Artist - Jimi Hendrix
Electric Bass - Noel Redding
Difficulty - Beginner/Intermediate
Hey everyone,
This week’s transcription goes back to one of the first cover band’s I ever played in, as well as a movie introduced to me by my dad (Wayne’s World 1 for those of you with longer memories!), Jimi Hendrix’s Fire.
Hendrix obviously needs no introduction but it was only much later when I was digging into Hendrix’ background for a university assignment that I learned that the other members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience were British rather than American, including his bass player Noel Redding!
A lot of the bass lines for Hendrix’ work are firmly in the supportive role (to let Hendrix be…well…Hendrix!), but there are some little details here and there that change…sometimes there is a slide, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes the idea is a quarter note, others it’s a set of 8ths! The basic ideas and form aren’t too hard to get down and for those more advanced, you can aim to nail down the entire tune.
I had to go with the P bass for this track, and the only other thing in the chain before the interface was my Cali76 compressor!
Enjoy!
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