Tower Of Power - Funk The Dumb Stuff [BASS COVER] - With notation and tabs

A big thank you to Ron for sponsoring this video. He wanted to see some classic Tower Of Power on here - grateful to oblige! Did my best to replicate Rocco's left-hand muting technique (He uses his 3rd and 4th fingers pretty much only to rest on the string and partially mute it - almost all notes are played with the first two fingers only) - got about 70% of the way there I think. I also chose to play the main verse groove up the neck because it sounds beefier there, rather than down in 3rd position where it's a bit thinner. Hard tune!! But oh so funky. FUNK THE DUMB STUFF!!

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Gear/settings:
2011 Fender American Deluxe Pbass
D'Addario nickel (round) wound medium gauge strings
Pickup knob: Neutral
Treble: way down
Bass: a little up
Avalon U5 D.I.
Protools 11 (minor compression and EQ)