Jack White and the bass octave

as i write this, i'm listening to stairway to heaven on vinyl. (don't worry though, i don't overplay it....it's only a couple of times per month).

but my mind is wandering from john paul jones, bonham, plant and page. wandering to a concert dvd that i watched last week. The White Stripes, live in London (if i remember the location right).

i'm stepping way outside the box, writing about jack white, seeing as he's a guitarist....when you hear bass on his albums, it's usually played on a guitar, shifted down into the bass octave.

but then i remember, that bass is not just an istrument, but the octave too. and when a guitarist can play in the bass range with an octave shifter, that's worth writing about.

so is any man who can nearly single-handedly put on a rock concert performance.

arguably the most memorable bassline of the new millenium was composed by jack white and used in Seven Nation Army. and it was played on guitar.

as a bassist, i salute you, jack white.