Bill is a great bass player. He never over played, it was always just right for the song. He inspired me to pick up a bass and learn it when I was a teen.
@@Michael-mn4xm Keith Richards played bass on that recording. He always used a Fender Precision Bass. Actually, he played bass on quite a few songs that I always thought were being played by Bill Wyman.
And played the bass guitar almost strait up and down lol supposedly to get the headstock to block out the stage lights so he could see all the screaming girls lol
I always wish bill’s bass lines weren’t so quiet. But the sixties were at a time where bass guitars weren’t that popular. The 70’s made up for that though. 👍
I recently heard Lennon talking in the seventies to his band on some outtakes and demos and he said something to the effect that back in his time with the Beatles you just couldn't get a decent bass sound live or sometimes even in the studio. So there's got to be some truth to that
I have watched all of the UA-cam bass covers / lessons for this song. Bob has the most accurate to the album rendition that I have seen. The original is obviously done with a pick, and on a short scale like this, as those slides are darn near impossible on a long scale bass. He has the right sound, and the right feel. I needed to learn this for our band and Bob made it too easy. Thanks Bob!
Thanks Rob. After years (actually decades) of guitar, I’ve caught the bass bug and bought a nice Yamaha. Your videos are tremendously helpful. I’ts been quite challenging to develop my ear for bass lines and especially for Bill’s work. So ... many thanks to you!
I just found your channel a week ago and Im already hypnotized by the way you play! Your videos are some of the nicest sounding and most helpful covers out there! Keep up the great work man! Thanks so much!
Your presentation is second to none! Appreciate your efforts. Very enjoyable. Didn't Bill's Vox bass get stolen while on tour? Thanks again. Great job!
@@robgray1999 It sounds great.......last year I bought a Phantom Bass from Wunjo's in London. It is a new bass constructed from parts that some guy bought from the old Eko plant in Italy. They also had some solid teardrops, but no Wyman basses. Yours looks amazing.
@@charleslink2188 Thanks, yeah my friend has one of those Frankenstein Teardrop guitars made from parts from that factory, they came up with some great stuff with the parts they found there
The great thing about sitars is, you can move the frets. Frets are some kind of rope (check it) under some tension, going around the neck. We are addicted to equal temperament, but there's so many ways for tuning. Watch a sitar gig, and you'll see and hear that during a break, the sitar can get a different tuning. Why don't you simply buy a student guitar? When you like it that much, you really should learn to play it. W h y n o t ? Okay, maybe you play 26 hours a day on your own Vox bass. Then a sitar is a bit much.
This definitely sounds true to original recording, but I saw a video of Stones performing in 2006, and there he's playing a simpler bassline, but with some nice pentatonic fills here and there. It sounds a lot different. I wonder why he changed it?
I cannot catch that part on the verses where you go back and forth between the B-F#-G. Can you please share what is the order of the notes that you're playing in that passage? (I slowed down the video to 50% and I still can't catch it! Maddening!) Thanks!
Gotta love those slides at the end.
You’re right! They are superb.
Wyman was a very unique bass player. Never played the typical line or notes.
Bill is a great bass player. He never over played, it was always just right for the song. He inspired me to pick up a bass and learn it when I was a teen.
Agree! His baseline for "Sympathy For The Devil" is still incredible and unique.
@@Michael-mn4xm Keith Richards played bass on that recording. He always used a Fender Precision Bass. Actually, he played bass on quite a few songs that I always thought were being played by Bill Wyman.
@Cap683 Oh, I didn't know. Thanks for the info.
And played the bass guitar almost strait up and down lol supposedly to get the headstock to block out the stage lights so he could see all the screaming girls lol
I always wish bill’s bass lines weren’t so quiet. But the sixties were at a time where bass guitars weren’t that popular. The 70’s made up for that though. 👍
I recently heard Lennon talking in the seventies to his band on some outtakes and demos and he said something to the effect that back in his time with the Beatles you just couldn't get a decent bass sound live or sometimes even in the studio. So there's got to be some truth to that
@@weebgrinder-AIArtistPro yeah it was still somewhat early days for bass amps and electric basses.
Wyman was never there during the mixing process so that’s most likely why the bass is buried in the mix
man, that bass is BEAUTIFUL
I have watched all of the UA-cam bass covers / lessons for this song. Bob has the most accurate to the album rendition that I have seen. The original is obviously done with a pick, and on a short scale like this, as those slides are darn near impossible on a long scale bass. He has the right sound, and the right feel. I needed to learn this for our band and Bob made it too easy. Thanks Bob!
those slides were revolutionary at that time
the bass player who first awoke a love of bass in me was a massive Wyman fan. So I guess I owe him an indirect debt . Very nicely played sir.
Such an underrated bassline
Cool. It's great to finally see an up-close demo of Bill's bass playing.
beautiful bass
Rob, this is the best bass cover I’ve seen.
I think you are the only person on UA-cam who actually knows how to play this song properly.
You would be wrong about that.He didnt even get the intro right.
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Thanks Rob. After years (actually decades) of guitar, I’ve caught the bass bug and bought a nice Yamaha. Your videos are tremendously helpful. I’ts been quite challenging to develop my ear for bass lines and especially for Bill’s work. So ... many thanks to you!
Thanks, and yeah Bill's baselines can be really difficult to hear properly, I enjoy the challenge haha
Everything in the details. That little E - F# - G ascending scale and the slides at the end are a important as the sitar in this song.
Awesome cover and awesome bass line one of the greatest bass line in music history
A Wyman bass...Now that is rare.
The slides in the end was such a nice touch to the song
Man, this cat's got Bill's style nailed down, i love it.
Good on ya, Rob, i enjoy these very much. subscribed.
Thank you for this,
I am covering Aftermath with my band in a couple of weeks and this video is a great point of reference.
cheers!
bloody lovely bass
Thanks
Awesome!👏
One of my fave songs of all time! good job :)
Cheers
The best cover on UA-cam for this song
GREAT JOB KEEP EM COMING
Do you play exactly the same notes as Wyman in your Rolling Stones covers? Wyman is my favourite musician of all time
Yeah I try to, he's a great bass player
Perhaps the best cover . Félicitations
Great, great work! Thanks!
you seem to be the only one on youtube i have seen that gets the slides right.good job
Beautiful!!
That's so cool
bravo!
Fantastic
Thanks
I just found your channel a week ago and Im already hypnotized by the way you play! Your videos are some of the nicest sounding and most helpful covers out there! Keep up the great work man! Thanks so much!
Thanks, really pleased you like them
Very nice, really couldn't hear what he was playing and this makes sense to me
Great job, Rob!
Thanks. This is great!
More amazing info is that Bill played a bass which he had removed the frets on, making it the first fretless bass to be recorded.
Your presentation is second to none! Appreciate your efforts. Very enjoyable. Didn't Bill's Vox bass get stolen while on tour? Thanks again. Great job!
Don't think so, he just sold it in auction for a boat load.
Super
Nice
The Quiet Stone.
Are you Wyman himself?
Cheers haha
👍👍👍
Rest in peace Charlie Watts...
pyramid golds rock
Great job Rob........is that a Wyman Bass from Dhgate in China? I have the Phantom Guitar Works version made in Oregon USA.
Thanks, it’s an original late-60s Italian-made model
@@robgray1999 It sounds great.......last year I bought a Phantom Bass from Wunjo's in London. It is a new bass constructed from parts that some guy bought from the old Eko plant in Italy. They also had some solid teardrops, but no Wyman basses. Yours looks amazing.
@@charleslink2188 Thanks, yeah my friend has one of those Frankenstein Teardrop guitars made from parts from that factory, they came up with some great stuff with the parts they found there
OMG I never realized there was a sitar in this song! What's that bass your playing? It's the really cool and I want one
Thanks, it's a 1966 Vox Wyman bass
@@robgray99 66,wow that things older than me,still a really cool bass,you should do a review of it!
Brian plays the sitar.
The great thing about sitars is, you can move the frets. Frets are some kind of rope (check it) under some tension, going around the neck. We are addicted to equal temperament, but there's so many ways for tuning. Watch a sitar gig, and you'll see and hear that during a break, the sitar can get a different tuning. Why don't you simply buy a student guitar? When you like it that much, you really should learn to play it.
W h y n o t ?
Okay, maybe you play 26 hours a day on your own Vox bass. Then a sitar is a bit much.
Beautiful! What strings are you using Rob?
Think I was using Pyramid Gold Flatwounds at the time
This definitely sounds true to original recording, but I saw a video of Stones performing in 2006, and there he's playing a simpler bassline, but with some nice pentatonic fills here and there. It sounds a lot different. I wonder why he changed it?
If it was 2006 it will have been Darryl Jones on bass, he tends to play a lot of Bill’s basslines in a simpler way
@@robgray1999 Yep, you are right! Thanks.
AWESOME VIDEO Rob! But can you do a beach boys good vibrations with a vox bass guitar video? And by the way if you do I'll subscribe to you.
I cannot catch that part on the verses where you go back and forth between the B-F#-G. Can you please share what is the order of the notes that you're playing in that passage? (I slowed down the video to 50% and I still can't catch it! Maddening!) Thanks!
The verse pattern is E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E; B, F#, B, F#, B, G, B, F#, B, F#, B, F#, B, G, B, F#. Hope that makes sense
@@robgray1999 Hugely helpful! Thanks so much!
You are using the bridge or the neck pickup? Or both lol?
Both
Where can I get that suit?
It’s an old jacket from the 80s / 90s but you can get similar ones from company’s called Madcap England and ModShopping
How are your fingers not on fire with those slides
Flatwound strings haha
fretless?
No, Bill’s fretless bass was a modified Dallas Tuxedo bass
What kind of bracelet is on your right hand?
Hi, they're known as ID bracelets, they were very popular in the 60s and normally have your name or initials engraved on the long plate