Bass solo songs
 

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.

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

Oh and Overjoyed by Victor Wooten (tapping)

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

[QUOTE=crudd-bucket]Oh and Overjoyed by Victor Wooten (tapping)[/QUOTE]
I'll skip on the tapping right now.

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

[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
****, i was gonna suggest cunning stunts, lol

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

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

Did you check [url]www.mysongbook.com[/url] or [url]www.powertabs.net[/url] ?

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

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

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.

My Generation - Thw Who

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

[QUOTE=crudd-bucket]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.[/QUOTE]

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.

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

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:

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

[QUOTE=crudd-bucket]John Myung - Solar Groove (6 string bass)
Metropolis - Dream Theater (4 string)[/QUOTE]

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

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

Jaco pastorius-portrait of tracy. love that song

[QUOTE=Chris K]Look into Freeport Jam by John Myung, I'll be learning that as soon as I get my 6![/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=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..[/QUOTE]

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.

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

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

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.

[QUOTE=crudd-bucket]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:[/QUOTE]

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

*prays

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

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

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

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

[QUOTE=Atomicant]Stu Hamm- Charlottes song.
Its not that hard and it sounds cool[/QUOTE]
123 stu hamm is great :thumb:

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

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.