Ace how long bass tab

The bass solo — a simple figure that moves down a tone for two successive bars before moving back up and repeating — is a thing of sheer beauty. Back in the '70s, you could write simple basslines and they sounded cool because no-one had written all the good lines yet. How on earth did he come up with it? Paul Simonon was a master of his instrument, although admitting it would have got him thrown out of the Club for not being punk enough. Yet his grasp of reggae and rock made his bass style unique, a fact duly noted on London Calling, with its ridiculously recognizable intro statement.

This ludicrously butt-shaking song kicks off with a simple slap and pop line which drills into your skull and refuses to let go. But will you have as much funk in you as Larry? Subtle, unhurried and sweet, the line supports vocal pyrotechnics from King and a swathe of organ and guitar that almost but not quite renders it inaudible. We like to think of it as a metaphor for bass players: strip away the fluff and there we are, holding everything down….

Too funky for the pub-rock scene and too poppy to be truly funk, the Blockheads had something indefinable which made them unique. Which other band would write a trilingual song about non-violence and title it this bizarrely? And which bassist could play so many notes per bar without sounding silly?

With not one but three bass solos — all of them radically different — Orion is the one Metallica song that all bass players must listen to. Cliff Burton, who died a few months after Puppets was released, wrote this instrumental, and it shows. The song leads off with a faded-in soup of bass notes, laden with chorus, and fades away again after a heavy guitar section to a classical bass motif that is mixed low in order to get your attention.

Finally, Cliff lays down a blistering, distorted solo at the end of the song that most people mistake for a guitar part. Mixed low — you have to strain to make out the chords that end the riff — this classic bit of funk bass is all warm, middy tones: you can almost feel his fingertips on the strings.

Although Free never secured the acclaim they deserved, this song alone guarantees them a place in the rock pantheon. Did you buy this item? View Compatible Apps. Become a Member! Send a Reminder. Check out the contents below Mp3 MIDI. Skill Level:. Would you like to request a new version? This title has no reviews yet.

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I remember that track on Top of the pops, waaaaaaay back when. Posted May 15, edited.