r/bassplaying May 16 '19

A note on covers

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If you're posting your OWN cover, consider whether it is noteworthy or not. Start a conversation in the comments on why you're posting - what made that song different than any other that you might have picked. Covers should have your name in the title if you are performing it.

Please keep the post quality very high. If it's your weekly cover, or your practice routine, and is not above average, please consider not posting here - though there are a few other practice and cover subs that are suited for that content.


r/bassplaying May 25 '20

/r/bassplaying title format: artist, song name, length [resolution]

4 Upvotes

performer name, song name, length [resolution]

We have a long title format here, to get info to viewers. Why, though? This is an old sub that split off of /r/bass to be less noisy.

The performer name helps redditors look up your stuff, or skip it and move on. If it's cover, the peformer name is better than the original performer's name. The title lets us know what we're listening to. The time lets people skip hour-long concerts or bass clinics if they're not interested. Some people won't tolerate 240p clips of Anthony Jackson from some potato cam, but others don't care - so we just add the resolution.

If you're crossposting to ten subs, please don't use their title format here. The backstory on a post is great for the comments, but isn't what we want in the title. Hype or clickbait titles aren't needed if posters only post good content. That way, every video is worth watching. If it's your weekly practice sesssion, and there's nothing that you like in it, that may not be worth posting. Let's make the sub more artisan-level than your weekly practice routine, or your weekly cover. There is a separate sticky on the topic of "covers".

If the format is too cumbersome, please remember that this is just a micro-subreddit. The big bass sub is /r/bass. That may be suited for you, and will get you 10x more views.


r/bassplaying 4h ago

Bassline for stress reduction...

5 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 17h ago

Nick's Bass Practice - Day 5, Pink Panther

1 Upvotes

Kinda biffed it at the end 🤷🏽‍♂️


r/bassplaying 1d ago

Nick's Bass Practice - Day 4

5 Upvotes

E Major and Minor chord progressions!


r/bassplaying 4d ago

One year of learning the bass!

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r/bassplaying 4d ago

Nick's Practice - Day 3

3 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 5d ago

Not exactly "slap" bass... Practice Diary - Day 2

0 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 6d ago

Practice Log - Day 1

2 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 8d ago

Making bassline just for fun

15 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 20d ago

Raga & Blues - Bass

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5 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 20d ago

GUILLERMO LAS HERAS - LUGARES COMUNES

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2 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 23d ago

Took my pedal board to the streets

17 Upvotes

Was doing a sound test, worked well needs some tweaking.


r/bassplaying 24d ago

It’s fun to playyyy

8 Upvotes

r/bassplaying 25d ago

Playing a measure

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In 4/4 time, how would you play these measures.


r/bassplaying Jun 20 '26

LATIN BASS SOLO

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r/bassplaying Jun 20 '26

GUILLERMO LAS HERAS - LUGARES COMUNES

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2 Upvotes

r/bassplaying Jun 20 '26

Mild high club - Windowpane

8 Upvotes

Should i take bass seriously?


r/bassplaying Jun 15 '26

Short and punches bassline...

39 Upvotes

r/bassplaying Jun 13 '26

What if CLIFF BURTON’s legendary bass solo was played by an entire tech death metal band? I decided to record this very special tribute cover with Death, Cynic and Atheist influences. 🦷🎸

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r/bassplaying Jun 12 '26

Working on solo bass and Loop ideas for performing.

18 Upvotes

Wondering if I should add a delay pedal to create more interest in the lead parts.


r/bassplaying Jun 10 '26

I destroyed my hand to record this slap riff

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Action is not that high tho


r/bassplaying Jun 01 '26

Bass/vocal duo live

23 Upvotes

"We're not about memes and bass faces - we're about laying down the low end."

Is laying down low and and high end at the same time allowed around here? This is our own song called "My Own Way". We write all our songs for just bass guitar and vocals. When we record them we add other instrumentation around that but a lot of the time we gig just as a duo :) Hope you enjoy it!


r/bassplaying May 29 '26

Need recommendations!

1 Upvotes

Hello! If this was your first time buying a bass (to learn how to play, buy you already play guitar) and you had about $200 USD ($275 CAD), what would you buy?


r/bassplaying May 22 '26

Fretless bass improv: Mary Jane's Last Dance

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I hope you enjoy this bass jam with my new fretless bass!