Tower Of Power - Maybe It'll Rub Off [BASS COVER] - with notation and tabs

[@fenjazz4]

I read a interview featuring Rocco. The scribe asked Rocco if he read music. His answer paraphrasing on my part is no. Asked why? His reply was he just couldn’t read the rhythms. Thanks Ben for this labor of joy and love.

[@BennyTheBassman]

Don't need to be able to read 'em to absolutely smash 'em!!!!

[@SeaMonster111]

Rocco didn't need to.

[@trevorblair5552]

You nailed Rocco’s technique!! 👍🏾🙏🏿

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you!!! Maybe like... 85% there, in my perfectionistic opinion. The main line is killer hard to keep up with. Really appreciate it man!! 🙏

[@griffinwade-salay4098]

Jeez this might be the tightest bass I've ever heard. Where was the cover and song all my life!

[@eadgbenis]

Holy shit, I was just practicing your transcription of Only So Much Oil in the Ground and wondering if anyone had transcribed this, looked it up and was super surprised to see "uploaded 13 minutes ago". Thank you sir.

[@BennyTheBassman]

Whoa. Meant to be!! Most welcome

[@drewhigginbotham3773]

Nailed it! My favorite Rocco bass line.

[@drbassface]

Man, with the floating left hand muting. Yes!

[@DaddyBooneDon]

Amazing! That is one funky groove! Nicely done. I'll have to try that muting technique.

[@65melody17]

Your cover of Spain is so cool but I’ll need a couple years to learn it. You are a great help by including the tabs to play along with! It definitely helps when trying to play these songs!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you so much. Exactly why I do it

[@templartoto4416]

Finally someone who can play bass on youtube. This was awesome .

[@kane6529]

Doing those runs with one finger is mind boggling I don’t see how your doing that 🤯

[@warrenbass7350]

Very nicely done indeed!

[@chabchab3736]

u have a amazing sound and a lot of patrons

[@PhilippeLeforestier]

I love the way to handle the main lick like if you had just one finger . Awesome .Cant do that even with my 7 fingers left hand

[@josediaz-tq5cz]

Outstanding!

[@harryscrowther5277]

Blimey! That's near impossible. Amazing job, you nailed it!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you so much Harry.

[@minacciosa]

Exceptional playing.

[@kane6529]

Oh man this was smooth as hell 🤯 I got a lot of work to do to get that same vibe!

[@virginiamarkson4917]

Soooo good! I loved it, Ben!

[@vvutangmc]

Ooof dat Palm muting, full Prestia mode Ok this one will get me going too, also I always loved this tune xD Thanks Benny as always top quality content!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Haha yep I was definitely saying "ooof" the whole time, Ala! Thank you man and double thank you for your awesome support on Patreon. 🙏🙏

[@davebijoux]

David Bartlett on drums. Nice work on the bass!

[@seancushnie974]

Incredible man

[@burchtylerm]

It’s the efficiency of motion for me. You so smoooooooth!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you Tyler!!! Years of beating my head against a wall I guess ;) There's some past torture in the smoothness.

[@Oscaraha]

Wow, good job Benny!

[@guswellmaxtin]

Somehow you are covering every song in my Spotify playlists lmao. all the Jaco, Vulf, Cory Wong, ToP, Steely Dan. Keep it up!

[@lucianooliveira7338]

Nice job!

[@chrisbarregarye8119]

Smooth left hand!! Makes me question if the original is just staccato or not

[@deeman1643]

WELL DONE!

[@zoltannemet9948]

Yesssss!

[@hugoyanez8752]

Awesome

[@analogman9697]

Solid!

[@halcop]

Whew!!🔥

[@BennyTheBassman]

Same

[@JamesDavisakaRemguy]

Damn boy! That is some technique you got there, tell us:How’d you get so (damned) good?! Lemme guess, sold your soul to the devil? Yeah I figured. Well, it was worth it, son. Fine job, really well done!!

[@SightNSoundBand]

Yes...

[@DaveBrownsMusic]

Didn’t know the tune, thanks for posting! Killer job and such a sick bass line!

[@BennyTheBassman]

Thank you Dave!! Gotta spread the TOP funk.

[@1957rcajr]

Thank you for doing this, because the bass in the original recording is so thin.

[@franciscoj.887]

Could you do a cover on Sparkling in the Sand? To me, it is definitely one of the best bass lines I have ever listened to

[@ralhamami]

Holy hell that was awesome. Well done. I funked right over to the "Subscribe" button. 🤣

[@JTPrime08]

Noice, I play bass and I like Rocco Prestia. He may be gone, but never will he be forgotten. Rocco Prestia was an awesome and amazing bass player. Tower of Power is an awesome band. Other than that, cool:).

[@ramonesforever4732]

wow man

[@magn8195]

Nicee

[@zoltannemet9948]

Állat jó!!!!

[@digregorios9399]

Sensacional!

[@lennymo9088]

Benny, you are THE Bassman. Rocco's technique to a T. I tried hours on end & it's a bitch.

[@andrewl330]

How the heck do you play the main riff by just using your index finger?

[@BennyTheBassman]

Maximum sweatiness 😉

[@andrewl330]

@@BennyTheBassman Perspiration and perseverance

[@kazman29]

Awesome! I was wondering how much of it you were going to be able to pull off with the left hand "one finger" technique! Any particular reason? Just for fun?

[@BennyTheBassman]

Well, it’s how Rocco did it!! So the main reason is to try to showcase somewhat of how to play the tune “properly” for those who are interested :) It’s definitely an “inefficient” technique, but it allows you to mute every single note without sacrificing any right-hand facility and it’s absolutely signature to Rocco’s sound and really, to Tower Of Power’s sound in general.

[@cartermlb]

Pin this if you are down to do Ebony Jam

[@ssimms8995]

Did you play like 80% of this with just your index finger😶🤯 How do I achieve this type of efficiency of motion

[@BennyTheBassman]

Yes!! It's how the man himself did it. I mean - it's probably a bit too simple to say "It's just a matter of practice", but that's of course a big part. Other than that I think you really have to love this stuff to want to subject yourself to 1-finger-only playing. Rocco is one of my favourite bassists on the planet so to me it's worth being able to play like him. If I can break out his style on a gig somewhere and have no-one notice or care, that's still great for me. #worth

[@froggyleggy]

So what exactly is the Prestia left hand muting technique?

[@BennyTheBassman]

Pretty much all notes are played with the first finger, and the three other fingers rest gently on the string to, say, 80% mute it. Wildly inefficient technique but it creates such a cool muted sound, and allows 100% power in the right hand, where palm-muting does not.

[@mikelewis495]

Curious about why you were doing most of the fretting with just your first finger. I'm relatively new to the channel so I don't know if this is just the way you do it or if maybe this was a stylistic choice for this particular song

[@BennyTheBassman]

It was the bassist for Tower Of Power’s signature style. Rocco employed the left-hand mute like this on virtually everything he played with TOP. Had to give it a shot!

[@mikelewis495]

@@BennyTheBassman very interesting. Thanks!

[@magn8195]

Could you play 'U can't hold no groove' by Victor Wooten?

[@Yourbrotherfranio]

Is there any song that u can't kill on Benny?

[@BennyTheBassman]

Don't test me, bro. No seriously...don't. I can't handle tunes like this every week lol! But thank you, Francis :)

[@марципаненмъх]

yo

[@BennyTheBassman]

yo.

[@robertdowler3347]

Urban Renewal era.

[@MaurycyHartman]

This is damn fonky

[@BennyTheBassman]

Like a bow-legged monkey!!!

[@MaurycyHartman]

@@BennyTheBassman haha indeed