Bassline for Rush's "Force Ten" on my EBMM Bongo

Hi again.

This time I wanted to play a non-Ric Rush tune with my Bongo (Well, I'm not sure if Geddy originally recorded "YYZ" with his Ric or his Fender Jazz. Anyway...). The chosen one is "Force Ten", my absolute favorite song from Rush's synth-driven era.

Notice that, for this recording, I didn't use my Kustom KBA30 practice amp between my bass and the sound card. Instead, I plugged the Bongo directly into the sound card's line in jack. I decided to do that because using the amp normally gives the bass a very bright tone, which I didn't like for this song. Of course, rolling off some highs from the Bongo or the amp would be a solution, but I tried this way and noticed that it gives the bass a mellower tone with no need of cutting highs from the instrument. Hope you enjoy this video.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Force
• Ten
• Rush
• Bass
• Bassline
• EBMM
• MusicMan
• Bongo
• Geddy
• Lee
• Playalong
• Alvabass
• Hold
• Fire

[numetla]

looked at the thumbnail "isn't that the ric?no wait its only the colors it kinda looks like a musicman bongo, but ebmm?hm...oh..<.<" nice bass dude, where du u get all that money for those awesome basses :O

[Alvabass]

@numetla: Thank you for your comment! Well, no drugs, no alcohol, no kids and being a patient person. Those are the keys to be able to buy nice instruments (aside from winning the lotto, of course - not my case). :=)

[ahasexotikos]

Great playing! :) What kind of amps you got?

[Alvabass]

Thank you for your comment! For this video I just plugged my Bongo directly into de sound card's input jack. I have a Kustom Groove 1200 bass head and a Kustom KBA30 practice amp.

[AXL9871]

Señor hablando aqui desde Puerto Rico. Eras una motivacion para seguir tocando bajo. Tengo que decirte que ese bajo se ve super raro, pero de un modo agradable haha.

[Alvabass]

Muchas gracias por tu amable comentario. De verdad me alegra saber que mi modesto esfuerzo es una motivación, y además que la presencia del EBMM Bongo resulta de tu agrado. Un saludo.

[youknowyourrite1]

no,i love YOU

[RadblasterRax]

@AXL9871 Soy de Puerto Rico, del area de Juana Diaz, yo tengo uno de los mismos y no hay cosa mejor q me de la liga en los shows hasta el sol de hoy en vivo. Simplemente es un bajo versatil para todo tipo de musica.

[LudwigBeefoven]

I believe Geddy was using a Wal and a Steinberger on the "Hold Your Fire" album. Geddy started using a Jazz Bass much later on the Presto album.

[bbender1986]

i'm not a bass player..but i notice if you play differnce bass it takes more effect on the sound than playing a different guitar...

[EatTheTele]

You just introduced me to Rush, and in a great way! I've been playing bass for just a year now and this seems like a cool -no- beautiful song to try. Maybe too hard for now, but i'll gladly practise to get this one right in the future.

[lowfreq65]

musical toilet sit.....lmao

[flavy1000]

Hey, you re`so intelligent on using sound performance items, see info section...That`s very important, too...I always pay atention to this parameters,misc, sound , effects, perhaps a simple tone movement can cange everthing..As I do not have much equipment than a Fender Jazz Bass California ,and a Kustom ba30 as yours, me and my son have learnt to take advantage of little things,cause that`s the other part on learning to play, to get the sound you need from the gear...

Thanks for all!!

[Inthescissor]

I think you should get more smooth notes in the verse...not so much stacatto. But great playing anyway. :)

[diamonddust22]

Its an honor my friend.