Jeff's weird slide thing in Even Flow

SomethingCreative
SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,413
edited February 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Harmonic slide? is that what it is called?

the bass player in my band asked me about it today...but I have no idea what it is and how he does it. Can anyone help me out?
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  • Switch
    Switch Posts: 119
    If you mean right at the start afer the intro bit, i've always played it:

    G|- - 19\
    D|- - 19\
    A|- - -
    E|- - -

    Slide down and off, but you have to experiment with how quickly. The reason it sounds like it does is because Jeff plays Even Flow on his fretless.

    For the bit before the chorus i play:

    G|- - - - - - - - - | - - - -
    D|- - - - - - - - - | - - - -
    A|- 5 3 - - - - - - | - - - 5/
    E|- - - 6 5 3 0 3 5 | - 0 0 -

    Slide up and off, and again it's the fretless that makes the sound, but i'm not 100% about that second bit.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    ^^ yep. With a fretless bass you can play a harmonic and slide it around on the neck.
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  • StuntVedder10
    StuntVedder10 Posts: 49
    There really isn't a way to recreate this sound, only way to do so is a fretless

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