Dear friends, this is a very special video for me because I’m presenting the bass I have built in the memory of Chris Squire. The #bassforChris project is my first attempt to construct a bass and it took me about one year. Finally it’s ready.
Another important part of the cover is the use of the 8-string bass on the intro and first two verses of the song. Although there isn’t any report of Chris using an 8-string in this song, while studying the bassline, I concluded that it was indeed the Rickenbacker 4008 that was used, with a wah-wah effect pedal. I underline that this statement is just from my listening, but it fits in the chronology, as the first prototypes were issued in 1973, according to the Rickenbacker Electric Bass Book (Paul D. Boyer/Hal Leonard) and Chris was given one of the first copies.
Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) 
This is one of Chris’s most beautiful and outrageous bass parts. Count the number of times he plays the root! Yet it works. And he sings on top. Just brilliant.
Absolutely agree, Steven… and all that considering he went for a much mellower tone in his Fender Jazz. Thanks for writing!
What happened to the video?
Hello Mike, I’, sorry – it’s temporarily down for personal reasons. It will be back – Hopefully, Eventually. Thank you!