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very underrated bassist. His bass licks really helped the songs

Duff and Steve helped me move a sheet of plywood into my room (by putting it on top of milk crates to support my bed) when we all lived at 1750 N. Sycamore Ave. (2nd floor) in Hollywood.

You missed one important thing: use a chorus pedal all the time

Tip #1: Have Steve Adler on drums

Saw GNR at the Marquee Club in 1986. What a band. Managed to get right in front of Duff. Watching him play with the sweat just running off him. In my top five best gigs. They were something else.

Theory lingo alert! Duff tip: Always use a perfect fourth even if the chord change requires you to use the lydian sound (#11)!! That's how his lines give many GNR songs a bluesy and rebellious feel. Paradise City, Sweet Child of mine, Knocking on heaven's Doors are a great example of this.

I enjoyed this program.

Duff’s playing on Appetite is an absolute masterclass of rock bass playing. He adds so much dynamic energy and his interplay with the rest of the band is masterful. He absolutely unleashes during the double time section in paradise city

(guitar player here) If only for the unbelievably brilliant bass intro to Sweet Child O' Mine, which to me is the BEST melodic bass line ever recorded, he deserves a special place in rock history. Awesome team player, and a huge part of the GnR sound. He's up there with Tom Hamilton, Roger Glover, Geezer Butler and Bob Daisley.

The way he locked in with Adler is a huge part of the way they sounded and it’s massively underrated. When Adler got the heave and Sorum came in, while Sorum was technically better, they lost that and the band was much worse as a result.

Before I saw Duff's list at the end, my initial thought was that his bass playing, really does serve the song. Melodic, creative and sets the mood of the songs perfectly.

Duff rocks. I love love love his work on Sweet Child 0 Mine.

That VHS is the reason why I picked up playing guitar great concert!

I never think about it, as I have never seriously analyzed GNR in this way, but his bass lines really are a crucial part of their sound. Now that I think about it I was always hearing it and "feeling" it and liking it but not paying attention. To me thats part of what the true greatest bass players and drummers do, and they usually don't get the recognition for this exact reason. The older I get the more I respect bass players and feel its the trickiest instrument. There are plenty of Guitar players I can't touch but know exactly what they are doing and how and why they did it, but bass, especially good bass, somehow eludes me. Not the playing but the decisions, the composition choices. It's just not what I'd do for whatever reason. Traditional bass lines make no damn sense to me and its hard to keep it up but on guitar I can "glide" over the top and make mistakes and bend my way out of them and stuff.

He is the reason I started playing bass I had the pleasure of shaking his hand and telling him that myself really talented nice guy

Easily one of the most underrated bass guitarists ever

He's always been a very good bassist. Pretty groovy too.

How you showed the flashing ghost notes with the audio was excellent.

Started playing bass last year, now that I am listening more to the Bass in songs duff quickly stood out to me. a very unique tone and some tasty licks.

*Perfect is* *Play like Les* *Arms like Martinie* *Charismatic like Cliff* *Handsome like Kagan*

El mejor sonido de bajo de la historia!! Grande Duff!!🤘🤘🤘👍😁🔒

My first intrument was bass, on early 90's, also played drums and nowadays I consider myself a bass player whose plays guitar, Duff McKagan, Mike Starr and Jason Newsted with their massive sound and huge stage presence inspired me in the beggining, because of them I started on bass.

I just started playing bass a month or two back. Your videos are contributing to my becoming of a great bass player.

Was always one of my favorites; great sound, style, and definitely one of the coolest!

Listening to Duff's isolated bass lines will change your life! Great video,you nailed it!

Great observations, make a lot of sense! Thanks for that video.

He is an excellent bass player. His bass lines are awesome, interesting, and fun to play. Another one is the dude from Creed.

The more I study your lessons, the more I realize that playing bass is not simple as it could seem to be. Bass is the simplest instrument to play badly, while playing it seriously is quite hard even for the simplest basslines. It's a hard work of precision, ears and groove, melted with the difficulty of playing on a big, long neck and a heavy instrument. Thank you man, your work is superb.

The best of best hard rock bass player. Mr Duff

Great video Paul! I really like the bass playing in "Rocket Queen" especially. Duff's a great bass player with a great sound that also managed to have excellent music production. Eric Stacy of the original Fasterpussycat band was really good too, especially on "Whipped". Thanks again!

Thats one of the things that always stood out for me in of most of Use Your Illusions songs is duffs sound/tone

Awesome, thank you so much! Duff is the reason I started playing bass, definitely has led an interesting life. His story is so inspiring. Definitely my favorite bass player. I always bring him up when I get crap for playing with a pick.

Very interresting and well made . Thanxs

This is great. Thank you so much!!

Yep. Duff's parts on Appetite are why I wanted to learn bass too. Now I have 4 of these MIJ Jazz Specials that I love so much.

I always loved hearing Duff's bass in the music whereas many bands you can barely hear the bass

Great vid. As always.

Yo sick video! Those quotes by duff at the end took my breath away.

Love him! One of all time influencies.

Gran análisis muchas gracias paul !

Love his style, my fav bassline is the one from "Locomotive". Enjoyed this video

Loved it. Duff is my favorite also.

Thanks for this. Very well done.

Duffs bass sound is so perfect for guns. The Precision and jazz pickup combo mixed with a pick makes it warm but also biting

This tutorial was analytic and methodical. Very well done man.

Great analysis! Thanks!

muy buena info!!! muchas gracias

He has a Fender deluxe Precision Bass with signature Seymour Duncan pickups and a special circuit switch. Fresh strings and pick if you want to start somewhere.

My favorite bassist. Thank you.

Great video, I love this series of videos!=) I think Duff McKagan is one of the great rock bass players, I am not the biggest Guns N Roses fan but I have always liked Duff

Great rock bass player!!....i love his melodic bass solo,in the intro to "sweet child of mine" by G&R.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great overview of a great bassist! Great playing too! You do a great "duff"!

You've made a really nice analysis. Congrats.

Duff and Slash! What a pair 🔥🔥

AMAZING!!! AMAZING video!! unique!

When I started playing post hardcore, I started using the high strings to get a more crispy sound and I haven’t stopped doing it since

One of my favorite bass tones

Great work! Very informative. I'd like to see a video for Eddie Jackson of Queensryche.

Love..LOVE DUFF❤❤❤

I started playing bass becuz of that live in Tokyo too! Nice video man.

i think this might be interesting even for duff himself. because most of the stuff someone does, happens unconsciously. this is a good analyse of what he does, when he plays bass.

I always liked how he played octaves with Adler's drums. Big part of my playing. Finding a good drummer is easier said than done.

Duff is a tasty player. During the appetite days Duff played a Fender Jazz Special. I have one and out of all my basses it's my favorite.

obrigado! thanks for this analysis. I began as a guitar player (for about 10 years) and switched to bass until now (15 years ago). when I made the transition, it was almost as if I had never heard many of the songs I love, because I started to really "listen" to the bass And that's when I discovered the duff. He'd always been there, but I'd never really heard him. this also happens in my band, because we play some gnr covers and i make a point of playing them some Duff bass lines for them to see how they helped sculpt the sound of the Guns and Roses.

I love this series. There is something to learn from every bass player, whether you play their style of music or not. And loved how you mentioned he was the reason you began to play bass. We all have our inspirations, mine is Adam Clayton of U2. Not the flashiest, but he serves the song.

Very good video! Could you make a How to sound like Geezer Butler? This would be awesome 🙌

GOAT- this is killer🤘🤘🤘🤘

Duff Mckagan and John Tailor of Duran Duran. Best of the best for Me...❤

“Always end on a high note”

It would be nice if you do one about Kelly Nickels from L.A. Guns. I think his playing style is kinda similar to Duff's and I really enjoy it. Cheers! :)

The reason why I play the bass is because of him, and I agree with everything you said great video

Please do Jason Newsted as well 🙏

Great video, I love Duff! Have you done one of these for Mike Starr? If not, would love for you to do one!

Duff is the reason I picked up a bass too. In my teens, I used to have a GNR poster, adorning the door of my room. The live photo of Duff was the coolest, I've ever seen a rock musician. A young, pre-bloated Duff, leather jacket, wide stance, bleached blonde hair on his face, cigarette hanging between the lips, with his black P Bass. That combined with the punky, nasty bass tone, and awesome riffs. The whole band had a perfect bad boy image, for a kid living in the early 90s but Duff was hands down the coolest of them all! You pointed out a lot of obvious things, that make his playing really stand out. Things I've never thought about but now explain, the uniqueness of his sound.

Love this one!!! Duff is incredible. Next up..... Mike Inez? 🎸🎸🎸🎸

Geddy has a very similar playing profile, lots of high notes, lots of following or leading guitar, ending bars with high notes ect, but he does do a lot of other strange techniques. I'm not a fan of G&R, but I do appreciate their sound in general. The bassist from Iron Maiden is also freaking amazing.

Duff has an unique cool style to play bass guitar.

Duff is the reason I played bass too!!!! Chorus. Set your action down so the strings rattle a little on the frets I have a Jackson 4 string that with effects set right clones his tone pretty well

Duff is my fav too

Dude you gotta do Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith, he is an absolute MONSTER on the bass. A real "bass player's bass player", he plays exactly the right line for the songs, both complex and simple when needed. He's effective with both fingers and pick, really just a fantastic bass player. Duff McKagan and him are my absolute favorites.

I got like 9 guitars and i watch bass videos on youtube 😅

Nice

The song that REALLY got me hooked was perfect crime he REALLY rips on that one

Duff is my 2nd fave bass player; Dee Dee Ramone being my very fave (I'll admit; he is known more for his songwriting than his playing).

Good video

Con los años ha perfeccionado su técnica y sonido. Hay líneas de bajo no tan conocidas como Into the Truth (Walking Papers), Freedom Song (Levee Walkers), Eat me (Ozzy Osbourne) que lo demuestran. Recomiendo escucharlas para notar su evolución.

Could yo do a video of mike starr?.. Also You do a great job teaching how works any bassist thanks man🤘🤘

Diff is awesome.. great bassist imo.

I’m reaching waaaaay back but my point correlates to exactly Duff’s choice of notes. The song: Sure Gonna Miss Her by Gary Lewis & The Playboys. Throughout the song and just when you think the bassist will land on the low note, you’re immediately surprised that the high note is accentuated instead. I often wonder if it’s a “guitar player who’s playing bass” thing or not. Not sure….but it sure sounds good! The great Carl Radle played in this band but I’m not certain it’s him here on this track. Speaking of Carl, you may want to consider looking into his life and career. It’ll speak for itself…trust me.

Duff.❤

su forma de tocar el bajo siempre me pareció idéntica a la de paul mccartney. por eso son mis bajistas favoritos

Duff is an brilliant musician.

Duff's tips are incredibly wise. If you think on him as boy doing this stuff back then, you'll realize how Guns 'n' roses was a dream team. In reality, all this big bands were.

he love to use the b3 in major chords too!

Duff is the perfect example of play what serves the song. Everything broken down In here is second nature playing from years of experience.

As someone who used to play in TWO GNR tribute bands, I find this video truly eye opening. About his picking: seems to me it had changed throughout the years: The AFD picking style sounds to me like a heavier pick playing near the bridge pickup, as it get more of a 'thump' sound, While the more recognizable "Illusion" picking style is a thinner pick playing little 'north' of the neck pickup, which gives more of a 'zing' sound (if those terms make any sense) It also helps to pick at an angle which is not parallel to the strings (try and see what you get). Also - He doesn't boost a lot of highs in his sound, just a little bit. Nor boosting the heck out the lows. Gallien Krueger is THE amp for the job, for having rock-solid mids, while not being too "bassy". NOTE: The chorus effect is not used as much as people think, only in key parts, that's why everyone thinks he uses it all the time. Overall, yeah, Duff is the finest example of a modern rock bass player.

Tokyo 92, same.

There’s a couple of bass tracks from the Appetite album on youtube that I believe to be legit. You can definitely hear the ghost notes which add more umph.

Plz could u do locomotive cover/tab. Would be much appreciated