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Could someone out there in Journeyland please tab out that sexy bass intro for me?

ProgRocker53 wrote:Could someone out there in Journeyland please tab out that sexy bass intro for me?

I know i'm going deaf - but i used to think that was a "treated" guitar - especially the bit with the harmonics.......

Gordon from Edinburgh wrote:

ProgRocker53 wrote:Could someone out there in Journeyland please tab out that sexy bass intro for me?

I know i'm going deaf - but i used to think that was a "treated" guitar - especially the bit with the harmonics.......

If it's actually a guitar, my love for that song has been a lie, and Randy Jackson is no longer the Truth.

ProgRocker53 wrote:

Gordon from Edinburgh wrote:

ProgRocker53 wrote:Could someone out there in Journeyland please tab out that sexy bass intro for me?

I know i'm going deaf - but i used to think that was a "treated" guitar - especially the bit with the harmonics.......

If it's actually a guitar, my love for that song has been a lie, and Randy Jackson is no longer the Truth.

Its probably a bass - but those harmonics still make me wonder........

Intro:
e |--------------------------------------------------|
b |--------------------------------------------------|
g |--------------------------------------------------|
d |0h2---0-0h2------0-----------------0-0h2--0-------|
a |--------------0h2-------------0-0h2---------2-0---|
E |-------------------0----000h3---------------------|

Then near the end of the song

e |---------------------|
b |---------------------|
g |---------------------| x 3
d |0h2---0-0h2------0---|
a |--------------0h2----|
E |-------------------0-|

At the end of the third time play:

e |-------------------------|
b |-------------------------|
g |-------------------------|
d |-----------0-0h2--0------|
a |------0-0h2---------2-0--|
E |000h3--------------------|

AlteredDNA = My freakin' hero.

THANKS dude... gonna grind on this line later... appreciate it.

ProgRocker53 wrote:AlteredDNA = My freakin' hero.

THANKS dude... gonna grind on this line later... appreciate it.

np...

btw, here's my secret - http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/journey_tabs.htm

AlteredDNA wrote:

ProgRocker53 wrote:AlteredDNA = My freakin' hero.

THANKS dude... gonna grind on this line later... appreciate it.

np...

btw, here's my secret - http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/journey_tabs.htm

That MUST be a new entry. I searched for this song a few months ago, and browsed this site. either it's newer or I skipped right over it.

THANKS regardless.

ProgRocker53 wrote:Could someone out there in Journeyland please tab out that sexy bass intro for me?

That's my fave song on ROR...love that bass intro!

Good grief...it's a BASS with the guitar DOING the harmonics....

You guys are silly...

Awesome, awesome, AWESOME Journey song.

Time to get this in some setlists, boyz ROR material aside from BGTY and IBAWY (which I still want in the sets) is CRIMINALLY underplayed live.

BTW...is it standard tuning on the bass. I've only ever played it on guitar.

You know what one of the best parts about Raised on Radio is? Neal's tone. I love it when he plays a Strat (or whatever single coil 80s machine he was using on this album)... it really brings out some of the best parts about his playing. His touch and emotive runs really shine with that kind of tone. I'll Be Alright Without You's outro solo is heavenly

Ehwmatt wrote:You know what one of the best parts about Raised on Radio is? Neal's tone. I love it when he plays a Strat (or whatever single coil 80s machine he was using on this album)... it really brings out some of the best parts about his playing. His touch and emotive runs really shine with that kind of tone. I'll Be Alright Without You's outro solo is heavenly

Agreed. And OYLS is a really, really great tune. Perry soars on this one. But you know what one of the worst parts about ROR is? The bass overshadowing Neal's guitar! He's practically invisible on this album even when he's playing. Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him. Just my 2 cents.

Still, some great tracks on that album.

He wasn't using a Strat. He was using a "Schon" guitar that had a humbucker and a single coil. Modified tone of course. The guy is one of the "Tone Masters" like Eric Johnson.

STORY_TELLER wrote:Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him.

Right on the noise.
Valory is the perfect bassist for that band.

Red13JoePa wrote:

STORY_TELLER wrote:Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him.

Right on the noise.
Valory is the perfect bassist for that band.

I don't agree. Randy's bass playing on that album was great. Ross is ... adequate.

brywool wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:

STORY_TELLER wrote:Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him.

Right on the noise.
Valory is the perfect bassist for that band.

I don't agree. Randy's bass playing on that album was great. Ross is ... adequate.

I guess it just depends on what you look for in bassists.

Yes, Ross is very good for those seamless lines that blend in well.. you almost can't pick out his lines sometimes, but if they're switched up it makes a huge difference (see: FITH re-recording). He has some fun bubbly fills too... very workmanlike, does what he's supposed to... stays in the background, keeps the rhythm.

HOWEVER, in my personal taste, I tend to prefer the bass to be more up-front in the mix and carry the song a little more. Randy's lines, and most of Ross's pre-Perry lines, are more fulfilling to me. They have more of a "jive" to them, so to speak. It seems like every time I listen to a record with Randy Jackson basslines I enjoy it immensely.

My personal favorite Randy Jackson bassline outside of this one, would have to be either "After the Fall" or BOC's "Shooting Shark."

ProgRocker53 wrote:

brywool wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:

STORY_TELLER wrote:Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him.

Right on the noise.
Valory is the perfect bassist for that band.

I don't agree. Randy's bass playing on that album was great. Ross is ... adequate.

I guess it just depends on what you look for in bassists.

Yes, Ross is very good for those seamless lines that blend in well.. you almost can't pick out his lines sometimes, but if they're switched up it makes a huge difference (see: FITH re-recording). He has some fun bubbly fills too... very workmanlike, does what he's supposed to... stays in the background, keeps the rhythm.

HOWEVER, in my personal taste, I tend to prefer the bass to be more up-front in the mix and carry the song a little more. Randy's lines, and most of Ross's pre-Perry lines, are more fulfilling to me. They have more of a "jive" to them, so to speak. It seems like every time I listen to a record with Randy Jackson basslines I enjoy it immensely.

My personal favorite Randy Jackson bassline outside of this one, would have to be either "After the Fall" or BOC's "Shooting Shark."

Proggy, you dang racist...........hehehehehe

ProgRocker53 wrote:

brywool wrote:

Red13JoePa wrote:

STORY_TELLER wrote:Some people knock Ross' base playing, but I prefer it because it blends seamlessly into the songs and compliments Neal without competing with him.

Right on the noise.
Valory is the perfect bassist for that band.

I don't agree. Randy's bass playing on that album was great. Ross is ... adequate.

I guess it just depends on what you look for in bassists.

Yes, Ross is very good for those seamless lines that blend in well.. you almost can't pick out his lines sometimes, but if they're switched up it makes a huge difference (see: FITH re-recording). He has some fun bubbly fills too... very workmanlike, does what he's supposed to... stays in the background, keeps the rhythm.

HOWEVER, in my personal taste, I tend to prefer the bass to be more up-front in the mix and carry the song a little more. Randy's lines, and most of Ross's pre-Perry lines, are more fulfilling to me. They have more of a "jive" to them, so to speak. It seems like every time I listen to a record with Randy Jackson basslines I enjoy it immensely.

My personal favorite Randy Jackson bassline outside of this one, would have to be either "After the Fall" or BOC's "Shooting Shark."

Check out Randy's work on Rick Springfield's Rock of Life CD, particulary Dream In Color and Hold On To Your Dream...

Not that anyone cares, but my college buddy, David Barrera, was Randy Jackson's bass tech for awhile and worked with Steve Perry as well. He left West Texas and bus driving behind and went to California to make it in the music business. Well, we of course all laughed. He ended up getting work out there and eventually worked with, I think, Kevin Olsen's studio. Later he was Randy's bass tech. He went on to work with Madonna and Kenny Loggins, and is even credited "officially" on some of the Loggins stuff. At any rate, one time he called me and played his phone message from Randy. Too cool.

Interesting stuff epresley.

Once you love somebody is my fav. off ROR. I can listen to it all day. Underrated . Shame.