Jaco Pastorius – Jaco (Donna Lee is a PRIME EXAMPLE of feel).
However, the following will help you to approximate the sound to the point where the audience won’t know (or frankly, care) and the person that hired you will be happy with your versatility. Welcome to the wonderful world of palm muting, a very simple technique that can vastly improve your versatility.ĭISCLAIMER: You will NEVER completely emulate an upright bass on electric. What usually follows is either “Where’s the upright bass?” or something to that effect, followed by disbelief as I explain that it’s just been me and the electric bass and give them a quick example. I’ll play a theatre production, and as we’re playing the exit music, I’ll watch as people peek their heads over the rail, look over at me and then at their friends with a shocked expression.