To all haters saying “stick to your four strings bassist, you‘re not a guitarist“ well this pretty much shows you how wrong you are. Bassists can have this much potential, EXPLOIT IT
Bass players CAN be musicians... not everyone who plays an instrument is a musician. True musicians are conduits for the creator and are not bound by any instrument. Their very life is a grand symphony... case in point: Michael Hedges. nuff said
So much elegance in this left hand :) . Love the way you pop out the note with your thumb at 0:08.. I know it's just a detail but it's just so hard to do :D.
While many praise him for his technique, I think compositional skills are far more impressive and that's saying a lot considering how great his technique is.
@michaelbraunbass Actually, he learned to play guitar first...and he has guitar strings on here...retuned, open string tuning, reversed and upside down, so he is bound to get some unique sounds out of the thing. I have never actually seen or heard him play bass (bass parts) in a band. This is effectively baritone guitar playing. He's good at it, if you like this sort of thing. I do, sort of, for about 3 minutes....
You shouldn't think that way! Just practice! :) Maybe you'll get there, maybe you won't - but if it's something you'd like to be able to do, aim towards it and work towards it. The trickiest part would probably be interpreting it for a conventionally strung bass, or adapting to a reverse-strung one.
@BassDude50000 i dont think it is a right handed bass. just look at the cutaways, it looks like he might have strung it "upside down" maybe learned to play on a right hand bass, and kept it strung that way.
You see lots of people that do this kind of stuff, but you can tell who actually learned how to play bass first rather than all of the frilly shit... and this guy is definitely one of those who actually learned how to play first
I thiiiiink it's using piccolo strings so it has a higher tune. I know that's generally what he uses on his 4 string, so maybe he doesn't on his 6? But that's my guess as it sounds similar just with the higher range that those two extra strings afford him
nice way to mechanically make the instrument work for you,i wonder how this would work in a live situation without the ability to change tuning and strings etc.....
they are. seems like he learned on a right handed bass, and just flipped it around, then when he finally got a lefty bass he was already used to tuning it in a way that would be upside down to the rest of us.
16 years later, and this is still one of the greatest pieces I've heard.
To all haters saying “stick to your four strings bassist, you‘re not a guitarist“ well this pretty much shows you how wrong you are. Bassists can have this much potential, EXPLOIT IT
Such an underrated genius!
That first chord is insanely haunting. I love it!
sorry, but you are fucking amazing
you are the best bass player than I have seen in long time...
hails from chile
Seriously! It's like one of the coolest things I've ever heard someone produce from a bass.
one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard
Thank you Jeff for you wonderful playing and inspiring music! Great, simply great!
Jeff sees the pattern of the landscape.... His nervous system is very fine, all the movements that dont make sound are part of the song.
Absolutely Amazing. I am glad I found your videos. Can't wait to get your CD.
Keep it up.
I love this song! It's amazing! 😍
sweet tune!!! awesome mood!! great stuff.
Bass players CAN be musicians... not everyone who plays an instrument is a musician. True musicians are conduits for the creator and are not bound by any instrument. Their very life is a grand symphony... case in point: Michael Hedges. nuff said
Yeah! Michael Hedges!!!
So much elegance in this left hand :) . Love the way you pop out the note with your thumb at 0:08.. I know it's just a detail but it's just so hard to do :D.
Awesome!!!!!!
LOOL either that, or No Sleep Till Brooklyn.
This is so damn cool. I'm playing a concert with you soon, you definitely set the bar and got me back into the woodshed. Thank you
thats what i meant by playing backwards (stringing). but he is a righty playing a left handed bass. i think i read that somewhere on talkbass
Altered tuning, lefthanded, backwards strings. This guy is sweet.
This is incredible. The lack of wanky expressions, and just pure focus makes it that much better.
yeah man! :) super cool grooves
Nice work Julian
HOLY SCHMIDT!!!!
2:10 is equally as awesome i would say.
I like him on a fretted bass, he's great as being percussive.
This is playing The Bass!!!!!!!!
1:35 actually made me say out loud, "what the fuck was that, that's awesome!'
hahah! Never thought of that, but yeah!
Alguém sabe me dizer qual o encordoamento que ele esta usando?qual a numeração e a marca do baixo?
ever took a look at michael manring? :D
ya, he's crazy
While many praise him for his technique, I think compositional skills are far more impressive and that's saying a lot considering how great his technique is.
@michaelbraunbass Actually, he learned to play guitar first...and he has guitar strings on here...retuned, open string tuning, reversed and upside down, so he is bound to get some unique sounds out of the thing. I have never actually seen or heard him play bass (bass parts) in a band. This is effectively baritone guitar playing. He's good at it, if you like this sort of thing. I do, sort of, for about 3 minutes....
I didn't know Julian from TPB played bass... cool.
@KaslarProductions oh god !!!! O_O
my god
tabs pls
It's Julian from Trailer Park Boys!
watch it up side down xx
You shouldn't think that way! Just practice! :) Maybe you'll get there, maybe you won't - but if it's something you'd like to be able to do, aim towards it and work towards it. The trickiest part would probably be interpreting it for a conventionally strung bass, or adapting to a reverse-strung one.
@BassDude50000
i dont think it is a right handed bass. just look at the cutaways, it looks like he might have strung it "upside down" maybe learned to play on a right hand bass, and kept it strung that way.
This one person that doesn't like the video... actually he like the video, but Jeff's solo was so badass that he clik "deslike" ^^
Its like Jeff Schmidt invented this new Math Rock genre before it even existed...
You see lots of people that do this kind of stuff, but you can tell who actually learned how to play bass first rather than all of the frilly shit... and this guy is definitely one of those who actually learned how to play first
Ichika started to sweat nervously
It's a left-handed bass with inverted stringing.
@wanwanwaver piccolo bass method
How the hell does he get such a clean sound out of his bass?
i know a right handed guy that strung his awesome right handed bass lefthanded and plays it right handed
how dose he get it to sound like that. is it tuned like a standard 6 string bass ?
I thiiiiink it's using piccolo strings so it has a higher tune. I know that's generally what he uses on his 4 string, so maybe he doesn't on his 6? But that's my guess as it sounds similar just with the higher range that those two extra strings afford him
hahaha, nice!
I'm crying because i'm a bassist and i know that i'll never be able to do this
you oughta hook up with Odds Bodkin!
Tuning?
Makes me want to get a 6 and reverse string it hah.
Can we trade basses Jeff?
What's the type of this bass?
Would you tell me?
Thank you!
I love this sound very much.>//
Not sure if you still care, but it's a 5 string Ibanez btb with piccolo strings
But can he play Smoke On The Water?
nice way to mechanically make the instrument work for you,i wonder how this would work in a live situation without the ability to change tuning and strings etc.....
The bass demands it rough.
it seems thin strings are up there and thick strings are down there.
playing the bass upside down
1:33 => priapism
Thanks, now I need to go to the ER.
they are. seems like he learned on a right handed bass, and just flipped it around, then when he finally got a lefty bass he was already used to tuning it in a way that would be upside down to the rest of us.
COuld you be any more insane dude? :-)
this guy and manring -__-
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Pretty much exactly the case lol
this is like Preston Reed if he played bass
he's actually a righty, but he's playing the bass backwards and upside down
I wouldn't really call him a bass player, he's a musician.
I think someone accidentally pressed the dislike button
opera
@RadiatorsAreCool This comment isn't spam, it's just an unpopular opinion, and it's a bit of a shame that youtube has come to this.
piccolo strings , i'm guessing
@scarsymmetry1989 1:35 easy on the ears? Well, i can just disagree:)
#Davie504 you have to check him out
impossible to understand
本間にわけわからん
Satan sent me
one person just realized he couldn't play bass.