a specific order. Spend a few days learning each riff, and when you feel confident, put it all together.

  • how do you keep WMG from taking this off for copyright? I've tried to upload my bass cover of it many times, but they take it down the second its uploaded =\

    incredible playing, too. You'd give JPJ a run for his money any day!

  • @Do21or12Die: Thank you so much for your kind comment! Actually, this video was blocked by the copyright owners when I uploaded it, but I disputed the decision and they granted my request. Same thing happened recently with my version of Rush's "Animate". Actually, the only of my videos that has been completely blocked is the one with my version of Tower of Power's "What Is Hip?", decision that I also disputed but the people from WMG didn't change their mind.

  • @Alvabass cool, thanks. how did you go about disputing it?

  • @Do21or12Die: Using YouTube's dispute form, I asked to reconsider the decision in the most polite way I could, explaining that I'm not receiving any money from my videos and that I'm only using the original recording as a background for my playing. (continued...)

  • @Do21or12Die: I know it isn't a valid argument since, according to the law, you can't use a copyrighted work in any way without permission, no matter if you are profitting from it or not. But again, I think that being polite and humble works, although nothing could save my "What Is Hip?" video from being blocked. It's up to the owner(s), in the end.

  • @Do21or12Die

    Nice lines..But no one gives John Paul Jones a "run for his money" LOL!!!

  • THis was great! Did you learn this by ear?

  • @128pinkfloyd: Thank you for your comment! Yes, I learned it by ear, but I transcribed it in its entirety before attempting to play it. That is a big help if you want to play anything as intricate as this note for note.

  • @Alvabass

    You mean you were able to recognize what each note was without playing it on bass? When I learn a song by ear I just kinda guess around until the pitches match.

  • @BassGuitarGuy128: Exactly. When you have a good training on aural skills (relative pitch, mainly), you don't need an instrument to know which notes are being played. Thank you for your comment! :^)

  • Good but are you reading a part?

    Your hand move good but sometimes you're out of the goove right?

    John Paul Jones bass line aren't easy of course.

    Thanks for sharing, Good tone i agree.

  • @jazzrichard: Thank you so much for your comment! Although I transcribed the whole line and I had the sheet music on the stand in the same room, I wasn't reading it when I recorded the video. I was doing the exercise of not looking at the fingerboard while playing this and that's why I'm looking to the front most of the time. (continued)

  • @jazzrichard: And yes, sometimes I rush my playing and I noticed it when I was editing the video, but I was moderately satisfied with the take and didn't want to record another one (many failed attempts before this one).

  • @Alvabass Dude i have seen enough YOU ARE AWESOME!!! WOW

  • Flat wound or Round wound

  • @ArmageddonProphet : Roundwounds. Thank you for your comment! :=)

  • I just bought one of these off eBay. A red one with an ebony fretboard.

  • Several years ago my dad showed me his T-40 from when he was in college (1979 version) and he never really used it so I adopted/stole it and have been playing it for the past 2 or 3 years... it's one solid bass. It being my first bass, my arms instantly declare any other smaller bass as wimpy and inferior. :P

  • Very nice, though the groove was a little loose.

  • I love this! Bassists are so cool =D

  • Hey i have a Rickenbacker 4003 and a obviously love it to death, but if you are on a tighter budget this is an AMAZING!! sounding bass for the price. You can find them on E-Bay all day for like 300$ and they are in my opinion the best bass's for the price ever made.

  • such a baddass bassline

  • that was really good :p

    im in the process of learning this song, great song to play but the up-tempo is the most challenging part... ahhh eventually :p

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  • great job!! 

  • Very good playing, "perfect" sound, dirty and funky, check also my "version" below

  • Very very nice work!!! and nice bass, I just fitted two switches to my friends Peavey...heavy bass my friend but what a sound.....

  • Beautyfull bass.Good job

  • hi man, would you say you could get the precision bass sound out of this beauty?

  • @dirtyfunkybass: Thank you so much for your comment! On the video description you'll find the settings I used. Anyway, the Peavey T-40 is a "naturally ballsy" bass and it's not difficult to get that tone. Actually, I consider the T-40 one of the fattest-sounding passive basses ever made and to me, its tone is sort of a blend between a P-bass and a Rickenbacker. It's a great instrument.

  • man awesome! id love to try learn this but im kinda afraid because of how difficult it seems in parts

  • nice job man ! that bass line completely kicked me out the very first time I heard it and more than 30 years later this number is still my favorite, from my favorite bass player and from my favorite band, among all . The Lemon Song is a Monument, and you climbed it : hats off !

  • dude that is one of the best covers of this song i've heard, not to mention that you've got one of the best tones with that Peavey that i've ever heard, great cover man!

  • Hello, again,I`m gladly surprised to see that you`ve selected nearly EVERY song I consider to have good basslines..to say, not many people know this Zep`s Lemon Song..And I loved it because of its basline..That makes me feel I `m right!!!

    By the way, which bass was that of J.Paul `s?

    I can asume it`s a Fender, but, I do not know which the model was and it`s not a common one, not nowadays(humbuckers?)

    I noticed that, on listening to Babe, I`m gonna leave you,1969-Can you answer on this?

    Flavia

  • Do you have the score for the faster parts?

  • bloody awesome man, im tryin to learn this :\ got any tips? great work

  • Great example. I have a T40 (15yrs now) you play brill. Thnx for all your vids.

  • master!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • tell me why players shouldn't look at their instruments. Give me a reason why this is bad... if you're good, does it matter what you look at? LMAO... ass

  • Not that it's bad. It's just that playing without looking whenever you can do it is the best way to develop your muscle memory, which is really useful on sight-reading situations and playing unlined fretless instruments. Thank you for your comment! :)

  • When you gig if you just look at ur instrument all nite ul look a dik but more likely ul prolly fall over lol.

  • @danslatente How exactly will you be able to follow the music while you are looking down at your instrument??? Oh yeah, YOU DON'T READ, so this isn't an issue LOL

  • suberb playing and tone - 5 stars!

  • Sounds great. I was in the market for a bass and I researched the T40. These videos helped make the decision real easy for me. I bought one on ebay and it's on it's way!

  • JPJ is such an awesome musician. So very underrated.

  • plus he also plays like a bagillion other instruments b/c he was a session recorder for whatever bands needed him. OH!, and he completely improvised this entire bassline on his first shot because he had forgot to come up with something before recording. JPJ is my hero. :D cheers

  • @Maztrim Underrated? Are you kidding? The entire world knows and acknowledges his abilities. Do you think Jimmy Page is underrated as well?

  • The T-40 is an awesome instrument. Built like a tank, it has a very own character. But it can also sound like classic Fender/Gibson basses thanks to its simple and clever wiring. The only drawback of this bass is it weights a ton.

  • awesome!!! where have you bought that bass??? i'm seaching for that awesome bass on e-bay i hope i'll be lucky

  • Keep looking, man. I found mine on eBay. Thank you for your comment!

  • how much does that bass cost ?:D

  • dude you are fucking awesome

  • thanks a lot for your vid

    i gonna learn that song on my base, but think that this will take several months. to be so smooth as him

  • @grimpyms You also need to learn how to spell "Bass" you idiot.

  • I have the same shirt!!!

    VERY nice work dude

  • I learned this song by watching your vid, nice work

  • Nice playing. Love the sound of the T-40, the most underated bass ever made. Glad I have my '79...

  • how long did it take you to learn this?

  • I can't remember, man. Probably two weeks after transcribing it. What I can tell you is that transcribing the line was a big help for memorizing it. BTW, haven't played it in a long time, so I must re-learn it (but it will be easier anyway). Thank you for your comment!

  • welcome! well you made an awesome cover of it and its definitely not an easy song, nothing but improvisation in it. I can play lots of stuff on bass but this is probably the hardest thing i could be able to play

  • /watch?v=P0HCrHEOgDE

  • De mis rolas favoritas de Led Zeppelin!!!

    no ma..pinche bajo esta cabron!!!

    Grande John Paul Jones!!!

  • Eres chingon Alvaro!! felicidades y sigue dando lo mejor del bass!!!!

  • that was great!

  • ALVARO ..querido que grande me encanta tendriamos que hacer un club de admiradones de ZEPPELIN , y tambien del "T 40".

    un abrazo

    victor

  • The Peavey T-40. The most under rated instrument out there! I wouldn't trade mine for a truck load of Rics!

  • i don't know, i'd have to say the Gibson Victory Artist bass

  • @LunchboxMobile I would, and sell the truck load of Rics for a truck load of T-40's, and have about $50,000 worth of profit. LOL.

  • @shedisek

    OK you have a valid point :-)

  • if anybody cares i dont like rics:P

  • @ledzepacbasslyn423 I don't really either. The T-40 has way more output and less distortion of tone.

  • @shedisek a friend of mine has one (ric) and i played it for the first time ever.....i thought it was overrated as hell i really was expecting more

  • well, we dont care,

  • @WhichOnesPink777 speak for yourself

  • I absolutely love the playing. Not a fan of the tone there at all though.

  • my t-40 needs some neck adjustment do you know what type of wrench i need?

  • Sure! Go to stewmac (.) com and follow this path (posting the link here is a real hassle): Look on the "Departments" section for "Tools" and then > All tools - Wrenches > Pocket Truss Rod Wrenches. The item # 6106, for 5/16" Gibson nut is the one you need.

    Let me know if you need further assistance. Thank you for your comment! :)

  • thanks i will be ordering :D

  • That was amazing! I wish you did lessons and you lived next door lol, im Trying to learn this song! Love the bass too !

  • i hate you for playing it so well! :P

  • awesome man!!!

  • :O i see smoke coming off your fingers. lol.

  • keep it funky man (y), this is a fine example of why JPJ and bonzo were the backbone in led zeppelin. I would like to have myself a bassguitar.. :( fuck the communism and its exchange rates...

  • this is a great cover man. im gonna post a video of me covering this.. i use a fender jazz bass tho

  • Great! Just get a Fender Jazz and everything will be perfect (almost). Keep it up!

  • A good old T-40 OWNS a J-bass.

  • agreed

  • nice job. I play an alembic spoiler and a peavey fury 5. You've got some nice bass'! do you have a main axe?

    Rock on!

  • Thank you for your comment! I love all of my basses, but the one I play the most is my fretted 5-string EBMM Bongo.

  • Dude !!

  • hey once it gets faster are you three finger plucking???

  • No, man. I haven't been able to put the three-finger technique to work for me aside from single string triplets/gallops. What you see here is strict two-finger plucking. Thank you for your comment!

  • Man, that's REAL nice!

  • Hi mate! First of all, great video! Now i have a question, i have a Peavey T-40 too, how put you the knobs of your T-40 to get that sound?

  • Hey man, read the video description > > > > > >

    There you'll find my settings. let me know if you need further info. Thank you for your comment! :)

  • One of the greatest bas lines ever. J.P.J. is one of the great bass players of all time. Between his bass work and compositional work for Zep, Imo far too under rated for his overall contribution to Zep. I'd like to see you live, for while you've got it pat, it seems yor timing and "feel" are hindered by trying to match the track. Good job.

  • Gosh ur amazing.

  • I don't know how you can go through a whole song without freaking looking down once....

  • gotta love the T-40! I bought my first one back in '87 when I first started to play...had a car accident and couldn't hold a pen let alone play and after a year and a half ended up selling it (cried all the way to the pawn shop, honestly) In 2008, I bought my second T-40 which although the nerve damage I sustained makes playing difficult, My 16 yo daughter is now playing it and loving it. Personally, its one of the best basses out there, if you can find one.

  • Best Bass Line EVER

  • fucking quality.

  • the t-40 is a sweet dream...

  • The song "In Orbit" is on The T-Birds 3rd album "Butt Rockin". Also his playing on "Let Me In" and "C boy's Blues" both from their 1st album (retitled) "Girls Go Wild" Thanks for your video

  • Nice job! Well done! One of my favorite basslines from one of my favorite bass players. In my opinion. John Paul Jones has been a much under rated bass player. He has often stated that James Jamerson was one of his major influences and to my ear you can hear it in this song even though James wasn't a blues player. One of my other favorite bass players is the late Keith Ferguson, the original bass player for The Fabulous Thunderbirds. You should check out his playing on a song called "In Orbit".

  • I'm lovin' that old school Peavey T-40 bass! Peavey should re-issue them!!

  • make it more smooth and connected dude....some of your notes are too short and there needs to be more fluidity between them

  • flat?

  • I agree with short . your playing enhanced and put a different spin on the song. Always thought is sucks bass is always mixed way down, except for funk and porn soundtracks.

  • Im Pretty stoned right now and that triped me the fuck out... good shit man... 5***** kill shit you got good fret control and i nice strong sound to it... i also hardy seen you look down..

    keep it up.

  • That was a blast. I just tried to jam along and had much smiles playing. T6hanks fellow basist

  • VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!

  • love the slower parts, but the extra-fast part seems a little too choppy for my taste =\

    awesome chops though!

  • dude, that was sick. nice work.

  • Excellent playing! And I agree,playing Bass well does not come easy.Good musicians always make it LOOK easy,though.

  • cool mate ! I have never completed copying this song before!

  • I always liked the Rock music that revolved around the blues.

  • rock music realy evolved from blues and country, what brought blues to the country were african americans, thanks to them we have Korn,Slayer,Metallica,Halen, etc...

  • wow, you're good man.  Zeppelin were SUCH good musicians...ALL of them

  • intense, i give you props for pulling it off...

  • i don't understand the hate for this cover i thought it sounded ace

  • I think it's great!! What is really bizarre is that JPJ walked into a tiny studio in California one day 40 yrs. ago and played this off the top of his head. To argue over copying that one time event 40 yrs.. later (and beyond) is silly. That's when you get into Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.

  • Not really man, its all blues intervals. Songs like these are why Zepp is the greatest. They start up on a blues jam and these notes came out. This line in particular, JPJ knows the chord progression, the phrasing, and from there fits in his rhythm with John Bonham, stamps it with what he's feeling and out pops one of the greatest bass lines of all time. Great job on the cover man.

  • Not perfect, you know that already, but impressive nevertheless. Peavey had a reputation for being "uncool" back in the day, but the T-40 was an awesome and versitile instrument.  Good job dude!

  • everyone is a f n critic

    great job dude

    lot a shit to remorize

    im a huge JPJ zep fan keep up the great work

  • thatbodyman, Could you please post a better version? Thanks

  • He is not a pro and it's a hard bass line so give him a break. Bass is not as easy an instrument as it looks.

  • Agreed. Everyone thinks bass is so damn easy.pick it up and find out for yourself!! Good job sir. I have been trying this one for a loooong time

  • Each time I was demo-ing to buddies, there was always one who was growing impatient to show that he could do it too.

    As soon as he was strapped with the bass all you hear was buzz-dooom-buzz-buzz-squeesh-b­uzz

  • oops..I just got my answer by reading your comments

  • great work...do you have your peavey set at the ric tone?...exactly where do you set it to get that ric tone anyway?....give us more with the t-40

  • nobody cares about your obnoxious opinion. Your a big talker over the net, but your a fucking little shit who has nothing to say. This was a great cover of a long busy song.

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  • dude, lay off a little, yeah it isnt perfect, but nobody can feel the bass exactly like John Paul Jones, and hes trying, i give him more credit than the people out there criticizing other people's hours of effort

  • If it angers you, then post a better one and stop this video. He also states in his comment his playing is not terrific.

  • some fast parts could have been cleaner, but it's not terrible

  • Can anyone believe how extraordinary this is?!! My god what preparation you show and what a fabulous technique you possess. I have never seen any bass player use their left hand little finger so much but to such advantage. You're soooo wonderful!!!!!

  • haha yah man the pinky is working its ass off