This is my own interpretation Greg, I am sure it’s probably near what Noel played live at some time of the Experience. Thanks again for the great vids Greg. ua-cam.com/video/J1CX1OUSSLg/v-deo.htmlsi=tWVnST8R6Qqs_Qad
OH MAN!!! You hit the jackpot! I always wanted to learn the bass figures for the switching major to minor live version of Red House in Sweden that Noel played. Its very intricate and I could never understand what he was doing.This video explains it and you give amazing examples! I will teach this to my bass player and we will jam it at our next session!!!
At 3:00 the ‘guitar’ thing on bass. I saw a local bass player in the northeast doing that in the 70s. He was actually an excellent bass player but to give some energy at one point he grabbed a pick and went full-on Rick Parfitt high up the neck. I remember thinkihow effective it was and why more people don’t do it lol.
Very true, its effective and bass players should use this more. It works well in a trio when the guitarist is soloing and there is space for the bass player to comp some chords.
Cool lesson. In 70s live albums by guitar trios were popular. Often bass plays more notes and higher up neck during lead solos. Makes total sense why Redding might substitute for rhythm guitar pitches by moving to guitar. Some prog bass men also did that and used Taurus pedals when they arrived.
Thanks for that info Gareth. I was always aware of bass players favouring higher parts of the neck under the guitar solos but didn’t know about the prog players using the Taurus pedal.
@@GregsBassShed yes and some double neck bass/guitars appeared on stage...but then punk arrived. In early 70s keys were miked not DI so bass guitarists owned the low end until end 70s when synth jumped in. Octave pedal rescued us...
Nice analysis Greg and interesting data about Noel’s playing bass line on the guitar. I have a big framed poster on the wall of Jimi Hendrix Experience at London Airport in 1967. Noel Redding is carrying acoustic Epiphone guitar with him without a sleeve. It would be interesting to compare the Noel’s version of bass line with Billy Cox’ version supporting Jimi at The Woodstock Festival in Red House Blues.
Thanks Drazen, yes great idea to compare the original bass line with Billy Cox’s version from Woodstock, which is an iconic version of the tune. I’ll have to do that, maybe next week!
I knew it! Thanks for confirming the guitar thing Greg. Sounded like what I’d play on rhythm guitar for a blues number. Thanks as always for the different variations. I’m going to try and incorporate some of that into what I already play on for this one.
theres also a similar bassline on johnny winter's "be careful with a fool", which tommy shannon also played on, all the way back in 69, probably strengthening the idea that he got it from noel
Thank you for this! I was just explaining I had transcribed these double stop parts, explaining to my bass teacher that it's more like a guitar part than a bass part, and he almost didn't believe me, until I had him watch my notation and listen intently and try it on bass himself It gets confusing when you introduce all the various live versions where you can find them playing it in the wrong key or way slower with completely different basslines that are single note, heavy fuzz etc...
Nice one for picking the chords out yourself and flagging that up with your teacher. I agree, it’s tricky working through the various versions in different keys and it’s sometimes tricky hearing the bass in the mix. That’s why I put the live version in the video lesson in the same key as the studio version, to make it easier to compare them both. According to what people say, Jimi played Red House in the same key but sometimes dropped his tuning down a half-step and sometimes a whole-step.
The line Redding plays on the US Stereo "Red House" (as found on _Smash Hits_ and _Kiss The Sky_ LPs) is played on a regular bass. It's sort of a hybrid between the simplified version and detuned guitar version you demonstrated.
@@GregsBassShed Thanks for asking Greg, I like the walking lines from Around and Around, Boom Boom and Bury My Body . . . all from: Best of the Animals Album
Hey Den, hopefully you can find enough on the GBS channel to keep you busy. Also got some free lessons and transcriptions over on the website: www.gbshed.com/lessons-for-bass-guitar Cheers
I saw Tommy Shannon playing this bassline behind SRV at gig in London in the early 80s. My assumption was that he got it from Noel on Red House. I read somewhere that Noel played it on a Hofner guitar. Incidentally it can be hard nowadays to find the actual version that was originally released in the UK. This is it: ua-cam.com/video/tGNro_H388E/v-deo.html
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Cheers Ralf
Thanks!
No worries Steve
Another great lesson Greg. Great info without being boring, and excellent coms of the actual science.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
This is my own interpretation Greg, I am sure it’s probably near what Noel played live at some time of the Experience. Thanks again for the great vids Greg.
ua-cam.com/video/J1CX1OUSSLg/v-deo.htmlsi=tWVnST8R6Qqs_Qad
OH MAN!!! You hit the jackpot! I always wanted to learn the bass figures for the switching major to minor live version of Red House in Sweden that Noel played. Its very intricate and I could never understand what he was doing.This video explains it and you give amazing examples! I will teach this to my bass player and we will jam it at our next session!!!
Glad I could help! Good luck with teaching it to your bass player!
Excellent review and lesson. Truly helpful. Thanks.
Thanks Scott
Thanks so much Greg for this lesson, I’ve been looking for these Chords a while, you’re an amazing teacher and your channel its truly the best 👍🏼
Thanks so much and glad you found it useful. Love your profile icon by the way!
At 3:00 the ‘guitar’ thing on bass. I saw a local bass player in the northeast doing that in the 70s. He was actually an excellent bass player but to give some energy at one point he grabbed a pick and went full-on Rick Parfitt high up the neck. I remember thinkihow effective it was and why more people don’t do it lol.
Very true, its effective and bass players should use this more. It works well in a trio when the guitarist is soloing and there is space for the bass player to comp some chords.
Great lesson greg thanks alot
Cheers Elvin
Cool lesson. In 70s live albums by guitar trios were popular. Often bass plays more notes and higher up neck during lead solos. Makes total sense why Redding might substitute for rhythm guitar pitches by moving to guitar. Some prog bass men also did that and used Taurus pedals when they arrived.
Thanks for that info Gareth. I was always aware of bass players favouring higher parts of the neck under the guitar solos but didn’t know about the prog players using the Taurus pedal.
@@GregsBassShed yes and some double neck bass/guitars appeared on stage...but then punk arrived. In early 70s keys were miked not DI so bass guitarists owned the low end until end 70s when synth jumped in. Octave pedal rescued us...
Nice analysis Greg and interesting data about Noel’s playing bass line on the guitar. I have a big framed poster on the wall of Jimi Hendrix Experience at London Airport in 1967. Noel Redding is carrying acoustic Epiphone guitar with him without a sleeve. It would be interesting to compare the Noel’s version of bass line with Billy Cox’ version supporting Jimi at The Woodstock Festival in Red House Blues.
Thanks Drazen, yes great idea to compare the original bass line with Billy Cox’s version from Woodstock, which is an iconic version of the tune. I’ll have to do that, maybe next week!
Fascinating! I had no idea!
I know, I was very surprised!
@@GregsBassShed As you were leading up to the reveal I thought you were about to say he played it on a Bass VI
@@Tracer9GTRider8 that would be even more surprising! 🤣
The bass tone is still great and bass-like isn’t it?
@@GregsBassShed Absolutely...I've been duped for 50+ years!
I knew it! Thanks for confirming the guitar thing Greg. Sounded like what I’d play on rhythm guitar for a blues number. Thanks as always for the different variations. I’m going to try and incorporate some of that into what I already play on for this one.
Cheers Merle, yeah it’s a very rhythm guitar based riff isn’t it. Glad you liked the lesson.
theres also a similar bassline on johnny winter's "be careful with a fool", which tommy shannon also played on, all the way back in 69, probably strengthening the idea that he got it from noel
Great Anon, I'll check this out, cheers
I saw Tommy Shannon playing this bassline behind SRV at gig in London in the early 80s too.
Thank you for this! I was just explaining I had transcribed these double stop parts, explaining to my bass teacher that it's more like a guitar part than a bass part, and he almost didn't believe me, until I had him watch my notation and listen intently and try it on bass himself
It gets confusing when you introduce all the various live versions where you can find them playing it in the wrong key or way slower with completely different basslines that are single note, heavy fuzz etc...
Nice one for picking the chords out yourself and flagging that up with your teacher.
I agree, it’s tricky working through the various versions in different keys and it’s sometimes tricky hearing the bass in the mix. That’s why I put the live version in the video lesson in the same key as the studio version, to make it easier to compare them both.
According to what people say, Jimi played Red House in the same key but sometimes dropped his tuning down a half-step and sometimes a whole-step.
😛 Wow! Greg, I wonder will my Fingers ever grow longer LOL Seriously, I enjoyed the challenge. Thanks. ❤💫
There's still time 😀
@@GregsBassShed 😄
The line Redding plays on the US Stereo "Red House" (as found on _Smash Hits_ and _Kiss The Sky_ LPs) is played on a regular bass. It's sort of a hybrid between the simplified version and detuned guitar version you demonstrated.
Cheers Marvin, it's gets confusing tracking down the different versions and working out who's playing bass on them!
On guitar, it's a drop tuning. So you're playing all 12 bars on the 6th and 5th strings. Makes it a LOT easier.
Cool. Cheers
Cool stuff, thank you . . . love to hear some Chas Chandler if you are inclined :)
Cheers Steven, any favourite Animals bass lines?
@@GregsBassShed Thanks for asking Greg, I like the walking lines from Around and Around, Boom Boom and Bury My Body . . . all from: Best of the Animals Album
Old & broke but thank you, thank you
Hey Den, hopefully you can find enough on the GBS channel to keep you busy.
Also got some free lessons and transcriptions over on the website:
www.gbshed.com/lessons-for-bass-guitar
Cheers
I always assumed it was played on a Fender VI
I had no idea when I first listened to it as a teenager!
✌️👽🎸🎶 Dope!!
Cheers man 🎸
Randy Hobbs would play the typical rhythm guitar pattern on bass. (70s J.Winter)
Cheers Chris, I knew that it was in a Johnny Winter bass line but wasn't sure if it was Tommy Shannon or Randy Hobbs!
I saw Tommy Shannon playing this bassline behind SRV at gig in London in the early 80s. My assumption was that he got it from Noel on Red House. I read somewhere that Noel played it on a Hofner guitar. Incidentally it can be hard nowadays to find the actual version that was originally released in the UK. This is it: ua-cam.com/video/tGNro_H388E/v-deo.html
That must have been great Ted.
Yeah I found it hard to track down the original UK version when I was researching this lesson. Thanks for the link.
@GregsBassShed great work BTW.
PS when I saw Tommy Shannon play it, he stayed above the 12th fret, which obviously makes the stretches easier. Cheers!
Tommy Shannon also plays this riff with Johnny Winter. Be careful with a fool
@@29gac yeah 👍 and Tommy Shannon played it on a live version of ‘Texas Flood’
ua-cam.com/video/vbMOHSxMGRc/v-deo.htmlsi=iz2WHwcKWCv6TPo6
I thought it was on a Fender VI bass.
@@thevisorsusa I hadn’t heard that, but who knows?!
Looks like you’re playing a short scale bass, which is smart as playing this on a 34” scale bass is a bitch (and I’ve got long fingers).
It's actually a 34" scale bass. But I do like the short scale Fender mustang basses. Must get one!
Going to get out my ‘64 Gibson EB3 to learn to play this song!
@@cgrovespsyd good idea 😀
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Not chords, which need at least 3 notes.
Double stops.
Yes you can call them double stops
Actually, who cares? He was adequate, that's all you can say. Liked his Little Miss Strange song though.
Plenty care Arent. Just not you, but that's cool!
he played guitar.....
Yep!
This and third stone were about the only good thing he ever did lol
controversial! 😀
Thanks!
Thanks so much. This is the first 'super thanks' I've ever got. Didn't know what it was at first! 😀
@@GregsBassShed Your welcome. It's a great lesson.
@@GregsBassShed Thank you. It's a great lesson. I appreciate all the hard work.