Bass solo songs

[Salvation]

I'm after some longer bass solo songs. Ones that I can sit and play straight through and actually have it sound like a song without needing other players. Nothing over the top, more along the lines of Anesthesia, Cunning Stunts or even Californication.

[Crudd-Bucket™]

John Myung - Solar Groove (6 string bass)
Metropolis - Dream Theater (4 string)

[Crudd-Bucket™]

Oh and Overjoyed by Victor Wooten (tapping)

[Jody LeCompte]

Oh and Overjoyed by Victor Wooten (tapping)
Ive never been able to come across a complete and correct tab of overjoyed.

Just a billion people playing it who wouldnt tell me how..

[Crudd-Bucket™]

I thought the second GP4 tab on www.mysongbook.com was pretty accurate :p but there was only 1 bit that didn't sound right

[Jody LeCompte]

I thought the second GP4 tab on www.mysongbook.com was pretty accurate :p but there was only 1 bit that didn't sound right
Thanks :thumb:

[Salvation]

Oh and Overjoyed by Victor Wooten (tapping)
I'll skip on the tapping right now.

[burtonbassist_101]

orion would be a good choice...and so would my friend of misery

i would say call of ktulu but that would be a stretch

[tomtom]

I'm after some longer bass solo songs. Ones that I can sit and play straight through and actually have it sound like a song without needing other players. Nothing over the top, more along the lines of Anesthesia, Cunning Stunts or even Californication.
****, i was gonna suggest cunning stunts, lol

[Salvation]

****, i was gonna suggest cunning stunts, lol
I can't seem to ever find a good tab of that song. I've found a few online but they're always wrong.

[Crudd-Bucket™]

I can't seem to ever find a good tab of that song. I've found a few online but they're always wrong.

Did you check www.mysongbook.com or www.powertabs.net ?

[Chris K]

Look into Freeport Jam by John Myung, I'll be learning that as soon as I get my 6!

[Crudd-Bucket™]

Look into Freeport Jam by John Myung, I'll be learning that as soon as I get my 6!

I think that might be a tad hard for him. I've begun learning it from Myungs instructional video. I can't find a good tab anywhere for it aswell. Solar groove is good to learn by Myung if you have the booklet.

[Polyamarous]

My Generation - Thw Who

Open Sky - The Distillers, although this is punk so the rest of the bass in the song sucks.

[Chris K]

I think that might be a tad hard for him. I've begun learning it from Myungs instructional video. I can't find a good tab anywhere for it aswell. Solar groove is good to learn by Myung if you have the booklet.

Well I suppose, but it's a worth attempting!

man, I wish Myung still played Tung basses...and that the luthier hadn't became a restaurant owner instead.

[Crudd-Bucket™]

man, I wish Myung still played Tung basses...and that the luthier hadn't became a restaurant owner instead.

Yeah, someday he said he may go back to making them... such a waste of talent. There were only 100 Tung basses ever made :upset:

[nilon]

You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon sounds good by itself. Also has an actual bass solo in it as well.

[Manticore Guy]

John Myung - Solar Groove (6 string bass)
Metropolis - Dream Theater (4 string)

John Myung has solo work? :confused: Can someone elaborate on that?

[bwnstl]

I agree, if Myung has solo work I need to have it.

[Jody LeCompte]

Eh, not very many people read the first post of the thread.


The threadstarter wants bass solos, not songs with bass solos.

tut tut..

[Worrpigs]

Jaco pastorius-portrait of tracy. love that song

[StrangeVision]

Look into Freeport Jam by John Myung, I'll be learning that as soon as I get my 6!

Are there any tabs of that anywhere? Even if their not 100% correct.

[nilon]

Eh, not very many people read the first post of the thread.


The threadstarter wants bass solos, not songs with bass solos.

tut tut..

Or songs which sound like the actual song with only the bass part.

Another suggestion: Pretty much any Red Hot Chili Peppers song will sound like itself with only the bass. Try and find acoustic Under The Bridge, Flea plays a completely different line to usual and it's amazing and easily servicable as a solo piece.

[Aberrationbass]

Flea owns the Chilis they would suck with out him
Hysteria - Muse
some Billy Sheehan stuff
or Moonlight Sonata - Stu Ham

[sk8inbassist17]

Bulls on parade theres a short easy distorted bass solo in there---RATM
Calm like a bomb bass solo as the intro of the song pretty easy---RATM
Maxwell Murederer very hard very fast bass solo----Rancid
Aeroplane fairly easy solo havent tryed to learn all of it i can play the beging of it but not start to finish of the solo---RHCP

[Riouken]

Bass Solo Songs, not songs containg a bass solo.

Check out Norweigan Wood by Victor Wooten, fairly simple song and fantastic melody I love it. Good cover of the Beatles.

[Chris K]

Yeah, someday he said he may go back to making them... such a waste of talent. There were only 100 Tung basses ever made :upset:

That sucks so much...they are amazing things...I GAS so badly over them, I'd take one over a Fodera!

*prays

[Salvation]

John Myung - Solar Groove (6 string bass)
Metropolis - Dream Theater (4 string)
I've got a 4 string tab for Solar Groove. I'll try it out, I really like it. Thanks :thumb:

[Salvation]

I've got a 4 string tab for Solar Groove. I'll try it out, I really like it. Thanks :thumb:
I've got Solar Groove, added it to my list of fav songs. :thumb: Come on guys give me more.

[Naveed Afzal]

Im feel Mercy Mercy Mercy by weather report, theres a bit of piano in it, but its very low, Jaco Murders the song.

[Az_Holl]

Stu Hamm- Charlottes song.
Its not that hard and it sounds cool

[irishslappop]

Stu Hamm- Charlottes song.
Its not that hard and it sounds cool
123 stu hamm is great :thumb:

ive always liked "country music" by the hamm man.

[Salvation]

What would be cool is some real blues styles of song. I downloaded a vid of Wooten playing and it was him in a large group of different musicians, and he played such a cool tune. What would you guys call an easy Wooten song? A slower blues style, I'm not looking to blow people away, just have fun.
PS: What would be cool is if I could play it on my acoustic.

[rageagainstthebizkit]

wooten's amazing grace solo

[Zion Gates]

Metropolis - Dream Theater (4 string)

iam a real beginner tapper, ive never learned a tapping song...can i pull it off or would it be way way too hard?

[Maiden Fan9053]

NIB- Black Sabbath
Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) - Metallica
Blood On The Worlds Hands - Iron Maiden
Powerslave - Iron Maiden (plays under the guitar solo but its a great line)

[LedZeppFan83]

- "N.I.B.": Black Sabbath
- "My Generation": The Who
- "NICU": Phish

[ManpreetsTeets]

donna lee by jaco pastorius

[Sade]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=423533

omg.

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Billy Sheehan - NV43345
Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy
Stanley Clarke - School Days (close enough)
Stu Hamm - Love Thing
Victor Wooten - Norweigan Wood

[mr.bassist]

Im feel Mercy Mercy Mercy by weather report, theres a bit of piano in it, but its very low, Jaco Murders the song.

mercy mercy mercy rules completely

[mr.bassist]

wooten - anything :P
primus - lacquerhead (not tooooo difficult, but sweet nonethless)
dreamtheater/myung - dance of eternity or metropolis pt1 (tapp tap tappy:thumb: )
marcus miller - power

anyone who wishes to have their head explode....go get 'bass extremes' wooten and bailey....WOOOO

[mr.bassist]

iam a real beginner tapper, ive never learned a tapping song...can i pull it off or would it be way way too hard?

way too hard

[tomtom]

way too hard
123, i'm don't tap yet, but i know to leave it till later, a fair bit later, lol

[-The Frank]

blood brothers- iron maiden sounds ok....