Hey, do bass solos exist?
 

Hey, besides MetallicA with their Cliff Burton times, does any band ever have bass solos?

Yes they do exist outside of metallica, they exist more in jazz/funk music, where the bass is seen as more of a melodic instrument, check the bass video's thread at the top of the bass forum (its stickied so you cant really miss it!) for a few very nice bass solo's from a few of the bass 'pros'.

A certain Bill Banwell does some of the better bass solos I've heard.

Sadus - Mask
Death - The Philosopher

Trying to think of some more, but it's rare...

lol thx, well I was wonderin cuz i play like five instruments *3 are most likely onesin metal bands) and I like solos, so I wouldn't play the bass in a band if it didn't get solos.... I'm waaaay better at guitar anyway

they would both have been by steve digeorgio wouldnt they? hes an awesome bassist.

Here ya go. Not all of these have bass solos as like a clear solo, but all of them have amazing solo-like lines throughout the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCo4ZSfRAvI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDl2Aha7-zM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC1vWykujfo

I doubt you like these, but whatever.

in the song Black Fire by Sabbat from Japan, theres a bass solo similar to a guitar solo in the beginning somewhere, if only it were more audible. and on Suffocation by Morbid Angel, hitting around 2:07, theres a small bass solo/interlude.

Yea, there might be more solos by him, I haven't heard any though (but I still have to listen to all Sadus except Elements of Anger).

Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big) is pretty impressive too, but i don't know if he has any real solos or just tons of fills and complicated basslines. And it's not really metal either.

Black Sabbath - Bassically/Nib starts out with a very nice bass solo by Geezer Butler.

they don't exist. cliff burton is a computer program created by the government...specifically, he's a composite of several bass players melded together as one superb bassist.

Billy Sheehan used to solo like a maniac in his Talas days...don't know if anyone under 35 remembers that band though:D They had a live album - "Live Speed On Ice" or something like that with a full-tilt Sheehan solo on it if I recall correctly - it's been ages since I heard that!

Apparently, he still does :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bG8hwZ9Bo

And I think he did a cd called "The Talas Years" or something, more recently than Talas itself...

John Myung

Cool!

hahaha :p

GEHENNAH'S HARDROCKER ALBUM!

Stu Hamm is fucking brilliant, he has a nice solo during every Satriani gig

Shred bass is the way to go, and Andreas Blomqvist is the master:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TAvrgkNRkqE