Talent show!

[Joe]

I'll be performingdestroying this, based on Pulling Teeth.

You can tell which parts I wrote because they suck, but it sounds pretty cool actually.

Joe's Bass Solo
Bassed on part of Pulling Teeth by Cliff Burton
4-20-07


G:|------------------------------------|
D:|--0-------0--0---12-----------------|
A:|------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------|

G:|---10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14-|
D:|12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------|
A:|------------------------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---9--12----9--12----9--12----9--12----9--12----9--12-|
D:|10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10-------|
A:|------------------------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14----10-14-|
D:|12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------|
A:|------------------------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---12-16----12-16----12-16----12-16----12-16----12-16-|
D:|14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------|
A:|------------------------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---14-17----14-17----14-17----12-16----12-16----12-16-|---------------|
D:|15-------15-------15-------14-------14-------14-------|15--14--13--12-|
A:|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------------|---------------|

G:|--------14-----10----------12-|--------14-----10----------14-|
D:|12---------12------14--10--10-|12---------12------14--10--12-|
A:|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------|------------------------------|

G:|--------14-----10----------12-|--------14-----10--------------------|
D:|12---------12------14--10--10-|12---------12------14--10------------|
A:|------------------------------|---------------------------0--13--12-|
E:|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

G:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D:|10------------|10------------|10------------|10------------|
A:|----0--13--12-|----0--13--12b|----0--13--12b|----0--13--12b| Bend increases each time
E:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

G:|------------7--------------5-------------3--------------0--|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---------------------------1-| Release and mute string quickly
D:|-----------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------|

[Newby]

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G:|------------7--------------5-------------3--------------0--|
D:|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------------------------------------|

G:|---------------------------1-| Release and mute string quickly
D:|-----------------------------|
A:|-----------------------------|
E:|-----------------------------|[/tt]

Wrote those two yes?

[Joe]

Yeah, but it turns out I didn't play them. I was sort of in a nervous rush and ended up wammying the A-12 in the first measure of the third to last bar really hard and then just skipping to the G-1.

I forgot to say that the judges were role-playing American Idol (this was a church lock-in, actually). Here's their opinions --

Randy: [The guy who played him was a bassist] As a fellow bassist I can personally say that it takes a lot of talent to perform a solo like that after only a week of playing, but you did have a few timing issues and missed notes, and you're a bit out of tune. However, for a week, that's pretty good.
Paula: I agree with Randy. That was pretty cool.
Simon: Have you ever had the misfortune of being in your car and waiting for a turtle to cross the road, wishing with each second that someone would come kill it? [At this point, I strummed a G/D/A/E-0, but they'd already turned my bass off in the back, oh well].

Everyone thought it was pretty cool. There was one other bassist there who I'm friends with, and she said that I was actually better than her, on account that she can't solo (she actually plays for her church band, so eh?).

And for those who missed it (did I even say it at all?), I now play bass in my youth group's worship band. Basically, both the guitarist and I are playing piano chords along with the leader, but eventually I want to move to bass tabs and perhaps over the summer do a few chorus solos (see "Heavy Drum Bridge" for an example of our past drummer).

EDIT -
Newby, just for clarification, I also wrote the third to last bar as well, and it actually sounds kinda cool. It was sort of inspired by a little something he did in this video (he actually ends up picking his bass up a bit when he does it, pretty cool) but I tabbed it myself. :)