Four On Six - Wes Montgomery Solo Transcription (updated)

[natash141]

On BASS? Props to you man!

[shyampster]

nice tone,

you really got the phrasing perfect,

dynamics and all

[vonbee]

very nice!!

[JazzBassJavi]

Cool buddy !!! cheers from Mexico !!!

[RDblues47]

i cant even do it on guitar

[dienonbeliever]

nice!!!

[G7flat5]

Cool , hearing it on six string bass!

[pzcato]

damn nice work!

[svenghoulieil]

good work brother! but can you play it only with your thumb? (like Wes did) ;>

[sromahones]

you are one talented guy!

[mtcjoseph]

You are the man! (next to Wes, that is).

[sesspleftocore]

do you slow the music down witha program to learn it?

[GBagley]

@sesspleftocore - Not usually. I try to just listen to sections over and over again until I get it in my head well enough to figure it out.

[sesspleftocore]

@GBagley haha. well nice. Upload another video sometime soon why dont ya!? plz

[abshmusic]

I custom ordered my bass with you and this instrument in mind. Mine will be a Eliezer Lara Custom 6 string (I'm from BRAZIL). I will use Aero pickups, Aguilar OBP-3 preamp, a korina neck/body (set-neck), brazilizan rosewood fingerboard, and Gotoh bridge/tuners. I can't wait until it's finished. Thank you so much for being my inspiration. Strong work mr. Greg Bagley!!!! PEACE

[CasoOSU]

aaw but you stopped right before he starts playing with octaves. It was the easiest part for me to transcribe but the hardest part for me to play

[velswab]

Very Well Done.

[Jonathanethier]

I did a version of this solo too, have a long on my vids. Nice work on the bass!

[el90moro]

OH MY GOD!!

[demuremure]

Most excellent.

[arionnetto]

awesome!

[TseeBaeng]

Very sweet man

[Lilayun]

amazing...

[wankatronic]

i am impressed.

[seandog1234]

Incredible...

[wethepeople469]

well done!!!!

[maigles]

Oh My God!!! how long did that take you to learn. I wouldn't leave the house for a year and my kid would wonder who his daddy is. Strong work bro.

[GBagley]

I worked on it on and off for a couple weekends I think.

[TheBenderblender]

@maigles "Oh My God!!! how long did that take you to learn. I wouldn't leave the house for a year and my kid would wonder who his daddy is. Strong work bro."

prob took him a week - bloody naturals :) gotta love em - will subscribe to your channel dude wanna see what else your up to

[LilBehemoth]

Fabulous!

[mayurasana]

Wes's solos are so deceptively simple. He was a musical genius.

[Steeve108]

Hey dude, great job ! I'm gonna work on it ! Thx for this astonishing transcription !

[franco6719]

Not bad. But you should have tried to do the "Smokin's at the half Note" version with about 5:minutes if octaves and chord solo, No transcription that I know of either.

[chefsize]

I love the sections where you're forced to play the an octave lower than the recording... sounds sick. Great work, my friend.

[lkjhgfdsa954]

could i get this tab...hm wait it wudnt matter

i need it for 6 string elec guitar... poop

can uhelp me out?

[GBagley]

I don't use tabs. Good luck though!

[melrhyne]

Great Job, GBagley!!!

Do it to it...

[rillloudmother]

pick it out yourself, you'll be amazed how much you learn that way!

[drwinkle101]

I find this astonishing. You play the complex solo so accurately that I needed another commenter to tell me you're playing along with Wes on the record!. Can't put a hair between him and you.

[franzjoseph88]

This is really great. I've been working on this solo a lot lately. Wes can swing like a son of a bitch, and I think you have a good feel for it.

[stricklandmr]

Nice work chief. I didn't realize you were playing over Wes' solo. I thought you were playing with a chorus pedal. I must ask if you would play the song with a chorus pedal to simulate playing with Wes?

[merrymonarch]

thats really good. musically and technically

[dpearson80808]

very impressive! I only play the bass part on this song with a bass :-P it is interesting you chose to play the guitar solo on your bass, but it sounds good! Do you have your bass tuned differently at all?

[GBagley]

Thanks. Standard tuning (BEADGC).

[5656bigsteve]

My dad's been in the buisness since Wes was a boy and he claims that he played a six string precision ordered special from Fender. If you're keen I could ask if he has any more info on this.

[FakieKstorm]

ooo ok....no i mean what scale\modes have u used in the vdo?...im more of a pentatonic of a guy so i'm new to this stuff

[FakieKstorm]

nicee jobb man...can u please tell me what key "four on six" is in?....and scale is used? i need help with my jazz man :-p

[GBagley]

Thanks. It's in D. What scale to use depends on what kind of sound you want to get and what chords you're playing over though. There's no simple answer!

[franzjoseph88]

The form revolves around G minor. The entire song is based around the minor ii half diminished V i in the key of G with a cycle of ii Vs and then a short modulation Bb major. But mostly It's actually in G minor.

[gsaxita]

very nice work , how long did you take to learn it all ?

In this time I am mad for studing , bob mintzer

[GBagley]

If I remember right, I spent a couple weekends working on it, on and off.

[GraveyTrainDavey]

dude, your time feel is pretty spot on, I don't know if you were going for the EXACT same phrase and note lengths, but if you were, the only thing I could possibly say about it is that every now and then, the duration of the notes is SLIGHTLY off,...but kick ass none the less.

[RDblues47]

i cant even play it on guitar!!!

your unreal !

[fakesoundsjazz1983]

sounds great man, which album is this off? got so many versions of wes playing this!

[GBagley]

This one is off of "The Incredible Jazz Guitar"

[allegedartistlessons]

Sick!

[513Lonestar]

thtas a lot of time and effort dude

great work!

[0o0sublime0o0]

now if you could only improvise that ... jk, sounds great!

[GBagley]

Seriously, I wish!

[jazzbass762000]

great job

[Krumme1979]

niiice!!!

[elusivesolution]

That is crazy!

[ousooner6295]

sweet

[Indensity]

I learned the 1st 30 sec of this 2 years ago then quit I know I can play it for sure by now

[ElDiabloHuma]

man you are awesome!

[toodelsnoodelstin]

w00t!! This is freaking awsome! Really! Perfect!

[telecrazy]

Man! This is awesome, you are really talented, I have enough trouble playing Wes' stuff on guitar never mind friggi' bass! Plus I'm a shredder which doesn't help either..haha

[ericofspades]

how much did that custom bass cost you?

[fingerboy18]

It's like $2100 if bolt-on, $2500 if neck-through. That's if it's standard.

[GBagley]

You can see prices on Chris Stambaugh's website. Mine is a bolt on, but it also has RMC piezo pickups and midi electronics which brought the price up. Partly semi-hollow as well. Still, you're not going to find a better price on a custom bass! Chris Stambaugh does great work.

[FaustieTuts]

great tone

[hurculepwoirot]

excelente, senor!

[jhg123456]

haha nice pitch shifter j/k

[Lukechapmanmusic]

Very clean... nice work

[pandorski]

Wonderful job man !

[stratoboy78]

in which album can i find this version ? i(ve got an other record but not same solo.. thank you

[GBagley]

This version is on "The Incredible Jazz Guitar"

[mroteroa]

perfect!

[Kunstdesfechtens]

Well done. Gotta love Wes. Being a 6-string bassist myself, I was inspired by Oscar Pettiford's use of cello in a "lead bass" role. I think he would have really dug the solo possibilities of the 6-string electric.

[aresius90]

AMAZING

[imdb23]

will you post a video showing off all of your basses?

[gustovero]

Absolutely amazing. Great job!!

[tolinfitz]

That...was perfectly done. i was expecting the bass part. but wow. damn

[50Stringbass]

man, i cant wait to get a six string, it looks like so much fun! great job by the way

[voodoochileitaly]

Amazing!!!

[raymurdo]

My apologies - that makes it even better. Cheers

[raymurdo]

Wow my man - that's the best version of 4 & 6 have heard and it's played on a bass! Great use of pitch shifter for the classic octave sound too. Keep it up!

[GBagley]

Pitch shifter? I'm not using any effects...

[funkyou1219]

He thinks the track you're playing along with is a pitch shifter. Shows how well you're timing is!

[thermalone76]

holy wow!!

[ezra2662]

HA! Great!!!

[cooltonez]

Great job man.

Sounds nice!

[bangaroodong]

Man, that's nice.

How many bass guitars do you got, if I may ask?

[GBagley]

I've got 6 at the moment

[HalfGreyhound]

You rule!

[mtlupyourass]

nice, i really like the tone and somethin tells me you might know a little about what ur doin, lol. but do you know where i can get any 6 string bass tabs? i can't read standard notation so i can't transcribe anything... if anyone could help that'd be great

[GBagley]

I figured all this out by ear. You don't need to know how to read music to learn things like this, but I would definitely suggest you start to think about learning standard notation. It will be a tremendous help with anything musical you do in the future.

[Jonat4z]

awesome.... dude.. awesome ......

[RoLo3636]

Hi!Great job!!! great sound! But how old are you?

[GBagley]

Thanks. I'm 21

[NurseDischord]

Me too..I can't quite do this tune on guitar. Kudos, mate, great job.

[xxbr00talxx]

on a fucking bass! jesus christ!!

[polsihpirate]

Holy fuck

[chandan18]

awesome dude how do u play jazz its so perfect man and sound so good its that warwick bass ??? ok keep it up man....

[luckystrokes24]

What is the string spacing on that beauty? I am ordering one soon. Chris is a great builder!

[GBagley]

It's a full 19mm spacing. I love it wide like that for fingerstyle stuff. Though for wider chord fingerings it's a bit of a stretch sometimes. Chris does great work and his pricing is the best. Especially since he's so open to fully customizing whatever you want.

[davemuscato]

Getting up there on the C string... maybe your next Stammie should be a 7, eh? haha :) sounds good!

[GBagley]

My new Kinal Acoustic 6-string bass is tuned a little higher, starting on a low D. Not sure about 7-strings, but I've got some ideas for a hollowbody 8-string, tuned from a bass' low E and up in 4hs from there. But that's a ways away. I don't plan on saving for any new basses anytime soon.

[501404]

you're amazing...sounds unbelievable

[GBagley]

I use light gague / low tension strings (TI Jazz Rounds) and keep my action fairly low.

[BatonBeater]

If Wes picked up a bass, this is what he would sound like!

Awesome man!

[GBagley]

Thanks. Wes is the master and one of my all time faves!

[arvo56]

This is my fav version of 4 on 6,-I also worked out this solo,-but on 6 string;-How the hell you've done this on bass amazes me!-effortless!

[prey225]

beautiful man, great fucking job

[MarloweDK]

Great playing!

[dudedownunderz]

love that very last riff!!! awesome bro:) it all lined up sweet

[ech10]

gosh, you are the man. I love the clips you've posted on TB as well. Great job, man.

[mikemcgibney]

beautiful, thanks.

[because88]

jus looveley

[Rawbiznes]

Man you are sick!!!!!

[SplinterSplunge]

That's awesome.

[sgomez9]

ta weno bk

[jazzguitarmarc]

Very Nice Dude, First time i hear Wes Montgomery on a bass, sounds good. Im transcribing Four On Six solo too, but its the other version, the one on the album : Smokin at the half note. Anyway good job dude

[Pudsy440]

out of tune and every note was wrong, plus timing was off!! (just kidding) FANTASTIC ... 5 stars!! :)

[slapthatbassist]

wow tite, beautiful bass

[sotirisdrakos]

very nice

[goldmember123]

Man that Stamy sounds good in every application.

[krazyolie]

As lovely as the first one. Probably going to order me a set of those TIs too :).

[Dragonrocks]

Amazing

[BassThrasher]

Love it!