Funky Fretless Fingerstyle Bass Grooves

Remco's Groove Lab
Remco's Groove Lab
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Published 2022-12-29
Here are some funky fretless grooves with thumb & fingerstyle plucking, slides, double stops, staccato ghost notes, vibrato and more fretless fun! Recorded in one take on a pre-recorded drum track, I first write the grooves and song structure just on bass, then record the drums in Cubase with Addictive Drums and jam with it for a while. From writing process to shooting the final take it usually takes around 3 weeks, the challenge of a single take performance is where it’s at for me, no edits.
I’m playing my custom fretless Cortex bass with a Nordstrand Dual Coil pickup and 2-band Glockenklang preamp, strung up with Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinkys. The bass has a walnut body, spalted maple top, flamed maple fingerboard and a chocolate maple neck. I added a spalted maple finger ramp temporarily for some sessions. Tuners are Gotoh, single string bridges and a compound radius give great action across the epoxied fingerboard.
The signal was recorded with my Eich T-1000 amp’s DI, straight into a Focusrite Scarlett into my laptop. I used 3 pedals: a Darkglass Hyper Luminal, a Rodenberg 707b booster and an Ebs Multicomp, no plugins or digital processing. Drum mixing and final mastering done in Cubase with Izotope Ozone 9. More in the works as always, thanks for watching & all the best for the new year!

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All Comments (21)
  • @wxb200
    Nobody sounds like the way you play. 100% completely unique.
  • @tomsreviews4330
    Incredibly smooth slides, and the tone is perfect. Great work!
  • @TheFredducky
    Absolutely fantastic. Felt like it wouldn’t be out of place as the theme for some kind of retro video game.
  • @Gnev_Zemli
    Смотрим с Краснодарского края города Гулькевичи Россия, респект я смотрю. Всем с новым годом, желаю всем мира добра и здоровья
  • @dinoduprey6676
    Remco, what a phenomenal piece, right hand coordination amazes me.. love your work and every video..
  • @tylerlemaster2430
    As someone who just started and had an immediate subconscious draw to playing with two fingers and my thumb it's nice to know it isn't necessarily wrong lol.
  • @sojourner4726
    Started to catch on to the harmonics being peppered in, I love it! I must resist ripping my frets out.
  • @reubenkinsey2947
    Remco you or just Off the Chain cool ☮️ your style is all yours, no one can touch you, you have me on my FRETLESS all day, a huge fan from Valdosta Georgia, USA
  • @janej6184
    The harmonics are fantastic and the Maple is beautiful! Happy new year!
  • @joeybetz6561
    Those rhythmic plucks are so tight, killer groove!
  • @tigerscott2966
    Amazing bassline...cool bass...unusual technique...awesome!