Flash – Shadows (It’s You) – Bass Cover

Transcription of the bassline & Bass Solo (at 3:01) of Rickenbacker Bass Artist Ray Bennett of the British Prog band, Flash from their album ‘Out of Our Hands’ released in 1973. Peter Banks was in this band as well and the group were often said by critics ‘to sound like The Yes’.
Flash was an English progressive rock group, formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks, vocalist Colin Carter, bassist Ray Bennett, and drummer Mike Hough. I have attempted in my transcription to get all of the riffs, ad-libs, fills and nuances as played by Ray Bennett on his Rickenbacker 4001 Mapleglo bass, and also in this video I have chosen to play a similar looking Ric bass as Ray’s bass.
I transcribed this over 3 days using my ears — from scratch — using Finale v.27 and thus created a two (2) page transcription which is being sight-read in this video.

Link to Original video: https://youtu.be/3vzuTHqxJEk

****A big thanks to legendary JEFF BERLIN, whose BASS MASTERY sight-reading practice packages I often use to maintain competency at sight-reading standard notation. (Even though I’ve been sight reading music since 1972, it is still important to “practice”.) Btw, I started learning to read music with superb Mel Bay materials;-)

My bass is a vintage Rickenbacker 4001 bass manufactured in May 1973 with its original pickups.
Neck pickup volume at 10, Bridge pickup volume at 10; (NO PRE-AMP USED or Needed)
Neck pickup tone switch at 9 and Bridge pickup tone at full.
The strings are ROTOSOUND Swing 66 roundwound strings, medium gauge, long scale
Marshall B25 MK II amp settings: Bass 3 o’clock, Mid 4/5 o’clock, Treble 5 o’clock.
Guitar pick is a vintage HERCO heavy gauge nylon gray pick that I bought new in 1972.

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*Note: I own no part of this music in this video, this is for Fair Use Educational Purposes.
I CANNOT MONETIZE ON MY CHANNEL. Purely educational and instructional so as to show aspiring bass players how to play the bassline accurately.

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Originally posted by UCqqu_hDup4xNHQWa0Va6fBA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIU-2psUvBY