BERNARD EDWARDS / CHIC - Le Freak / ISOLATED BASS

[bart_funk]

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[drTStingray]

<div class="bbWrapper">Thanks for posting this - it&#039;s very interesting. Very obviously on his Musicman bass, and sounds like flatwounds (probably the original ones it came with - as he stated in an interview). I&#039;d say he may have the mutes applied to the E and A strings but judging by the 2nd octave fills and the bass part in the instrumental in the middle of the song, not on D and G - quite a lot of overtones on those as well (in fact a surprising amount). I&#039;m pleased to hear I got all the notes and his fills right when I learned it in 1979 - but the main riff is very slightly more complex than I thought!</div>

 

[lowendrachel]

<div class="bbWrapper">Nice! Thanks for posting.</div>