Chords for Paul Simonon Recalls A Great Moment in P Bass History | Fender
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I picked it up originally, well [Am] first I had, I sort of borrowed, acquired a bass guitar
and it was like, it was ok, I was learning on it, and then I had this desire to get a
Rickenbacker, tried that and it was sort of like, it was so thin, it had no density of
sound, it was very sort of stringy, and then I tried one of these and it had such a, well
first of all it had such a weight to it and also by playing it, it sort of had such a
fuller [N] sound, and I think a lot of the music that I listened to, or have grown up listening
to was a lot of reggae, and so with something like this I felt better equipped, sound, to
suit myself sound wise, to play one of these, you know.
One thing that has changed over the last couple of years is, I know I've always in the past
always used a plectrum, and then maybe for some, in the Clash, some of the reggae tunes
I started using my fingers, but in the last couple of years I've actually forgot using
the fingers, I just use my thumb, and it sort of seems to give an even fatter sound, and
then somebody told me, oh that's what Robbie Shakespeare does, and I didn't know that,
so I found my route in my own way, and yeah, no the thumb is, now I use the thumb practically
all the time, it depends on the number, if it's more sort of a rock and roll sort of
number then maybe I might use a plectrum for more action, it depends, you know.
I mean I only started playing bass when I first met Mick Jones, so by six months I was
on stage, and I'd never played before, but I used to practice a lot to reggae because
I could hear the bass playing, the only thing that was difficult is that when I listened
to rock and roll, I couldn't really hear the bass as well, so, and also I sort of found
that Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, who were sort of the bass playing people of the time,
they didn't really inspire me because they sort of, I don't know, they sort of stood
in the back, they were like shadows, and I didn't really want to play the bass at first
because I wanted to be like Pete Townshend and get a guitar and sort of swing my arms
around and do all that, so in the beginning I actually pretended I was playing the guitar,
even though I was on the bass, but now I've sort of learnt to play sort of better than
I could before, so, you know.
It's a tool, so as soon as I got this bass guitar, I just carved my name on it, just
so, just to break it being all new and precious and clean, so by doing that, then I knew it's
a tool and that's what it is, so it has been slung around a lot.
There was a bass I had
once before that was really great and I had a spare one that was sort of much lighter,
and the good one, unfortunately I sort of smashed it up in a, I was sort of annoyed
that the bouncers wouldn't let the audience stand up out of their chairs, so that frustrated
me to the point that I destroyed this bass guitar, you know, unfortunately you always
sort of, well, tend to destroy things that you love in temper and anyway.
I should think
the Fender should be very pleased, even though I am destroying one of their basses, but at
least people sort of, I suppose, think, oh that's a bass guitar, you know, and I wonder
what make it is, you know, so I wasn't taking it out on the bass guitar because there's
nothing wrong with it, it's because it was a great guitar.
Don't know, it's been described
that it was sort of like chopping up the stage, which I suppose in a way I sort of was, but
anyway I still got the pieces and in fact Strummer took one of them and was about to
walk off with it and I just had to grab it back, so actually I think that belongs to
me and so I still got the bass guitar, well, the pieces of it.
Subsequently, the rest of
the tour I had to play the really light bass and it just didn't sound the same, so anyway
this one came and it was actually, it was like a jazz bass and in the beginning it was
great playing, I pretty much knew where I was going, but unfortunately when the lights
went out on stage, I didn't have a clue where I was going, so it was a bit sort of all over
the place, so I got them to put back these bits, so I'm not really a musician musician,
I'm sort of, to be honest, I'm more of a painter of [C] pictures, that's what I did before I did
music and now I'm in a world where I can do both, so this year I'm playing music, next
year I'm painting.
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I picked it up originally, well [Am] first I had, I sort of borrowed, acquired a bass guitar
and it was like, it was ok, I was learning on it, and then I had this desire to get a
Rickenbacker, tried that and it was sort of like, it was so thin, it had no density of
sound, it was very sort of stringy, and then I tried one of these and it had such a, well
first of all it had such a weight to it and also by playing it, it sort of had such a
fuller [N] sound, and I think a lot of the music that I listened to, or have grown up listening
to was a lot of reggae, and so with something like this I felt better equipped, sound, to
suit myself sound wise, to play one of these, you know.
One thing that has changed over the last couple of years is, I know I've always in the past
always used a plectrum, and then maybe for some, in the Clash, some of the reggae tunes
I started using my fingers, but in the last couple of years I've actually forgot using
the fingers, I just use my thumb, and it sort of seems to give an even fatter sound, and
then somebody told me, oh that's what Robbie Shakespeare does, and I didn't know that,
so I found my route in my own way, and yeah, no the thumb is, now I use the thumb practically
all the time, it depends on the number, if it's more sort of a rock and roll sort of
number then maybe I might use a plectrum for more action, it depends, you know.
I mean I only started playing bass when I first met Mick Jones, so by six months I was
on stage, and I'd never played before, but I used to practice a lot to reggae because
I could hear the bass playing, the only thing that was difficult is that when I listened
to rock and roll, I couldn't really hear the bass as well, so, and also I sort of found
that Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, who were sort of the bass playing people of the time,
they didn't really inspire me because they sort of, I don't know, they sort of stood
in the back, they were like shadows, and I didn't really want to play the bass at first
because I wanted to be like Pete Townshend and get a guitar and sort of swing my arms
around and do all that, so in the beginning I actually pretended I was playing the guitar,
even though I was on the bass, but now I've sort of learnt to play sort of better than
I could before, so, you know.
It's a tool, so as soon as I got this bass guitar, I just carved my name on it, just
so, just to break it being all new and precious and clean, so by doing that, then I knew it's
a tool and that's what it is, so it has been slung around a lot.
There was a bass I had
once before that was really great and I had a spare one that was sort of much lighter,
and the good one, unfortunately I sort of smashed it up in a, I was sort of annoyed
that the bouncers wouldn't let the audience stand up out of their chairs, so that frustrated
me to the point that I destroyed this bass guitar, you know, unfortunately you always
sort of, well, tend to destroy things that you love in temper and anyway.
I should think
the Fender should be very pleased, even though I am destroying one of their basses, but at
least people sort of, I suppose, think, oh that's a bass guitar, you know, and I wonder
what make it is, you know, so I wasn't taking it out on the bass guitar because there's
nothing wrong with it, it's because it was a great guitar.
Don't know, it's been described
that it was sort of like chopping up the stage, which I suppose in a way I sort of was, but
anyway I still got the pieces and in fact Strummer took one of them and was about to
walk off with it and I just had to grab it back, so actually I think that belongs to
me and so I still got the bass guitar, well, the pieces of it.
Subsequently, the rest of
the tour I had to play the really light bass and it just didn't sound the same, so anyway
this one came and it was actually, it was like a jazz bass and in the beginning it was
great playing, I pretty much knew where I was going, but unfortunately when the lights
went out on stage, I didn't have a clue where I was going, so it was a bit sort of all over
the place, so I got them to put back these bits, so I'm not really a musician musician,
I'm sort of, to be honest, I'm more of a painter of [C] pictures, that's what I did before I did
music and now I'm in a world where I can do both, so this year I'm playing music, next
year I'm painting.
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I picked it up originally, well [Am] first I had, I sort of borrowed, acquired a bass guitar
and it was like, _ it was ok, I was learning on it, and then I had this desire to get a
Rickenbacker, tried that and it was sort of like, it was so thin, it had no density of
sound, it was very sort of stringy, and then I tried one of these and it had such a, well
first of all it had such a weight to it and also by playing it, it sort of had such a
fuller [N] sound, and I think a lot of the music that I listened to, or have grown up listening
to was a lot of reggae, and so with something like this I felt better equipped, _ sound, to
suit myself sound wise, to play one of these, you know.
One thing that has changed over the last couple of years is, I know I've always in the past
always used a plectrum, _ and then maybe for some, in the Clash, some of the reggae tunes
I started using my fingers, but in the last couple of years I've actually forgot using
the fingers, I just use my thumb, and it sort of seems to give an even fatter sound, and
then somebody told me, oh that's what Robbie Shakespeare does, and I didn't know that,
so I found my route in my own way, _ and _ yeah, no the thumb is, now I use the thumb practically
all the time, it depends on the number, if it's more sort of a rock and roll sort of
number then maybe I might use a plectrum for more action, it depends, you know.
I mean I only started playing bass when I first met Mick Jones, so by six months I was
on stage, _ and I'd never played before, but I used to practice a lot to reggae because
I could hear the bass playing, _ the only thing that was difficult is that when I listened
to rock and roll, _ I couldn't really hear the bass as well, so, and also I sort of found
that Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, who were sort of the bass playing people of the time,
they didn't really inspire me because they sort of, I don't know, they sort of stood
in the back, they were like shadows, and I didn't really want to play the bass at first
because I wanted to be like Pete Townshend and get a guitar and sort of swing my arms
around and do all that, so in the beginning I actually pretended I was playing the guitar,
even though I was on the bass, but now I've sort of learnt to play _ _ _ sort of better than
I could before, so, you know.
_ It's a tool, so _ as soon as I got this bass guitar, I just carved my name on it, just
so, just to break it being all new and precious and clean, so by doing that, then I knew it's
a tool and that's what it is, so it has been slung around a lot.
_ There was a bass I had
once before that was _ really great and I had a spare one that was sort of much lighter,
_ and the good one, unfortunately I sort of smashed it up in a, _ _ I was sort of annoyed
that the bouncers wouldn't let the audience stand up out of their chairs, so that frustrated _
me to the point that I destroyed this _ _ bass guitar, you know, unfortunately you always
sort of, well, tend to destroy things that you love in temper and _ anyway.
I should think
the Fender should be very pleased, even though I am destroying one of their basses, but at
least people sort of, I suppose, think, oh that's a bass guitar, you know, and I wonder
what make it is, you know, so I wasn't taking it out on the bass guitar because there's
nothing wrong with it, it's because it was a great guitar.
_ _ Don't know, it's been described
that it was sort of like chopping up the stage, which I suppose in a way I sort of was, but
_ anyway I still got the pieces and in fact Strummer took one of them and was about to
walk off with it and I just had to grab it back, so actually I think that belongs to
me and _ so I still got the bass guitar, well, the pieces of it.
_ Subsequently, the rest of
the tour I had to play the really light bass and it just didn't sound the same, so anyway
this one came and _ it was actually, it was like a jazz bass _ and in the beginning it was
great playing, I pretty much knew where I was going, but unfortunately when the lights
went out on stage, I didn't have a clue where I was going, so it was a bit sort of all over
the place, so I got them to put back these bits, so I'm not really a musician musician, _ _ _
I'm sort of, to be honest, I'm more of a painter of [C] pictures, that's what I did before I did
music and now I'm in a world where I can do both, _ so this year I'm playing music, next
year I'm painting.
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I picked it up originally, well [Am] first I had, I sort of borrowed, acquired a bass guitar
and it was like, _ it was ok, I was learning on it, and then I had this desire to get a
Rickenbacker, tried that and it was sort of like, it was so thin, it had no density of
sound, it was very sort of stringy, and then I tried one of these and it had such a, well
first of all it had such a weight to it and also by playing it, it sort of had such a
fuller [N] sound, and I think a lot of the music that I listened to, or have grown up listening
to was a lot of reggae, and so with something like this I felt better equipped, _ sound, to
suit myself sound wise, to play one of these, you know.
One thing that has changed over the last couple of years is, I know I've always in the past
always used a plectrum, _ and then maybe for some, in the Clash, some of the reggae tunes
I started using my fingers, but in the last couple of years I've actually forgot using
the fingers, I just use my thumb, and it sort of seems to give an even fatter sound, and
then somebody told me, oh that's what Robbie Shakespeare does, and I didn't know that,
so I found my route in my own way, _ and _ yeah, no the thumb is, now I use the thumb practically
all the time, it depends on the number, if it's more sort of a rock and roll sort of
number then maybe I might use a plectrum for more action, it depends, you know.
I mean I only started playing bass when I first met Mick Jones, so by six months I was
on stage, _ and I'd never played before, but I used to practice a lot to reggae because
I could hear the bass playing, _ the only thing that was difficult is that when I listened
to rock and roll, _ I couldn't really hear the bass as well, so, and also I sort of found
that Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, who were sort of the bass playing people of the time,
they didn't really inspire me because they sort of, I don't know, they sort of stood
in the back, they were like shadows, and I didn't really want to play the bass at first
because I wanted to be like Pete Townshend and get a guitar and sort of swing my arms
around and do all that, so in the beginning I actually pretended I was playing the guitar,
even though I was on the bass, but now I've sort of learnt to play _ _ _ sort of better than
I could before, so, you know.
_ It's a tool, so _ as soon as I got this bass guitar, I just carved my name on it, just
so, just to break it being all new and precious and clean, so by doing that, then I knew it's
a tool and that's what it is, so it has been slung around a lot.
_ There was a bass I had
once before that was _ really great and I had a spare one that was sort of much lighter,
_ and the good one, unfortunately I sort of smashed it up in a, _ _ I was sort of annoyed
that the bouncers wouldn't let the audience stand up out of their chairs, so that frustrated _
me to the point that I destroyed this _ _ bass guitar, you know, unfortunately you always
sort of, well, tend to destroy things that you love in temper and _ anyway.
I should think
the Fender should be very pleased, even though I am destroying one of their basses, but at
least people sort of, I suppose, think, oh that's a bass guitar, you know, and I wonder
what make it is, you know, so I wasn't taking it out on the bass guitar because there's
nothing wrong with it, it's because it was a great guitar.
_ _ Don't know, it's been described
that it was sort of like chopping up the stage, which I suppose in a way I sort of was, but
_ anyway I still got the pieces and in fact Strummer took one of them and was about to
walk off with it and I just had to grab it back, so actually I think that belongs to
me and _ so I still got the bass guitar, well, the pieces of it.
_ Subsequently, the rest of
the tour I had to play the really light bass and it just didn't sound the same, so anyway
this one came and _ it was actually, it was like a jazz bass _ and in the beginning it was
great playing, I pretty much knew where I was going, but unfortunately when the lights
went out on stage, I didn't have a clue where I was going, so it was a bit sort of all over
the place, so I got them to put back these bits, so I'm not really a musician musician, _ _ _
I'm sort of, to be honest, I'm more of a painter of [C] pictures, that's what I did before I did
music and now I'm in a world where I can do both, _ so this year I'm playing music, next
year I'm painting.
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