After reading some of the coments I must say some things : -There's no right or wrong way of playing bass. Billy Sheehan has his own style and sound. He has been playing all around the world since early 80's with several bands and artists .so if the thing he does works for him.. who cares? -If someone has doubts about Billy's musical skills , please take a look to his second solo record. -Sheehan is a bass player but, more than this, he's a rock musician. What do you expect? A Jaco Pastorius cover in a hard rock show? -People who goes to a Sheehan show want to see Sheehan playing the way he does.
it's not a mess it's an arrangement of speed, skill and scales with accurate playing the man has what most bass players strive for! it took time and dedication to get this good!
The first two minutes of his solo are just him rocking out, like he is known for. But starting from 2:18, the rest of his solo is a demonstration of why he is one of the best bass players alive. Melody, finger dexterity, speed, accuracy, and his own chorus filled, distorted expression. Billy Sheehan is phenomonal
I'm glad I saw your comment - because I had already disengaged. Yes he is fast, but where was the music, the feeling, the expression? Well, as you say, it starts at 2:18, and lasts for a while.
This guy is so unreal it's friggin scary...definitely takes playing bass into a whole different realm and influenced thousands of others to look outside the box and be different..Love his style of playing..
The height if immaturity is coming to TH-cam, watching a legend di his thang, and only commenting about how many players are better. Its a concert. A solo. It's not a goddamned competition.
+Mikael Salander You are not right, melody, harmony and rhythm are basics, and they don't need to be all three at a time. For example in this improvisation solo - there is melody, mostly i can read it , most of it are scales, but still melody. And there is harmony when he plays chords or taping with two hands. And in many places there is a rhytm too. So it's music. Many people think if it doesn't sound catchy than it's not music, you're wrong.
@@ettorereventon2667 Lemme tell you why that is, and why this performance is fucking insane. The bass is known for being played with two fingers when fingerstyle. Then there's slapping and tapping. The rest are chords, melodics, double stops and so on. Billy Sheehan basically said 'heh, cute' and plays fingerstyle with three or four fingers. HOW CAN YOU PLAY WITH THREE OR FOUR FINGERS??! He controls his bass's feedback like the master he is and makes it a statement, a warcry, while he makes it sing with two-hand tapping. The rest of us can 'play' bass, but Billy *understands* it.
@@mrduck6720 he doesn’t play the bass as an instrument. That bass is part of his freaking body, just like his fingers are. It’s like what victor wooten says: he plays the bass just like he speaks English. Music is his language, the bass is his mouth
The amount of different techniques on display here is just fucking insane, the man’s a walking encyclopedia of ways of playing the bass. Fucking insane
It’s just like a guitar solo on bass. It’s still musical, and even as a guitar player this is unbelievable. I don’t play bass so I can’t get my fingers to do stuff like that, hell nah. So that coupled with what he’s doing with his fretting hand, it’s honestly unbelievable.
@@jacurururur8848 it’s a bit of both cuz he goes from crazy speed, to a bit slow beautiful tapping. It really goes to show that bass can be an expressive instrument.
@@nar____ theres only a few parts with any decent melody, but most of the slower parts are unremarkable. like whats with the note choice at 4:35? that sounds like garbage
It really pisses me off that people say that he is just playing really fast and making noise, he is extremely talented and has vast amounts of musical knowledge, I can understand why someone might not like this but you cannot deny this guy is good. EDIT: weird coming back and seeing comments I left over five years ago. I don’t remember caring about Billy Sheehan this much. Retrospectively, this is honestly pretty unmusical as impressive as it is technically. The harmonics and tapping parts are pretty cool though
In my head, he's categorized alongside Steve Vai as "one of the guys whose music I don't exactly have an opinion on, but are just really fun to watch."
I met this guy at a small bass clinic in Michigan and he was such a nice guy and eager to show techniques and share his love for music he was just such a wonderful musician and human being
I always remember thinking he's so much better than Mr. Big. I guess it's proof how a true, great musician, knows what not to play, as well as he knows what to play (and when).
I have watched and listened to this many times over the last three and a half years, and for the first time now I'm checking it out at 0.75 speed (a You Tube feature--see the top). I have been more amazed than ever at the speed and capability of the playing. I guess I'll check it out at 0.5 speed next.
this guy is truly a huge inspiration for me. makes it look so easy and cool. and paired with paul gilbert, what a duo. god damn. I used to use his pearce BC-1 preamp for the longest time for all my bass tones. loved that thing
mike walter OH sorry! ARE YOU FAMOUS?, OHH NNO!!! MIKE WALTER, YOU ARE NOT! SO PLEASE SHUT UP! HE IS THE BEST HARD ROCK BASSIST! HE IS THE BASSIST OF THE MILENIUM! SO SORRY MAN! PLEASE THERE IS THE DOOR , MR, JAZZ SCALES!
mike walter I don't see what my little dick has to do with music but ok. I guess big penis with balls the size of tangerines carriers like loved by the sun then? Hahahaha holy shit
Look at that crowd ! Super groups ! What a monster outs amount of talent !! Billy is definitely a shredder but also a master of holding down the pocket and making a great song . And a great singer…
The man is shredding on a bass, finger style, clearly just being a show off for its own sake, and it’s fucking KILLER. Anyone who looks at this and gives it criticism for being “not real bass playing” can fucking blow me. There are no rules in music, Sheehan is having the time of his life here, and it shows.
I used to see him live back in the early seventies with his hometown band in Buffalo NY.......TALAS!!!! He was amazing back then and has progressed greatly over the years, happy to see he has done so well.
Billy and Chris Squire are my wish who I could hold my own to which I never will be as good as either of them. And then there comes a kid Charles Berthoud that can make us all bow down and want to quit playing because his ability is truly earned and immortal. No matter how much one can practice Charles and a guy named Davy are honestly unreal and so amazing to watch. Being old school I will never lose any respect for the many players of our day however a new day has arrived. Live long and well Mr. BIG! You are very respected.I 👍✌️
I love all the people who think they need to teach Billy Sheehan the very basics of playing the bass in the comment section. I mean... it's not like the guy played bass all his life and has been around for 30 years kickin ass on stage. I wonder what those people in the comment section have contributed to the music industry to justify such statements...
That's easy, it's just a bunch of mentally prebuscent assholes who think they know anything about music, and think their opinion is a statement. Can't appreciate skill or have the hearing to comprehend what is going on. There are many factors that play on it, and between these, there's also jealousy.
Just cause you picked up bass cause it was "easier" than guitar, doesn't mean people, professional musicians, should limit themselves to make you comfortable in your own definition and guidelines of music. Music is subjectively enjoyable, and it is objectively wrong to call any piece "bad". This dude achieves amazing bass licks and great entertainment, (in my opinion, slow down) and I will always be open to experimenting with my bass to come up with new, inventive, and interesting ways/techniques to express myself on new levels with music. Constructive criticism is one thing, being boring and jaded is another.
He has a great creativity and a cool sound with a fascinating chorus. Met him in 2011 at Tc Electronic booth (at that time he was a Tc endorser) during a a demo of mine in Italy, he is also a very simple person, friendly and very focused on the new tendences. Billy you are a great inspiration!
As a guitar player of 35 years, I attempt playing the most VERY basics of bass when I record a song. I mean, I own a couple bass guitars, but I know I'm terrible, and would never insult a bass player by calling myself as such. Hearing/watching someone who DOES play bass well is just memorizing for me. I love the sound of bass, and love to attempt playing it. Big props to all the bass guitar players out there. Much respect.
How the fuck does no one mention Sheehan on the best bass players list while fucking Flea and Cliff Burton are a must mention. It makes it so much harder to find legends like Sheehan.
+Wayne King you are so right. Billy is a great player but all technical & no soul. Reminds me of all those shredders from the 80's were everything was a pentatonic scale played at warp speed or some kind of classical music played with surgical precision. I have the Talus albums but really stopped listening & following him when he was with David Lee Roth's solo project & in an interview in guitar player magazine put down John Entwhistle, Chris Squire & Geddy Lee for being sloppy bass players & if they would learn to tighten up their fingers they could be good players. That's did it for me.
I have heard him play live with Steve Vai, he can play with soul as well as shred. Vai's style of playing and Sheehan's bass playing complement each other, and Vai is one of the most melodic guitar players around. Egos aside, Sheehan is up there with Tony Levin, Jack Bruce and Les Claypool in technical masters of the bass. I think he deserves more recognition, this guy is the Yngwie of bass playing(loves to shred but can also be very melodic.
Well, you can take a look at Erlend Casperen, take a look on yt, you will see art there, well, if they don't mention Billy in one list it's because they don't like him, and you should lnow that there is no better musican in any way, just different.
+Dingo D. Manhunter dingo my friend you must fuck all these top ten list and make sure you go out and find out about people like I do Just a tip right there :)
Met him last year after a small club show in NH. Very nice and approachable guy. Most of the night was just great groove playing. He plays the same way whether he is playing for a few hundred people or 20k. A real musician’s musician. Thanks Billy, please come back and see us again soon.
When I started bass I couldn't stand Billy, he was just a show off.. But the more I learn and play the more I see how great he is, and listening to his basslines in songs shows me that although he can do this, he always writes the perfect line, fast or slow, showing off when there's room and when the time is right, but always serving the song first. One of the greats for sure.
I saw him years ago at a bass expo with Greg Bissonette on drums and Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten. He hands down stole the show. It was his showmanship and ability to get so many different sounds out of the bass that set him apart.
And that's my friends is called bass shredding...i went in a steve vai's concert with him in the bass,at the end he pushed the bass towards the crowd in the front ,telling them to slap it...it was cool man
Back in the late 80s, Billy Sheehan turned the both my world and the bass world upside down. I don't think the likes of a Mike Gordon or any other top line pro bassist can do what he does, with the possible exception of Stu Hamm (and maybe not even then).
Mr. Sheehan: "No Billy, for the last time, you are Not getting a guitar. You need to follow Sheehan tradition and play bass like me, grandpa, great grandpa, so on,& so on... Billy: "Ok FINE!! ...Hold my Beer!" Mr.Sheehan: 😱😱!!
I play bass and I LOVE it. What I love most is being asked who I sound like. I always respond with I sound like me. I'm not trying to sound like anyone because it's not a competition. I have many influences and Billy is one of them. I took a lesson from listening to him at workshops as he tells you to "do it your way. This is just how I play". I see alot of comments of players saying they are better. I say, for one, you're probably not. And 2, so? Just play and love it
No one wants bass players to get flashy, because they're to scared to try new things. Billy is my favorite nplayer, and my model. He will step out a line
There still is a VERY STRONG force out there dating back to the 50's that a bass player is the dumb guy in the band. Usually kept alive by keyboard players and guitar players that have fragile egos. I know. I've been fronting bands as a fretless player and singer/engineer for years. Bass players are always shunned by those types. They usually don't want them soloing. I love it when a guitar player tries a fretless, They aren't even CLOSE to staying in pitch. Most of their ears are blown out! It takes brains and great ears to stay in pitch. Egos egos scheesh. Just my LAO. Sorry
@@SirPraiseSun In what way? Listen, if you think I insulted your hero, that's too bad. All he's doing is playing the bass like it was a guitar, and that's nothing new. His angle is that he's not playing as much as he is shredding. Evidently you're a fan of gimmicks and sensationalism. He's a showman, not an artist.
I think that when one watches an awesome bass solo such as this one, that folks are expecting to see a lot of what we're seeing here, with an awesome "stand-alone" melody that folks can also dance to, maybe hum with, something like a Sheehan-branded "bass song". Other than our preconceptions of what a bass solo is, there's only rocking happening here. Plenty of it. What you expect, and what you may get are always going to differ. It's not like it's bad, or anything. The guy is obviously very skilled. Give the man his credit.
This man is insanely skilled. But no one can beat out cliff burton to me. It doesn't matter if Sheehan is more skilled or not; cliff will always hold a special place in my heart.
Exactly bro. Cliff Burton is my idol. Though I'm a rhythm guitarist, but he is my idol. Billy is second favorite bassist of mine, too close to cliff. But call it the name, or fame or whatever but Cliff will always be my favorite! \m/
"Speed: no feeling, no groove". In my opinion, it has a lot of feeling in it too, as well as some super nice sounding chords. What is the tuning, if anyone knows?
+gasmaskboi19371945 Standard and he uses the hipshot dtuna to drop the low e to a d at times (you can see him messing with the headstock when he does it)
Few play at Billy's level. No one should feel bad about it. We're talking rare skills. Been playing since 1967 and I am glad for what little I do know. I will always be a work in progress. Appreciate your skill level, use it in the songs you play, the bands you play in. Attend to your own ministry, I strive to be the best William J. Mendes I can be (ME)...I can't be anyone else. I am thankful for this virtuoso's music, it inspires me.
After reading some of the coments I must say some things :
-There's no right or wrong way of playing bass. Billy Sheehan has his own style and sound. He has been playing all around the world since early 80's with several bands and artists .so if the thing he does works for him.. who cares?
-If someone has doubts about Billy's musical skills , please take a look to his second solo record.
-Sheehan is a bass player but, more than this, he's a rock musician. What do you expect? A Jaco Pastorius cover in a hard rock show?
-People who goes to a Sheehan show want to see Sheehan playing the way he does.
Spoken like a true gentleman
And with him being in all those bands, with different styles of music, he's added many different techniques and honed his style masterfully.
Well, of course they do, and people go to a New Kids on the Block show for the same reason, what's your point?
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Going back more like 70's .He got his first bass in the late 60's I believe.
Never saw anyone shred a bass like that. The amount of sound he was creating and the ways he was making it blew me away. Awesome performance.
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cliff burton
When Tim Bogert was alive, he would kick the crap out of Billy. No doubt, Tim Bogert was the best.
it's not a mess it's an arrangement of speed, skill and scales with accurate playing the man has what most bass players strive for! it took time and dedication to get this good!
Yes, it's a complete mess
It’s free expression, the culmination of countless hours of practice.
speed, skill and scales [and arpeggios]
He clearly can play, but, yeah very messy and noodly. Idk this kinda thing does nothing for me.
@@88cgdan He is just showing speed...but yeah, he clearly has the skills to make it a better one IMO.
Billy Sheehan, Also known as that guy that does what most bass teacher don't want you to do and does it magnificently
Few bass players can play a solo that's melodic and rhythmic and holding audience for that long
billy didn’t prove that he could in this one lol
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John Entwistle, case closed
@@jacurururur8848 aint that the truth! Melodic?!? Lmao
The first two minutes of his solo are just him rocking out, like he is known for. But starting from 2:18, the rest of his solo is a demonstration of why he is one of the best bass players alive. Melody, finger dexterity, speed, accuracy, and his own chorus filled, distorted expression. Billy Sheehan is phenomonal
I'm glad I saw your comment - because I had already disengaged. Yes he is fast, but where was the music, the feeling, the expression? Well, as you say, it starts at 2:18, and lasts for a while.
This guy is so unreal it's friggin scary...definitely takes playing bass into a whole different realm and influenced thousands of others to look outside the box and be different..Love his style of playing..
2:46 Billy briefly becomes Steve Howe.
4:31 Billy briefly becomes Steve Vai.
nah, just billy
Wow. Between this guy and Entwhistle, Claypool, Flea, I just had no idea how versatile this instrument is. Awesome.
You want to see how versatile a bass can be? Check out Mike Kerr from "Royal Blood."
They are all good. They just have different styles on playing. That's just it!
let's add Tal Wilkenfeld to the group.
Getty Lee is a beast too.
You should definitely have a listen to Jaco Pastorius then.
The height if immaturity is coming to TH-cam, watching a legend di his thang, and only commenting about how many players are better. Its a concert. A solo. It's not a goddamned competition.
+Scott Patterson It's not music.
Actually, it is music. It's just not your music.
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Nah mate, music must have 3 things, melody, harmony and rhythm, and this has none.
No no no no. Melody, harmony and rhythm are just common elements in music, you don't need all three at all.
+Mikael Salander You are not right, melody, harmony and rhythm are basics, and they don't need to be all three at a time. For example in this improvisation solo - there is melody, mostly i can read it , most of it are scales, but still melody. And there is harmony when he plays chords or taping with two hands. And in many places there is a rhytm too. So it's music. Many people think if it doesn't sound catchy than it's not music, you're wrong.
Have fun tabbing this out.
I'll give that a miss
It's kinda impossible but worth it
Steve Vai might be able.
thank god for software
bill sheehan is a good bass player
Billy Sheehan is the Eddie Van Halen of bass. Love him
Speaking of Van Halen, David Lee Roth from Van Halen had his own band and Billy Sheehan played in his band
@@mattmatenko78 The universe is interesting and crazy that way isn’t it?
I always like to say Billy Sheehan is the Eddie Van Halen of bass and Jaco was the Jimi Hendrix of bass
@@ethanlocke3604 dude be serious... sheenan is not even miles away from the other 3 you mentioned
He is the Cliff Burton of Mr. Big
Not only is he a great musician, he's also a great guy..talked to him a few times,no rockstar attitude whatsoever.
As a non-player of a string instrument, you can't imagine how much I don't understand how he does what he does.
It's really impressive.
Grand Mestre des Poulpes I play the bass and I understand even less than you 😂
@@ettorereventon2667 Lemme tell you why that is, and why this performance is fucking insane. The bass is known for being played with two fingers when fingerstyle. Then there's slapping and tapping. The rest are chords, melodics, double stops and so on.
Billy Sheehan basically said 'heh, cute' and plays fingerstyle with three or four fingers. HOW CAN YOU PLAY WITH THREE OR FOUR FINGERS??! He controls his bass's feedback like the master he is and makes it a statement, a warcry, while he makes it sing with two-hand tapping. The rest of us can 'play' bass, but Billy *understands* it.
@@mrduck6720 he doesn’t play the bass as an instrument. That bass is part of his freaking body, just like his fingers are. It’s like what victor wooten says: he plays the bass just like he speaks English. Music is his language, the bass is his mouth
As a player of a string instrument, you can't imagine how much I don't understand how he does what he does.
It's really impressive.
@@mrduck6720 it’s not hard to play with 3 or 4 fingers, but it’s hard to play what Billy can with 3 and 4 fingers.
This is NOT FAIR!!!! Human ears cannot catch all those frequencies, we know there is more right there, deep in paradise. This is amazing!!!!
The amount of different techniques on display here is just fucking insane, the man’s a walking encyclopedia of ways of playing the bass. Fucking insane
I feel bad for all these bassists in the comment section who feel they can only do one thing. I guess limiting yourself makes life simpler.
Billy Sheehan is the reason I push myself musically every day. He’s my music role model.
And when they do play like him same people like you would say they're just a copycat. They don't know what pleases you anymore
Only time i ever saw Billy Sheehan live was at a small vinue in Portland, Oregon on the B3 tour with Jeff Berlin and Stu Hamm. What a show😎👍
First time listening to Billy and I’m blown away! Nothing he did was easy but everything was just cool.
Niacin is amazing!
Dennis Chambers and Billy Sheehan on drums and bass it's jus a masterpiece.
Two tottally different backrounds make it A-MA-ZING
Billy has always been a killer bass player. Loved him with David Lee Roth and all the other bands he's been in. Monster chops!
Bassists = "oh my God this guys incredible"
Everyone else = "dudblublubludududhddiddlediddlediddleblubblubblubdingdingding"
its fast to the point of sounding muddy or blurry, this solo showcases extreme technical prowess but is hardly musical
It’s just like a guitar solo on bass. It’s still musical, and even as a guitar player this is unbelievable. I don’t play bass so I can’t get my fingers to do stuff like that, hell nah. So that coupled with what he’s doing with his fretting hand, it’s honestly unbelievable.
@@jacurururur8848 it’s a bit of both cuz he goes from crazy speed, to a bit slow beautiful tapping. It really goes to show that bass can be an expressive instrument.
@@nar____ theres only a few parts with any decent melody, but most of the slower parts are unremarkable. like whats with the note choice at 4:35? that sounds like garbage
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Now this is what a solo is all about. Take your instrument to the freakin' limit.
Pffff, most ten year olds can do that, it's all easy tricks he looks like a fool to us who knows, he can play, but nothing out of the ordinary
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It really pisses me off that people say that he is just playing really fast and making noise, he is extremely talented and has vast amounts of musical knowledge, I can understand why someone might not like this but you cannot deny this guy is good.
EDIT: weird coming back and seeing comments I left over five years ago. I don’t remember caring about Billy Sheehan this much. Retrospectively, this is honestly pretty unmusical as impressive as it is technically. The harmonics and tapping parts are pretty cool though
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1. This solo is a bit stupid. But it's the right solo for a hyped-up rock crowd.
2. He _is_ amazing. Better than this solo could ever convey.
People always have something to say
But not to do
He's amazing thats a fact❤
In my head, he's categorized alongside Steve Vai as "one of the guys whose music I don't exactly have an opinion on, but are just really fun to watch."
Now while I'm not personally a huge fan of this style of bass playing, it is FUCKING hard to shred on a bass, so respect for this guy either way.
I met this guy at a small bass clinic in Michigan and he was such a nice guy and eager to show techniques and share his love for music he was just such a wonderful musician and human being
The fact that he can run across the stage and still play like that is pretty cool
Absolutely incredible, the things Billy do with a bass guitar.
Happy Birthday, Billy and Thank You for the music.🥳🎉❤️
I always remember thinking he's so much better than Mr. Big. I guess it's proof how a true, great musician, knows what not to play, as well as he knows what to play (and when).
I am sorry, but mr big is super awsome band with great musicians.
I have watched and listened to this many times over the last three and a half years, and for the first time now I'm checking it out at 0.75 speed (a You Tube feature--see the top). I have been more amazed than ever at the speed and capability of the playing. I guess I'll check it out at 0.5 speed next.
this guy is truly a huge inspiration for me. makes it look so easy and cool. and paired with paul gilbert, what a duo. god damn. I used to use his pearce BC-1 preamp for the longest time for all my bass tones. loved that thing
This is his art. He's expressing himself and having fun. If you don't like this solo, don't listen to it.
I wont.................but I'll invite him over for a lesson on how to play BASS!!!!
mike walter OH sorry! ARE YOU FAMOUS?, OHH NNO!!! MIKE WALTER, YOU ARE NOT! SO PLEASE SHUT UP! HE IS THE BEST HARD ROCK BASSIST! HE IS THE BASSIST OF THE MILENIUM! SO SORRY MAN! PLEASE THERE IS THE DOOR , MR, JAZZ SCALES!
tucker mcclung thanx for noticing he sucks
mike walter I don't see what my little dick has to do with music but ok. I guess big penis with balls the size of tangerines carriers like loved by the sun then? Hahahaha holy shit
mike walter Chill out buddy boy, you might burst a capillary.
Gotta Love His Signature Basses!! Always seems so cool in interviews as well. What many of us aspire to be.🤙🤙😎
Look at that crowd ! Super groups ! What a monster outs amount of talent !! Billy is definitely a shredder but also a master of holding down the pocket and making a great song . And a great singer…
Вот это да! Виртуоз, одно слово.. представляю, какие эмоции испытывает музыкант, когда так играет.. Браво! 👏🤓
I live for the that single beautiful arpeggio at 5:34
So under rated, so technical. One of the most awesome bass players of all time. He is the Eddie Van Halen of bass players.
The man is shredding on a bass, finger style, clearly just being a show off for its own sake, and it’s fucking KILLER. Anyone who looks at this and gives it criticism for being “not real bass playing” can fucking blow me. There are no rules in music, Sheehan is having the time of his life here, and it shows.
2:20 to 3:18 is incredible. It sounds like you're in the clouds.
Right? As soon as he played that lick at 2:20 I was almost brought to tears. It hits you directly in the heart.
Billy is the man! Love the way he plays! Aint no other like him!
I used to see him live back in the early seventies with his hometown band in Buffalo NY.......TALAS!!!! He was amazing back then and has progressed greatly over the years, happy to see he has done so well.
Billy and Chris Squire are my wish who I could hold my own to which I never will be as good as either of them. And then there comes a kid Charles Berthoud that can make us all bow down and want to quit playing because his ability is truly earned and immortal. No matter how much one can practice Charles and a guy named Davy are honestly unreal and so amazing to watch. Being old school I will never lose any respect for the many players of our day however a new day has arrived. Live long and well Mr. BIG! You are very respected.I 👍✌️
I love all the people who think they need to teach Billy Sheehan the very basics of playing the bass in the comment section. I mean... it's not like the guy played bass all his life and has been around for 30 years kickin ass on stage. I wonder what those people in the comment section have contributed to the music industry to justify such statements...
That's easy, it's just a bunch of mentally prebuscent assholes who think they know anything about music, and think their opinion is a statement. Can't appreciate skill or have the hearing to comprehend what is going on. There are many factors that play on it, and between these, there's also jealousy.
Just cause you picked up bass cause it was "easier" than guitar, doesn't mean people, professional musicians, should limit themselves to make you comfortable in your own definition and guidelines of music. Music is subjectively enjoyable, and it is objectively wrong to call any piece "bad". This dude achieves amazing bass licks and great entertainment, (in my opinion, slow down) and I will always be open to experimenting with my bass to come up with new, inventive, and interesting ways/techniques to express myself on new levels with music. Constructive criticism is one thing, being boring and jaded is another.
This man has his own trademark bass line.. the one and only : mr Billy sheehan.. 👏👏
He has a great creativity and a cool sound with a fascinating chorus. Met him in 2011 at Tc Electronic booth (at that time he was a Tc endorser) during a a demo of mine in Italy, he is also a very simple person, friendly and very focused on the new tendences. Billy you are a great inspiration!
If I practise every day, maybe one day I'll reach 1% of this guy's immense talent.
As a guitar player of 35 years, I attempt playing the most VERY basics of bass when I record a song. I mean, I own a couple bass guitars, but I know I'm terrible, and would never insult a bass player by calling myself as such. Hearing/watching someone who DOES play bass well is just memorizing for me. I love the sound of bass, and love to attempt playing it. Big props to all the bass guitar players out there. Much respect.
How the fuck does no one mention Sheehan on the best bass players list while fucking Flea and Cliff Burton are a must mention. It makes it so much harder to find legends like Sheehan.
+Wayne King you are so right. Billy is a great player but all technical & no soul. Reminds me of all those shredders from the 80's were everything was a pentatonic scale played at warp speed or some kind of classical music played with surgical precision. I have the Talus albums but really stopped listening & following him when he was with David Lee Roth's solo project & in an interview in guitar player magazine put down John Entwhistle, Chris Squire & Geddy Lee for being sloppy bass players & if they would learn to tighten up their fingers they could be good players. That's did it for me.
I have heard him play live with Steve Vai, he can play with soul as well as shred. Vai's style of playing and Sheehan's bass playing complement each other, and Vai is one of the most melodic guitar players around. Egos aside, Sheehan is up there with Tony Levin, Jack Bruce and Les Claypool in technical masters of the bass. I think he deserves more recognition, this guy is the Yngwie of bass playing(loves to shred but can also be very melodic.
Well, you can take a look at Erlend Casperen, take a look on yt, you will see art there, well, if they don't mention Billy in one list it's because they don't like him, and you should lnow that there is no better musican in any way, just different.
+Dingo D. Manhunter I think it's because 9 year old kids are easily impressed by nothing. They don't know any better.
+Dingo D. Manhunter dingo my friend you must fuck all these top ten list and make sure you go out and find out about people like I do Just a tip right there :)
Met him last year after a small club show in NH. Very nice and approachable guy. Most of the night was just great groove playing. He plays the same way whether he is playing for a few hundred people or 20k. A real musician’s musician. Thanks Billy, please come back and see us again soon.
I loved that bass guitar solo.
I'm no expert but, I'm pretty sure that bass is pregnant.
Shamphere 😂
With a toddler
That is some funny shit right there.. pregnant
Agreed. This is some orgasmic fuckery going on there.
Wow dude you're hilarious and original.
When I started bass I couldn't stand Billy, he was just a show off.. But the more I learn and play the more I see how great he is, and listening to his basslines in songs shows me that although he can do this, he always writes the perfect line, fast or slow, showing off when there's room and when the time is right, but always serving the song first. One of the greats for sure.
Glad you turn around.
I saw him years ago at a bass expo with Greg Bissonette on drums and Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten. He hands down stole the show. It was his showmanship and ability to get so many different sounds out of the bass that set him apart.
I saw Billy and Steve on the Eat Em and Smile tour with Diamond Dave, OMG...
Always a pleasure listening to Billy Sheehan
the term "bass groove -talibans"is almost as brilliant as Billy´s playing!
He made a Nintendo System out of a Bass Guitar. Brilliant!
One of the best bass players of all time
誰が何と言おうと、彼は最高のベーシスト
I've played the bass since the early 80'es. I copy'd every great bassblayer, I could find.
Today I have developed my own style inspired by this man!
right out of the gates.... PURE Sheehan....
Hey Lance, I love your videos :D
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***** Awesome, I'll be sure to watch it, Cheers from Australia
he a little bit like my dad he plays like my dad preety good
Legend! Absolutely mind-blowing.
Amazing ! I never have seen anyone use the classical guitar technique of arpeggio on an electric bass.
I am absolutely in love with the tone and sound. Its so controversial bc its so unique and you love it or hate it and i myself am blown away
Everyone in Mr.Big is so Legendary
Nobody:
Billy Sheehan: I bought the whole bass, I'm gonna use the whole bass
世界で一番好きなベーシスト
And that's my friends is called bass shredding...i went in a steve vai's concert with him in the bass,at the end he pushed the bass towards the crowd in the front ,telling them to slap it...it was cool man
Amazing hand and finger strength..
Killer tone…
At the 4:05 mark you forget there are about 25000 or so people surrounding him..
Back in the late 80s, Billy Sheehan turned the both my world and the bass world upside down. I don't think the likes of a Mike Gordon or any other top line pro bassist can do what he does, with the possible exception of Stu Hamm (and maybe not even then).
Mr. Sheehan: "No Billy, for the last time, you are Not getting a guitar. You need to follow Sheehan tradition and play bass like me, grandpa, great grandpa, so on,& so on...
Billy: "Ok FINE!! ...Hold my Beer!"
Mr.Sheehan: 😱😱!!
I play bass and I LOVE it. What I love most is being asked who I sound like. I always respond with I sound like me. I'm not trying to sound like anyone because it's not a competition. I have many influences and Billy is one of them. I took a lesson from listening to him at workshops as he tells you to "do it your way. This is just how I play". I see alot of comments of players saying they are better. I say, for one, you're probably not. And 2, so? Just play and love it
his wife’s a lucky woman
Yes,I'm a bass player from India
@@AnkurRAxom Lol, you don't get it do you? Your wife will be happy too!
I'm a bassist from India as well
I guess were all bass players from india
Except me.. I'm a bass player from India-na
@@erickhuanangoable nanana Batman
Backstage, after the show: "Dude! You did realize that we were playing Smoke On The Water, right?"
No one wants bass players to get flashy, because they're to scared to try new things. Billy is my favorite nplayer, and my model. He will step out a line
There still is a VERY STRONG force out there dating back to the 50's that a bass player is the dumb guy in the band. Usually kept alive by keyboard players and guitar players that have fragile egos. I know. I've been fronting bands as a fretless player and singer/engineer for years. Bass players are always shunned by those types. They usually don't want them soloing. I love it when a guitar player tries a fretless, They aren't even CLOSE to staying in pitch. Most of their ears are blown out! It takes brains and great ears to stay in pitch. Egos egos scheesh. Just my LAO. Sorry
Any idiot can step out of line
@@chrisblair5937 exactly as you did
@@SirPraiseSun In what way? Listen, if you think I insulted your hero, that's too bad. All he's doing is playing the bass like it was a guitar, and that's nothing new. His angle is that he's not playing as much as he is shredding. Evidently you're a fan of gimmicks and sensationalism. He's a showman, not an artist.
I think that when one watches an awesome bass solo such as this one, that folks are expecting to see a lot of what we're seeing here, with an awesome "stand-alone" melody that folks can also dance to, maybe hum with, something like a Sheehan-branded "bass song". Other than our preconceptions of what a bass solo is, there's only rocking happening here. Plenty of it. What you expect, and what you may get are always going to differ. It's not like it's bad, or anything. The guy is obviously very skilled. Give the man his credit.
Tem que falar que é bom né?! Lindo! Esse solo é muito lindo! Que som lindo! Da pra ouvir por horas!
I can picture him breaking into my house at night and bass shredding
This man is insanely skilled. But no one can beat out cliff burton to me. It doesn't matter if Sheehan is more skilled or not; cliff will always hold a special place in my heart.
That's cause he's dead and you're a fucking homer.
Homer? Lol fail
FacePlant D'OH!
Exactly bro. Cliff Burton is my idol. Though I'm a rhythm guitarist, but he is my idol. Billy is second favorite bassist of mine, too close to cliff. But call it the name, or fame or whatever but Cliff will always be my favorite! \m/
I don't mean to be rude but could you explain why? I've never really found the guy too amazing
Every time I'm watchin' this video, I just wanna cry. So beautifull and full of emotions
"Speed: no feeling, no groove".
In my opinion, it has a lot of feeling in it too, as well as some super nice sounding chords. What is the tuning, if anyone knows?
+gasmaskboi19371945 Standard and he uses the hipshot dtuna to drop the low e to a d at times (you can see him messing with the headstock when he does it)
ItalyNerf I noticed that, yes.
+gasmaskboi19371945 The tuning is actually a 1/2 step lower than standard. Eb. In fact, the whole concert from the start is played in an Eb tuning
Never did understand that. I didnt think a solo was supposed to "groove"...Makes no sense
@@donaldcummings8407 Well some solos do groove! I like a nice slow groovy solo. Whatever fits the music I suppose.
Now that is how you make love to a bass
+Aidan Vig more like sexual assault
thats not making love to a bass. thats brutally raping it. for the most part
Louis Minett K
Alonzo Zimucha i already made that joke and made it way better, get your own material bozo.
😗 love you
Just two words: MASTER BASS!!!!!!
Few play at Billy's level. No one should feel bad about it. We're talking rare skills. Been playing since 1967 and I am glad for what little I do know. I will always be a work in progress. Appreciate your skill level, use it in the songs you play, the bands you play in. Attend to your own ministry, I strive to be the best William J. Mendes I can be (ME)...I can't be anyone else. I am thankful for this virtuoso's music, it inspires me.
Legend has it that every time when he fingers a girl, he kills them.
This joke has been so overused it's not even funny anymore.
Who said it was a joke
i love victor wooten more after watching this
Oof
you cant compare wooten to other bassists its just flat out not fair, most famous bassists would probably agree
Shawn Michaels playing bass? XD
d generation x
I have been following this guy for 35 years now! Billy is amazing and he is without RELENT!!!
that's it im getting a bass. today.
Not musical? Showing off? What's up with all these comments? So rock stars aren't supposed to show off at their shows?
if they didn't I'd want my money back lol
@@thegriffin4049 i know right? let her rip man. go big or go home.
Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen on bass. This is insane
GREW UP WATCHING/WORKING WITH HIM IN CLUBS WITH HIS NY BAND TALAS... HE WAS THIS GOOD AT 20, AND THE SOLO ACT HASN'T CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH...
this is like an ode to the gods
THIS IS WHAT YOU SOUND LIKE WHEN YOU PLAY BASS GUITAR EVERYDAY
5:10 hes sweep picking with a bass!!!!!!!!! lol
justin g sweep fingering
amazing as always, Those double jointed fingers work to his advantage so well.
gotta love armchair critics, one of the best in the world being belittled by several no bodies or wannabees.