[quote name='peted' post='841749' date='May 19 2010, 09:48 AM']I play this with my cover band. I use an EH Big Muff with my bass tuned at concert pitch EADG. All I do is play octaves and our keyboard player also doubles up what I'm playing on his synth.
I start on the D - 10th fret on the E string. Does that help? I could record myself playing the riff once through tonight if it helps?[/quote]
Basically that's what I do when I play it. In an ideal world you would split the signal with a 'normal' and 'fuzz/octaver effect being switched off and on when it suited.
In reality, I used an EHX Big Muff when the rest of the band were 'not in' and turned it off as the 2nd verse started up. If you watch live in Teignmouth, I then fuzzed up the mimic the guitar when he played the 'pentatonic with passing notes' riff at the end. Because of the lack of shifting, I found my muscle groups crying in pain, so I played it like a classical guitar (like Sting) with a thumb downstroke and a middle finger upstroke! (Sounds well-dodgy!)