Chasing Andy Rourke's Tone (The Smiths bassist)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024

Комментарии • 62

  • @DeadbeatDecember
    @DeadbeatDecember Год назад +24

    Attention seeking hair do

    • @chemicalcabbage
      @chemicalcabbage Год назад +3

      I mean it's entirely possible that's why he does it but why assume 😂

    • @davidboyce8683
      @davidboyce8683 Год назад +42

      Really? That's all you get out of this ?

    • @lifelongred7056
      @lifelongred7056 Год назад +5

      What are you going on about?

    • @Metal_Horror
      @Metal_Horror Год назад +3

      STEVEN! WHYYY, STEVEN!?

    • @debomb721
      @debomb721 Год назад +3

      Maybe he just don’t like cutting his hair

  • @redlady935
    @redlady935 Год назад +66

    RIP Andy. Thank you ❤️

  • @Ricky_Baldy
    @Ricky_Baldy 2 года назад +51

    Apparently Andy played a Yamaha BB2000 in studio and played his Fenders on the road. I'm not saying this contradict at all, just for your information in case you didn't know. Its great that Andy gets some of the recognition he deserves.

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  2 года назад +8

      yes I had read that as well! Makes me want one. I thought about mentioning, but that bass still has the precision pickup in it so I figured it was close enough 🤷‍♂

    • @Ricky_Baldy
      @Ricky_Baldy 2 года назад +2

      @@classicbasslines I really appreciated the piece about the plectrums. The thickness is definitely something I overlooked. I was using Dunlops .80 plectrum - it gives nowhere near the attack.

    • @JohnDoe-lz5ss
      @JohnDoe-lz5ss Год назад +4

      Your 100% correct on the BB2000 in the studio. There's a poster with Andy the the Smiths, he is hold his BB. I was lucky enough to find one in good shape and with a few minor adjustments the tone is there. I only use chorus and a little compression, but use ernie ball rounds. Through garage band it sounds pretty darn close! RIP Andy.

    • @mr_bassman6685
      @mr_bassman6685 6 месяцев назад

      I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, almost everything up to Meat as Murder would have likely been a P-Bass, I think.

  • @Jeancarlos18205
    @Jeancarlos18205 Год назад +6

    R. I. P. Andy 🙏🏼
    The best bassist the world!!

  • @lifelongred7056
    @lifelongred7056 Год назад +4

    Mr Andy Rourke,you absolute legend,the best quote I heard about Andy Rourke was when someone said that even Andy Rourke didn't know how good Andy Rourke was.though I play lead guitar I've always liked bass guitar. My parents lived just across from Saint John Plessington high school,that's the school Andy Rourke and Johnny Marr attended. Tragic loss R.I.P. Mr Andy Rourke.

  • @johnunderwood3132
    @johnunderwood3132 Год назад +10

    He will be missed
    What a bass player

  • @matthewmaurysmith2486
    @matthewmaurysmith2486 Год назад +9

    Literally the only band i can think of that played tuned UP a whole step lol!

  • @vesuviabatman
    @vesuviabatman 2 года назад +13

    You’re a legend for this 🙏🏽

  • @c10_c10
    @c10_c10 Год назад +6

    Great viddy! Andy Rourke was one the greatest bass players ever!

  • @KrisTherese
    @KrisTherese Год назад +9

    RIP Andy 🤍

  • @ralphlazio505
    @ralphlazio505 Год назад +3

    Brother, that was awesome; as soon as i tuned in; you were playing the bass from ‘barbarism begins at home’; right away, I began to sing😅.
    Thank you for representing Andy Rourke so well❤️

  • @davidboyce8683
    @davidboyce8683 Год назад +2

    Love that Tokai , those basses were awesome. I recently picked up a flying V Tokai , and am restoring it right now. Great video Dave , and thank you for paying tribute to a bass machine .Rest in Peace Andy.

  • @monsieurglize
    @monsieurglize Год назад +4

    Super informative and well done! Thank you for creating this video! I always loved Andy Rourke’s sound and tasty melodic lines!

  • @justinmclean9275
    @justinmclean9275 Год назад +5

    RIP ANDY!

  • @JasonBrenizer
    @JasonBrenizer 11 месяцев назад

    Great analysis on a great (if underappreciated) bassist's tone and style!

  • @deviousdemar
    @deviousdemar 8 месяцев назад +1

    RIP Andy🕊️

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble Месяц назад +1

    I met that guy once in Honolulu I did the waynes world bowing and he looked at me like I was insane witch is witchy untrue and dismissive. He looked more British than Britain very musk ox pipe reflected against purple lapels. ❤

  • @gilvantessari1725
    @gilvantessari1725 2 года назад +4

    Pretty awesome!

  • @georgelorence1089
    @georgelorence1089 Год назад +2

    Excellent

  • @heboy3767
    @heboy3767 Год назад +4

    Rip Andy

  • @danserrano2251
    @danserrano2251 2 года назад +1

    Great Info!

  • @parkerellerbeck1674
    @parkerellerbeck1674 3 месяца назад

    “That damn F# tuning” rip Andy

  • @milracing73
    @milracing73 Год назад

    Great info. Perfect.

  • @joedecker3900
    @joedecker3900 Год назад +1

    I suck at using a pick and don’t like it, but love his style and sound.

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  Год назад +1

      i quit playing with a pick when I was 15, once I learned how to play "properly" with my fingers. But I've been spending a lot more time with it lately - very fun but definitely takes some getting used to

    • @joedecker3900
      @joedecker3900 Год назад

      @@classicbasslines You can get a great clean tone with fingers, and some effect pedals enhance it as well.

    • @marquisdecarabas1312
      @marquisdecarabas1312 Год назад

      I think thats the benifit of playin guitar before playin bass. You are more used to playin with a plec 👍

  • @YTPartyTonight
    @YTPartyTonight Год назад +1

    If your neck is a good one, meaning it can handle LaBella 760M '54 flats or Rotosound 77 Jazz monel flats then it should be fine with 45-105 Rotosound 66 Swing rounds tuned up a step to F# standard.

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  Год назад

      yeah. man if you are getting necks that can handle the 760M's you're luckier than me!

    • @YTPartyTonight
      @YTPartyTonight Год назад

      @@classicbasslines I've had good neck karma. 😬 The technically trickiest thing about playing Barbarism with a pick, being mainly a fingers player with not-so-large hands, is muting the low side F# with the left thumb rather than with the right/plucking hand thumb.

  • @gazfunk
    @gazfunk 11 месяцев назад

    I saw a recent interview with Marr and he said Rourke played in concert pitch. Only Marr's guitar was tuned up.

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  11 месяцев назад

      I think some songs/basses were in concert pitch. But check out this clip, you get a nice shot of his fingerboard and he is definitely tuned to F#: ruclips.net/video/yq3Hi6htzk4/видео.htmlsi=fShi-uoeXJuLg3Gb&t=388

  • @sr-kt9ml
    @sr-kt9ml 2 года назад +8

    you're the coolest man.. has anyone ever told you you look like spike from cowboy bebop?

  • @matttorrence2900
    @matttorrence2900 Год назад +1

    You have my old hair from the 1990s!

    • @johnbravo2301
      @johnbravo2301 Год назад

      STRAIGHT up 60s look there. He's Woodstock to the core.

  • @BeesWaxMinder
    @BeesWaxMinder 11 дней назад

    What are the pros&cons of putting a capo on the 2nd fret of a regularly tuned bass, compared to this?

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  11 дней назад

      @@BeesWaxMinder capo is a great solution, quickly lets you get into “F#” without changing strings or risking putting too much tension on your neck. It’s what I would do if I was just jamming at home or had 1 Smiths song in a set.
      But there is a tonal magic to the uptuned strings. They bite/cut in a way that the capo’d bass won’t. If I was in a smiths tribute band I’d do it, or if I had too many basses I might leave one like that.

  • @shalaremcurrambo-music
    @shalaremcurrambo-music Год назад

    What's the name of the Plugin again?

  • @carminemodestinomarrano6658
    @carminemodestinomarrano6658 Год назад +1

    How bout a mustang? Same sound?

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  Год назад

      I would imagine you can get close. Mustang is similar-ish to a P but a little more midrange focused

  • @behram87
    @behram87 Год назад +1

    What's the name of this song?

    • @classicbasslines
      @classicbasslines  Год назад +4

      Barbarism Begins at Home

    • @behram87
      @behram87 Год назад +1

      @@classicbasslines just found out. Thanks a lot!!

  • @rdzed3505
    @rdzed3505 Год назад

    Hung in there until digital manipulation peered it's ugly head.