Sweet Child o' Mine - bass line

This was one of the first songs i learned to play on the bass when i played rock music. I learned a lot from its bass line especially how a simple chord progression can be made interesting using some more groove :) Sorry for the mistakes i made, but it's half past two in the afternoon and i'm really sleepy :)

Remember, due to the small picture, click on the resize button under the video for sharper quality.

Note: I often get asked whether I played this song a half step down. The answer is yes...let me try to explain without causing too much confusion..at the time of recording I used to play with a band where we all tuned our instruments two semitones down (including my musicman stingray). Since Sweet Child of Mine is played one semitone down, I needed to adjust the song a further semitone down so I won't retune my bass each time. I used a software called audacity to change the pitch of the song. I hope that makes sense.

I really would like to thank you for all these nice comments. You made this video one of the most viewed in Malta. Thanks again!

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• malta
• musicman
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• guns
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• roses
• sweet
• child
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• mine
• bass

[danecook321]

No, wait, I think the mp3 is tuned down to D

[jamesattard]

yes that's right...when i played this song two years ago I used to have my bass tuned down by two semitones because of my band and I didn't want to re-tune it everytime I play my covers, so I re-tuned the mp3's instead..that's the whole story. Nowadays I changed philosophy though..you can check my other covers. Stayed 'tuned' :)

[AustralLord]

who thinks this intro should be considered a solo?

[kag6]

lol since when are you the bass scoremaster? i give your comment 0% XD

[richatc]

not quit right friend almost,, I toured with G&R McQueen Street opened for them the part is not the hard Duff is not that good of a player Izzy wrote the part its all played off the same scale not a lot of movement

Richard Hatcher McQueen Street

[JORGERONCAL21]

tus acordes estan un tono menos

[chow04wee]

no offence man .. but from the suggestions your video's thumbnail made your torso looks like friggin large boobs



[TheMattboi]

sooo uhhh.... you wanna send me the tab :) I'd be much obliged my pal :)

[pet3rgriffin]

You make it look easy but damn it's hard for me.

[TheBeatlemaniaque]

Right ! For once I find the same partition as me ! 

[mets50504]

@CommonShrimp you wouldnt know a good bass cover if it came up and blew your fuckin ears off. so go make your own sweet child o mine cover and show him up

[ktm100200]

can anyone send me a close up vid of this part cuz i got eveything othere then this part... 0:25 - 0:35 thank you

[darkdragongirl6]

Ahahaha! I love it! What kind of bass is that, I don't think it looks shit at all, I have a pure black washborn (or whatever lol) I just started playing and there is such great covers like this one...keep it up ^-^

[ahtartersauce101]

Yeah 100% 255 note combo. YOU ROCK!