Released in 2009 as the fifth and final single from Paramore's third album, 'Brand New Eyes', 'Playing God' was well-received by the public, and lauded by critics as a brilliant return to form.

Although the album was said to be plagued by a lot of interpersonal issues within the band, I always felt that it had some of the best writing of the early Paramore sound.

Jeremy Davis played the bass on this record, and it sounds like the C# note in the chorus is played in the normal 4-string register, but reinforced an octave below with a synth in production. As such, I've opted to break out the 'Frankenbass' to track this cover in Drop-C tuning.


Equipment used:
Bass:
'The Frankenbass'
Early '90s Fender Japan Silver Series Jazz Bass body (alder)
Warmoth wenge neck with brazilian rosewood fingerboard
Stainless steel frets
Dimarzio Model J neck and bridge pickup (both full on)
Seymour Duncan SPB-2 middle pickup (off)
CTS 1 Meg volume pot (SPB-2)
500K volume pots (Model J)
Dimarzio 1 Meg tone pot with 0.01uf tone capacitor (wide open)
Creation Audio Labs Redeemer Buffer Circuit (on)
Leo Quan Badass II bridge
Hipshot Bass Xtender
Stringjoy custom gauge strings (0.050 to 0.120, CGCF tuning)
Gravity Picks 0.9mm Thin Stealth plectrum

Audio:
Boss GT-1B used as audio interface
Gallien Krueger amp sim with organic cab sim
Hi-Band Drive patch (configured for light drive)
Hi-Band compressor patch
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Video:
iPhone 7
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