Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video is a play-through of Mark King's bassline from 'Easy', by Nik Kershaw. This great song appeared on Nik's 1983 album The Riddle. Mark plays a slap groove throughout most of the track, although the Intro and Re-Intro sections feature a slippery fingerstyle unison line.

To closely mimic Mark King's recorded tone, I used a JayDee Supernatural bass, played through a Yamaha E1010 analog delay unit for a chorused sound. The bass was strung with Rotosound strings, gauges .030, .050, .070, .090. Mark used the same equipment on the original recording.

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