Steely Dan - Peg - Bass playalong

Steely Dan with Chuck Rainey's master bassline

Category:

Music

Tags:

• steely
• dan
• peg
• bass
• chuck
• rainey
• fredrik
• owman

[mjvicc1952]

Great job! Are you reading music or tab? More! More!

[bassowman]

Thanks! Reading music, in fact Bassplayer Magazine's transcription.

[Wefunkyou]

Did you use roundwounds or flatwound? I know Chuck Rainey used his Fender P strung with flats at that point.

[bassowman]

I use DR Hi Beam roundwounds.

[popitn2nd]

what year is that bass? what system are you using? sounds great!

[bassowman]

The bass is an all original Precision from 1966. Here I run the bass through a Korg Pandora PX4D with quite heavy compression to get a good attack when slapping (and in the plucked parts as well for that matter).

[steg111]

I just want to tell you sir, you're the only one NOT butchering this song on youtube. 5/5, near flawless

[blunt1]

I can't help myself. Its so great to see this line. I always had trouble with that descending pentatonic run before the chorus. Now I see. The slapping in my opinion was a mistake. But hey its just my feel. But its part of history.

[raulcheva]

NEAT! THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR GREAT RENDITION ON THIS "PERFECT" BASS LINE

[Chomp0nThis]

This is perfect!

[laney50w]

Chuck would be very proud of this cover! This was great! LOVE IT!

[leokasper7107]

great slap technique, man. spot on.

[novajeff]

Finally! Somone that actually thumps when they are suppose to. Excellent job. Thanks for posting.

[bassmanjoe]

Nice and smooth with control, very cool.

[verite]

Nailed it!

[Silaxian]

Awesome. Nothing else need be said.

[aomoore3]

Very well done, all the little details there but not exaggerated.

[YankeeHotelFoxtroter]

@Wefunkyou Chuck never used flats. I asked him a few years ago.