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OBSOLETE (Bassline)
As recorded by Fear Factory
(From the 1998 Album OBSOLETE)
Transcribed by rx aka. iskim86
Words and Music by Fear Factory
Arranged by Fear Factory
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Bass'
Gtr II (A D G C F) - 'Distortion effect'
Intro
Q=175
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
S E. E E S E S E E S E. E E S S S S S S S S 6x
||---------------------|---------------------------||-|
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||-|
||---------------------|---------------------------||-|
||o--------------------|--------------------------o||-|
||--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-|
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------o||----------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3------|
Verse Pre-Verse
Gtr I
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S E S E E S E S E E
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||------------------------||-||----------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o---------------------|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Verse
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||o----------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||o----------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
Pre-Chorus
S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||--------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7---||
Chorus
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------5--------|--------5-----------------o||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o-----------------|--------------o||
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
|-||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|---------5-------|-------5--------|
|-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fear_factory/obsolete_btab.html ]
Breakdown
Gtrs I, II
S S S S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E 3x
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
S S S S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S 3x
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------|---------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-x------|
Verse Chorus
Gtr I
S E. S E.. S E T E E 8x S +E S +E S +E E +S E E
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------||-||------------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------------|
||--0-0--0-0---0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-(5)-4-(4)-5-(5)-4-(4)-5-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S E S E S E +S E E E 4x
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||----------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--5-5-4-4-5-5-(5)-4-5-7-----||
Chorus
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E S S S S S S S S 8x
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------------||
||o----------5--------|--------5-----------------o||
||--7--4-4-4----4-4-4-|-7--4-4---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 4x
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o-----------------|--------------o||
|-||------------------|---------------||
|-||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
|-||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E H 3x
||------------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|--------------o||
||------------------|---------------||
||o---------5-------|-------5------o||
||--7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---0-----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E H Q.
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------*|
|---------5-------|-------5-----------|-------------*|
|-7-4-4-4---4-4-4-|-7-4-4---3-3-3-3-3-|-2-----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
