Where's My Thing? Bass Cover

Funky instrumental off of the Roll The Bones album.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Where's
• My
• Thing?
• Bass
• Cover
• RUSH
• rickman
• Fender
• Geddy
• Lee
• Jazz

[mitsurunyama]

Wooooonderful

[TJH3113]

@mitsurunyama

Thanks.

[jamlsn]

Nice job!

[TJH3113]

@jamlsn

Thank you.

[TJH3113]

@caryd67

Thank you for that generous compliment. And you're right, I have spent an inordinate amount of time picking these bass lines apart in an attempt to learn and play them as closely to the recorded parts as possible.

I would love to to more tutorial stuff but, unfortunately, I'm self taught and am not analytical at all when it comes to my own playing. I have great difficulty explaining parts and techniques in detail. I just do what I do. I could, however do a "slowed down" demo

[TJH3113]

@halodemo65

I am self-taught. When I was in my teen I'd play 4-6 hours a day, especially during summer breaks. I'd mostly learn songs that I thought were challenging and play along with records.

I started out liking KISS, then Black Sabbath and finally RUSH. I played quite a bit of southern rock in the first band I was in. I discovered RUSH within a year and a half of starting to play bass.

[halodemo65]

@TJH3113 You became this good just by teaching yourself? I can't imagine teaching myself bass without your videos to help with the songs that I would like to be able to play.

What kind of music did you start out with?

[caryd67]

@TJH3113

Yes, if you could simply slow it way down, I'm sure I could get it.. Same with the double-stop stuff. Is that what you call it? Like if you were to loop the first two bars, and play it much slower.. then maybe I could finally see how it's done. Any kinds of theoretical explanations would be lost on me anyway :) You're the man, TJH!

[caryd67]

You are the closest I've ever heard to Geddy himself. I'm quite speechless! I've passively "studied" Geddy's bass lines for years (I'm a fan and drummer). Clearly, you've worked very hard. THAT lick (at around 1:48) has taunted me for years.. any chance you could break it down for me? Also a demo on Ged's fingerpicking style (double stops and muting) would be incredibly appreciated! Keep up the really great work!!

[TJH3113]

@Dan441734

That's where the mids are.  Thanks.