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LMAO that’s what I’m sayin 🤘

Not really, I think if you're interested in this style then having a 5 is pretty important. If that's not an option right now, you could either shift the lower lines up an octave, or tuning to BEAD with some thicker strings maybe for a middle ground. Check out sharays yt channel too, he's using a 5 often

Good research! Checking live versions is always good for a reality check vs a studio recording that might have been cleaned up. If there's anything I can add, rotating the barre finger slightly can flatten the edge and make it easier to apply pressure. Action is another factor, I don't know for sure but Vic might have quite low action/light touch which would help. And otherwise just practicing barring the 15 and playing all 4 strings to check for clarity. In addition it's not necessarily barre pressure that's the culprit but perhaps the finger playing the 18 sometimes touches/mutes the D string. So yeah a challenging bar for sure! There's also wrist position and angle of the bass neck which can make a difference

thanks for the feedback! Which bit?

@@yamezzyLOL, I'm sure there may be a note or ghost note that's out of place, but it's got the feel of the original, which is by far the most important thing. I like the way you throw those 16th-note open string notes in there, Other transcriptions I've seen don't bother, and aren't nearly as much fun to play. The only thing that eats at me is that in the original song, I kinda hear a C natural instead of a C# on the 3nd bar of the four bar verse riff. It's under a D chord, giving it a D7 sound. Some players on youtube seem to play it that way, but I've never seen a transcription that reflects that. Every transcription, including yours, says C#. Which is probably correct.

@aquamarine99911 thanks for the interesting comment! Yeah the extra articulations like the open strings certainly add to the fun My thought would be.. If we're in A major, the C chord is kinda borrowed from A minor, and under the B the bass is playing E on the strong beats, so maybe it's more of an E9 chord, which gives more harmonic gravity back to the A with each repetition. So my point there I suppose would be that a diatonic D chord in the key would be DMaj7 rather than D7, so that's perhaps why C# works to my ear. But if you're hearing it as a D7, then yeah C would fit better. I wrote this transcription before the variety of stem splitting algorithms were available like Moises, so I just double checked and it is a C# on the original. But, that's not to stop anyone playing C instead, if they like! Thanks again

Thank you!

No problem! For the tab playback I use Guitar Pro, is that what you mean?

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No he didn't.

@@yamezzyJust to be clear, in this link the actual writer of the song is "giving a shout out" to Tracy for taking his rudimentary bass line and turning into something legendary. So there is no controversy - it's Tracy Wormworth's bass line. It's only been the subject of online questioning because the song was recorded in 1981 and Tracy didn't officially join the band until 1982. But her Bass Player magazine interview and the above link should resolve all doubt. No-one else - including Dave Hofstra - claims it. And it's famous enough that you would think Dave would come forward.

Thanks! I had a look at Weightless, it is a cool one. In fact I'd suggest it as a great opportunity for a bit of working out the line without tabs. I love tabs, but would usually suggest it as a second step, after having a quick go without, using whatever resources there are. (I work as a teacher of guitar/bass so that mindset is usually going on in the background...) I've made a quick video that might help too here th-cam.com/video/2FmCyI-ZtNs/w-d-xo.html See how you get on, if you're not getting anywhere with it, I'd be happy to whip a tab up for it. But see whether you can get the gist from this maybe?

Still hoping for tabs of this!

haha guilty

Glad you liked!

You're right, I didn't write out that part note for note since he's improvising rhythmically over the same four chord shapes so it's open to the players discretion what they do at that point

@@yamezzy ah thanks sorry, I was just a little confused and not sure if I was hearing wrong

Thanks! A little work but fun to do. Any suggestions let me know

No problem!