Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This song can be found on Marcus Miller’s 2005 album Silver Rain. A cover version of the original Edgar Winter version, this is one of the most popular tracks on the album, and one of Marcus’s finest slapped lines. All of the unison lines from the original are played with the slap technique, and Marcus turns in a magnificent solo. As is typical of his playing, the solo builds in its intensity, culminating in some complex double thumbed lines and – unusually for Marcus – a two-handed tapping lick.
I performed the line using a 1966 Fender Jazz Bass strung with Rotosound strings, gauges .040, .060, .080, .100. All controls on the bass were turned up full and the bass was recorded via a SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
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This song can be found on Marcus Miller’s 2005 album Silver Rain. A cover version of the original Edgar Winter version, this is one of the most popular tracks on the album, and one of Marcus’s finest slapped lines. All of the unison lines from the original are played with the slap technique, and Marcus turns in a magnificent solo. As is typical of his playing, the solo builds in its intensity, culminating in some complex double thumbed lines and – unusually for Marcus – a two-handed tapping lick.
I performed the line using a 1966 Fender Jazz Bass strung with Rotosound strings, gauges .040, .060, .080, .100. All controls on the bass were turned up full and the bass was recorded via a SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
A full video tuition course for this song is available to video course subscribers at Bassline Publishing. You can check out the course below:
basslinepublishing.com/video-section/marcus-miller-frankenstein
You can SUBSCRIBE to my video courses here: basslinepublishing.com/video-course-choice
Don't forget to like the video and subscribe so that you see more great bass content from me in the future!
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