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Ziggy Stardust

A slight change of pace for this week’s installment. After the fingerstyle funk of “In The Stone”  I thought I’d give you some plectrum/pick style rock with David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust”.

This bass line makes great use of chromatic approach notes and alternates between following the vocal and “filling in the gaps”. It’s too easy to rush the more rhythmical elements of this one so try to sit back and listen to the drums. Also watch the tempo shifts between sections! Gotta love that early 70s rock ‘n’ roll sensibility, just let the song flow man.

I recorded this using a Dunlop Delrin 500 2mm plectrum on my Fender 50s Precision bass (strung with EB Slinky Flatwounds) going into a Diamond BCP-1 with a little compression and EQ boost in 900hz mode. Then into my EHX Bass Soul Food to add some tasty drive. In Logic I added some compression using the vintage opto setting.

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Till next week.

 

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