Master of Puppets bass tab (+ isolated track of Cliff Burton)

[@MrKittles1123]

I guess his tone must be a guilty pleasure for me. So many people seem to dislike it and criticize it, but I personally LOVE that dirty, fuzzy, slightly sloppy and frantic sound. I think it’s so un-basslike that it’s perversely enjoyable, really really unique. Love it or hate it, I’ve personally never heard another bass player like him. And I love it.

[@SpectorEuro4]

If you've never heard another fuzz bass, then you need to know more music. Lemmy from Motorhead is a great example

[@Freudenfreude1]

Lemmy is also criticized for being sloppy. Honestly I think it’s more that the fuzzy effect can make otherwise clean playing sound sloppier because of the latency involved in that effect. Cliff was a very adept and impressive player. Where he isn’t as “precise” is often a stylistic choice.

[@chrisbassartist4344]

Personally I don’t like his tone unless he’s soloing he is the reason I wanted to play bass though and it sits well in the mix not by itself though not my taste I like a smooth bass tone closer to Steve Harris

[@lapinus]

Nobody: Cliffs isolated bass tracks : *clack* *clack* *clack* *clack* *clack* *clack*

[@johnpatitucci7919]

Funny thing is you can't hear it in the mix.

[@lapinus]

@@johnpatitucci7919 I actually can sometimes here a little clack

[@joaquincarcamo5100]

You should listen to Steve Harris lines ahhahah

[@pkfire5790]

a lot of bassists do it. i think its cool, makes the isolated tracks seem more organic

[@simiousgenious7703]

Like 100👌

[@allardbuiter3955]

It feels so good to hear the fingers of Cliff gliding over the strings /m\

[@martinpierrat9934]

Did you mean : \m/

[@allardbuiter3955]

martin pierrat yes, mistyped lmao

[@poopcheese4032]

Im sorry but i have to tell u how hard i laughed when i saw /m\ instead of \m\

[@allardbuiter3955]

oOfits_TBOnE I found myself cringe hahaha

[@berni2905]

@@martinpierrat9934 Guys, don't make fun of his broken fingers

[@put0gm3r91]

6:28 this little gallop always kills me

[@szalwia666]

I can't fricken play it! Even tho I'm trying to do it!

[@diegogianoli7696]

This is like porn but better

[@lastotallyawesome7830]

I almost got caught watching this

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

LA's Totally Awesome LOL!

[@simiousgenious7703]

Like 300👌

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Before uploading, I checked (again) how Cliff played the verse and the fast bridge after solo. And yes: he did the verse with slides (Rob - with hammer-on and pull-off), and the bridge - with D and A fretted (Rob does open). BUT. Cliff played the verse modulation on A string, just like the guitar (0-2-3-2-0-2), while Jason and Rob do it the way I tabbed (7-9-10-9-7-9). Thanks for pointing out at that! I hope you found this video helpful anyway. Support me on Patreon, to keep the channel going bit.ly/andriys-patreon See you in October, friends! \m/

[@andrewdan4615]

Andriy will you do Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) next?

[@AndriyVasylenko]

You are new here, I guess)

[@andrewdan4615]

@@AndriyVasylenko Yes, sorry if you had any other songs in mind

[@AndriyVasylenko]

I mean that I have done Anetshesia more than a year ago

[@andrewdan4615]

@@AndriyVasylenko And if you can answer, this question, in your opinion what is the hardest song from Metallica to play?

[@siepslutter]

Not even a bassist, but as a drummer this helped me a lot though! Really good for practacing my timing!

[@thebrainbucket880]

But this is Metallica... you don't need good timing to play lile lars 😂

[@MKDumas1981]

Careful with the 5/8 riffs. There's a hiccup that makes it sound more like 21/32, which is how it is notated sometimes.

[@pessinieminen4341]

i like how it doesnt mimic the guitar, cliff hated copying lead guitar

[@kmchipower]

He knows when to play with the guitar and when to do his own thing. Perfect taste. So unique.

[@zoeyjoziee8885]

*_Oh hey our Frrrrrrriend uploaded a new vid_*

[@Mnemonika_project]

Oh hi mark!

[@uyi1]

1:08 ah yes, the mighty 0365

[@acc3209]

Great tribute, if you could do Fade to Black I would thank you a lot. RIP Cliff Burton and keep on rocking frrrrriend \m/

[@AndriyVasylenko]

I will do Fade to Black! Thank you!

[@Mr_Rickenbacker99]

Thanks for putting the time in to make a tab! Keep up the great work! \m/

[@AndriyVasylenko]

It's my pleasure, thanks! \m/

[@Лёха-ж2с9ф]

This tab: 99% accurate 1% of mistakes in the tab: YEEEE BOIIII!)

[@lazerbladebrennerpurdy8314]

I love that his bass tone has the slight fuzz to it

[@MrMetalclay]

Cliff was amazing! Lots of traditional bass fills, but with distortion and lightening fast speed. Thanks for the great video!

[@BruceCopperfield]

5:14 it's so strange. Bass line has C note while guitar has C#?

[@mattbermo1958]

A mistake by Cliff

[@constantino8857]

Matt Bermo Its the effect that it creates studio mistakes like this is uncommon

[@CaptainRudy4021]

Actually it was intentional. It allowed for a minor 9th harmonic, and we all know how much cliff loved harmonies.

[@johnpatitucci7919]

This is an error on the creator of this tab. It's C#.

[@CaptainRudy4021]

@@johnpatitucci7919 actually it wasn't. He actually has a video where he talks about it (I can't remember the title though)

[@djimmish]

Jesus man, I didn't think you'd produce such great videos after all the meme thing. Total Cliff's newest material has been the best in terms of quality! Thanks for helping me out all this time for all these songs. Stay metal!

[@filipdzero8739]

2nd! Edit: Really enjoying Total Cliff so far! :)

[@GenZ-Euronymous]

Whoever did this, i love you!

[@jonathanmatthews6478]

Absolutely fantastic frrrrriend! Helped me finally learn how to play little bits i was missing out, e.g the open E between the slides on the verse

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Jonathan Matthews Those ghostly open Es serve to bounce back and keep the pace)

[@jonathanmatthews6478]

I realised my version sounded a little hollow and didnt realise why until this, also allow me to fanboy at the fact you replied to my comment

[@iliveonatropicalisland6086]

Total Cliff is such a great project

[@LanceGalaura]

When you hear this, it feels like you're playing the bass, because of how heavy his tone is.

[@billiedeadkid3374]

Sound so sloppy and dirty, I love his tone so much

[@DannyBoi2112]

Yeah same here. Cliff and Steve Harris tones just sound so shitty and horrid and I love it.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Great job, man, Cliff would be proud

[@JohnBradydoesstuff]

I have really come to love your channel. Your passion for the bass is infectious my friend. Much love.

[@evillotto]

This is so fantastically detailed. I like how Cliff slightly changes the bassline of the interlude to compliment James's solo. And that power chord crescendo at 5:09-5:14 before jumping into the bridge. How did you figure it out?

[@xxFABRI56xx]

A thing that i noticed hearing more slowly and with details the metallica's bass is that the bass lines in their songs is one of the strongest things of Metallica. I dont know much of bass but the bass lines often are really really good, specially cliff's lines, compliment the song very cool, in the spaces when the guitar let a chord sounding. For me the bass in metallica songs must have been louder (sorry my english, i'm chilean jeje)

[@FutebolNaMente]

Incredible job my friend, keep doing videos like this, greetings from Brazil!

[@bsal7736]

Dude, I just stumbled on your videos and i love them! Keep em coming!

[@colinrichardson7002]

Please keep doing these! They are very helpful. Thank you

[@delacruzernesto6007]

Cliff era una bestia en el bajo!

[@Permaclok]

It's pretty great and "ear-opening" to Cliff's skills. The only thing that seems off is the tempo from 6:25-35

[@zweihunder]

Yeah there are some mistakes on this track. Sometimes we all do mistakes but why this is on final mix??? Strange

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

There are slight tempo shifts the whole way through the track. Sometimes he's a little bit early, sometimes, a little late. I love it, it sounds very human.

[@Permaclok]

@@skippertheeyechild6621 You're absolutely right, I just pointed out this section as everything else is tight AF. At least, with the tab playback speed

[@Рыззе]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4vTi6egm9J9eassi=m82TOV0Y9cmVIVNU

[@buddymack9606]

I find the riff at 6:23 hard to play. This video helps. Thanks for posting this.

[@k.hraian3886]

RIP cliff burton

[@ottopalosaari8685]

0:31 hardest part in whole song 😂

[@mariovomhof2775]

6:22 for me this is a bit harder. But 0:31 requires a lot of practise.

[@Skygrounded]

Really 1:51 is the part that I'm having the most trouble 0:31 was pretty easy

[@H.E.M.]

Carson Jackson are the notes in between fucking with you?

[@stevenlee1075]

@@Skygrounded weird I learned the art you were having trouble with first before anything else really

[@trae1193]

Keep up the great work man

[@joseaaa1985]

Great! I can't wait for more.

[@Xplora213]

Very interesting thing to listen to, Cliff definitely provides a melodic glue that the guitars do NOT provide. Part of the dryness of the Justice album can be heard from this bass track. Jason wasn’t encouraged to wander around the guitar track and he was mixed down so it wouldn’t matter if he did. I actually play guitar similar to this, and I never knew why. I’m sure I am just playing the bass parts without realising. We will never ever know what would happen to Metallica without that accident. There is no question that Lars was necessary but he would have been gone if Cliff stayed. This track definitely raises a lot of questions. Great work.

[@przemezio]

It's amazing to hear Cliff's finger picking

[@analslingshot6654]

Really appreciate this, thanks man

[@arbon2x4]

obey your master!!!! and it's Master Cliff!!!

[@costasragiadakos7786]

Very good job man!

[@mirkecWii]

This is the best tab of this song I have seen. I just kinda wish you made a version with a backing track cause its kinda hard to play without other instruments

[@lemonyfresh7367]

Andriy, ya done it again,.my frrrrrrriend

[@SGodThor]

Very close to Cliff´s sound! Andriy the "reincarnation" of Cliff ;) Well done buddy!

[@acidtalking]

Here Cliffs bass track.

[@dhaniOliver]

Thanks man 👍

[@Peccath]

It is quite clear what was Cliff's riff in this song :)

[@marcosbecerra9381]

Gran trabajo por la tab precisa

[@martingeorgiev999]

good job FRRRRRIEND

[@maynardsmusicroom3981]

My fingers hurt just from listening to this

[@KennyPastaBased]

The best

[@Oiak1086]

What an amazing job and dedication, you are a truly genious, a truly artist, thank some god that people whit your talent are so into Cliff work, to bring us things like this, THANK YOU!

[@Soulitaris]

I can feel the Bass

[@JohnBradydoesstuff]

There's a clip of Metallica playing For Whom the Bell Tolls from the day on the green, I think it was originally on the Cliff em all dvd. Cliff has a brief solo and then goes into the song. When he plays the intro he plays almost an arpeggio line as he plays the intro. Can you transcribe that? I think he's using the open d as a pedal tone but I cant seem to figure it out. Any direction you can give me would be much appreciated. Much love!

[@VikoTheBassist]

John Brady I think there’s a video Andriy made where he transcribed a bunch of Cliff’s live solos, and I’m pretty sure that was one of them.

[@TheRealEraserhead]

He did it already - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6qZf4JnebFojpY

[@JohnBradydoesstuff]

@@VikoTheBassist excellent! Thank you. I'll see if I can find that.

[@JohnBradydoesstuff]

@@TheRealEraserhead you are awesome! Thank you!

[@TheChenny73]

You mean originally on the Cliff em All VHS.

[@MalephicBass]

Good add!

[@thetruepyromancer2928]

Should have notated the 5/8 measures in 21/32. Still a great though. Very helpful!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Kyle Thanks) 21/32 looked too inconvenient in the tab, so I returned to 5/8

[@thetruepyromancer2928]

I guess it’s a difference of one 32nd note anyway. Keep up the good work man! I hope you eventually become Metallica’s bassist🤘

[@HerrLohmann]

Try 11/16. Everything else is bullshit!

[@lieutenantpengui5351]

I honestly it said Master of Piipets because cliff kind of covered the U

[@kjl3080]

How did you sync the tab to the audio, considering they’re not playing to a click track

[@nicolas97394]

Yesssss

[@rodolfoecheverryurbano3742]

MASTER!!!

[@MrTherocker101]

i won't say that the 5/8 part is actually meant to be in 5/8.it's actually meant to be measureless.it's meant to be played freely without any measurement.but i will say this,it was pretty close with 5/8,but it's not it.

[@maick95]

If it can be played, it has a measuremennt... If they did not know which one it was, it's a whole different topic

[@lchisholm5957]

So bad ass 🤟

[@edgecliff4032]

Thanks for the great work! Keep rocking, mate! \m/ Продолжай в том же духе, дружище :]

[@hudatman9277]

Badass

[@charliekirby_]

Oh yes boi.

[@kybamclane9357]

I played my guitar to this. It was awesome.

[@darksunwithin]

0:33 Interesting that he isn’t following the guitars. Wonder if it was too demanding for him with the extra notes on the A string.. probably not.

[@vsauce_johnny2516]

My best guess is that it would clutter up the sound of the song.

[@CaptainRudy4021]

He didn't wanna muddy up the sound. It's the same reason why he didn't do gallops on battery.

[@davidsimic5870]

You know there is still anesthesia part 3 waiting...

[@th6n]

Thanks so much frrrrriend! You are the best. Also, I think the 5/8 is actually 11/16, but anyway, great work.

[@stefsalazar9628]

Very good Man 🤘🤘😎✌🙂😎

[@karljohan15]

Just one thing. The verse is not 5/8 it is 21/32. It is almost no difference but still.

[@ИльяЗубков-ф8ж]

he wrote it in the tabs

[@karljohan15]

@@ИльяЗубков-ф8ж where?

[@kingserge721]

It was in the tabs somewhere in the top it said “actually In 21/32”

[@Gr1Gr2Gr3]

I think it's 11/16.

[@Gr1Gr2Gr3]

And the guy on YT who spread this information didn't even play the part in 21/32 to prove his words.

[@aditya-le6tx]

When Cliff is waiting for rest of the band in Heaven....

[@Elliot_Buona]

I still always hear E1M1

[@marcel7384]

At 0:49 (end of riff 2.2) Cliff actually plays 4-3-0 and not 3-2-0. Not sure if this deviation from the guitars was deliberate or a mistake while recording. Otherwise great work!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Marcel Cläsgens Hm, I should relisten to it carefully! Btw, there is s couple of real mistakes in Cliff’s line, for example in the breakdown)

[@NicketCovers]

I think it was just an accidental bend on the 3rd fret when doing the pull-off, making it sound like it was the 4th.

[@werewolf8296]

Tum tum tum !! Fuck hell. Master of puppets

[@irushforth]

Another excellent job with the tabbing overall, but at the end of the chorus (e.g. at 3:30), I think the final notes of Cliff's fill (on the E-string) are 3-3 0-0, not 3-2 0-0 as your tab has it.

[@irushforth]

Also, I wonder if the pair of A notes which precede that in the fill are played on the 5th fret of the E-string, rather than the open A-string? I certainly find that it flows better that way when I play it. (i.e. A-String 3-3-2-2 E-String 5-5-3-3 0-0)

[@miguelroldao6939]

You can notice towards the end that he starts playing nearer to the neck. Was he getting tired??? I didnt know that was possible!

[@HaydenofEverything]

It's only 99% accurate because the 5/8 should be 21/32

[@김요셉-p1w]

It sounds like a pick picking. very perfect!!! Mr. cliff🤘

[@MrTimjm009]

development riff 2.2 ?? not what I thought ? Thought it followed the guitar riff. Plus a couple of other bits Ive seen differently played but , still , if Cliff played it that way then its right I guess

[@Targoon_Music]

they say that master of puppets was played with lower tuning and slower and later they sped things up.

[@CaptainRudy4021]

They did that to get tighter and more consistent tracks

[@costasragiadakos7786]

one thing i noticed differs from the audio is on the beginning of the James Solo that u say on the tab "let ring is one 5th up not octave down. So 7th fret on A sting and 9th fret on D string

[@mharclerode]

Very cool- although I always wondered why Cliff just didn't match the main riff that the guitars play? It should have been in his technical ability, and it actually sounds better when metallica plays this live--as the bassist usually doubles the main riff now.

[@misterscorbunny5524]

battery, fight fire with fire and this are the only ones that come to mind

[@TheChenny73]

Cliff understood the role of the bass. His job wasn’t to match the guitars. His role was to lay down the foundation. There is a reason the album sounds so good. It had to do with the notes he chose. He must has tried many different lines mixing with guitars and listen ing back to hear the results. He ended up with what you hear here because it worked best when mixed with guitars.

[@SpectorEuro4]

@@TheChenny73 I wish I could agree, but I can't. Cliff's bass or not, his bass was buried in the mix, and you can barely notice his tone. Bass-less songs on youtube take out all the low frequencies (including the 6-7 guitar layers) which makes the song sounds bad. But if you could take out the actual bass track, you won't notice it at all.

[@nikobellic1191]

I have to say, I prefer the way you played it the first time, compared to the right way of playing it

[@hombrerusode40anos72]

You should upload One full isolated bass track

[@coded52]

Are you going to upload more tabs videos? This is really helpful, thank you for uploading

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Code D Thank you! I will do them time after time)

[@ImYourOverlord]

How badly I've been butchering this song *LOL* I'll learn to play it this way if it takes the rest of my life!

[@aiizakom9321]

I hear farts instead of bass-- oh wait...

[@dimebrad2760]

Lmao.

[@joselekiwi5695]

Yeah I love that tone xD

[@raynerhutton1417]

Bro are you one who mixed AFJA?

[@silversword4849]

Jee thanks now that's what I hear

[@assonik87]

83-97 best era

[@tirateaunpozo9449]

Cliff of Puppets

[@effetto2743]

my finger is tired

[@XtremeKillah101]

That spider riff seems to be different

[@Alex_Short]

Как думаешь, к какому стилю классической музыки Клиф только?

[@Cazz8203]

This is so F'n strange how he did this. The main riff before the verse and then the breakdown riff before the solo. This should not work. I just got done recording my own cover of the song and I played the same notes exactly like cliff , and then I recorded the other guitars and at first I thought I was gonna have to re do the bass lines to match the guitars cause it was clashing too much but after I EQd everything a little different and adjusted volume levels.....I guess it's working. I've never seen anything like this. Been listening to Metallica for almost 30 years and I just never noticed the bass doing that. They did a great job with the production on this album.

[@rzgaming4989]

Is this cliff playing bass

[@EduardoPinto814]

Disposable HEROES, please

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Is Cliff using the Ibanez TS-9 or the TS-808 on this album ? Thanks

[@foncekin_8638]

Nice bro, tuning?

[@PolaroidLandCamera-cm8ke]

EADG

[@Jesse-mh6hv]

Wait in the interlude you brought up a few videos ago that the entire interlude is just 4/4 but here you do still include the fact that there is no 6/4 but 2/4 is still there even though you concluded that there is no 2/4

[@8tonystark8]

Pryvit Andriy, I don't know if you covered this in some of your previous videos. If you did, excuse my ignorance. I always wondered who/what makes that beautiful melody on the very last seconds of the song? Thanks, Greets from Germany

[@berni2905]

You mean those high notes in the background? I'm pretty sure it's a guitar.

[@CaptainRudy4021]

Kirk recorded a solo with delay and then replayed the tape backwards to get what we hear on the album. Same thing with the intro for blackened.