Somehow, someway, I never got around to checking out these guys before. After watching this rundown, I'm now watching "Snarky Puppy Live at Java Jazz Festival 2014". Wicked!
Same here. Never heard about this band before, now I am very impressed by they musical quality and their personalities. They are the opposite of a rockstar.
Years ago I played guitar at the Black Cat in DC for an artist named Keite Young. MIke League was on Bass and was the MD. We rehearsed the tunes without the artist and then played it live when Keite arrived. What a fun show!! Great player...commits to every note.
This is my band. These guys are so good. Mark is so damn amazing. Even though I don’t play bass, watching Michael League keep time with his neck and body is so damn cool. He just looks cool as hell doing it. Thanks John and Premier Guitar.
Thanks for sharing Snarky Puppy. I had heard of the individual players in interviews and on endorsement sites, but this made me check out the band. Fantastic stuff!
NA I mean the horn or non electric side doesn’t seem ever that interesting, the only interesting thing being probably their technique for blowing without getting exhausted, drummers and the way they grip their sticks, but nothing else at least imo The electronics side is more interesting and interactive because you see players who got big by making do with not as expensive equipment, others with odd and strange choices of gear
Love these guys. That comment from Mark about his No. 1 guitar being whatever he wants it to be, rather than vice versa, is a great one. So true. Mark really surprised me, never having heard an interview with him he comes across as a really knowledgeable, down-to-earth gent, as well as being a legit monster player.
Jack Narcotta great guitarist but pissed off I wasted money on his pedal. Doesn’t sound all that great with my rig. I guess that’s why it’s for him. But I hate when a seller says yes it’s a great pedal and after I buy it says oh I never tried it. Wtf? Do not waste my money. Lost my business too.
He's very humble. A great guy. Corey and Shaun tend to be polarizing and in your face which I totally don't mind. Together as a band they are simply the best.
Why does Michael have a different distance from the strings to the edges of the fingerboard on the guitar? The 1st string is closer than the 4th string. I have the same bass and the same situation. Crooked screwed neck?
How's the signature amp called? He said "casa" with a hard s, as if it was Spanish, so I don't know if it's supposed to be "casa" with a soft s or "cassa" with a double hard s.
That sub octave is bringing home to me how tired the Altec Lansing woofer on this cheapo old system is :-) Glad to see its not just me who's using a cutting board and velcro to put together a small fly board. The chef in the restaurant I played last week had a good laugh when he spotted it. Wanted to know if he could borrow it to chop onions between sets.
I haven't checked out Premier Guitar for a while. But I see Michael League and I have to check it out. By the way what happened to the chick host, I think she was Rebecca something?
After 3 minutes Michael is talking about he could only play 1/10 th of the notes because of the "action" on the other bass. I'm fairly new to bass playing and I have a lot to learn. Would someone be so kind to explain what exactly Michael means? I think the action is the distance between the snares and the frets that is adjusted by the bridge, was that distance large in this case and what effect would that have? (So why would someone like this setting as it is so hard to play with this action setting?) And is it even more difficult with flatwounds? Thanks!
That's correct, the action is how high the strings are from the fretboard and is adjusted both by the bridge saddles and the thrusrod (which controls how straight / bent a neck is).
as a beginning bass player I would definitely recommend sticking with a low action bass so that it's easy to play. What Michael was referring to was that since the action on the P bass was high and in a way uncomfortable to play he only play the notes that counted instead of superfluous notes that he might play on an easier to play instrument.
Csar 4144 do you like it? I’m not sure about it and I’m selling mine. I need more gain and I think a tone knobs better for me. FYI I’m using hbs. It doesn’t really make my amp sound better. Maybe need to fool with it a bit more.
Hey Urite... I'm in a similar situation, and I'm trying to return It to JRockett... On my case, I thought the MELODY could be an enhancement to my DUDE pedal, to get a nice blues edge brake up tone for my strat. But I feel the MELODY Is too compressed for my taste. So I'll stick to my DUDE, and will try to return Ithe MELODY... so far no success...
Csar 4144 I got one too and was thinking ok there’s barely any distortion in this pedal. Constantly changing the EQ’s around but...I’ve learned to slow down. Not everything needs to be high gain. Try it with another amp and learn to play with less gain sometimes. I’m a bluesy/ rock type okayed too. So usually high gain is not used but I love it. Like Gary Moore type sound. FYI a great Supro pedal is the Drive. It’s great.
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Michael League = one of the most brilliant musical minds of our era. Thanks PG!
I should be "RICH" Then.....
The 52 he describes actually came through my shop in the 90's! I always wondered what happened to that bass.
Man, that's crazy!
Please tell me you didn't put that emg in!
I would have said yes and called the police immediately
prob not the same bass
Such a sweet bass intro
yeah made me smile
What song is it?
I don't think its a song.just a pretty litlle intro he wrote.im trying to tab it
Johnny Boyle can you send it to my gmail jamesonnewhouse@gmail.com
Seems like a mix between Continuum (Jaco Pastorius) and Silly Putty (Stanley Clarke)
That intro is stunning. League has bags of feel and such a nice touch on the instrument!
Love the "sub octave" head bobbing. By far one of my favourite run downs. NOw to tell Alexa to play some Puppy!
What a beautiful bass tone!!
Somehow, someway, I never got around to checking out these guys before. After watching this rundown, I'm now watching "Snarky Puppy Live at Java Jazz Festival 2014". Wicked!
Same here. Never heard about this band before, now I am very impressed by they musical quality and their personalities. They are the opposite of a rockstar.
Years ago I played guitar at the Black Cat in DC for an artist named Keite Young. MIke League was on Bass and was the MD. We rehearsed the tunes without the artist and then played it live when Keite arrived. What a fun show!! Great player...commits to every note.
Good Lord that bass tone at the beginning is sublime. Not a bass player but it makes me want to play bass.
i love discovering new bands through here...
All these guys seem so humble and cool for being some of the best musicians u will ever see. Not that I'm really surprised, it's just cool to see
This is my band. These guys are so good. Mark is so damn amazing. Even though I don’t play bass, watching Michael League keep time with his neck and body is so damn cool. He just looks cool as hell doing it. Thanks John and Premier Guitar.
This needs to happen for the keyboard section
That would be THE dream. Along with the patches😂 that would take a few hours
Rhythmicons the channel is called premier guitar
Michael League's signature series by Markbass, check it out:
www.markbass.it/news-detail/michael-league-casa-signature-series/
MarkbassAmps when can I buy it????
We'd start selling it in May.
Yaaaay! A rig rundown with a band I care about! 😜😄
yobhsiFehT lol
Thumbs up for that intro!!! Go Michael!!!
I swear I watch this video just for Michael's playing at the very beginning...
Came for the bass stayed for the guitar Great presentation!
4:26 "some...id....uhmmm...PERSON" ahahah awesome Mike.
very kind from his part xD
quick save
John, love the grey. Suits you.
I'm having a hard time with it, personally. :-P
he's a fic
wow...he's just using a bass guitar as just a tool to express good music he has inside his heart.
This is just a superb video. The folks who created it should be rightly proud of a great job.
Thanks for sharing Snarky Puppy. I had heard of the individual players in interviews and on endorsement sites, but this made me check out the band. Fantastic stuff!
Before I begin to watch, I'd like to say thanks for this!
Love it when the musicians actually play the pedal board
What a tone god!! Also, I knew the one time I missed out on tickets Mark would be in the lineup playing with them! I'm jealous lol!!
22:43 Man i want to HEAR this stuff! Nice John so do i. You the Rig Master! Mark Love your Playing & Tone thanks for sharing!
What a super pedal board, such versatility and what a great guitarist!
Rig Rundown: 10% of Snarky Puppy
its all the bits that can have a rig rundown tbh not too much going on with saxophones or trumpets
ryan dirks in fairness, if you look at “Dunlop sessions” with snarky puppy, the trumpet player’s got some pretty cool effects goin on
Lucien Fournier Not to mention what trumpet, mouthpiece, and mute(s) he plays. Although I guess this is Premier Guitar lol
Duh "Premier Guitar" not premier keyboard, drums...etc.
NA I mean the horn or non electric side doesn’t seem ever that interesting, the only interesting thing being probably their technique for blowing without getting exhausted, drummers and the way they grip their sticks, but nothing else at least imo
The electronics side is more interesting and interactive because you see players who got big by making do with not as expensive equipment, others with odd and strange choices of gear
Saw them at this show in Nashville. Mind Blowing!
Grosh makes awesome guitars!
Been hoping for a Michael League gear tour for a long time now, great to finally see it!
I love that bass tone at the start........off to fire up the amp and work on that!
Bad Santa out here getting to the bottom of some funky string-slingers' setups :)
🖐 The intro was so beautiful! 🖑
That first P is GORGEOUS
That's a lovely bass solo for the intro
Exactly what I wanted to see!!!
Love these guys. That comment from Mark about his No. 1 guitar being whatever he wants it to be, rather than vice versa, is a great one. So true. Mark really surprised me, never having heard an interview with him he comes across as a really knowledgeable, down-to-earth gent, as well as being a legit monster player.
in case you haven't seen this: th-cam.com/video/-yq3BmZ8OJ4/w-d-xo.html
Jack Narcotta great guitarist but pissed off I wasted money on his pedal. Doesn’t sound all that great with my rig. I guess that’s why it’s for him. But I hate when a seller says yes it’s a great pedal and after I buy it says oh I never tried it. Wtf? Do not waste my money. Lost my business too.
15:37 "It's a one piece swamp ash" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 yea Mark
John, I'd say Line 6 already nailed the new version with the new Helix FX :)
Michael seems like such a nice,very personable guy,Mark is a good guy too!
🎼🎶🎵🎸
I need a bobble head to replicate the head movement at 9:32
LuLz
Then you haven't watched joe dart !
I was at that concert and it was great!
Micheal League is the best part of Snarky Puppy but still manages to get less screen time than the guitarist.
That's how it goes unless you're also the frontman haha
David Six I smell salty bassist
Fergus McGregor thank you.
He writes most of the music from what I know.
Corey?
He's very humble. A great guy. Corey and Shaun tend to be polarizing and in your face which I totally don't mind. Together as a band they are simply the best.
Great great guys and band
Love to see that opening bass tune written out. Maybe I'll get to it some day...
Why does Michael have a different distance from the strings to the edges of the fingerboard on the guitar? The 1st string is closer than the 4th string. I have the same bass and the same situation. Crooked screwed neck?
Great all around!
That bass seems to play like butter.
whats the first song on the bass? thanks
I’ve been wanting a guitar that can do everything but I never thought it was possible, turns out he has one
You guys need to interview Smashing Pumpkins on the new tour!
Mark is a boss and Dallas legend
John Bolinger is a fun person to watch interview others.
That's not bad, I'd like to point out that this tone you started the video with is totally JPJ, cool 😎
Thanks for doing this rig rundown. I know I've been asking for it for a long time in the comment sections lol
master class , markbass casa +
Guitar demo definitely conducted during drummer soundcheck.
These are so great! Thanks, and keep 'em comin!
Thanks so much for this.
How's the signature amp called? He said "casa" with a hard s, as if it was Spanish, so I don't know if it's supposed to be "casa" with a soft s or "cassa" with a double hard s.
Considering the fact that Markbass is an Italian brand, I think it's "cassa".
That's the italian word for "cabinet"
That intro, wow.
Michael is in my top 5
That sub octave is bringing home to me how tired the Altec Lansing woofer on this cheapo old system is :-)
Glad to see its not just me who's using a cutting board and velcro to put together a small fly board. The chef in the restaurant I played last week had a good laugh when he spotted it. Wanted to know if he could borrow it to chop onions between sets.
What is the first song he was playing? Sounds so good
Great Rig Rundown episode!!!
Congrats!
9:25....guy's neck is going to snap off!
"Warwick Thumb Corvette"?? Haven't heard of that model... : )
Great video. As an aside, Bolinger is the man.
LaTigerGenesis He is. Wonderful ability to converse and enthuse about gear.
Damn~right!!!
He's a helluvah player himself, as well!
I haven't checked out Premier Guitar for a while. But I see Michael League and I have to check it out.
By the way what happened to the chick host, I think she was Rebecca something?
I wish I knew which pawn shop he went into because I live in Greenville and I’d love to get my hands on a P Bass
It's cool that Spider-Man takes time out of his busy life to play guitar from snarky puppy
"Have you always been a pee guy?" HAHAHA made me LOL.
Ditto, boss. X-D
I was looking for this comment
Just wait til he does a rig rundown with r. Kelly...
Very Nice intro👍👍
What did Michael play in the intro?
Great rundown!Love Snarky.Can you please do Cory and The Funk Apostles?
10:32 what was the guy off camera asking?
10:32 the camera guy offered him some weed.
Great video
Warwick Corvette Thumb???? Which one was it, man? Love the run down
If there was ever to be a Rig Rundown drinking game, you'd have to finish your drink whenever John says "find your sonic space" hahaha
About damn time!
Holy crap yes
The kick soundcheck in the background of Mark 😅
have you always been a pee guy
better than being a poo guy
@@elihansen328 that's actually a little offensive I'm a big time Poo guy....
No choice there...sometimes pee, sometimes poo...bass. And sometimes ripendbacker...those are hard!
@@GeorgeFafa well played
Sad he didn t ask Michael the position of the tone knob on his bass for his clean tone... is it all the way down?
Oof, that looks like the kind of bass you wanna curl up with at night.... Sounds incredible too.
Michael in conversation reminds me a bit of Mac DeMarco.
After 3 minutes Michael is talking about he could only play 1/10 th of the notes because of the "action" on the other bass.
I'm fairly new to bass playing and I have a lot to learn. Would someone be so kind to explain what exactly Michael means? I think the action is the distance between the snares and the frets that is adjusted by the bridge, was that distance large in this case and what effect would that have? (So why would someone like this setting as it is so hard to play with this action setting?) And is it even more difficult with flatwounds?
Thanks!
That's correct, the action is how high the strings are from the fretboard and is adjusted both by the bridge saddles and the thrusrod (which controls how straight / bent a neck is).
as a beginning bass player I would definitely recommend sticking with a low action bass so that it's easy to play. What Michael was referring to was that since the action on the P bass was high and in a way uncomfortable to play he only play the notes that counted instead of superfluous notes that he might play on an easier to play instrument.
fastest rig rundown i ever clicked on
I already bought my Melody ... Great with single coils!
Csar 4144 do you like it? I’m not sure about it and I’m selling mine. I need more gain and I think a tone knobs better for me. FYI I’m using hbs. It doesn’t really make my amp sound better. Maybe need to fool with it a bit more.
Hey Urite... I'm in a similar situation, and I'm trying to return It to JRockett... On my case, I thought the MELODY could be an enhancement to my DUDE pedal, to get a nice blues edge brake up tone for my strat. But I feel the MELODY Is too compressed for my taste. So I'll stick to my DUDE, and will try to return Ithe MELODY... so far no success...
Csar 4144 sold mine. Good luck buddy. 👍
Csar 4144 I got one too and was thinking ok there’s barely any distortion in this pedal. Constantly changing the EQ’s around but...I’ve learned to slow down. Not everything needs to be high gain. Try it with another amp and learn to play with less gain sometimes. I’m a bluesy/ rock type okayed too. So usually high gain is not used but I love it. Like Gary Moore type sound. FYI a great Supro pedal is the Drive. It’s great.
Super nice dudes... but why is the resolution so low?
Would have been also nice to see the synth basses Michael uses ... but anyway, good video!
Wow, check out how LARGE John Bolinger's hands are!!! 14:24 OMG!!
7:00 Mirrors with the hands, mirrors with the chin touches. I am starting to think they like each other.
That's killer
"have you always been a P guy?"
"..."
best intro....
Yesss! Finally!
A Markbass amp set at noon, gain volume to taste, IS home