Jamerson bass genius - Eb grooving

[MLDfrom63]

You are plain sick, my man! I am completely blown away by your right hand technique; had to take years to master this. Just gives one that much more insight to what a monster Jamerson really was. Thanks for sharing your gift and for the constant inspiration!

[h3studio]

Man H3 sayingwhats up JamersonHook ...hope ya still grooving man...

[gietek]

groovy bass and drums - all I need

btw the drums are not groovy but the bass is!

[thelonious1234]

@jamersonshook dude you are beasting. i LOVE what you do in His memory. rock on.

[Rightsideup]

great tone you have goin there! The D string isn't all "pong pong pong" if that makes any sense.

[pladasco1]

This is to groove

[belalakaperal]

if it sounds good, it is the right note

[HendrixPrinceFlea89]

Chill out man

[NegroXFile]

whats w rong note when you make the rules? you whiteguys kill me with that wrong note shit. aint no rules

[SteveArpo]

@NegroXFile. You should check out what many Motown producers and arrangers used to say about Jamerson's playing. They often referred to James playing, 'wrong' notes. One of them likened this technique to galloping along on a horse, then being thrown up into the air by the, 'wrong' note only to land beautifully on the, 'right' note in the next phrase. These arrangers and producers were all black. What's up brother - do you think they were white guys that blacked-up just to work at Motown?

[wa1ufo]

@SteveArpo -Have you ever heard a clam on any Motown records? I think not-his lines were right on the money! I am a white bassist and you are nothing but a jive assed Mo Fo! Take a hike dumb ass!

[jamersonshook]

@ all

I think NegroXFile misunderstood me saying "wrong" - I never meant they were wrong literally, just that these notes were outside the diatonic scales we all learn at school. I tried to show that I don't think the notes are really wrong by putting quotes around it, but I obviously didn't make it clear enough! Sorry for causing confusion - no reason to start a white/black thing. Peace to all. Jamerson never played a wrong note in his life AFAIC.

[SteveArpo]

@jamersonshook That guy should read what Ron Brown said about JJ, just what I was trying to paraphrase in my own comment. If anyone who says they are into Jamerson and have never appreciated his technique of playing the wrong notes then I wonder if they have ever listened to him at all. Your palying is spot on. A1. Would you ever do Jamerson's Tammi Terrell version of, 'This Old Heart Of Mine' or, 'Two Can Have A Party'?

[tbcass]

@jamersonshook Check out his home page. NegroXFile is an anti White racist so there will be no reasoning with him.

[tbcass]

@NegroXFile You've got it all wrong. He didn't mean they were wrong but they are notes played outside the standard scales. It's certainly not a Black or White thing. You are being a bit defensive trying to find racism where it doesn't exist.

[NegroXFile]

@tbcass Again! I said what I said and thats it with no fucking apologies! WHY DONT YOU WHITE MOTHERFUCKERS APOLOGIZE FOR SLAVERY AND ALL THE EVIL SHIT THAT YALL DO EVERYDAY TO THE PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET AND THE PLANET ITSELF WITH YOUR HAARP PROGRAM AND YOUR ATOM BOMBS AND SHIT! I HATE YOU WHITE MOTHERFUCKERS!

[tbcass]

@NegroXFile Your reply says it all. It exposes you for the anti white racist you are.

[EquitableAndJust1]

@NegroXFile Your name reminds me of that old X-Files TV show. Do you mind if I call you Agent Scully? You're one silly bitch Scully. Your comments make me laugh!

[NegroXFile]

@EquitableAndJust1 Call me what you may but you wont call me a fucking immitator! You fucking whitefolks have to always steal everything from us Blacks because you have no creativity and when you do try to get creative that boring ass Lawrence Welk shit comes out that NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR! NOBODY!

[EquitableAndJust1]

@NegroXFile You ARE an immitator!! That was a perfect immitation of a crazy person! Just for the record white folks invented mayonaise, bow ties and artificial flowers. Musically speaking whites invented Polka, and what about Achy Breaky Heart? See, you're just talkin out y'alls ass. If you're ever confused about anything else, just drop me a line.

[NegroXFile]

@EquitableAndJust1 aw those are nice fucking contributions, lol Achy Breaky Heart huh? and I hate mayo, I hate anything thats white now get ghost!

[EquitableAndJust1]

@NegroXFile YOU DO NOT HATE MAYO!!!!! You are a liar! If you don't admit that you like mayo, I'll never believe anything you say ever again!!! I'll even think you LIKE White people because if you lie about mayo you'll lie about anything! And here's a few more exlamation points just for good measure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and white people invented the exclamation point!

[ParapaDrifter]

@NegroXFile Obzen by Meshuggah... stop with the racial bullshit.

[NamelyGuitar]

Great, are you playing flats as Jamerson did?

[daniva]

is not ilogic, in jazz you play a lot of cromatics notes, in this case you are using and open string, to create the efect of jamerson, very good

[bruisedwee]

love the groove man! and a killer '62 p bass to go along with it as well!

[h3studio]

I LOVE the tone!!!!!

[copewood333]

I love that deep dry rasping tone.

[dannyknapp]

I'm diggin' this big time, gotta subscribe.

[LocoPhono]

Yup...I'd say that was a Fender

[wysiwyg248]

Fender Precision, probably 1963.

[gptgpt24]

Line 6 variax bass. Awesome thats what I play. So much versatility.

[morvin37]

Hello you are great i like tht . could you tell me what drum machine use you.

[berherbi]

this is top tutorial, you are great ! thanks Andreas

[zaksnaporaz]

the best notes are often in a way "wrong" notes !

[JohnDeacon]

I'm very jealous that you saw him live! Something I will never get the chance to do! Do you have flatwounds on the bass?

[jamersonshook]

Yes - LaBella "Deep Talkin Bass" - I like the RotoSound Jazz ones too.

[stretchmorgan]

@jamersonshook Which tune is this line from please? Great playing & sound by the way.

[JohnDeacon]

I have subscribed to you vids - nice to see someone appreciates the genius of James Jamerson! What bass/amp are you using?

[jamersonshook]

Thanks - The Precision is a Japanese 62 reissue with active EMG pickups, straight into the pc using a cheap cable.

[jamersonshook]

Oh, and thats a great username you have! I saw him live back in day - superb.

[jamersonshook]

Thanks - it's my riff I guess, but I expect Jamerson did it first and I just don't know which track yet!