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Old 2008-02-18, 02:25
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Hey, do bass solos exist?

Hey, besides MetallicA with their Cliff Burton times, does any band ever have bass solos?
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Old 2008-02-18, 09:58
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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'.
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Old 2008-02-18, 10:27
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A certain Bill Banwell does some of the better bass solos I've heard.
 
Old 2008-02-18, 13:36
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Sadus - Mask
Death - The Philosopher

Trying to think of some more, but it's rare...
 
Old 2008-02-18, 15:59
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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
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Old 2008-02-20, 04:34
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Old 2008-02-23, 15:37
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Sadus - Mask
Death - The Philosopher

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


they would both have been by steve digeorgio wouldnt they? hes an awesome bassist.
 
Old 2008-02-23, 17:19
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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.
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Old 2008-02-25, 04:52
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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.
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Old 2008-02-25, 16:01
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they would both have been by steve digeorgio wouldnt they? hes an awesome bassist.


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.
 
Old 2008-02-25, 20:46
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Black Sabbath - Bassically/Nib starts out with a very nice bass solo by Geezer Butler.
 
Old 2008-02-26, 05:44
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Hey, besides MetallicA with their Cliff Burton times, does any band ever have bass solos?


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.
 
Old 2008-02-26, 07:21
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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.


Billy Sheehan used to solo like a maniac in his Talas days...don't know if anyone under 35 remembers that band though 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!
 
Old 2008-02-26, 20:41
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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...
 
Old 2008-02-27, 01:35
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God, the Japanese are so weird. This HAS to be the long term effects of the atom bombs. No one is that weird on purpose.
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
 
Old 2008-02-27, 19:22
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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...


Cool!
 
Old 2008-05-09, 01:01
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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.

hahaha
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
 
Old 2008-05-18, 17:05
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GEHENNAH'S HARDROCKER ALBUM!
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Old 2008-05-18, 19:22
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Stu Hamm is fucking brilliant, he has a nice solo during every Satriani gig
 
Old 2008-05-20, 10:34
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Shred bass is the way to go, and Andreas Blomqvist is the master:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TAvrgkNRkqE
 
Old 2008-05-20, 16:37
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Old 2008-05-22, 15:12
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i dunno if you call it a solo or a lead, but cannibal corpse has a bunch... most obviously on hammer smashed face
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Old 2008-05-28, 19:52
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theres a few (if short) on the new Origin album.
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Old 2008-05-29, 00:49
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theres a few (if short) on the new Origin album.

Really? It's about time Mike gets some recoginition. He's amazing.
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Old 2008-05-29, 09:37
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Really? It's about time Mike gets some recoginition. He's amazing.


yeah, theres a couple of really short ones and then on one of the songs (think its wrath of vishnu but no sure) he has a pretty awesome one around 10 seconds i think.
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Old 2008-05-31, 14:56
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Ever heard of John Myung from Dream Theater?

He has an amazing bass solos, and unique bass lines.
 
Old 2009-02-24, 08:28
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The guy in Exhumed does quite a few. They are very fuzzy though, and usually hard to hear.

Just look up Steve DiGiorgio though (Testament/Death).

...and yes, I did spell his name right.
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Chances are there have been Irish in every corner of the world, no matter how remote. Our semen is listed in the World Health Organisation's Big Book of Pestilential Materials.
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God, the Japanese are so weird. This HAS to be the long term effects of the atom bombs. No one is that weird on purpose.
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one

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Old 2009-02-24, 09:45
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Na, bass solos don't exist.
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Old 2009-02-25, 14:06
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check out this song...

The Abyss - Summon The Beast


it's the only BM song that i've ever heard that has a bass solo
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Fast-forward Blades of Contingency to 2:57 and appreciate the cadenza musings of a then-14-year-old bass genius.

And too right about time Mike from Origin got recognition. That guy was out of this world when they visited Glasgow a few years back. Punctuated the vocalist's between-song quips with quality.

The guy from Aghora does some good bass-led instrumentals.
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Old 2009-03-07, 20:12
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Like the tone of it (0 mids?), but it's a bit too low in the mix.
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Old 2009-03-08, 08:37
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Like the tone of it (0 mids?), but it's a bit too low in the mix.


I am not sure how the guy set it, but it did sound good. And it was quite low. For some reason, the final track came out real quiet.
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Old 2009-04-30, 05:28
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Brain Drill has a bass solo in a lot of their songs. I'm not really a fan of the band, but Jeff Hughell is a fuckin intense bassist. Also, maybe not many bass solos, but the bass in these bands are pretty prominent to the point where it is the reason I recently picked up bass (I've been playing guitar for a long time now): Atheist, Augury, Obscura, Behold...the Arctopus, Blotted Science, Spastic Ink, Necrophagist, Gordian Knot, Spiral Architect, Gorguts, ect. I don't really even listen to music that doesn't have highly audible technical bass lines anymore.

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Old 2009-04-30, 08:21
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Doesn't Atheist have bass solos?
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
 
Old 2009-04-30, 08:33
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Watain and Kriegsmaschine too. Check it.







Oh and, Reverend Bizarre. Mmmmm-M the Reverend.
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So this Georgian Olympian runs into a bar

Aosoth - New album III out now on Agonia Recs
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Old 2009-06-23, 18:12
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Dude two words for you....Matt Freeman.
He is the bassist of Rancid and he is like a god! Look up a song called Maxwell Murder, it will blow your socks clean off.
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Old 2010-02-04, 22:19
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Pavor has like 10 bass solos per song.
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Old 2010-04-19, 21:47
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I put a bass solo up on here. I also play bass solos in every band I join.
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Black Sabbath - Bassically/Nib starts out with a very nice bass solo by Geezer Butler.

I was gonna say Sabbath geezer was the man , but thers John eintwistle (prob. spelled wrong ) and a few others Tal wilkinfeld the bass player for jeff beck solos pretty good and shes hot as hell think sean from wite zombie but younger.

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