"South Side of The Sky" - bass cover video

[miguelbass]

As Jon Anderson told, sometimes it was the sound of the words, rather than their meaning. Although this song is supposed to be about mountain climbing, I always found another meaning for me - the southern sky constellations - those that I rarely see or have never seen - their mysteries and history through the ages. Most of the images are from starrynightphotos.com.

I used the Fender Telecaster bass, from a good friend - I had some doubts whether I could do an acceptable tone without the extra pickup but a fresh set of Rotosounds always help

Hope you like it!

Miguel
http://www.miguelbass.com

[s4001]

Lovely tune and you've done your usual justice to it. Look forward to the next one

[T.A.R.]

Very nicely done Miguel!

[cjj]

Well done! Perfect!

[woodyng]

I used the Fender Telecaster bass, from a good friend - I had some doubts whether I could do an acceptable tone without the extra pickup but a fresh set of Rotosounds always help
Miguel
http://www.miguelbass.com

It certainly does! Chris's tele bass had the old single coil mid body pickup placement,as well as the added j bass bridge pickup,but even with your borrowed bass's "mudbucker" neck pickup, fresh strings and a strong picking action near the bridge doe the tone trick! Sounds fabulous!!

[miguelbass]

I used the Fender Telecaster bass, from a good friend - I had some doubts whether I could do an acceptable tone without the extra pickup but a fresh set of Rotosounds always help
Miguel
http://www.miguelbass.com

It certainly does! Chris's tele bass had the old single coil mid body pickup placement,as well as the added j bass bridge pickup,but even with your borrowed bass's "mudbucker" neck pickup, fresh strings and a strong picking action near the bridge doe the tone trick! Sounds fabulous!!

Hi Woody,

The bass itself has an amazingly high level output! It would distort the sansamp right away on its input (The BDDI has no input level) so I remembered to use a limiter , an old-new Boss LM-2 I got from ebay some years ago and never quite used before. That allowed me to control my dynamics, being able to pick aggressively, as you said, and saving my dynamic range. I also added a bit more "presence" and "treble" on the sansamp. Quite a lovely bass, I wish it was mine

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

Miguel

[just_bassics]

Thanks, Miguel, just finished watching. Great as always and thanks for making it easier and enjoyable to learn these bits.

[Billsbro]

Wonderful! Your playing and production always:

impresses me
makes the genius of Mr. Squire more apparent
inspires me
and despite the focus on the bass, makes me appreciate all of the elements of the song more fully.

Well done, Miguel!
THANK YOU!

[johnallg]

Just had a chance to listen to this and over good speakers. As usual, you got it Miguel. You play it a little differently than I do; correctly and a whole lot better!

[ram]

The first Yes tune I fell in love with... I was transported .......... thanks Miguel!

[pekka]

Great playing as always 'though I'd like to hear you playing it with a Jazz Bass too as it has pickup placements like on Chris' Telecaster but you can do another take. Or better, please do "Lucky Seven" next!

Is that a Fender? I've never seen a Telecaster Bass (single coil or post '72 mudbucker version) with a rosewood fingerboard. Modded perhaps?

Telecaster and original single coil Precision bass necks are my favourites. I have a Tele Bass made by Ville Tyyster and the neck (measured from a '51 P-bass) is the best. I'd love to have one with an added bridge pickup but I'm not going to mod mine so maybe it's time for another new bass project. Just don't tell my wife...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbkv9g4ojokxk ... caster.jpg

[miguelbass]

The info from the guitar dater project site is:
Your guitar was made at the
Fullerton Plant (Fender - CBS Era), USA
in the Year(s): 1972

The fingerboard looks original and the owner said it was all original but I wouldn't be able to tell for myself - it looks original to me.
In fact he owns another one, red, maple neck and with an extra pickup - maybe he will let me try it for another video

Miguel

Great playing as always 'though I'd like to hear you playing it with a Jazz Bass too as it has pickup placements like on Chris' Telecaster but you can do another take. Or better, please do "Lucky Seven" next!

Is that a Fender? I've never seen a Telecaster Bass (single coil or post '72 mudbucker version) with a rosewood fingerboard. Modded perhaps?

Telecaster and original single coil Precision bass necks are my favourites. I have a Tele Bass made by Ville Tyyster and the neck (measured from a '51 P-bass) is the best. I'd love to have one with an added bridge pickup but I'm not going to mod mine so maybe it's time for another new bass project. Just don't tell my wife...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbkv9g4ojokxk ... caster.jpg

[lucky]

My favourite Yes song Thank you Miguel.

[Billsbro]

And Pekka speaks for me...I too would love to see you tackle Lucky Seven or any other tune on "Fish Out of Water."