E-Bow on fretless bass sounds UNREAL
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- I decided to try an e-bow on my fretless bass and it sounds beautiful!! Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
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We started by plucking a cellos strings instead of using a bow, we made it smaller and added frets and tipped it sideways, got rid of the frets, and now added an Ebow. We’ve come full circle.
Was just about to say this. Just imagine if we invented a fretless stringed instrument that plays in the bass register using a bow. Wow.
@@samukis272 it's out there, i've known it to be the double bass, but i've also heard it being calles a contrabass
@@Samuel85228 woooosh?
Great invention!! 🙂👍
Well actually... (Sorry, nerdy picker here) guitar has always been its own thing, probably of Arabic origin and imported to Spain and some other European countries during the XII-XIII century, while the cello has been invented much later by Italian luth makers, so the two instruments were their own thing. Fun fact, guitar always has had its "cool" vibe to it, as it got trending several times in history amongst nobility, but because it isn't a very loud instrument, and because Piano was less technically limiting for chamber music, it never really stayed popular for very long, until we found a way to amplify it...
I could listen to a full album of this.
So chill and relaxing.
listen to mort garson's plantasia!
@@ggguitar. Good call man...... so I need some more? What else you got ?
Same tho.
check out an album by the henrys called puerto angel.
@@5imbah Trip Wamsley - Dear Boy
That little run at 0:35 is absolute melodic satisfaction
so true
Hits right in the feelings. I think the lingering low bass note has to do with the effect it causes
That’s minor 4 for ya
It wasn't very satisfying imo.
The minor change is very nice
This sounds like it could be a second part to “Playing bass with a bow sounds HEAVENLY”. I wonder if, piece by piece, we’ll get the full song eventually.
I think I have actually seen a video of that. (either that or it was a guitar, one of the two)
The song is “return to the empty city we once called home” by People Legend
@@kristian7128 No it isn’t.
My wife sent me the clip you just mentioned. I'm replying back with this video ;)
@@s.e.111films3yes it is, doesn’t start until about 2 : 14 of the song
Others have said it and I am adding to the voices. Please make a full like 10 minute piece with this.
The harmony is chillingly beautiful.
I love the slight back at forth of the notes at the end. So much potential to make this song way longer.
Sounds warm to me.
One of those 'ear of the beholder things'.
Super cool. I’m really digging all the different sounds you make with a bass.
Ramsey Dewey now get out there and bass 😂
Fancy meeting you here lol
Wow. So crazy to see you here Ramsey!!!
Surprised to see you here coach. Get out there and tap?
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Charles, your composition skills are equally as good as your playing skills, and that’s saying something. Breathtaking stuff!
Honestly the biggest difference between a good musician and a great one is their ability to create. Many can copy other's work, even fancy solos. But not many can create their own masterpieces.
This can easily be a soundtrack of.. something! Beautiful, well played Charles!
it sounds like something out of zelda
I come back to this one every so often because it's haunting, but soothing. Please please PLEASE re-visit this short and turn it into a full-fledged song, or at the very least bring the e-bow back. It's such a wonderful sound on a fretless bass!
Wow, there needs to be more of this.
Please Charles, do the full song for us. I absolutely LOVE the fretless bass and the beautiful sounds you make on it is so amazing.
MORE MORE MORE PLEASE. ❤️
That’s awesome! This man never fails to impress. Good job, Charles.
These bots are getting out of hand, don't pollute this beautiful music
@@archivedandgone I reported the abusive account's as BOT's to Google/TH-cam ... Maybe that helps somewhat more ...
Definitely has that Chuck Mangione feel, even that chord progression at the end.
You have singlehandedly revolutionized the way I look at bass. Big fan man, keep it up! 👍😁
Get it right, he plays with two hands. LOL playing, I agree very much. Dude is a legend.
@@Endeavr_ hahaha not always!
You'd probably love Tony Levin. Probably the greatest bassist ever in my opinion
Never heard of Glenn fricker before then dude is a show off musician and there are much better players that dont e beg
@@dakotadeschamps9346 What about Glenn?
Excellent. A very clean simplified representation of Michael Manring’s approach. He’s the master.
This needs to be so much longer. I'm a drummer, but I have always loved the sound of a fretless bass.
Didn't think it was possible to hear something new in this day and age; I am THRILLED you have proven me wrong. This was really, really cool.
Michael Manring has been doing this for decades. Not to put this piece down, it was beautiful.
@Thaal literally nobody cares about your criticism, get over yourself. You speak about this piece of music like an incel speaks about a gorgeous woman
But this is not new
Synth saw with bass line...
Yeah, soooo innovative...
Almost like the 80s never existed...
@@progmanjum So glad someone else knows the god himself Michael Manring.
You know how an E-Bow works, right? It projects a magnetic sense field that induces eddy currents in the moving string, and those currents distort the sense field in a way the E-Bow can detect. Then it runs that signal through a fairly powerful amplifier into a much heavier coil to produce a vibrating drive field that's actually strong enough to physically move the string, which is why it keeps going.
So:
If you locate the E-Bow so that it directs that strong drive field past the string and directly into one of your pickups (maybe roll your volume down a little first), you can get an interesting breed of distortion that sounds different from any of the multitude of distortion circuits that are out there: possibly because they're all saturating tubes or transistors, and the E-Bow is saturating a magnetic ferrite core.
If you have multiple pickups, you'll find that the drive field makes each one sound a bit different. You might also find that the passive tone controls on your bass have A) more effect on the distortion from the E-Bow than they have on the normal sound from your bass, and B) more effect on the distortion from the E-Bow than active tone controls on outboard equipment do. (Not guaranteed: I found this on one of my instruments but not others. I don't know why.)
Ebow works by detecting the vibrations of the string with his own pickup and then driving it back with a signal much similar to a square wave, when you put it over the pickup you are eating that square wave tone that is similar to a very angry fuzz, nice suggestion :) search also videos from bassist Micheal manring, he plays a fretless piece called adhan with two ebow... And uses the same technique you are describing, have a nice day
@@teh_hem Yes--I've been a big Michael Manring fan for years, and Adhan is one of my favorite pieces.
@@dnwiebe that's such a great atmosphere piece, I used to study late at night listening to that and a couple other pieces of the same album, like the enormous room...
*nods knowingly*....its magic, got it
I like your funny words magic man
Weird thing, this what exactly what I needed now, beautifully played
I've never had less than a minute of music evoke so much emotion. It was absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
I play an instrument called the Hurdy-gurdy, and it has a very very similar sound to this (although it uses keys with parts with a rubber coating to change the note, so it's halfway between this and fretted)
I love the sound of the hurdy gurdy so much!
Classic or electric?
Hurdy-gurdy is such a cool instrument
Doesn't go this low. Not the same at all.
@@shop970Your mom
I’ve had this in loop for so long and would love a longer version!!! It’s incredibly beautiful 🤩
You’ve In captured a mood that I want to stay in forever 😌
Hello charles, I've decided I would love nothing more than to be able to play even half as creatively and skilled as you! Thank you for your great vids!
Keep practising, learning your favourite music and writing your own music!
@@CharlesBerthoud we have to remove these bots one by one
@@nickm.1552 speaking of the devil …
@@hungarianviking8713
Yep, reported as sexual content
@@CharlesBerthoud please give us a full album of this this is fire sir.
Lovely-sounding. Michael Manring has been playing fretless with E-Bow for a couple of decades at this point -- sometimes using two E-Bows at a time! If you dig this sound, definitely check his work out, too. He also has an E-Bow that is switchable so that it either stimulates the fundamental or the higher harmonics, which is something he uses to cool effect.
Any songs from him you recommend in particular?
@@caseyl5001 Absolutely!
For the double e-Bow, it has to be "Adhan":
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For Michael more generally, absolutely check out "The Enormous Room":
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...and Tetrahedron, my favorite from the new record (audio only):
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@@caseyl5001 Oh, hey, one more. To hear Michael using the e-Bow as an accompanist. Playing "Farewell" with Callum Graham. Really lovely use of the various colors he gets by using the e-Bow to enhance harmonics and so on.
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@@MikeKobb awesome thank you so much I’ll check ‘em out!
The playing is anazing, but this bass is so warm and sweet too. Love the ebowing!
That was absolutely beautiful, you are a very talented musician.
This is amazing, another classic from one of the most talented bassist alive now
That this was done on a Cort adds credence to the player being more important to a great sound than what brand is on the headstock (also Cort make criminally underrated guitars)
Cort been batting it out of the park for a while there.
Y’know, they really do make some nice instruments. Too bad everyone is insecure without ‘Fender’,’Gibson’, ‘Alembic’, etc shaped headstocks. Cort’s image issue goes back to the pre-lawsuit days. Even then, it was mainly an image problem.
@@papadopp3870 I'd pay good money to _not_ have an Alembic headstock, lmao. Great basses, awful headstock designs.
Some of the higher end Corts aren't too bad. Even their cheap shit isn't that bad... for cheap shit 🤷♂️😂
@@EversonBernardes You have a point, although their caché as status symbols live on :{
Nobody should forget the legend Michael Manring for being the creator of the Ebow sound.
Well done
I was going to say this too, he's been using the ebow for 15/20 years if I recall.
@@NathanielFlick longer, more like 30 at this point
Great taste, you really are a complete musician, thanks for this wonderful perfomances
This is so calming. I have loved he bass since about 13 years old and am always finding new ways to play. Thank you for so much inspiring music. Also did I mention how soothing and calming this bit is. Play repeat play repeat play repeat ...
As always, this is genius. Thanks for sharing your talent
Thanks!
This is a lovely bit of a tune; hope you extend it. It reminds me in a good way of Michael Manring, who has been using an eBow on fretless bass for many years. I dig your tone and song-crafting.
Yeah! I also got Manring vibes. This was a cool clip. :-)
So amazing, Charles. The compression, the tone - absolutely beautiful.
I would love to hear a full song with this, or an extended version of it. This is so angelic, I love it!
This sounds like the theme of a relatively peaceful zone in a game.
It’s got that it’s safe for now vibe
this would be an amazing night theme
like this comes on as the clouds part and you see the stars above
...and could be used as a tool for suspense if you ever get spotted by something (+you dont see it) and the music quickly fades out and all you have is the deafening ambience of wind
like seriously play some ambient wind sound video in another tab, play this song over it and fade it out some way through, instant suspense.
Inspired me to give it a go. Also confidence building - I'm sure you *could* do it, but not switching strings on camera makes me feel like it's even a challenge for you to find the sweet spot! They need to do a bass designed e-bow. For those that don't know it's got grooves in so you get good placement on a guitar, but on bass you have to hold the placement yourself, so it can be hard to be consistent if you move strings
Switching strings is definitely hard, and it takes a while for the resonance to build so switching quickly is very tough
@@CharlesBerthoud I think building a specific ramp that is in the ebow's sweet spot, and potentially using two Ebows together by attaching them together with a zip tie or rubber bands etc, glue etc might work. Might be able to get around some of the resonance delay. I picked one up to try out several years back after attending a concert of Michael Manring here in the SF Bay. I also wonder if getting a different magnetic field specific to larger bass strings vs say, the guitar, would also help response. It takes more energy to get the response out of a bass string.
Charles this feels like the most soulful thing you’ve done in a while. I love the pyrotechnics as much as anyone, but as Victor said Maya Angelou said, “They may not remember the words you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.”
Beautiful, would love to hear a longer version
I'm glad the video end because I almost shed a tear man. I want more!
Absolutely beautiful. That's an Oscar-winning soundtrack right there.
Absolutely beautiful Charles! A great composition to listen to early in the mornings🔥
If I had 1% of this man's talent, I'd be awesome!!! Incredible musician.
How comes you make something so good and so short, people ask for an upload and you still haven't thought of it? you definitely should!
I listen to this small beauty on repeat, I wish there was more. The part with the percussion fill (0.22) is literally chill inducing. Thank you for this
What a gorgeous sound. Buttery smooth.
Always a phenomenal job man! Cheers!
Thank you!
@@CharlesBerthoud Cheers man!
I love this part 0:22
Absolutely heavenly! Love that progression. I wrote a song last year "EVERYTHING" with similar feel. Damn I wish I was young enough to jam you guys! HaHa SERIOUSLY, this was amazing. That EBow has been around for some time, great to see peeps still using it.✌️❤️🎸🎹🎶🎵👍
whenever i listen to this i feel my worries slip away, please make more of this!
The warmth that things provides is unreal
Meu amigo, ficou extremamente linda essa melodia! Parabéns!
You have a great ear! ❤🎶
La apreciación musical de Charles es impresionante sabe trasmitir gran impacto y emoción con su música.
Sabes que es ese aparato que le pone a la cuerda?
Wow, almost sounds like a viola with more low end, digging it
So a cello or bass? 😂
@@emilwandel Well, a Cess, or a Ballo
That probably sounds fucking horrible for you english speaking people but it's hilarious for an italian speaking person like me
I really appreciate all of the different things you have done with your bass playing here on TH-cam. You are a very talented fellow. I look forward to hearing more of your music.
Crazy talent behind this bass. Love this. Very smart. Cool tone too.
Good Interestelar vibes on the first half of song :)
You should make a whole song from this riff, that being said supposing you haven’t already. That was beautiful.
If anyone sees this that hasn't heard of Zander Zon, look him up. Absolutely remarkable bassist and he uses the E-Bow regularly in his music.
Is he the guy who does The Force Theme?
@@johngrunwell6101 He has a lot of covers on TH-cam, but he also has an album
Never thought a bass could sound this beautiful, this was amazing.
A magician with magical sound. Beautiful.
Did you ask Davie for permission before playing this?
Wow, its almost like there there is a fretless 4 string necked sub-bass instrument that can use a real bow!
This sound (and actually something in the musical texture of this tune) reminds me a bit of the modulin sound in Starmachine 2000 by Wintergatan, the instrument enters at approx. 2:30 in the lower left hand corner:
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love that song
That's the best bass clip I've heard. It doesn't sound beautiful, it does sound heavenly. Please, another one of this.
More content like this please! Charles posts a lot of videos of himself shredding, tapping, and slapping. I know "hardest bass line ever" videos get a lot of views. But I love it when he does interesting, outside the box sorts of stuff like this. Very creative!
A sound from the universe it's so beautiful!!
You demontrate why bass is best instrument eva. Everytime.
Bravo.
When I first heard this I cried, it had a sad yet nostalgic bliss at the end but the fact it had to end made me cherish it more.
Wow dude, that is awesome. The fretless sounds so chill and mellow
Deep rich sound! BASS has always been my favorite instrument! Nothing can beat it imho!!
This whole little tune was sick af it sounds so surreal. I play guitar but it really makes me want a bass especially a fretless one
This is hauntingly beautiful and I need more of it
Oh, I second your making an album! Beautiful and incredibly creative. I could listen to this over and over. Mesmerizing!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yep, your right, it sounds amazing
I keep coming back to this demo
that's insane. I love that tone. beautiful, sounds like an ethereal and haunting dream.
Oh man I could listen to this all day, it's great.
Kinda reminds me of the sound that originally made me fall in love with Consider The Source's music.
It sounds like a theremin. Cool idea, I love it when people find new timbre with familiar instruments.
I picked up a beat up 87 Benedetto, Fretless electric bass a few years back. They only made 100 of them and despite being a sound product, they remain a stepchild of the fine guitar maker. I had to patch up the electronics but it has a unique funky soul in it. I must try this
I had been thinking about this for quite some time. Cool to see someone of your talent actually do it
Can’t stop watching. Gonna tune that bass to cello strings when I’m done. Love it.
I wanted that to go on longer! That was super peaceful to listen to. TY!
Ur a marvellous artist. Ur performance has soul. It touches the heart.
PLEASE MAKE a FULL SONG OF THISS ITS REALLY BEAUTIFULL
Shigeo Sekito - The word II
using that technique could be a heavenly cover!
Congrats with your content, as a musician i'm happy with the stuff you bring and this is now one of my fave vids from the channel, hugs and take care out there.
You're so gifted, thank You
Dude, you turn the bass guitar from a "background instrument" to a freaking work of art.
Love contrapuntal tapping on the electric bass sounds so soothing so 👍 good
Your bass playing and song writing are amazing, no need for click bait titles.
I think that’s the most beautiful bass that I’ve ever seen...
it certainly complements
The Sound!
I need an extended version of this masterpiece :")
Artist to artis - this kid is genuinely BEAUTIFUL.
yeah, i need more of this instrument in my life
This needs to be made into like a 3-4 min rendition, this is beautiful
Never thought I'd see a bass you can STACK with! Amazing.
Beautiful, man.
The sustain on the last note was epic.
It sounds like nature...
I don't know how explain exactly...
Many different sounds... amazing
What a beautiful composition ♥
Oh, how I like it! My favourite is fretless bass and with the e-bow a new world of music opens up. Thanks!