Torpedo Girl Bass

Song: TORPEDO GIRL
Artist: KISS
Album: UNMASKED
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                                                                                    Transcribed by Emil 
Ortenmark, kfemil@telia.com
 
Standard tuning
 
Comments: This bassline, like all of Ace´s songs after his
1978 solo album, was played by Ace himself. It shows too,
the riffs are kind of funky and are nowhere near what Gene
would have played.
 
Key:
/    = slide up
\    = slide down
b    = bend (whole step)
b^   = bend (1/2 step)
b^^  = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb   = pre-bend
r    = release-bend
t    = tap with righthand finger
h    = hammer-on
p    = pull-off
~    = Vibrato
*    = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
x    = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
Tp   = Tap w\plectrum
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 1a
 
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12-------------------14--12-----14-12-----12-----|
A|--------------14------------------------------14--------14-----10--|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 1b
 
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------14---------------------------------------------------|
E|--12------------------------------12--x-12--x-12--x-12--x-14-------|
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 1c
 
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12------------------x-14--x-14--14---------------|
A|--------------14--------------------------------------12-----------|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 1d
 
G|----------------------12--12/13------------------------------------|
D|-------14--12-----12------------------x-14--x-14--14--14--14\------|
A|--------------14---------------------------------------------------|
E|--12------------------------------12-------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 2a
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3---2---3--3----------------------------|
E|--3--3---2---3--3--------------------------------------------------|
   < - - - 2x - - - >   < - - - 2x - - - >
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 2b
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------3--3---2---3--3------3--3---2--------------|
E|--3--3---2---3--3---------------------------------------3--3---2/--|
   < - - - 2x - - - >
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 3
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7-7---7-----7-7----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------0-------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 4
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------2---------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 5
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7-7---7-7---7-7-----7--7--5--5--4--4--2--2-------------------|
E|-----------------------0-------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 6
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 7
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10---10---10--10---10---10---------------------------------------|
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 8
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------2/---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
E|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
                        < - - - - - - - 3x - - - - - - >
 
 
 
Rhythm Fig. 6
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
   < - - - - 2x - - - - - >
 
 
 
[Intro: Drums only]
 
[Rhy. Fig 1a] (3x)
[Rhy. Fig 1b]
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
 
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2b]
 
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[Rhy. Fig 1c]
 
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 4]
 
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
 
[Rhy. Fig 2a]
[Rhy. Fig 2b]
 
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[rhy. Fig 1c]
 
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Riff 1]
 
[Rhy. Fig 6] (7x)
[Rhy. Fig 7]
[Rhy. Fig 1a]
[Rhy. Fig 1d]
 
[Rhy. Fig 6] (4x)
 
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 5]
 
[Rhy. Fig 6]
 
[Rhy. Fig 3]
[Rhy. Fig 5]
 
[Rhy. Fig 8] (repeat and fade)
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