On Dookie, and most of their stuff afterward, yeah it's a problem. The bass is very low in the mix, and that's too damn bad. I have a good, full-range stereo and it's almost impossible to hear much of Mike's bass playing on American Idiot. 21CB is slightly better in that regard.

The basslines are pretty prominent on their early records atleast up until Insomniac.

Pretty much the way I play it

I mean, it's the studio recording ripped from Rock Band, so...

Whew, sorting that all out must have been more work than actually writing the song!

@@devilsoffspring5519 Writing a song is not easy

Written any songs? I've written hundreds, including successful ones that have widely been regarded as "great," strangely enough! Compared to getting out of bed to go to school or work, writing a good song isn't that hard. The major difference is that to spend 10 or 20 minutes writing a good song, you have to be INSPIRED. That's the "hard" part. Almost *everything* else in life is just a matter of enduring the drudgery and doing as you're told. Even buying expensive cars and big houses, just keep doing as you're told for a few decades and don't kill yourself. Wake up old instead of blowing your brains out, and there's your big house--no inspiration needed. Inspiration comes from a mixture of imagination (create ideas), hope (desire to appreciate your own creativity, a.k.a. "enthusiasm"), and skill (music theory, choice of chords/melody) and the rest is just trying to tie everything together so it flows nicely. It doesn't take much longer to write a good song than it does to play it!

@@devilsoffspring5519 inspiration is exactly what I lack and not just me ofc Imagination is the only thing that lacks, and that is the source of being original, cause with the other two you can arrange existing songs but not create your own :)

Ever end up playing it?

Hammer on from the 2nd fret of D sting to 3rd fret

Those Band Kids 2024 at the earliest

Tone wood is a myth

@@User-es2yz It isnt entirely. Maple IS brighter. They are small differences but they are notbfalse. Now what OS false is the claim that agathis for example sounds bad. which is bs. If you dont believe it try hearing an acoustic w a maple neck. I have heard it and man is it sharp

It's the fox! For acoustic instruments it obviously matters, not electric. You can easily dial in highs/mids/lows

@@User-es2yz It matters for electric ones as well just not much. Theres a vid comparing different woods on an electric with a graph showing all the differences in harmonics and all.

It's the fox! And is it something you can’t just fix with eq?...

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But this was recorded on a p bass...

OffsetSolid yeah he's saying this tone is nowhere near as good as the G3

machusla macfhiodhbhuide Because why not?

machusla macfhiodhbhuide maybe he's the janitor

machusla macfhiodhbhuide he keeps the rhythm clean?

hes just that fucking cool

machusla macfhiodhbhuide Why not? ITS MIKE FUCKING DIRNT

Steve Jarqiun Good for you.

I like bass and men and women, but sometimes I only like bass.

Same

Gotta love that boy puss

nice

Matt Freeman is the best punk bassist, but Mike dirnt is my biggest influence. His basslines from kerplunk to Nimrod are just outstanding

Karl Alvarez*

Same

True. He said it himself it has always been less about technique than to be the catchiest. His hooks are quite effective because I end up playing bass :-)

Idk tho i think the dead kennedys basist is right up there with mike but i still love him

chilibro I’m afraid not... this was extracted from the Green Day video game. The latest on that game was 21st Century Breakdown

Yo can do that with an app called moises, it's pretty cool and (mostly) free!

+Joe Skold This is how I felt when I first heard the Basket Case isolated track. It's so much busier than I imagined haha

+Ciaran Ward Lmao dude wtf I was looking through the comments on this video and found you here, but yeah dude love your covers.

Ciaran Ward welcome to paradise!!!!

Daniel Daniel Lol, this is actually Mike Dirnt's bass... It was isolated from Rock Band. As for what pedal he uses, I don't have a clue.

Daniel Daniel He doesn't use any pedal, it's just the sound of his amp :) and if you hear any tubeish kinda distortion, it's just his amp

Plus he uses a Fender P Bass :) it's really hard, if not impossible, to get the sound of a p bass out of any other bass, even if you have a jazz bass. It's all on the pickups, and, of course, the way you play. Mike uses picks in order to get that punchy tone too! Hope this helps :)

+Tomás Salvador The amp on American Idiot was an Ampeg SVT Blueline head, probably all tone knobs cranked.

+A.D Fairhurst An Ampeg? I had no idea

or other ones :)

mary kid Don't you mean a P-Bass (P as in Precision)

+MUD=_- that's what i mean 'xD

mary kid lol e-bass? it's a Fender Precision...