{"id":11468,"date":"2017-08-02T11:19:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T16:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2018-03-25T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T19:02:16","slug":"would","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/would.html","title":{"rendered":"Alice in Chains &#8220;Would?&#8221; Isolated Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a trip back to play some &#8217;90s grunge.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Starr, who unfortunately passed away in 2011, laid down some amazingly good bass tracks with the &#8217;90s grunge band Alice in Chains, and one of them is <em>Would?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The bass line on <em>Would?<\/em> is actually very simple to play but grooves very nicely. It is the type of bass line that&#8217;s not flashy but rather acts as a foundation that carries the song along from beginning to end (which some would argue is the bassist&#8217;s main job.)<\/p>\n<p><i>Would?<\/i> was and still is a staple song of many, many bar bands to this day because it&#8217;s easy to learn and play. And when played right, it sounds really cool.<\/p>\n<h3>Isolated bass track<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4kIR9dkEA_c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Original studio recording of full song<\/h3>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nco_kh8xJDs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>What kind of bass setup delivers a tone like this?<\/h3>\n<p>A gritty playing style with heavy pick use along with a pickup that has a ton of punch to it. Mike Starr is seen using a Spector Euro 4-LX in the video for <i>Would?<\/i>, which his signature bass would be later based off of. This uses a P\/J pickup set. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/pj.htm\">We have plenty to choose from<\/a>, and if you want something with really high output, consider the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/basslines-pickups-quarter-pound-jp.htm\">Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder P\/J set<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for a trip back to play some &#8217;90s grunge. Mike Starr, who unfortunately passed away in 2011, laid down some amazingly good bass tracks with the &#8217;90s grunge band Alice in Chains, and one of them is Would? The bass line on Would? is actually very simple to play but grooves very nicely. &#8230; <a title=\"Alice in Chains &#8220;Would?&#8221; Isolated Bass\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/would.html\" aria-label=\"More on Alice in Chains &#8220;Would?&#8221; Isolated Bass\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}