Bass sweeping
 

Does anybody know any good sites with beginner - intermediate bass sweeping lessons/techniques? Preferably beginner, as I have just recently become interested in bass sweeping and don't know anything about it at all.

Thanks in advance guys.
~Cheers :beer:

its the same as guitar sweeping, just use your thumb to strum the strings instead of a pick.

It's just arpeggios.

Yes, that's true. But as I said, I'm looking for techniques specifically for bass... I don't really know where to start.

Bass sweeping????? :eek:
I want to hear this!, can someone give me examples of bands/bassists that do this?

I found this link in the bass section but its also in the guitar section so i guess its the same.

http://www.cyberfret.com/techniques...cking/index.php

Well, there is alot bass of sweeping in Necrophagist songs. But here are some clips I found on YouTube for you :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhbrN12BF3w (Best one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2ba-7koj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSffhMZAtmY

Man...sweeping was the only thing that made me pick guitar over bass. I'm gonna try to apply my sweep picking to my shitty bass playing.

The third one was cool!

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Erlend Caspersen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6bwMILm4AA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqG9Rdooz7Q

Granted, those are sweeping and tapping but you can't deny he does both masterfully.

Refer to the Sig, Adam Nitti FTW. That dude has some serious sweep skills.

I imagine it's harder on bass... but now I'm just stating the obvious lol.

Into Eternity does and Spastic Ink.

Never listened to either.

are you sure about that??? Must be on the new into eternity album that i don't own. But i have never heard pete sweep usually he straight up plays fingerstyle, and occasionally slaps.

man are you missing out!!!!

You tube links to both:
;)

Into eternity: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-RGms9Kn0

Spastic Ink: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RztR4E12dGU

Both great bands, stu block rules, and of course spastic ink is just crazy awesome.

wow

<3 into eternity

I remember Alex Webster bass sweeping at Cannibal Corpse in April 2006 in Glasgow during the final chord-thrash-finale-thing. I was at the front in the middle, right in front of George and Alex at the time and all the camera phones I could see were trained on him. Such a good show... One of the few I enjoyed all the acts playing.

They're badass right.

Check out Circle II Circle too. They aren't as crazy but I still wuv 'em.

i saw diskreet live and they were ussing teh bassist for umerciful and he was sweeping a bit.

i've seen that guy, he's just a frustrated guitarist.