Artist - Bill Withers
Electric Bass - Jerry Knight
Difficulty - Intermediate
Hey everyone,
Hope you’re all well! This week’s transcription is one i’ve enjoyed playing in various bands for some time but have never sat down to properly transcribe in full. Bill Withers’ music is full of great bass lines but if we’re talking essential bass repertoire, this tune is it.
As with a lot of his tunes, the devil is in the detail. Jerry Knight is on sparkling form on this recording and things like note lengths, note placement, the variations between the bridges…lot’s of little things to look out for but ones that really make the line!
Having just gotten my Yamaha fitted with flatwounds (and back from having a new volume pot fitted), I decided to put it straight to work! The only other thing in the signal chain was my MXR M80 to add a little low end to the sound, then straight into the interface.
Enjoy!
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