Jamerson Bassline - My Girl

As requested - some fun with the acappella version

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jamerson
• Bassline
• My
• Girl
• temptations
• acappella
• jamersonshook

[thecat029]

i think the foam bridge mute was Babbit. At least, I definitely know he uses it.

[jamersonshook]

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!

[FnLkZ]

you're definitely close to copping Jamerson's tone. do you have the foam bridge mute in there too??

[jamersonshook]

Thanks - yes, I have a strip of pencil eraser wedged under the bridge cover on top of the strings.

[wellerfan77]

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?.

[jamersonshook]

Thanks - it's a Japanese RI, with LaBella flats - recorded direct into the PC

[nuke97]

Completely excellent.

[Claytr0nZ3R0]

@bbpatrol correction: jackson five basslines sound like james jamerson-style basslines. but they're not quite james jamerson...

[diegomifits666]

Dude the tabs now or ELSE xD

[flubno]

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.

[cassadyshammer]

@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]

@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.

[ilegrow]

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

[StyrofoamCancer]

@spiderfrankrules Kill yourself.

[spiderfrankrules]

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

[bbpatrol]

it sounded like a jackson 5 style bassline