Playing a jazz bass solo on 7 string guitar. . .

[trajectory fish]

Okay, I got only one response to this in the multimedia section, so I'll post it here. Please let me know what you think!

http://www.jemsite.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=31168

Thanks!
-Bennett

[trajectory fish]

okay, I'll try it this way.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bchaney/...ssa%20mono.mp3

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bchaney/...0roses%20m.mp3

I'm going to cross my fingers and hope it works this time. PLEASE
give me some sort of response. At least tell me how much it sucks or something!

-Bennett
. . . *tap* *tap* is this thing on? . . .

[Two hands31]

I think I listened to these the first time you posted them. Not bad I like it. Great tone, definitely convincing as being a bass as well as a guitar

[krizz]

Well, personally I'm not a fan of base solos, I'm all about shed and things...maybe that time will once? So in the first instance I didn't listen it, and if I don't listen, I can't give any comments.

I now listened to Blue Bossa and, well, sounds good; no doubt about that. Did you do an extra downtuning to create this sound or what? I wouldn't have thought it's a 7-string.

It's just not my type of music, I hope you understand.

[The_Grindfiend]

This is good. I really like the tone. When you play the bass notes behind the melody, the harmony and the tone tickle my ears. It's great. Is this improvised?

[trajectory fish]

Thanks guys!
I'm playing through a 7 string in standard tuning, with flatwound strings 11-65. With my right hand, I play the bass notes with my thumb and the rest with my fingernails. These particular recordings are about 50% improvised and 50% out of a fakebook. I've come up with a better arrangement of Blue Bossa since recording this. It will probably end up here sooner or later.

I know this isn't the kind of music that most people around here realy dig, and I'm kinda sorry I was being such b!tch about a lack of response.

Thanks again!

[krizz]

Originally Posted by trajectory fish

I know this isn't the kind of music that most people around here realy dig, and I'm kinda sorry I was being such b!tch about a lack of response.

Haha, nevermind that; it's a good thing! Sometimes we need a kick under the a$$ before we react!

[The_Grindfiend]

No, I really like jazz. Keep it up.