Could you guys post clips of your blues playing?

[tony_carey]

I know I've posted this link a couple of times before & apologies to those that have already seen it.....but I've been away & I'm trying to catch up!!! This is my Telecaster, well, to be exact, two Teles & a 4003.....

http://www.myspace.com/thegreatbritishbluesband

[ben_brown]

Me on bass, my brother on guitar and a good friend on drums close to 20 years ago in my shed.....
I used Youtube just for convenience...There is no video.

Shuffle Blues


Slow Blues


Funky Blues


Up-Tempo Jazzy Blues


Texas Style Blues

[charlyg]

Great stuff Steve!! My faves are the shuffle and the Texas Blues number.....

[tennis_nick]

fantastic!

[rickenbrother]

Steve, I think they all sound cool!

[ben_brown]

That was my first bass ever. An old beat up Vantage bass. I think I had been playing bass for a year then.

[rickenbrother]

Steve, was the Vantage a neck through with multi neck wood laminates? If so, I know what bass you are talking about. The one I'm thinking of was a nice bass.

[winston]

Hi Steve,

Your bass playing is great! It's tasty and well placed. I have to mention your brother as well! He is really fluid. He has his chops down pat. Thanks for sharing those clips.

[ben_brown]

Thanks Brian I really appreciate the comments.

Joey....I know what bass you're talking about. No it's not that bass. I used to have a neck through guitar just like the bass you speak of. The Vantage bass I had was a bolt on neck. It was black and has a "P" pick-up configuration. After I got my 72 Telecaster bass I stripped the black from the Vantage, ripped out the frets and inlaid some maple strips where the frets were. I also reshaped the headstock on it and sprayed the whole thing with clear laquer. I then put a set of EMG pups in it and also added a jazz EMG pup along with a Badass bridge because the original bridge was an aluminum piece of ****. Later on I removed the jazz EMG pup and added that to the Telcaster bass. I then made a small thin piece of maple to cover the jazz pup hole on the Vantage. This is how it looks now.

[sowhat]

I doubt you'll like it, guys, but that's the closest i ever got to blues. It's even called "Passerby's blues". ("Technically", it's not blues, though; and i cannot play or sing either. )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlcIs-PZ9rs
Um, sorry.

[Darthbass]

Great blues on this thread. All my Blues is on tape cassete, I'll have to get some psoted here with my new zoom recorder. I have been working on a jazzy number as of late, will post soon.

[rickenbrother]

Steve, I've never seen that model before. Looks like it would be a good backup bass.