Best Bass Guitar Sections on Smile

[harrisonjon]

1) Plymouth Rock section of DYLW
2) The closing section of Cabin Essence
3) CIFOTM: intro, leading into the vocal, and the Middle 8 (mixed in with another guitar?)
4) DYLW again starting at 2:17
5) Fire (obviously)

[onkster]

Naw! It's that cool riff late in Wind Chimes--the one that sounds like a variation on the GV riff. I loooooove that bit!

[Caroline, Now]

I really enjoy the one in Dada as well.

[homeontherange]

- Wind Chimes groovy ending part.
- Fire heavy double bass things.
- Brian's piano playing in Da Da (fender rhodes) and Cool Cool Water (version 1). He's so in love with his chromatic basslines. It's kinda cute.
- Bicycle Rider fuzz bass. Kicks ass!
- Good Vibrations (inspiration). That fuzz bass line is awesome.
- Child (version 1). Wow

Smile is really a very bass heavy record. I would've never thought that just by listening to old bootlegs and BWPS (where they decided to not give a sh*t about the bass sound)

[cablegeddon]

- Good Vibrations (inspiration). That fuzz bass line is awesome.

+1 - All the best bass stuff is on the GV tracks.

[runnersdialzero]

- Bicycle Rider fuzz bass. Kicks ass!

Immediately what I thought of, although obviously there are several other examples.

[Lookit]

The punchy little slapback- riff being played high up the neck on the Vegetables fade has always stuck with me.

[homeontherange]

The punchy little slapback- riff being played high up the neck on the Vegetables fade has always stuck with me.

That's a good one as well!

[Roger Ryan]

Don't forget about the ascending/descending bass part during the chorus of "Heroes & Villains". When I heard that for the first time on the GV Box Set, I thought "why isn't this part on the finished track?!" - eventually it was.

[rab2591]

'I'm In Great Shape' - I had my subwoofer at full blast and wasn't expecting an onslaught of bass from this song - it just comes out of nowhere...It's actually a pretty catchy riff too.