He always plays the base chord progression that goes with the vocals, while the guitar riffs something different in the same key. I appreciate that about him
HomerJ. Fong I haven't been able to play the guitar for awhile since I joined the Army. I plan on getting my guitars shipped to me so I can start back playing.
@SgtZaqq Actually, for those seperate notes he stops playing the palm-muted note and plays it cleanly. It sounds like he keeps playing the note because it's a fairly fast and steady rhythm, when he actually isn't palm-muting for that moment.
I just recently got into Megadeth, and this is by far my favorite song to play Bass to, THANK YOU, the volume is never loud enough....I wonder if my windows can take much more before shattering xD, anyway thanks Bro
No probs Joe, glad you enjoyed, and that sounds like a hell of an experience! If you're interested theres a whole bunch of original rust in peace master tracks all over youtube.
You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him become a god Watch peoples heads a 'roll A 'roll, a 'roll Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony of destruction Acting like a robot It's metal brain corrodes You try to take its pulse Before the head explodes Explodes, explodes Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Swaying to the symphony of destruction The earth starts to rumble World powers fall A warring for the heavens A peaceful man stands tall Tall, tall Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Swaying to the symphony of destruction
I read it before and wasn't convinced, but on the 2nd listen.... That's some tight playing! I have to cover this with my band... I normally play with fingers but i might have to learn to use a pick just for this one!
I think Dave wrote the bassline for this, not Ellefson. Still I'm sure he added a lot of color to it for example at the end of the long choruses and solo. The chorus is one of my favorite bass lines of metal
Hey man thanks a lot for this! , I grew up listening to these guys , hell I even work lights for then one time long ago with the 4 original guys. if you have any more of the older stuff that would be awesome! Your new friend sincerely! Joe Scott
Do you know where I can download the master tracks for CTE? I've got them for peace sells and rust in peace and it helps sooo much learning everything note for note.
ya know i was trying to play and sing this song to just a drum track earlier and i couldnt figure out why my singing didnt sound right.... missing bass is why.
I ask myself how could david´s bass sound like that? It´s fucking really awesome¡¡¡¡ Can someone tell me, or do i need to buy the david ellefson´s bass signature?
He uses EMG pickups and eq, so yes, that is a big part of it. He also uses D'Addario Pro Steels, before that, it was D'Addario Prisms, and before that, Rotosound (which I think were used here, and also the Rust in Peace album). Also, along with a pick, obviously, it sounds like that clank you get from really low action.
Lucian Graves during this he had his Jackson PJ style concert basses. He didn’t have soap bars until 2010 when he rejoined megadeth. The pickups he used on his 80’s and 90’s Jackson’s were the stock P and J pickups.
I Like so much that Ellefson on this track is playing different parts from the guitar, he is usally playing similar bass line as the guitar , but on this song was more creative with the bass line and did hes own bass line different from the guitar. AWESOME JOB!
This rules! I always thought megadeth's recording sound sucked ass, but this track is the whip diggity! Dave's bass playing/sound is awesome! Way underrated bass player! Too bad all of these guys are better than Metallica and have to play second fiddle to them.....at least megadeth is rich : )
Ellefson is far beyond most metal bassists, even (dare I say it) Cliff Burton. Just putting lots of distortion on your bass doesn't make you good. On the other hand, Cliff wrote better stuff. And no, Im not saying I like Megadeth more than Metallica (or vice-versa).
Is this real? Because the bass sounds alright but the Drums sound mushy and weak and that can't be right because the original record has the most crisp, clean, and brutal sound ever.
Metallica are much richer than Megadeth. Because the members of Megadeth blew a lot of their money on drugs in the earlier years. Wasn't until about 1992 that they started making money. Metallica just kept on earning and still are.
@@razeroforion4959 if you think metallica are sellout than listen to risk by megadeth that album is not even metal atleast black album, load and reload are metal albums
Burton is nothing special. Just fast fingers and lots of distortion. So is Lars and Kirk. It’s about songwriting with Metallica they are great at it and this is why I listen to them 25 times more than Megadeth. Pantera is way better at musicianship collectively than many rock bands.
You take a mortal man And put him in control Watch him become a god Watch peoples heads a 'roll A 'roll, a 'roll Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony of destruction Acting like a robot It's metal brain corrodes You try to take its pulse Before the head explodes Explodes, explodes Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Swaying to the symphony of destruction The earth starts to rumble World powers fall A warring for the heavens A peaceful man stands tall Tall, tall Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Just like the pied piper Led rats through the streets We dance like Marionettes Swaying to the symphony Swaying to the symphony of destruction
The title of the video should be: ''why bass is essential in metal''
Are you listening, Lars?
Or why drums is essential in metal.
🤘🏼
@@FirstLast-fc7dt well drums or at least some kind of percussion is essential in almost every genre
That chord progression from 2:22 to 2:36 is epic. That's what make the solo so melodic in my opinion
Ravenwing Marty said it was too simplistic, he could do much better 🤷🏻♂️
Killer bass line.
Way to go Ellefson.
this is his favorite song/bassline too 😅
He always plays the base chord progression that goes with the vocals, while the guitar riffs something different in the same key. I appreciate that about him
@Nairam Diam Sometimes Dave writes hem not always.
THAT TONE!!!!!
I just learned the guitar riffs for this song and this is a good track to play along with.
How's the guitar going for you so far? Still at it?
HomerJ. Fong I haven't been able to play the guitar for awhile since I joined the Army. I plan on getting my guitars shipped to me so I can start back playing.
Teddy Fuse agreed. But it would be easier to start the track of they added metronome at the beginning.
so did you start playing again? if yes how is it going.
Nick Menza and Dave Ellefson best Thrash Metal kitchen!!
*thrash
That Jackson tone
Drum + Bass = All I need to rock!
I taught myself to play the bass for this song through this track, thank you very much!!!
Have you been playing bass lately?
He has the best metal bass tone going bar none.
i know TOOL iznt metal bvt Justin Chancellor'z tone iz tranzcendental
@@pricc-om Tool is very much metal
@@pwincessiris i mean... zometimez kind of
Cliff Burton
His tone sucks wym@@skyraider87
Now here is a rare old-school metal band that knows how to use a bass player!
0:15
The chorus is different than I thought. Better
Love megadeth for its brutal bass lines
@SgtZaqq Actually, for those seperate notes he stops playing the palm-muted note and plays it cleanly. It sounds like he keeps playing the note because it's a fairly fast and steady rhythm, when he actually isn't palm-muting for that moment.
What a bass line. Awesome tone. Great song.
Mr. Ellefson \o/
dave jr. is a god!!!!!!!!!!! jackson all the way..........
Very good bass
I just recently got into Megadeth, and this is by far my favorite song to play Bass to, THANK YOU, the volume is never loud enough....I wonder if my windows can take much more before shattering xD, anyway thanks Bro
No probs Joe, glad you enjoyed, and that sounds like a hell of an experience! If you're interested theres a whole bunch of original rust in peace master tracks all over youtube.
You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a god
Watch peoples heads a 'roll
A 'roll, a 'roll
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony of destruction
Acting like a robot
It's metal brain corrodes
You try to take its pulse
Before the head explodes
Explodes, explodes
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Swaying to the symphony of destruction
The earth starts to rumble
World powers fall
A warring for the heavens
A peaceful man stands tall
Tall, tall
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Swaying to the symphony of destruction
My favourite bass player!
Thrash'n'beer from Portugal 🍺🤘
I read it before and wasn't convinced, but on the 2nd listen.... That's some tight playing! I have to cover this with my band... I normally play with fingers but i might have to learn to use a pick just for this one!
Way to go Junior!🤘 I’m just learning this and I love it
is that you? from Instagram??
2:40 that licks
just what i was looking for!! thanks~ 😊
I think Dave wrote the bassline for this, not Ellefson. Still I'm sure he added a lot of color to it for example at the end of the long choruses and solo. The chorus is one of my favorite bass lines of metal
Que Feras ! Grave pra viagem ! Muito bom.
Hey man thanks a lot for this! , I grew up listening to these guys , hell I even work lights for then one time long ago with the 4 original guys. if you have any more of the older stuff that would be awesome! Your new friend sincerely! Joe Scott
Ellefson Excellent badass.Perfect and Beautiful bass line
Que linha de baixo !!!! Perfeita!
Damn, so nice!
It almost sounds like there's an over dub with the Bass during the verses.
Hes palm muting it, it's really weird to do at first but you get the hang of it.
Ah
Pretty sure it is overdubbed.
No look up videos, ellifson explains how to play it
Beast of a bassline.
Thanks for the upload, this track never gets old.
oh yeaaah this is real MUSIC
thanks for sharing!!!
Finally a decent drum and bass track .
No, AWESOME !!!
Just one word AWESOME
@DrummeRwithSoul i got the separate tracks and put them together in audacity
@streetrulez im also grateful to have found them, thanks for watching :)!
Nice photo
The bass guitar and drums really complement each other. Vocals and guitars are not really needed.
I like the pic
Amazing!
BASs4c11 trust is a really simple simple bass track almost difficulty , this one also!
Masterpiece
@weirdalyankosin you're welcome champ, and good work!
Love this..
Do you know where I can download the master tracks for CTE? I've got them for peace sells and rust in peace and it helps sooo much learning everything note for note.
I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!
'Swingin!
@nastyguard007 yeah, I figured that out some time after posting my comment. Great muting technique.
@cracking1993 hey, i dont think the master tracks for trust are released, would be cool if they were!
0:15 it starts exactly here
Nice
Only i think nick menza was handsome on this picture?
Niiicee🤘🔥
does the bass has any kind of distorion or effect?
surprisingly no
Compression, probably, a touch of overdrive, maybe a little chorus? Definitely preamped.
@@alphaenemy and of course brand new strings.
You're hearing some clank because he uses low action 👇
sounds like a spector tone
I like your real smile that thing
Im just thinking how often david changes his strings?
twice a day
BaSs4cE11 , finally!
@ normal speed
What is Normal? A Symphony.
you're welcome man, enjoy jamming!
He way deep in that pocket
yea trust would b nice if u upload it!
ya know i was trying to play and sing this song to just a drum track earlier and i couldnt figure out why my singing didnt sound right.... missing bass is why.
I ask myself how could david´s bass sound like that? It´s fucking really awesome¡¡¡¡ Can someone tell me, or do i need to buy the david ellefson´s bass signature?
andres rosas its all in his technique, a pick, soap bar style pickups and Hartke amps.
He uses EMG pickups and eq, so yes, that is a big part of it. He also uses D'Addario Pro Steels, before that, it was D'Addario Prisms, and before that, Rotosound (which I think were used here, and also the Rust in Peace album). Also, along with a pick, obviously, it sounds like that clank you get from really low action.
Lucian Graves during this he had his Jackson PJ style concert basses. He didn’t have soap bars until 2010 when he rejoined megadeth. The pickups he used on his 80’s and 90’s Jackson’s were the stock P and J pickups.
@@benbond3433 He actually uses S.I.T strings and has a signature set
I noticed that too... Double tracking??
I Like so much that Ellefson on this track is playing different parts from the guitar, he is usally playing similar bass line as the guitar , but on this song was more creative with the bass line and did hes own bass line different from the guitar. AWESOME JOB!
Anyone noticed that he plays that muted note and some notes OVER it without stopping playing muted note? :0
Rip Nick Menza
This rules! I always thought megadeth's recording sound sucked ass, but this track is the whip diggity! Dave's bass playing/sound is awesome! Way underrated bass player! Too bad all of these guys are better than Metallica and have to play second fiddle to them.....at least megadeth is rich : )
Am I insane or are that 2 basslines? I mean isn't there still the e note rolling during the f# to g progression?
Huh interesting take
@SgtZaqq wow i did notice that O.o
Check nastyguard007's comment.
no worries! it sure doesn't
Ellefson is far beyond most metal bassists, even (dare I say it) Cliff Burton. Just putting lots of distortion on your bass doesn't make you good. On the other hand, Cliff wrote better stuff. And no, Im not saying I like Megadeth more than Metallica (or vice-versa).
+Pedro Antonio Delelis ...about your unescessary reply 😜
So how is he beyond cliff if cliff wrote better stuff? Contradiction?
Iroxis KoS I'm sorry, I meant in terms of pure skill.
+William Anuschomper I don't know if Ellifson could've done anesthesia pulling teeth or not.
+Iroxis KoS *Ellefson
jeespoxpallinaama
Is this real? Because the bass sounds alright but the Drums sound mushy and weak and that can't be right because the original record has the most crisp, clean, and brutal sound ever.
The palm muting sucks.
Que linha de baixo simplória e boba
Metallica are much richer than Megadeth. Because the members of Megadeth blew a lot of their money on drugs in the earlier years. Wasn't until about 1992 that they started making money. Metallica just kept on earning and still are.
metallica are sellouts ;)
Razer of Orion Lmao just no. Playing what you want, taking risks, is basically the opposite of selling out.
Razer of Orion explain
also sueing napster helped
@@razeroforion4959 if you think metallica are sellout than listen to risk by megadeth that album is not even metal atleast black album, load and reload are metal albums
Burton is nothing special. Just fast fingers and lots of distortion. So is Lars and Kirk. It’s about songwriting with Metallica they are great at it and this is why I listen to them 25 times more than Megadeth. Pantera is way better at musicianship collectively than many rock bands.
Not sure if trolling.
Mojebi no I am not trolling.
My condolences.
novola1972 Cliff was a great songwriter not a great bassist. Still a good one though.
dude go listen to the bass tracks on the black album
2:20
You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a god
Watch peoples heads a 'roll
A 'roll, a 'roll
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony of destruction
Acting like a robot
It's metal brain corrodes
You try to take its pulse
Before the head explodes
Explodes, explodes
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Swaying to the symphony of destruction
The earth starts to rumble
World powers fall
A warring for the heavens
A peaceful man stands tall
Tall, tall
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the pied piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like Marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Swaying to the symphony of destruction