10 BEST and WORST things about playing BASS
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- The BEST and worst things about playing BASS! Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
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As a double bassist, I get "don't you wish you played the flute?" at least every other gig.
Haha why? At least say violin or cello 🤣
@@CharlesBerthoud Cello Gang!! #multistylecellist :) #WorldofChop And Cello Chop Gang.
@@CharlesBerthoud good thing I play both Violin and Cello with CHOP! 😀 Hey Charles Berthoud, maybe a Chop Slap collab? 👍🏾
I'm particularly entertained by this because my orchestra teacher in high school (who was why I picked double bass) plays double bass and flute specifically
@@CharlesBerthoud Since I tend to do orchestral gigs, I travel with my bass, a music stand, and even a stool. It's not bad, I can get places in one trip.
So I guess maybe a smaller instrument would be easier, but I've tried the flute. I definitely did not have a good time 😅
If you think it's annoying that some people don't know what a bass is, just try viola and try to explain to people how it's between violin and cello.
Haha I can imagine 🤣
Between violin and, what? What's a cello?
@@leftaroundabout I think it's a dragon ball z villain.
@@leftaroundabout A cello is between a viola and a double bass.
I played a viola in grade school. I also played a violin. I couldn't have told you what the difference was. From a playing perspective at that level (and tuning, I guess? - I don't even know if they're usually tuned remarkably differently) they were the same.
You've always looked cool, Charles, but that run at 7 was sublime!!!
Sorry, the 8th
What are you talking about?
@@korigamik go to 8 and you will hear it :D
We almost forget how amazing Charles fingerstyle is
I don't practice santeria
For the algorithm. ✊
sup. It worked 🤘🏻
😎✊
+1
@@josesanabria6414 The algo-gang grows!! 😎✊
For sparta!!!
I love when Charles interjects badass bassery with comedy. 🔥😆
And with the "bad parts" you've stuck with it and now, there are 1million + people who appreciate you. I included. Keep on SLAPPADABASS and TAPPADABASS😂🔥.
Luckily there aren't many truly bad parts about playing bass, they're mostly just funny 🤣 slap's a bit painful at first but that's pretty much it
@@CharlesBerthoud speaking of getting a blister on your thumb, how about a dire straights cover?
@@timmiller1 yes sultans of swing
I felt no2 a lot 😭 especially when i’ve finished a gig with my band and someone will say “i liked your guitar playing”… actual pain to be in lol 😂
I actually saw a rarity - a couple of years ago at church, I saw someone go up to the electric guitar players and say, "man, you're a great bass player!"
You are in your Virtuoso arc I see...
Phenomenal, as always. Love the videos but I definitely stay for the good bass playing. You are an inspiration my friend
Brilliant as always! You're never underappreciated here.
Also, you get to have a significant say in what chord the band is actually playing. The guitarist might think you're playing Am, but the bass player can decide it's actually Fmaj7.
Or also Am/E
That first riff you played sounds very vulfy, love it
Vulvy? ... Like reminiscent of the outer female reproduction organ?
You've got a way with words dude.
@@MartinMaat Haha not sure if you're being sarcastic but he means "like Vulfpeck"
@@CharlesBerthoud OK, that explains it... I was not aware of a band named Vulfpeck and never heard the word before so I looked it up to find it doesn't exist. I then figured it had to be either a typo or a creative expression and I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
Sounds similar to "1612". It's even in the same key.
@@MartinMaat LMAOOOOO
I laughed out loud at #7. My parents bought me my first bass 26 years ago and I'm only going to change the strings when one breaks. You were spot on with all these observations Charles 🤣
Your composition is next level. Keep 'em coming.
He put LOVE in da music mon, he put more LOVE in everything I and I do! Listen to the man SLAP da BYEEE-ASS!!!
I like to listen to these posts at 3 or 4 in the morning, that's my "Special" time.....the time when it's just Me and my BASS GUITAR!
LOVE YA MR. BERTHOUD!
Hope all is well in your very BASSY home during this Festivus time of year! HAPPY FESTIVUS TO ALL THE VERY BASS OF US!!!
Wow! I love the melody at the third point. Could be a reference to the acoustic bass on the previous video ❤
Hahahahaha #10 is so hilarious. You rock man, keep up the good work ! Fellow bassist here.
Number 7 is definitely me. Not changed my strings since I bought my last bass 12 years ago
0:00 - "You don't need many notes to sound great."
0:04 - Charles plays a 16th-note triplet.
You're just too good, Charles. 😀
LMAO
I was gonna say
That’s more notes in the first 30 seconds than I play in most songs
Hello greetings from Costa Rica, I'm a fan
The best thing about bass for me at the moment is clicking your videos and being
amazed every time.
I always love watching ur videos 🎉
I’m getting myself a Glarry this month or next month, so I’m keeping myself hyped lol
Everything you do is so beautifully melodic. That is a gift.
I loved #8 and even though I've learned a little bit of playing bass I still say "slappa da bass."
Ok bro, can you do a bass cover of Beneath the Brine by the family crest?
I just need to know what that song would sound like on bass. Plus I really wanna learn it and literally nobody has done anything with it. But I swear it an amazing song. Love your work thanks!
Nr 8 is very true. I have spontaneously combusted many times when watching your videos. 10/10 would watch again!
The tap solo for #6 sounds like the poly bridge 2 soundtrack on bass and I'm here for it.
I saw Rush in 2010 and also 2011 and they had a short film with Paul rudd and jason segal where at the end Geddy says to Paul "you keep slappin' dat bayyss"
Which i think makes it cool again and should automatically relax you
I can say with 💯 percent certainty, bass brings our house together.
This here's got me feeling right. Everything is right with the world when a bass is playing in my ears
Превосходная игра на басу, только благодаря тебе понял что хочу играть на басу! 👍🤘
Your face during the slapadabass part was priceless 😂
Slapadabass mon!!
I’m learning to play. Loving every minute of it. But what you do? I’m scared to even think about pondering whether or not I think I could possibly pretend to be that good in my dreams one day. Incredible stuff.
i never tought that i would think of buying a Bass until i subscribed to charles and davie , kudos charles
I know it is old and most have never heard of it but I think it would be awesome and a challenge,, Cliffs of Dover please!
Ah man, k love watching you jam out man, when you jam out with your bass. Slappa dat bass man
Love the #9
Do you feel like there are new things that you have never discovered about the instrument or do you feel like that you have fully mastered it? It'd be hard to imagine what else is left to know. Truly brilliant.
Clearly you don't play an instrument seriously 😂
@@josephroberts2555 cringe dude
What the first reply is trying to say, put more nicely:
Musicians always feel like there’s room for improvement, always something new to find. No master musician believes that they have reached the apex of playing their instrument.
But this question was a good one; I also wanna know charles’ answer.
There's always more to learn, I think the possibilities are pretty much infinite!
@@CharlesBerthoud when I first saw the famous Stu Hamm solo some 10 years ago I thought “there’s nothing that can possibly top this”. I get that same feeling watching every single one of your new videos. It’s interesting how you’re at the pinnacle of skill with playing and it allows you to explore so many creative avenues.
Charles, I just wanted to tell you, I love you man.
Nice video bro,
Can you play if ace of spades was the hardest song in the world
Sense of humor is beyond and above!
Makes perfect sense now slappadabass!
No idea why I'm here. But you're really good. Watched the whole video and gave you a like, my man. Good luck out there.
0:40 - Layne Staley
Damn I wish you made a collab with Marc Rebillet. Your funky bass skills with his talents and singing. Amazing.
No offense to Marc, but our boy Chuck here is on an entirely different level.
Marc is a fairly talented loop-based DJ with a knack for marketing.
Charles may very well be the best living bassist, and his only competitors for the title (Claypool, Wooten, etc) are so utterly godlike it's basically not worth trying to compare them.
Could still be a fun collaboration tho I guess
You forgot the blisters, Charles. They’re the most painful out of all of them.
True, they're a rite of passage 😬
@@CharlesBerthoud Blisters are for kids. Lmao.
Enjoyed your videos for last several years and generally don't read the comments..that being said, I'm old and grew up listening to "Return to forever" "Weather report" and "Zeppelin". Then 1980ish my younger brother turned me on to "Japan" (the band, I had already spent a year in the country) Mick Karns playing was unlike anything I'd ever heard...in a good way. I remember you playing a fretless and surely have been asked about the Mick Karn bass lines from Japan... if you want to address it that'd be cool, if not keep up the great work as I've brought a lot of people over to bass because of your channel. Thanks
WOW. SUPER.
Your skills are insane, bass battle with Victor Wooten when????
@CharlesBerthoud if you don't have it already, please make a video about your recording gear
WOW! Crazy stuff. My bass is just playing the song. Never got into slapping good but I will get there. Relearning is tough due to so many things going on.
Huge Rush fan here, so I LIKE "slappin' da bass". :)
You are so insanely good, it is ridiculous!
I enjoy watching you slapadabass on the TH-cam!
the composition reminds me of Vulf and Cory Wong in equal parts - 1612 and The Optimist respectively
progression (at least at the start) is very 1612-y and the end of 6 and 9 both feel like they're right out of The Optimist in progression, melody, the background octave riff, to name a few (and i think that's awesome - i love those tunes, and regardless of whether the inclusion is an intentional reference or subliminal recreation it's neat)
you and vulf are both huge reasons as for why i picked up the bass two years ago, and now it's become a pretty substantial part of my life! i've loved what you've been able to show so far and i hope to see even more in future c:
Toca muito muito Meu Amigo top top👏👏👏👏Melhor Baixista que conheci até agora, não achei Baixista melhor👏👏👏👏Sou seu Fã meu Irmão
another super cool video!
1:24 I needed that 😅😅
1:05 Yup, still haven't changed the strings on my bass in probably a couple of years; still sounds great, though.
Крутой рисунок!!! Браво!!! Молодец!!!
My Buddy has an early 90’s P-Bass that he’s never changed the strings on. It’s his goal to never change them, ever! 🤣
I love you, man. Great movie.
Lifelong guitarist here, I just got hired to play bass and fk me I had no idea the depth of this skillset, I am faking it till I make it, sublime playing m8 I am learning heaps from u.
☝️☝️congratulations, you have been selected among my winners this week massage me to acknowledge your prize 🎁🎁🎊🎊🎊
"We're going to see a Rush cover band" and it's actually Alex, Geddy and Neil. How cool was that! Almost as cool as slapping while wearing Ray Bans.
I love any video with explosions 😂
Still love that movie though. I lost my breath when they started talking about Rush
Sounding great, dude!
Literally lol'ed, thanks dude. Your amazing
The baseline at the beginning and #9 reminds me of "Monster Truck" by Tom Cardy.
yes
That ending is amazing 😂😂
Love your humor
Playing BASS makes YOU look cool 😎
Hey Charles! Honestly I'm in love with your tapping style and overall sound. As someone who's recently finished up a bass course (Beginner 2 Badass with Josh Fossgreen) I find it best to learn through his sort of curriculum/teaching style; outside of that much of my learning comes from playing along with track-driven tabs until I get the rhythms and notes right. Other times I'll cover one of the beats I made or pretend I'm a rhythm guitarist with my multi-effects processor pedal thing. Drum loops are also really fun for me as well, and I have played at church as the "synth bass" twice.
Still, I think I could benefit from that curriculum thing like Josh's course, and it's not like there's an intermediate 2 badass one yet. If not a course, perhaps there's a guide of some sort on learning more advanced techniques (I vaguely remember you showing one in one of your videos but I forget). Anything you can recommend (in particular for someone who's only bass time is during weekends :/ ) would be stupendous! No rush, just thought I'd ask 😅 I think having a course gives me those crucial goals, the "what are you going to work on today, how will you work on it, etc" type of goals and without such a fixated system I'm afraid of having very little to no progress. Anyways, that's all I had to say. Stay amazing! :)
Hey man, very cool vid again, you keep me motivating to practice bass even more. Is there maybe a way, that you make a vid explaining how you practice and play better as an intermediate/beginner? Much appreciated
#2 Nice guitar. Technically it is, a bass guitar.😉
As a guitarist, the "eternal strings" thing, it's enough to make me jealous.
also if bass strings do break they usually just come unwound rather than snapping around and slashing your face.
Amazing 🔥
LMAO, SLAPPADABASS!!! 😂😂😂😂 that genuinely made me laugh. Love seeing your stuff man! Insane how talented and just musical you are. Hoping to get on your level one day!
Um dos melhores que já vi, 😉👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎧🎸Deus te ama ,Baixista de pegada e outro nível, anima os guitarrista,enfim toda Banda cresce!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏽
Baixista bom é outro nível, todos Da Banda saem ganhando 🎸🎧🥁🎹🎤🎸🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Músico vai além da tocabilidade dos investimentos, Se não virá mesmice, cada instrumento tem a sua dificuldade, temos que superar e irmos além!!!!
The best thing about playing bass is that feeling when you go all out with a crazy fill and bring it back to that route note with perfect timing. The worse thing is that most people that show any interest in you being a guitarist lose interest the moment you tell them you specialize in bass.
as a former bass player u r out of this world!
Awesome playing, killer end!!! 👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🔥❤️
Epic!
when all the high sound frequencies are occupied, and only then, will the bass arrive with its heavenly bass sound to save our ears and the whole history of music
Spot on, Sir Charles.
As a tremendous dad joke aficionado, I'm SUPER guilty of #10🤣
man i am a bass player and it is so much fun watching you play even knowing i can't do it
Good Video !!! Continue with it Charles.
I remember when I was first starting out on the bass, keep practicing 👍🏻
another breathtaking composition. and that fingerstyle on #7 was out of control
I know that non musician people say that it's a guitar but I don't care about, if the music is good it doesn't matter. Every time vocalist is more appreciated. Just have fun
😃🙏🏼you’re my hero in music!
This is incredible
You make the bass sound as suitable alternative for other instruments. DId you practice that or is it just intuitive playing?
Today made my 5th month of taking lessons. Tonight we started scales. OMG!! It's driving me nuts. It's hard to remember the correct fingering too. Any advice for making it somewhat easier. Plus he's wanting me to learn Wildwood Flower...the lead part in addition to all the Major Scales and Whole Tone Scale. I forgot to mention I'm old... I'm 46...lol
As a guitar player the Bass is a cool both as a support instrument and a lead instrument. I mean just listen to some RHCP the agreement between Flea and Fusciante makes their sound.
On a second note though have you ever thought of getting a Bass Fuzz?
Edit second paragraph.
took the words right outta my mouth, that is a nice guitar bro :p what is it? the black and red one?
Enjoyed you
R playing as alwaYs. Loved the humor!
Every time I tell my grandparents at this point I just say I play guitar. They just don’t understand lol
The way it comes along so effortless tells me about countless hours practice you had. It pays ma, it pays ...
It’s amazing how many know the line from a movie that bombed.