Gotta love those slides at the end.

@heli-crewhgs5285

3 жыл бұрын

You’re right! They are superb.

Wyman was a very unique bass player. Never played the typical line or notes.

@charleslink2188

2 жыл бұрын

Bill is a great bass player. He never over played, it was always just right for the song. He inspired me to pick up a bass and learn it when I was a teen.

@Michael-mn4xm

Жыл бұрын

Agree! His baseline for "Sympathy For The Devil" is still incredible and unique.

@Cap683

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-mn4xm Keith Richards played bass on that recording. He always used a Fender Precision Bass. Actually, he played bass on quite a few songs that I always thought were being played by Bill Wyman.

@Michael-mn4xm

Жыл бұрын

@Cap683 Oh, I didn't know. Thanks for the info.

@ChrisJohnsonChannel

Жыл бұрын

And played the bass guitar almost strait up and down lol supposedly to get the headstock to block out the stage lights so he could see all the screaming girls lol

I always wish bill’s bass lines weren’t so quiet. But the sixties were at a time where bass guitars weren’t that popular. The 70’s made up for that though. 👍

@weebgrinder

3 жыл бұрын

I recently heard Lennon talking in the seventies to his band on some outtakes and demos and he said something to the effect that back in his time with the Beatles you just couldn't get a decent bass sound live or sometimes even in the studio. So there's got to be some truth to that

@Marquinhos1901

2 жыл бұрын

@@weebgrinder yeah it was still somewhat early days for bass amps and electric basses.

@Mat_Gomez23

2 ай бұрын

Wyman was never there during the mixing process so that’s most likely why the bass is buried in the mix

I have watched all of the KZread bass covers / lessons for this song. Bob has the most accurate to the album rendition that I have seen. The original is obviously done with a pick, and on a short scale like this, as those slides are darn near impossible on a long scale bass. He has the right sound, and the right feel. I needed to learn this for our band and Bob made it too easy. Thanks Bob!

man, that bass is BEAUTIFUL

those slides were revolutionary at that time

the bass player who first awoke a love of bass in me was a massive Wyman fan. So I guess I owe him an indirect debt . Very nicely played sir.

Such an underrated bassline

Cool. It's great to finally see an up-close demo of Bill's bass playing.

beautiful bass

you seem to be the only one on youtube i have seen that gets the slides right.good job

Rob, this is the best bass cover I’ve seen.

Everything in the details. That little E - F# - G ascending scale and the slides at the end are a important as the sitar in this song.

A Wyman bass...Now that is rare.

Awesome cover and awesome bass line one of the greatest bass line in music history

Beautiful!!

Do you play exactly the same notes as Wyman in your Rolling Stones covers? Wyman is my favourite musician of all time

@robgray1999

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I try to, he's a great bass player

Awesome!👏

The slides in the end was such a nice touch to the song

Man, this cat's got Bill's style nailed down, i love it. Good on ya, Rob, i enjoy these very much. subscribed.

Thank you for this, I am covering Aftermath with my band in a couple of weeks and this video is a great point of reference. cheers!

GREAT JOB KEEP EM COMING

Great, great work! Thanks!

The best cover on KZread for this song

I think you are the only person on KZread who actually knows how to play this song properly.

@brbadge

Жыл бұрын

You would be wrong about that.He didnt even get the intro right.

I just found your channel a week ago and Im already hypnotized by the way you play! Your videos are some of the nicest sounding and most helpful covers out there! Keep up the great work man! Thanks so much!

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really pleased you like them

Great job, Rob!

Thanks Rob. After years (actually decades) of guitar, I’ve caught the bass bug and bought a nice Yamaha. Your videos are tremendously helpful. I’ts been quite challenging to develop my ear for bass lines and especially for Bill’s work. So ... many thanks to you!

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and yeah Bill's baselines can be really difficult to hear properly, I enjoy the challenge haha

That's so cool

Perhaps the best cover . Félicitations

One of my fave songs of all time! good job :)

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Thanks. This is great!

bravo!

bloody lovely bass

@robgray99

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Fantastic

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Super

👍👍👍

More amazing info is that Bill played a bass which he had removed the frets on, making it the first fretless bass to be recorded.

Very nice, really couldn't hear what he was playing and this makes sense to me

Nice

Your presentation is second to none! Appreciate your efforts. Very enjoyable. Didn't Bill's Vox bass get stolen while on tour? Thanks again. Great job!

@FRAME5RS

3 жыл бұрын

Don't think so, he just sold it in auction for a boat load.

The Quiet Stone.

Are you Wyman himself?

@robgray99

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers haha

Great job Rob........is that a Wyman Bass from Dhgate in China? I have the Phantom Guitar Works version made in Oregon USA.

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it’s an original late-60s Italian-made model

@charleslink2188

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 It sounds great.......last year I bought a Phantom Bass from Wunjo's in London. It is a new bass constructed from parts that some guy bought from the old Eko plant in Italy. They also had some solid teardrops, but no Wyman basses. Yours looks amazing.

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@charleslink2188 Thanks, yeah my friend has one of those Frankenstein Teardrop guitars made from parts from that factory, they came up with some great stuff with the parts they found there

Beautiful! What strings are you using Rob?

@robgray1999

3 жыл бұрын

Think I was using Pyramid Gold Flatwounds at the time

pyramid golds rock

OMG I never realized there was a sitar in this song! What's that bass your playing? It's the really cool and I want one

@robgray99

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's a 1966 Vox Wyman bass

@aarondavis4341

4 жыл бұрын

@@robgray99 66,wow that things older than me,still a really cool bass,you should do a review of it!

@BigSky1

3 жыл бұрын

Brian plays the sitar.

@voornaam3191

Жыл бұрын

The great thing about sitars is, you can move the frets. Frets are some kind of rope (check it) under some tension, going around the neck. We are addicted to equal temperament, but there's so many ways for tuning. Watch a sitar gig, and you'll see and hear that during a break, the sitar can get a different tuning. Why don't you simply buy a student guitar? When you like it that much, you really should learn to play it. W h y n o t ? Okay, maybe you play 26 hours a day on your own Vox bass. Then a sitar is a bit much.

Rest in peace Charlie Watts...

AWESOME VIDEO Rob! But can you do a beach boys good vibrations with a vox bass guitar video? And by the way if you do I'll subscribe to you.

I cannot catch that part on the verses where you go back and forth between the B-F#-G. Can you please share what is the order of the notes that you're playing in that passage? (I slowed down the video to 50% and I still can't catch it! Maddening!) Thanks!

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

The verse pattern is E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E, E, E, B, E; B, F#, B, F#, B, G, B, F#, B, F#, B, F#, B, G, B, F#. Hope that makes sense

@davidmfass

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 Hugely helpful! Thanks so much!

This definitely sounds true to original recording, but I saw a video of Stones performing in 2006, and there he's playing a simpler bassline, but with some nice pentatonic fills here and there. It sounds a lot different. I wonder why he changed it?

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

If it was 2006 it will have been Darryl Jones on bass, he tends to play a lot of Bill’s basslines in a simpler way

@davidmfass

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 Yep, you are right! Thanks.

Where can I get that suit?

@robgray1999

Жыл бұрын

It’s an old jacket from the 80s / 90s but you can get similar ones from company’s called Madcap England and ModShopping

You are using the bridge or the neck pickup? Or both lol?

@robgray1999

3 ай бұрын

Both

What kind of bracelet is on your right hand?

@robgray1999

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, they're known as ID bracelets, they were very popular in the 60s and normally have your name or initials engraved on the long plate

fretless?

@robgray1999

8 ай бұрын

No, Bill’s fretless bass was a modified Dallas Tuxedo bass

How are your fingers not on fire with those slides

@robgray1999

3 жыл бұрын

Flatwound strings haha