5 Vintage SOUL Bass Lines - Guaranteed To Impress (And Beginner-Friendly)

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Soul bass lines are some of the most fun you can have with a plank of wood strapped over your shoulder.
And it's always a good idea to have a few ‘go-to’ bass lines whenever someone says, “Play something for me!” or if you’re playing with others and they ask, “So what do you want to play?”
You might have a quiver full of funk bass lines, or rock ones - maybe even a few slap licks (for when someone wants the Seinfeld theme…)
But if you want to play something that has a soul kind of vibe, but maybe don’t know what you could launch into, I have something that I think you’ll love. Because today, it’s all about the vintage soul bass lines.
I don’t know about you, but I freaking love the old-school Stax and Atlantic records. There’s something super magical about them that always seems to put a smile on my face.
So in this brand new video, I wanted to share some of my all-time favorite soul bass lines with you (that also happen to be beginner-friendly)
You’ll learn:
► Bass lines from titans of the bass world including Duck Dunn, Tommy Cogbill, Bernard Odum (we think) and even more Duck Dunn
► How you can simplify each of the bass lines to make them even more beginner-friendly - without destroying the ‘soul’ of the song (pun absolutely intended)
► My pick for one of the most underrated soul bass lines - and of course it comes from Duck Dunn
Of course, the absolute best way to get these soul bass lines into your mind and under your fingers is to practice them, right?
I’ve included the tabs and notation on screen, but if you want the tabs, notation AND the practice tracks from this video (including the slowed down practice tracks), you can get them as a FREE download on the site.
Just head to this page:
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Fill out the form, and I’ll send you everything you need to get started mastering these soul lines
Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!
Cheers,
Luke
P.S. The link to get the tabs and tracks for FREE is right here:
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[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
0:49 Bass Line #1 Artist: James Brown
4:31 Bass Line #2 Artist: Aretha Franklin
9:52 Bass Line #3 Artist: Wilson Pickett
11:43 Bass Line #4 Artist: Sam And Dave
14:42 Bass Line #5 Artist: Curtis Mayfield
18:18 Get the free tabs, tracks for these bass lines
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[@BecomeABassist]

What are your own ‘go-to’ soul bass lines?

[@JP-ii4bd]

Great lesson. I learned so much!

[@wmkennard]

I love this guy's teaching and playing. It really is awesome helping learn to better Bass players

[@ruthkearin3721]

Thanks Luke. Enjoyed this lesson as always. Some great songs to play along to.

[@BecomeABassist]

My pleasure @Ruth Kearin! Glad you enjoy them.

[@thomasfioriglio]

Another fantastic themed lesson Luke. I enjoyed this one. And I like the Stax t-shirt. Nice touch. Duck Dunn is a favorite of mine. Nice selection of songs and a bit on the more challenging side, which is good. Thanks!

[@pickbassguitar2802]

Holy Moly!!!! haven't seen one of ur videos in a while bro!!! I'm thinking about starting to play the bass more again!

[@rickrobie4]

Love this lesson. You picked some great songs.

[@birdsoffir]

Much appreciated! You are a fantastic teacher Sir!

[@tommymassey1275]

Thanks for another great lesson your a great bass teacher love your videos,keep them coming!!!

[@BecomeABassist]

Definitely @Thomas Massey - more videos on the way.

[@robertmock4146]

Thanks Luke, I love old Soul being an old soul myself

[@allanlozano8411]

Thank you Luke!

[@carltaylor4942]

Thanks a lot, Luke. Some wonderful old soul lines to play around with. Loving your series of videos as a retired person getting back into music. Just bought a Harley Benton VT series bass and learning keyboards, too!

[@BecomeABassist]

Glad you like them @Carl Taylor and awesome to hear you're getting back into music and bass (and keyboards as well)!

[@carltaylor4942]

@@BecomeABassist Thanks, Luke!

[@Kyomeimei]

Thank you for this outstanding bass lines. I will enjoy them whiIe play them.

[@BecomeABassist]

I can't help but smile when I play these lines - they're heaps of fun.

[@RelaxMyDude]

outstanding as usual

[@BecomeABassist]

Thanks so much @Jordan Hurley

[@PatNetherlander]

These are great lines Luke and you’re spot on on (Kan)Ye: he certainly picks very good bassline samples!

[@mjmorgan-maloosefingers9135]

I really enjoy this 😂

[@adrienhasell2038]

Your explanation are spot on my friend….lovin these sessions

[@markbass354]

COOL I WILL LEARN THIS

[@BecomeABassist]

Nice - let me know how you get on with them.

[@thomaswalker8790]

Real fun video

[@BecomeABassist]

Glad you enjoyed it @Thomas Walker.

[@spicetraders]

i Like your singing

[@basscirc]

Спасибо!!

[@BecomeABassist]

пожалуйста

[@Bedroomfloorguitarist]

Oh yeah finally more bASS

[@BecomeABassist]

You can never get enough bass!

[@271cosme]

When I play Nina Simone’s ‘Baltimore’… I end up on a 40 minute, bass playing odyssey. Black Sabbath’s ‘Planet Caravan’, is fun too. Once I learned to play a couple patterns , it’s kinda like I leveled up.

[@davidreichert9392]

Never ever apologise for including Curtis Mayfield in anything.

[@BecomeABassist]

Haha! Deal!

[@JP-ii4bd]

A few great soul bass line is I'll take you there and Let's do it again by thr staple singers

[@bearcountrypublishing5303]

I believe Respect is an Otis Redding song that Aretha covered. Right?

[@murielpalmer-rhea8250]

Was Duck Dunn playing this in the Blues Bros Movie?

[@Macilmoyle]

Yes

[@paulreside6567]

Great lesson but really, didn’t you have a p bass with flats laying around?

[@BecomeABassist]

If you send me one, I promise to remake this video just for you @paulreside6567 lol

[@TheNobodyin]

5th here

[@johngjesdahl8140]

Get people to listen? Get people to DANCE.

[@jurav5107]

Hello! What is the model and specifications of your Spector bass?

[@BecomeABassist]

In this video, it's a Spector Euro (NS-2 I think - I can't remember exactly)

[@mule71]

I think it’s a Spector Euro 4LX in spalted maple.

[@jurav5107]

I'm trying to find that model of Spector bass about two years. Where did you bought it?

[@BecomeABassist]

@Jura V - I bought this bass 2nd hand from a friend of mine. I'm not sure where he got it though.

[@jurav5107]

@@BecomeABassist Thank you for the information!

[@Original50]

Is that guitar beautiful, or is it just me? I'm new to this kind of thing 👀

[@mariomatura4308]

This is to fast for me even talking

[@joonaporkka1770]

wash yo teeth dawg

[@BecomeABassist]

Good advice for the pups and good advice for the peeps yo

[@maxcruz5999]

hey there, I would appreciate it a lot of you could tell me what series/year of the spector bass you are using here. I'm from america and have been looking for it but can't find it anywhere.

[@BecomeABassist]

I'm afraid I'm not 100% sure @Max Cruz - I bought it from a friend 2nd hand and don't really know the details. There's just a thing written on the back of the headstock saying that it was made in the Czech Republic.