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pastorscott

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Whats the most overused bassline??
« on: September 12, 2003, 03:26:27 PM »
Great reading about the Funkiest basslines.  But I think something that would really be educational is What is the most overused and abused bassline?  No fair using anything from the disco era. I register BARNEY MILLER as my vote.
 
 
 
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elzie

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Whats the most overused bassline??
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2003, 05:52:41 PM »
The theme from Peter Gunn. It somehow appears in a lot of songs.....
 
 
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bigredbass

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Whats the most overused bassline??
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2003, 10:33:08 PM »
My vote (and any of you who are honest will cop to this):
 
That darn 'bucketofbolts' figure in walking bass under shuffles.  You know the one . . .
 
1-3-4-4#-5-(quick eighth-note arpeg down to the five an octave down)-5-6-7-1.
 
. . . you know you've done it. . . it's OK . . . it'll just be between us.  I won't tell your mother.
 
Say, did I tell you about my vibration treatment for your bass?
 
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dnburgess

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Whats the most overused bassline??
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2003, 08:57:16 PM »
Cream - Sunshine of your Love - People who have never played a bass before in their lives will automaticly pick out the opening riff.

palembic

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Whats the most overused bassline??
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2003, 12:53:44 AM »
The opening riff of Je t'aime, moi non plus (sorry US this is a EU thing) of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.  
 
Paul the bad one
 
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