It's sad to think James died an angry and broke man. All the amazing music he made, that made or helped make alot of people famous and wealthy. He souldn't have gone out that way.
see...this is a perfect exacmple of how back in teh day everyone who was in the music industry had talent, and from the video its another perfect example of how only shitheads r in the music industry and people who are good at their instrument are only noticed once in a blue moon....very sad.
Bob used to use a pice of dampened foam squashed under the strings, and also a special string dampener device that I really hope will be put on a Fender signature Bob Babbitt bass sometime soon!
@jamersonshook Part II: It's too bad that Fender doesn'r make a replacement strip. The closest I've found are the replacement J bass finger mutes. Use one and place it in the bridge cap directly over the bridge saddles. That means that you need to have that cap on. The foam is just easier.
@thecat029 The original P and J basses had a hard foam strip on the underside of the bridge cover. Those black strips have long since disintegrated which is too bad because they dampened the bass strings for a more upright sound. I use very dense, hard carpet foam next to the bridge. To use foam, you need to also readjust your intonation, but that's easy and minimal. Carol Kaye runs a strip of dense foam over her bridge and tapes it down.
Gorgeous bassline, is that an original 60s precision or one of the vintage re-issues, I take thay are La Bella flatwounds? (i use them myself) what amp are you using?.
Completely excellent.
nuke97 3 months ago
Dude the tabs now or ELSE xD
diegomifits666 5 months ago
It's sad to think James died an angry and broke man. All the amazing music he made, that made or helped make alot of people famous and wealthy. He souldn't have gone out that way.
flubno 6 months ago
see...this is a perfect exacmple of how back in teh day everyone who was in the music industry had talent, and from the video its another perfect example of how only shitheads r in the music industry and people who are good at their instrument are only noticed once in a blue moon....very sad.
Awseome dude, keep it up
ilegrow 1 year ago
Thats not the basline! u wannabe matt freeman wen he was 6 years old next time u should play a bass line thats worth listening to
spiderfrankrules 3 years ago
@spiderfrankrules Kill yourself.
StyrofoamCancer 1 year ago
it sounded like a jackson 5 style bassline
bbpatrol 3 years ago
@bbpatrol correction: jackson five basslines sound like james jamerson-style basslines. but they're not quite james jamerson...
Claytr0nZ3R0 4 months ago
GO HEAD BOY!!!
BabyGirl09 3 years ago
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ehh that doesnt sound like the bassline? =\
sofakinggroovy 3 years ago
you're thinking of the guitar riff there bro
idontcare124 3 years ago
i think the foam bridge mute was Babbit. At least, I definitely know he uses it.
thecat029 4 years ago
Bob used to use a pice of dampened foam squashed under the strings, and also a special string dampener device that I really hope will be put on a Fender signature Bob Babbitt bass sometime soon!
jamersonshook 4 years ago
Me too!
thecat029 4 years ago
@jamersonshook Part II: It's too bad that Fender doesn'r make a replacement strip. The closest I've found are the replacement J bass finger mutes. Use one and place it in the bridge cap directly over the bridge saddles. That means that you need to have that cap on. The foam is just easier.
cassadyshammer 8 months ago
@thecat029 The original P and J basses had a hard foam strip on the underside of the bridge cover. Those black strips have long since disintegrated which is too bad because they dampened the bass strings for a more upright sound. I use very dense, hard carpet foam next to the bridge. To use foam, you need to also readjust your intonation, but that's easy and minimal. Carol Kaye runs a strip of dense foam over her bridge and tapes it down.
cassadyshammer 8 months ago
you're definitely close to copping Jamerson's tone. do you have the foam bridge mute in there too??
FnLkZ 4 years ago
Thanks - yes, I have a strip of pencil eraser wedged under the bridge cover on top of the strings.
jamersonshook 4 years ago
Gorgeous bassline, is that an original 60s precision or one of the vintage re-issues, I take thay are La Bella flatwounds? (i use them myself) what amp are you using?.
wellerfan77 4 years ago
Thanks - it's a Japanese RI, with LaBella flats - recorded direct into the PC
jamersonshook 4 years ago