KC and The Sunshine Band-Get Down Tonight (Bass Cover)
This is a transcription I did of “Get Down Tonight”. The bassist of “KC and The Sunshine Band” was Richard Finch. This song had one of the coolest basslines!
The bass im playing here is a Epiphone EB-3 “SG” style bass. I got this bass guitar for $100 bucks!
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Tags: Band, Bass, Disco, Down, EB3, Epiphone, Finch, funk, Get, gibson, KC, Richard, SG, Sunshine, Tonight, 台灣






i played one of …
i played one of these before, it has like muwah~ sound to the neck pickup which i really like. it sounds creamy =P
Awesomeness!
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Thanks for posting this
Awesomeness!
I know $100? I have …
I know $100? I have no idea what ~180 is but over here they sell for $300
If you can find one …
If you can find one for $100 bucks then by all means get it! These are definitely really fun basses to play. However, one of the first things you will find when playing this bass is that is has really bad neck dive. The headstock is heavy as . The bridge pickup is basically unusable by itself. Anyways, I only brought this bass just for its looks. There are always ways to make it sound better in terms of how you play and what you use for effects and amplifiers.
Thanks!
Would you recommend …
Would you recommend getting one of these basses? I like the SG shape, but is it any good?
Bass is awesome.
Bass is awesome.
Thats the prize!
Thats the prize!
you got it for $100 …
you got it for $100?! That’s not fair. I have to pay like £180 for it over here!!
I almost have the …
I almost have the song down any chance you can send me transcription of the song.
Thanks, MAR
thanks for the …
thanks for the transcription, but i have to say that as a very frustrated beginner, it is really hard to see WTF your fingers are doing, and hear the bass in the song with your bass. it would really be appreciated if you did a slow run through the tabs first….you are doing something different than the tabs. i love this bass line and i hate being a beginner,,,,it sucks!!!
You only got it for …
You only got it for $100?! I could save $200…
Men, you are good! …
Men, you are good! yeah!
I can’t get over …
I can’t get over how different this bass sounds to a Les Paul bass when the original 6-string Gibson SG was just a development of the Les Paul guitar: they turned both into basses and got two completely different instruments!
YEAH!
YEAH!
Its an Epiphone EB3 …
Its an Epiphone EB3. Its long scale. Gibson however did make a long scale SG bass too. It was called the Gibson EB3L.
Thanks
Is that thing the …
Is that thing the full size of a Gibson SG in either guitar or bass form, or is it a sort of scale model?
excellent job!
excellent job!
That bass is fab.. …
That bass is fab..as is your playing! Great job.
Rick Finch played/ …
Rick Finch played/plays a Fender, but this is still pretty awesome! Hope you post some more KCSB tunes in the future (how about “Boogie Shoes?”).
i hear ya, I have a …
i hear ya, I have a Rickenbacker 4003 , and i feel the same way about the neck pickup on it. The configuration on this bass kind of reminds me of a Rickenbacker.Anyway, i appreciate the input and I will probably pick one of these things up, and mess around with it, maybe even swap the pickups for aftermarket Gotoh ones.
A good clear bassy …
A good clear bassy sound however is very pretty hard to get. What you are hearing on this recording is me playing over the original bassline, so it is not accurate to judge the EB3’s sound with this video. The bridge pickup is pretty useless on its own but when paired up with the neck pickup, it sounds pretty cool.
Well, I got my EB3 …
Well, I got my EB3 used and it was in pretty good condition (like new). The finish is definitely not bad but its not also not its best feature. My one is made in Korea. The bass is very playable only that its extremely headstock heavy. The neck size is between a Rickenbacker and P Bass.
I also wanted to …
I also wanted to ask you how you would rate that Epi EB-3, in terms of finish, and overall playability. I love the proper long scale SG basses, the style of it is awsome. Sounds very bassy to me but that maybe just the way you eq’ed it.
tight playing dude, …
tight playing dude, I wanna see you groove out alittle more next time, let the FUNK take over.
groovy
groovy