Phew, your ease of playing this iconic song by the great EC, was made to look easing by your approach. You broke this down into bite sized chucks. I tried it, followed your approach, played each section over and over until I was happy, joined the sections up, put on the track, and, thanks to your teaching, nailed it second time round. Thank you James, my playing and knowledge has chalked up another notch. 👍
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Bryn So good to hear!
@anthonycurreri1543 Жыл бұрын
Nicely done. I like that you show the scale and give some improv tips.
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@nothingmuch8865 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson, presentation, great! The great Carl Radle (R.I.P.) played on Clapton's version.
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! Cheers!
@teartamother18927 ай бұрын
Fantastic lesson
@jennlam Жыл бұрын
Such great lessons. I love that you add the theory, the style of the song, and techniques.
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
Glad to know you like the lesson Jenn! All the best!
@MrSolebollente3 жыл бұрын
Grazie 1.000! Ho usufruito anche del TAB in PDF......Sei un GRANDE! Un saluto da Roma...
@ebassguitar3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@dainbrown5033 Жыл бұрын
...such a great teacher
@johnvera51282 жыл бұрын
Thanks James for being such a great teacher another great lesson
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, John! Cheers!
@jimmykbassplyr2 жыл бұрын
Nice , thankyou..well done
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Cheers!
@sigbokalders88664 жыл бұрын
Very cool tutorial James, thanks for simplifying what is actually a very smoking hot and difficult to get it right bass line for the Eric Clapton version. This looks deceptively easy, but the original was played by Carl Radle at Criteria Studios in Miami, my home base way back in 1974 when I was just learning how to play....and if you know anything about Carl, he was a master bassist who put a fantastic funk groove on this very simple tune...While it is true that Bob Marley wrote and recorded the hit original song, Eric Clapton ran with it and made it his own. Both of these versions have survived decades of listening and analysis and are just as fresh now as the day they were recorded. And Clapton was coming off a heroin addiction, go figure... I found it very refreshing that you play the same gear I do: Sire p7 4-string bass, Mesa Boogie amps, Mark Bass speakers, Aquilar amps....you obviously know your tone! So cheers to you from sunny South Florida!! Ziggy
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing that Ziggy! Totally make sense! Cheers!
@EloyGijon675 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. This was the next song I had to perform live in my course. Really helped ;)
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Eloy! Best of luck with your bass playing!
@2007christian3 жыл бұрын
Thans a lot! GREAT!
@ebassguitar3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Christian. Hope you found the video useful!
@pedrolarenas4 жыл бұрын
great lesson thanks
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@kenlamorta78412 жыл бұрын
Good find. Looking forward to more sessions
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ken. Check out the rest of the channel; you might find more content that you might like :)
@mohamadfadzli16573 жыл бұрын
Thank you ebass, very very usefull....im your fans.
@ebassguitar3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@peterbridge79405 ай бұрын
I've listened to this brilliant lesson was making breakfast so I need to go back to it and I don't think I've missed the answer to this point of my pondering.... I've never played any reggae but I had it in my mind that I would struggle because the base is played generally on the offbeat. is this complete? gobbledygook and the bass is not always on the upbeat. maybe that's the kick drum? My trouble with this. if it is true that I should try to aim for the offbeat is it? I would spend more time thinking about beats and offbeats than what I needed to play. 🤔🤔🤔
@ebassguitar5 ай бұрын
There are lots of rhythmic variants in reggae from simple to much more complex. Learning to place notes correctly in a genre of music is a really important skill… so I encourage you to look at is a style agnostic technique to work on, as it will improve everything you play.
@greadore2 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@Acapanplaylist3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful tq👍
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Cheers!
@Paul_Warren_Wolfe5 жыл бұрын
Always fun to learn something new... great lesson, as always.
@ebassguitar5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Paul!!
@lvrgfr4 жыл бұрын
Grande!!!!
@ebassguitar4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@nandanyunt35814 жыл бұрын
thanks for the Bass lesson its cool!! bro
@ebassguitar4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@nandanyunt35814 жыл бұрын
@@ebassguitar do u have bass tutorial for Bell bottom blues ,Eric clapton if u had please
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
@@nandanyunt3581 Will definitely consider that for future videos! I already put that in my list! All the best!
@markjoshualazo50185 жыл бұрын
Hi sir, I'm a bass player but I can only play single note. Can you please tell me what lessons I need to learn first to play like an intermediate bass player. I want to know how to play scales finger styles something like that. Thank you for your time.
@ebassguitar5 жыл бұрын
Just watch any of my ‘beginner’ lessons on this channel Mark... then if you want more check out the bass lab plus over at ebassguitar.com if you’d like a focused course of study :-)
@Zatoichi4443 жыл бұрын
Or better yet! Look up scales and theory on the internet!! for free!!!
@sop17102 жыл бұрын
Your eyebrows are impressive.
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@TheWaveydee3 жыл бұрын
Nice Marcus Miller.
@bachirdoukali64453 жыл бұрын
Yes good tinkhe you
@ebassguitar Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@johnhewett94832 жыл бұрын
Hey mr buzz
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
You’re back and as complimentary as ever! What’s your story as a bass player?
@johnhewett94832 жыл бұрын
@@ebassguitar hey James yes still around to haunt you. I did give you a run down on my experiences as a bass player whe you asked before. I know what is causing your fret buzz having looked closely at many of your videos. We can discuss this but i dont want others to be able to read what we talk about. Let me know how to contact you in that way and i will give you my thoughts on this. Regards john
@corpselover4505 ай бұрын
🤙🤙🤙
@peterbridge79405 ай бұрын
brilliant You deserve to get accolades and you don't need steroid cream for those 🤣🎸🤣
@Zatoichi4443 жыл бұрын
This was too easy to understand.....can you please make it a little harder?
@ebassguitar3 жыл бұрын
I can if you like!
@peterbridge79405 ай бұрын
@@ebassguitarno no no no❤
@brianarrington45692 жыл бұрын
Yo!!..his eyebrows!.. He Looka like a cartoon troll.. A friendly one tho..
@ebassguitar2 жыл бұрын
The brows are definitely one of my most striking features :)
@brianarrington45692 жыл бұрын
@@ebassguitar from mom or pops?.. & kids wouldn't be kids if you did not have a nickname.. what was it?
@vincygarifuna5 жыл бұрын
Sorry the original Bob Marley version baseline is much better
@DavidRFIT5 жыл бұрын
it's a BEGINNER bass lesson, anyway...
@vincygarifuna5 жыл бұрын
David RF I appreciate that all I was saying is to me the other baseline is nicer. I never put down this one. Oh I also learnt the original when I was about 14 yrs old. It’s not that difficult.
@vincygarifuna5 жыл бұрын
Jack D'Ripa See now you are just being rude for no reason. But if you feel better for it. I’m happy for you.
@markrodgers29764 жыл бұрын
Sorry,Vincy, but you're the one being the prick here. No one claimed anything was better or worse than anything else, nor did anyone ask for your opinion on it. James is teaching a popular version of this song, no harm, no foul. It doesn't have to be "the best", or anyone's favorite, it's just a bass lesson. You could clearly see in the title it was the Clapton version, which you already knew wasn't the version you liked, so why are you even here, except to jam a stick in the spokes ? (and then pretend you're the one being mistreated, LOL!)