Green Day - 86 - Bass Cover With My Gibson G3

[@enten161]

He look like snacc He sound like pure attacc But most importantly, He bacc

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Hahaha thanks

[@A.A1995]

That Gibson sounds ANGRY! Your hammer-ons are spot on too. Finally a new video from you man, thanks!

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!

[@izzey0729]

this was literally flawless. i always appreciated mike’s bass lines so much. well done man

[@MarkBullBassG3]

@@izzey0729 thank you so much! I wouldn’t say it was flawless but that’s just me. Yea definitely me too. Thanks 👍

[@brett9308]

Perfect tone, too. Fucking nailed it to the floor.

[@brett9308]

Damn, Mark...your Green Day covers are fucking brilliant. You totally smash the shit out of this track, Sassafras Roots, and Nice Guys Finish Last. 10/10 mate! The G3 is so solid compared to my blonde Fender Dirnt signature.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Nice one thanks!

[@brockthompson_]

Great cover! the g3 is my dream bass.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks! It is mine too!

[@SuperScoot1978]

2:22 glorious

[@DiegusMaximusMS]

Can't remember the last time I slapped the like button so hard.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Nice one thanks!

[@jorgecl6228]

Best cover from this song. My personal fav. Thanks! Good job

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Nice one thanks 😎

[@Jdub54]

Love it! Glad you’re back!! Keep it up!! 😊

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!

[@MasterFailureOfficialChannel]

A pleasure to watch and to hear! Great cover, as always.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!!

[@jeimy6377]

You killed it!!!

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!

[@georgespringer3897]

Great cover Mark! I actually just fixed up my G3 yesterday and I’m gonna start playing it again soon. Keep it up!

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Nice one thanks! Ah man that's cool! Definitely get it playing again!

[@JohnBrown-km1by]

I want one sooo badd

[@liveitwisely]

perfect cover man

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks!

[@Andyjefford]

Excellent tone,great cover👍

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thank you!

[@Andyjefford]

Hope you liked my videos👍

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Was just watching your cover of One Step Beyond, sounds good!

[@threelions7404]

Nice. But curious to see how it would be played Fieldy style, maybe incorporating elements of Jaco

[@MarkBullBassG3]

I reckon you should upload a video showing just that 😎

[@jasoncothran5020]

You got that tone spot on. Awesome playing as usual. I was wondering how you would play the break towards the end of the song. This is probably my #2 favorite Green Day song only to be topped by J.A.R.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks! Me too to be honest lol Yea I like J.A.R too, have you heard the demo/s of it?

[@jasoncothran5020]

Mark Bull I sure haven’t but it sounds like something I need to hear.

[@maxnine5973]

Finally

[@leetaylor289]

You gotta mod it with a fender jazz style pickup in the bridge like Mike’s G-3

[@djmac206]

Loving that punch! How much did the G3 cost?

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Thanks! I think it was £999 about 9 years ago? I’ve seen them going for a quite a bit more though now when they do come up, around £1500

[@AmateurPovOfficial]

Hey man! Gj! May i ask which strings u use? Gauge? What's your action in height? Which pickup position u use? Tyvm

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Alright! I've got Aurora 100 - 40 guage on. Pickup position is middle, so all 3 pickups are on. In terms of string height I've never measured it! I just go off what feels good, but I can measure it and get back to you

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Distance from the neck to the bottom of the string at fret 12 is about 2.5mm. Hope that helps 👍

[@supersonic6637]

Are there any good lessons to learn this? I’m using the tabs but can’t get the finger placement right

[@MarkBullBassG3]

Is there a particular bit you're stuck on? Or generally the whole thing?

[@supersonic6637]

@@MarkBullBassG3 I'm finding the chorus tricky and the bridge / solo part

[@MarkBullBassG3]

@@supersonic6637 the chorus is quite tricky, the Db - 6 - 7 - 9 fill isn't played the same amount of times each chorus so it took me a while to remember that. You've then got the two differing fills, Eb - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 Ab - 4 - 4 - 5 - 5. Then the second time round is, Eb 4h5- 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 Ab 4 - 4.

[@MarkBullBassG3]

@@supersonic6637 the bass break is pretty fast, but it's pretty much, Ab - - 6 - 6h7p6 - - - - - 5 - 4 - - 7 - 5 - 4 Eb 7 - - - - - - - - - 7 - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - 5

[@MarkBullBassG3]

@@supersonic6637 then repeat that first part from the 7 on the Eb, then the run into the last chorus is, Db. 6 - 6 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 9 Ab. 4 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 Eb 5 - 5 - 7 - 7