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Gotta give John Myung credit for being able to keep up with Petrucci’s obviously-constructed-for-guitar guitar riffs.

Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu are one/two of my favorite Dream Theater songs.

My playing is not perfect in this song, but at least I did my best not to fuck up the tricky parts of the song.

Bass: Ibanez SR506

Awww yeah. Funky as hell song. Maybe modern disco a bit, but still one of my favorite songs to jam to.

So this is the Synth Bass played on Bass Guitar. Yes, you heard be right, SYNTH Bass. Most of the songs off of the Synkronized album were played on Synth Bass because Jamiroquai’s long time bassist Stuart Zender had left in the middle of the recording. A couple songs were played by next in line bass player, Nick Fyffe. But don’t get me wrong, great job at making it sound real.

Tabs:

http://www.tonydickinson.net/cannedheat.pdf

Tabbed for 6-string bass, which was going to be what I was originally going to play on, but the big, beefy 6-string neck isn’t ideal for this funky action.

I would have just jammed the hell out and not played many of the notes that were in the original tune, but the Synth Bass fills up so much low end that it would have clashed too much. At least I beefed up the bridge a bit.

This song is probably the funnest song to jam out too, ever. But, I need to hold myself back because of the potential goofier faces I might make. And, I got my wisdom teeth removed recently. I’m not in the most photogenic state right now, so I just went ahead and cutoff my head again.

And yes, this is THE song from Napoleon Dynamite. And it is also the Youtube debut for the Bass Guitar which I’ve been using the longest, the Yamaha RBX-775.

I doubt any of you have heard of Jigawattica unless you lived in New York. Jigawattica was a band that my bass teacher from 6 years ago, Jed Ostrom, had when he lived in New York.

It was short lived, but nevertheless, a really good band. Jed help me get on track with my bass playing, so this is my tribute to him.

UPDATE: After talking to Jed, he let me upload the Jigawattica album. Here’s the link to download it.

http://www.tonydickinson.net/Rocket%20Journey.rar

This is the second video in a 3 pack of videos (because I’ve been slacking) and I owe you all some ‘tube tunes.

These three videos also are the debut of the newest addition to my equipment list: The Ibanez SR300DX. I haven’t had a decent 4-string to play on (the one I had before was a Squire) until I bought this from Zak Griffler for dirt cheap.

This song has two very long drum solos, in the beginning and in the middle somewhere, so to prevent boredom (they’re great drum solos, don’t get me wrong) I’ve added a little random improvisations.

I will be covering all the other songs that Jigwattica had, because they were awesomely funkadelic.

Caught ya with your funk down!

Holy freakin’ jesus this is a tough song. Well, here’s my take, anyway.

This song is funky and awesome, and tough on my wrists.

This is the third video in a 3 pack of videos (because I’ve been slacking) and I owe you all some ‘tube tunes.

These three videos also are the debut of the newest addition to my equipment list: The Ibanez SR300DX. I haven’t had a decent 4-string to play on (the one I had before was a Squire) until I bought this from Zak Griffler for dirt cheap.

This is the first video in a 3 pack of videos (because I’ve been slacking) and I owe you all some ‘tube tunes.

These three videos also are the debut of the newest addition to my equipment list: The Ibanez SR300DX. I haven’t had a decent 4-string to play on (the one I had before was a Squire) until I bought this from Zak Griffler for dirt cheap.

Chris Wolstenholme normally plays each individual riff on a single string, but it’s more comfortable for me to play it on multiple strings, down the neck. The less shifting, the better.

I did spice things up a little when I couldn’t figure out what Chris plays.

I have distortion on this song, but can anyone tell me how to get that awesome synth filter?

P.S. Yes, that is a Burger King mask on my wall.

I learned bass playing Flea’s awesome bass lines. This song is a very well known bass feature song, and it’s one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs that I know the best.

Tabs:
http://www.tonydickinson.net/aroundtheworld.pdf

This tab is verbatim to what’s in the official Hal Leonard transcription book, though, I played it from memory and not entirely in the same ways shown.

Bass: Ibanez SR506

Mike Lepond says:
“excellent job on the song !!”

This is my first Youtube cover video. It’s “Domination” by Symphony X off of the album Paradise Lost.

Since a bunch of you have been asking about tabs, here is a bass transcription which I found, and then corrected and completed so it was correct:

http://www.tonydickinson.net/domination.pdf

The intro riff’s triplets in the song has a hammer and slide, which is wrong, as it is all hammered.

I transcribed it for my 6-string, Mike Lepond uses a 4-string, so it’s entirely possible on a 4-string, so those of you 4-stringers just need to move the unplayable notes to the next strings.

I did hit a few sour notes, and bullshitted a couple parts when I couldn’t remember what the exact notes were. A few sections are still a little rough, but this is the best I can do in a full beginning-to-end take.

I recorded the video by hooking up my DV Camera to my computer and recording the video straight to disk, and I recorded the audio with my Line 6 POD X3 Live. I then stripped the audio from the video file and put the audio mixdown into the video.

It appears that the little text box in the lower left is too blurry. It’s just the name of the song, artist, album, and performer (me) for those who are wondering.