isolating bass

[Robert J. H.]

Thanks again I think I understand most of that. It's good to learn stuff. Now I can do it on my own. Originally I didn't think I needed or wanted to get it down note for note but now I'll do that because I can hear it more clearly and it will help me learn bass better. And it's interesting how when you slow a piece down you hear definite phrases like a complete sentence or thought (which you can then learn) unlike before when I only heard a longer solo.

That's exactly the way to go. There's a lot of stuff available already transcribed but good musicians will always do it by themselves. It develops greatly your hearing ability and sense for timing phrasing and so on.
The goal isn't to copy the original one to one but rather to pick up new ideas and to see what the whole picture is made of.