BASS TECHNIQUE SECRETS with Bobby Vega
So in this lesson I’ve got a very special guest with me and we’re talking specifically about how to dial in your bass technique.
It’s the one, the only, Bobby Vega (AKA. the funkiest bass player on the planet!).
In this lesson Bobby’s going to be teaching you:
– All about his pick technique and how to use it in various different ways
– How he approaches his signature 16th note funk grooves
– How the angle of your fretting fingers can affect the tone of your notes
– Why he uses his thumb to fret notes on the E string
– And much more
If you want to get your playing to the next level… you know what to do next! 😉
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott 🙂
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Originally posted by UCWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL6v4BnitoU
I played cavaquinho for a long time and this pick tecnique is easy when you are used to play samba
I’ve seen a half dozen videos on Vega’s technique and no one ever mentions that his style is impossible without palm muting.
It’s weird.
He’s so clearly muting a LOT. Is it some kind of agreement with him?
00:26 iconic moments in SBL History
This Guy is a Baaaaddd Mofo!!!!
Super Legend!!!
Love his Style!
At 6:30, where does the pick go?
6:32 just moves me
As well as how to Guage finger pressure
I always wanted to play the guitar, but the strings hurt my finger, so I started teaching myself how to play the bass, but I had to learn finger strength
Now I know ????
I love the way Satan's play and always wondered if I could play the bass with a pick
I have made a fret tone by accident because my fingers are big, and I always thought it was a bad lick
I love how Bobby makes that snappy Jazz smooth and lovely too.
Bobby Vega is my favorite bassist
The thing about articulation in the left brand is something I have been teaching for over 20 years.. its a thing!
He's always playing in full sentences.
SIR Bobby what a legend ????????????????
Vega said something at the very end of the video…. "Play quietly so you can hear the difference"…. So, how would you hear the difference with a full band playing?
4:00 He didnt want to show us how he did that. Kinda lame…..
Louis Johnson had the same style with his thumb
Pls check 'Bass Camp 2015 – Hellmut Hattler Short Version or HATTLER – Delhi News – Live in Bremen – 2015 as well his solo on NamNam from the 70s!
Scott as you obviously love Bobby Vega's bass playing and style – which I do too – you might consider listening to and interviewing German Hellmut Hattler (Kraan, Tab Two, Hattler, Guru Guru and many more). Pls check!
They should make a Bobby Vega sig that looks like this or looks just like his p bass
I learnt figure 8 picking 45 years ago lol, the first thing i learnt was a really easy solo by free, alright now hehehehe, memories, still playing today 50 plus years later, cheers, Bobby Vega is a legendary player by the way
I love the demos & interviews.
Keep up the good work & thanks.
EDUCATIONAL
Nuts! I don't remember if I've made this comment before or not, but when I first saw this video, I thought, "GREAT! That's exactly how I play". I'd always felt a bit bad about not using the tips of my fingers with my thumb on the middle of the back of the bass for every note. But back in 1965, when I first started playing bass, I used the meat of my fingers for the notes. We didn't really play a lot of really fast bass lines back then and my hand was almost always at that angle that you see Bobby use. I'm too old to really change, although I absolutely did start using the tips of my fingers for fast passages – reminded me of my piano teacher hounding me to keep my fingers curved and play with the tips. I'd never paid much attention to the fuller sound of using the pad of the finger versus the better articulation of playing with the tips, but that's how I've played for the last 58 years or so. Since I first saw this video about 3-years ago, I started paying more attention to the sound of each – tip vs. pad. It really hasn't changed my playing at all, just validated what I was doing and stopped me from worrying about using the tips of my fingers for every note.
I really like listening to Bobby Vega. He does so many cool things without even thinking about it. It makes it hard on him to explain what he's doing sometimes because he doesn't necessarily think about it. He just knows what he wants to sound like and his fingers do it!
Bobby's demo of the Geoff Gould purple 5 string bass convinced me that I needed a Gould bass. I have had #1162 for a number of years now. Thanks Bobby!
Yeah would have been cool if Scott let him talk instead of just resorting himself a few times and then ignoring him to tell him to demo what Scott was talking about as if Bobby was just a monkey.
How to play like Bobby Vega: Vega.
Bobby!!. Bassmaster!!
Looks like so much fun to be there with Bobby. He has such a unique approach and sound.
I love the sound of his playing but he didn't do a good job of explaining at all ????
Bobby is SUCH A MOTHERFUCKER OF A PLAYER!! Also just cool as fuck. Thanks for the quick interview. Every time I've hung out with him, he has schooled me, but I think the underlying message he brings is to REALLY learn your craft. He teaches by example in that he dedicated himself to learning a huge arsenal of techniques but then made them all easily and immediately accessible so that he can be immediately expressive without having to preconceive movements, it is literally just him using his tone of voice through his instrument. The way to get to that point on your own path is to study, practice and explore constantly, with intent. You know this. 😉
This is great, but can something really be called a "full course" if it is only something "over an hour long"? Hmm
Sorry guys, does anybody know what´s the song playing at the begining when Scott is entering to the room with Bobby? Thanks
Is these new strings?
I know, Bobby never changed his flatwound strings from time, when he bought this bass in 60-xx. 50-60 years on ONE set!
BUT now I see roundwound strings on it, and it's pity…
What Fender Jazz Version is this? 1958? ????
Only two controls.
-what whas that "digihikitikititah…" – it was that ( Bobbyy played it again not using pick at this time ;)) – True Genius – asking him how he did that is like asking any human being how to use own arm 🙂
There you go, all you pick haters.
Yet another of the GREATS that play with a PICK.
Bobby is a beast
Does someone know the track running in the back around at 0:24. I cant understand which musician or band bobby vega tells about.
you know the interview was a great moment when it got into the new intro/opening for the channel
Incredible player!
Awesome. That figure 8 reference is perfect. Thanks
Mr Vega ain't no snitch he telling but he ain't tellin ????
How can I get my rose wood fretboard to shine like that ????
Classic !
"Boss hand"? Woah, Cool Hand Luke territory…
Some great stuff. As a guitarist who then got into bass, the thumb over, pick angling and finger angle stuff is interesting to consider as it's common on guitar. Sounding like BV though is not common!
woah man that articulation vs fat with the tip or the pad of the finger blew my mind, totally