Play Along With Paul!

[deaconblues]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obFcsEtF ... re=related

Paul McCartney teaches bass! Hope it hasn't been posted already...

[beatlefreak]

Cool! It's even got those little diagrams that show you where to put your fingers!

http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... 5&t=383296

[revolver323]

Playin' wif his thumb, is he?

[deaconblues]

Playin' wif his thumb, is he?

Yeah, I noticed that too!

[kiramdear]

That's why they made those enigmatic tugbars, for the real old-schoolers like Paul.

[antipodean]

You mean there's another way to play?

[kiramdear]

I must confess I'm on the same page, Evan

Paul sometimes uses an oversize plectrum for the fiddlier bits.

[revolver323]

I started playing with my thumb in 1965 and stopped because -- if you're really old, you'll remember this song -- I couldn't play the little bass break in Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders' "The Game of Love." I switched to my fingers, then went to a pick when Chris Squire arrived. But I never could play funk very well with a pick (still can't), so I alternated. I still use a pick on my Hofner, but fingers on every other bass (except a Rick, if I still played one). However, I have been using my thumb a bit now if the song doesn't call for heavy attack or blazing speed. I'm not a slapper, though.

[fireglo]

What kind of bass rig is that behind him?

[jps]

Ashdown ABM500 and matching 4-10 (most likely) cab.

[revolver323]

He's using Mesa Boogie live, I think.

[jps]

He's using Mesa Boogie live, I think.

He has used M/B for a long time so I was surprised to see the Ashdown in that video.