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White Wedding (part 1) – Billy Idol (Bass Cover with Tabs)

about THE Bass TAB White Wedding has a very prominent bassline throughout the whole song. Similar to many songs of the day, it’s got a driving 8th note bass line that mirrors the guitar on the hook of the song. Since the bass line was so prominent, there weren’t many spots I had questions about […]

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Soothe Me by Sam & Dave Bass Cover with Tabs

Soothe Me – Sam & Dave (Bass Cover with Tabs)

about THE TAB The first pass of the tab was pretty easy to come up with. The bass is present and it’s not a super complex line. Not as much repetition as a standard song. One of the reasons for that is the recording is from a live show in 1967 that was released as

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You Give Love a bad Name – Bon Jovi (Bass Cover with Tabs)

Why choose “You give love a bad name”? I ran a poll on YouTube asking whether or not I should tab and cover “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi on bass. Over 400 people voted and 85% of them said “Yes” that I should do it. The overwhelmingly positive response solidified my

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Start Me Up – Rolling Stones (Bass Cover with Tabs)

https://youtu.be/Y-exhdtcGf8 Start Me Up… With the Basics This one comes off of the 1981 studio album “Tattoo You” by the Rolling Stones. Start Me Up became a staple of their set after its release. Bill Wyman was the bassist for Start Me Up. As typical with most of his parts, he does a lot of

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Killing for a Dream… of Creating Original Music

Why is Samboat Creating a Song? Killing for a Dream shouldn’t come as a surprise. When I first started my YouTube channel, the goal was to eventually join a band. I wanted to create a digital portfolio of my playing and to keep up my chops. Posting YouTube Covers fit that really well. As I continued

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Red Red Wine UB40

Behind the Bass of Red Red Wine by UB40

This week we’re looking at the bass of Red Red Wine by UB40, a reggae cover of Neil Diamond’s 60’s hit. It’s a classic that any bass player should learn, because you just might need to know how. Song Info Red Red Wine comes off of UB40’s 1983 album Labour of Love. It hit #1

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