soloing

Hey folks! Of course the Pocket is our priority, but we deserve the spotlight too, especially after we've been supporting our bandmates most of the tune! Just curious who's working on soloing (any genre) regularly and what you're working on. Thanks!

For the last few years, I have been going out to various blues jams around town. I love the random nature of the sets, playing with a huge variety of other musicians, and just having a good hang with other nice folks. The fact that I have scored many future sub gigs through this process has...

I'm working on my soloing technique and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to approach a I7 to bIII7 vamp? Would love some suggestions!

Thought I'd post a little demonstration of how i like to use pentatonic over the major chords to extend the harmony.

the ones everyone talks about recently on here thats sloppy, seems unprepared etc. My band doesn't rehearse, setlist is sent out a week or so before the gig. Some of the songs are easy and can be played without much thought, others not so much and we basically end up rehearsing them on stage...

I haven't found a thread on these boards that focuses on jazz pizz technique. If there is one, please point me in that direction. I'm just curious how some of you practice your pizzicato technique, if you do. Mainly, for the purpose of building speed and dexterity for soloing on tunes 200bpm and...

Hey guys, I've been trying to decipher this explanation of JP's scale patterns/digital pattern approach to soloing, but I find it to be rather vague. Can anyone give more concrete examples of the patterns found on the website? (perhaps based on the accompanied sound clip)? John Patitucci Scale...

Hi guys, I wonder if any of you guys has every tried to play through a typical guitar rig. This morning, I have done my attempt to play a solo on my 6 stringer through Bias FX, I pick a Tosin rig with high gain setup. And it turned out with lots of fun. Please let me know what you think?

I watch players soloing some jazz sounding chops, I solo but never can create the sound, what scales are being used in a jazz solo. Thanks

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ive been recently practicing some soloings lines. During those practices, i realized that each instruments (horns, guitars, pianos etc) have their own distinctive melodies, lines and phrasings. Piano solos were my favorite of all. However, i do not know how to solo like a pianist on bass. Is...

Mostly an electric player but got an upright about 7-8 years ago and have been whittling away at it and getting some gigs. Definitely have paid for the bass with upright gigs. I pretty much suck as soloing. I mean, with a blues I can usually handle two times through without embarrassing...

A recent observation that hadn't occurred to me before and I don't think anyone mentioned to me either: once you can competently solo the changes to a tune, a big improvement can be realized by working on playing several choruses while trying to make each new chorus more interesting than the...

I found a great bass solo from a Robin Ford concert on YouTube that I would like to transcribe. The issue is, transcribing from YouTube can be tedious at best. I know there are YouTube down-loaders out there but I'm worried about getting a virus or spamware on my laptop if I use one of them...

Cheers, good Folks at tb! I've just made some videos with some examples and ideas on bass soloing from different perspectives. I humbly post a couple of links here in the hope that it might inspire some. of you: 1) The Minor Pentatonic Scale: YouTube 2) The Minor 6 pentatonic scale: YouTube...

So I've had a few pedals I've used for this over the last couple years. Basically delay or reverb used for mellow soloing. Pedals I've used for this include Tc flashback mini, both hardwire reverbs, digitech polara, and m5. Board is tight on space. I do like some of the tones I've seen people...

I started on guitar, but am now loving 5-string bass… I want to go back to guitar for a bit, but only to ‘solo’ on it (not playing chords) - so, I have a question… (I know this thread is for bass players, but hopefully some of you can relate to this...? :) How do you ‘translate’ the perfect...

I've been playing bass for a few years now, but mostly focused on classical/ orchestral repertoire. I've been working on my jazz chops recently. I've gotten relatively good at walking and providing rhythm, but when I asked to solo I always freeze. I've been practicing soloing over changes using...

I just bought a Focusrite Scarlett Solo. I can record one track, but then the next tracks I make are all linked or something. They mute together, solo together, and even use the same amp. Will someone please help me get 'em separated? Ty. -Erik

Yes, I know that I posted this here a while ago but i posted it in the DB forums by mistake so I figured that I would post it here as well. Me and my friend made a video where we improvise over Wonderwall. We now that most of you are tired of the song but we would like some feedback so we can do...

Hi here's a video of me and my friend soloing over wonderwall. We know that people are quite tired of this song but we did this video just as a test for a new series on our Youtube channel. I would be happy to get some feedback from you guys! :bassist:

Forgive me if this is a total newbie question (I've been playing bass for all of two years now, but I've been playing instruments for fourteen), but...how in the world of flying pigs do you REALLY pull off a bass solo, in a song or standalone? I ask for two reasons: 1. My band, especially my...

Hey all - I have a bass with Delano single coils and an Audere preamp, and I'm getting a lot of hiss when I favor either neck or the bridge pickup. When the pickups are blended 50/50, there is no hiss at all. Any ideas? The bass is fully shielded, could it be a bad solder joint somewhere or a...

So my band is giving me a solo in one of our new songs. Problem is, I really don't know how to solo over blackened death. I'm used to playing completely different styles (stoner rock mostly), I keep finding myself running up and down minor scales and it's not very interesting. I can handle the...

Hey guys and gals, I want to hear some cool jazz bass soloing. Whether it's on electric or not doesn't matter much to me. Here's a start: "Days of Wine & Roses"

I find a lot of players have a similar sound when playing quickly, and it sounds like it might be because they're working off a scale. I was also wondering if was just a mode, but I wasn't sure which one it would be. I've provided a video of the sound I'm talking about. Hadrien Feraud is using...

Hey talkbass, I borrowed a concept known as Cantus Firmus from an 18th century classical counterpoint manual known as the Gradus ad Parnassum and applied to to jazz bass soloing. It's really useful for creating lyrical and melodic bass parts that break away from root-oriented thinking, and I...

I've been in the shed for a few months now, trying to get some chops together as my current band is wanting me to do more bass solos at some shows. Anyway, I've been spending an average of 2 hours a day just working on rudiments and then jamming to some of my band's tracks and some YouTube...