When POLYPHIA only give you 60 seconds to audition
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2022
- So I heard Polyphia's new track, "Playing God", and loved it, then realized the guitar parts could sound great on slap bass 😎 Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
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I don't really even play bass but I quit
Cole, a Collab between you two would be amazing.
It's kinda depressing, but sincerely inspirational at the same time, isn't it ?
Challenging, intimidating, but not discouraging if you consider that most bass playing is emotional cohesion, not a one man show.
@@RamessesIX oh look a guy who thinks “feels” is harder than technique
So do I !
It would be a music fan’s dream to watch Charles and Tim Henson play together.
Need Davie and The Pro on the bass and Tim and Ichika Big Team Battl- I mean collab
@@GlennRiccobono I’d be on board for that!! 🔥
More like Charles and Tosin Abasi
they gotta!!!
Plus Luke Holland and Jason Richardson
Charles is turning into one of the worlds best and most technical bass players... Keep doing your thing!
Nah he already is
@@obedientcape4912 in this kind of style yes
Turning into?
I thought he already was.
@@-guitarhero he switches between styles seamlessly. Genuinely the most talented all round bassist I've seen.
Those harmonics at 0:49 are absolutely godly
omggg i didnt even notice but geeeee
DUDE THANKS FOR AAYING THAT FOR ME THEY WERE SO GOOD
Literally just unhuman...
Well, he is… Playing God.
Haha, get it.
I’m not funny I know
Your comment made 0:49 the most replayed part of the video
We really need to see a Charles, Ichika, and Tim collab song. Imagine their technicality and unique styles merging together into one epic track.
This would probably break the universe
Get Luke Holland on the kit and charles cornell on the keys and you'd have the ultimate collab
Or 10...
And Tosin Abasi
Yes. Would be good to see Polyphia doing a series of community colabs.
Most people wouldn't even attempt to learn this on guitar. You're a madman, and absolutely amazing for it.
I can confirm it's a very hard song 🤣
@@CharlesBerthoud how long did it take to get right?
Bass
@@CharlesBerthoud it's only been out for like a week!
@@brendonorourke387 The main riff was teased a couple years ago though
For about 20 years I thought i was a bass player. Now I realize I just own a bass.
Damn man. The guage of those strings alone makes this an excellent feat. People dont consider the extra strength it takes to get those things sounding pristine
Anyone that plays guitar and then tried bass Will definetly know (and feel) that difference xD
From a technical standpoint, Charles is one of the best bass players in the world
From every standpoint
One????
Stating the fckng obvious 🤣😂🤣 bruh..
@@bumwees2865, considering he plays this better on a bass than Tim Henson plays it on a guitar (no offense to Tim) and it's not even over a million views, I would say it's not so obvious to most people.
@@purdysanchez bro, seriously.. How is not obvious 🤣😂🤣 you fckn Karen. Just because more people have seen Tim Henson play his own song doesn't make this not obviously amazing skill 🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣
The best bit was that bit between 0:00 & 1:00
Absolutely breathtaking.
Nah it started getting stale then
@@drumboarder1 yes I'd agree. Intro was lit but as it progressed it wasn't that good as I expected from Charles's standard.
@@Yao686 your standards for him are too high. This is basically playing gods guitar melody (one of the hardest guitar things) on bass
@@ethandoesmusic *sarcasm left the chat*
@@doomslayer6471 explain
No cap. Is he the best bassist of modern time? I’ve seen several of his videos and he’s unreal.
Til someone shows me better I'll say he's the goat
That honor still belongs to Victor Wooten but he's damn close
@@3RacoonsInATrenchCoat Eh, Victor Wooten deserves a lot of credit for the innovations he brought, but Charles is a much cleaner player. Whatever Victor can do, he can do better
The Olympics used to have arts competitions back in the early 1900s. Maybe they should bring them back?
I think this guy means post Wooten, in which case Charles would definitely be a contender
I love this kid, for he is really good, and now he can talk all he wants, and the rest of us bass players can shut up, listen, and learn. God bless you young man and thank you for helping to keep me humble.
I am not sure about other player, ive been playing bass for almost 20 years, profesional bass teacher for the past 10 years, got lucky to won a several local festival, i can not imagine how can a person can play bass in a most complicated technique not to mention his original arrangement is also masterpiece it was advance in so many level but still musical to listen, in my humble opinion charles is A BASS GOD.!!
@@KaisarBizantinum Young son, there is no such thing as a bass God. The only one I can think of is Jeff Berlin for he is a Titan.
@@timalan5376the way you write these comments make me throw up
This one gave me chills! The technique needed to transition from harmonics into the individual notes that quickly is something people who have never played probably have no idea how hard that can be. Incredible.
wow. unequivocally perfect
numb
Just fingering the off root harmonics in the higher registers and having them ring takes some serious precision to begin with! Mind Blown!!! (
I never played, and I realize how difficult this is!
I was going to say the exact same thing - such surgical technique 🧼🧼
This feels so much longer than 60 seconds. You just fit so much in
That's what she said mate
Felt like a solid 63 to me
He fits as much as the song usually does haha.. it's a cover
@@baldbearded9601 well, polyphia is wild too.
@@nabirunmuntakimchowdhury3709 LMAOOO 😂😂😂😂
We need a full version of this! 🧡
Charles gives me the strength to wake up each morning, have myself a full pot of coffee, and question whether I should even bother continuing playing guitar or bass at all. What a legend.
Literally never seen a more clean bassist in my life. So fucking tight, and on point. Jeezzeee.
Agreed haha. Charles is ridiculous.
Sounds even more epic with the slap 👍
The chord at 0:35 has such a soothing and satisfying resolve. Insanely awesome rendition!
Just... Wow.... You captured every bit of the nuance of the original performance. And with no pick! Amazing
I literally was about to ask for some kind of bass version of Playing God. You torture us by only giving us 1 minute!! My personal favorite solo of yours by far! Would a full overdub or play-along version be possible??
this is one basic simple scale called slap
@@kgedeongedon5933 what? hahaha
IS THAT A BASS EMOJI????!
@@joshsk8ing It sure is!! :)
So I finally combined Charles' audio from this video with the audio from Tim's Unplugged version and it sounds absolutely amazing together!!
Wow! I have been playing bass for 40 years and influenced by Jazz fusion players like Brian Bromberg, Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel, Freddie Washington, Victor Wooten, Nathan East, Stanley Clark, John Pattitucci, Vail Johnson. Charles.... you have surpassed all my legends as far a technique and incredible precision in different styles. Truly amazing work Charles. Keep it up. Love watching you play at a whole other level.
Powerful words, and somehow not hyperbole. I've got goosebumps just from the energy in the comments!
this guy looks like Wagner, apparently he also played bass guitar well.
I agree qikqbn77. I feel the same way. Charles is absolutely amazing and a master bass player at the highest skill level. It's difficult to compare so many greats (especially Wooten), but Charles is easily on the same level as the top bass players in history.
What about Davie504?
shhhhhhh.... Charles doesn't know he is going down in history yet!
Jesus dude, this is on a whole new level. I thought it was mind blowing playing it on guitar.
That was absolutely phenomenal. I've played for over a decade myself but that was something else. Granted I know you've put tens of thousands of hours into your craft but my god it shows. So clean. Bravo 👏
You never cease you make a whole generational wave of musicians and musically inclined people come to a crushing realization about their lack of actual talent..
In a good way..
I said it a couple weeks ago I’ll say it again: I don’t even play bass. I play guitar. For over 34 years. He makes me want to quit guitar. Not in a century of Sundays will I ever be that good at my instrument lol. Phenomenal. Generational talent.
I realised recently that it's all down to theory which I know nothing of. I have the hand speed, pick coordination, independence in fretting fingers etc. I just need the theory to string the notes together 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@kelvinhopes8410 I’m with you on that lol. I never had the patience to properly learn theory either, and to this day it bugs me. Of course we can always learn it but it would sort of be like resetting a bone that already healed a certain way lol. I’ve actually won guitar contests, wrote all the music for my band and won battle of the band contests as well as selling my music to an NBA organization at one point. I’ve taught guitar for years as well. But I don’t even come close to the talent this young man has. There are SO many fantastic players out there. I usually try to be inspired to learn from it but sometimes it’s a bit depressing too lol. But I’m in awe of these great musicians all over the world and glad I can enjoy their art.
@@kelvinhopes8410 Do you play by ear? I play some guitar and bass, badly, but I feel like I have to learn theory to understand what I'm doing. It's slow going but it feels like having a flashlight in the dark.
Maybe you should practice more than once a week.....hahaha 🤣
@@michaelmatthews2126 You definitely have a point there lol. The first several years I would practice literally 8-12 hours a day and made great strides during that time. These days, I’m a dad with a lot more on my plate now and don’t have the time to do that anymore, but you’re right I could practice more than I do lol.
Absolutely insane, a song with you and Tim would probably be out of this world!
this is great
Please, Charles, may we have more of this? Made me speechless, so astonishing
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@@MrThoss1 got it. But dude, imagine Charles making entire song in this style, using bass. God, I wanna see this happen
@@Amorous578 Yeah would be sick !
@@MrThoss1 really should put a description, thought you were a spam bot
Great work as always.
I've shown you to at least 10 trained musicians I know at this point and each subscribed after one watch. We all end up chatting about each of your new releases.
Haha that's great to hear!
@@CharlesBerthoud the dedication and hard work is evident as is with Tim. Wait til some woman marries you!
@@GODHATESADOPTION he is married ;)
I love every video you’ve put out bro. Your playing and practice methods are so dialed in even something as complex as ,Tim Henson, comes off as such a walk in the park! This was great man!
just lovely, Charles!
I don't even know why I'm suprised that you have this locked down and so clean... but I am. You are an utter machine
not only did he perfectly play an arrangement of it but also applied his own techniques..
for real dude. entirely accurate
This is f*ckng on point!!
Great job Charles!
I wish you would make a full cover of this great f*ckng song....🤘🤘
Been searching for this video for forever and it finally popped back up
Actually, I think you'd fit pretty well in this band
musically absolutely... personally though I'm not so sure. Charles seems so squeaky clean and wholesome while polyphia doesn't give me that vobe
@@wizardvega724 Your remark makes sense, I only factored the sound Charles has as well as his gimmicks of composition.
@@timotheepetit I'd say in terms of creativity he'd fit pretty well, but Polyphia's musician balance right now is fantastic. They're bassist does a really amazing job at being a support instrument, while still adding a crap ton to the songs and being able to solo when necessary. I'd say the soloist in Charles might step on Scottie and Tim a little bit. I'd 100% wanna see him as a feature tho, getting his soloing would fit really well in that context, just not as well in a bassist context if that makes sense.
@@cork1174 agreed
@@cork1174 Yeah, good points. He’d be an amazing feature. I think he stands too well on his own, but even so I don’t doubt he’d have the humility to balance with Scott, Tim and Clay(s). And it’d be cool to see him emulate their fashion in a music video, imagine emo/math rock Charles. 😂
Never expected to see you do a polyphia cover
Not very surprised he did honestly
He usually sticks to songs with feeling
I’ve been seeing a ton of these cover and hoping for a Charles cover! Great job!
You didn’t have to flex THAT hard on us, Charles
GREAT, Charles !!!! Um forte abraço de um fã daqui do Brasil !
De dois
@@igorresende8597 3
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Charles, you're the greatest musician (bass player) I've ever heard and seen. Your technique is amazing, unreal. Don't stop and good luck.
He is phenomenal but you need to search more.
Watch some Plini
wait till you see Victor Wooten
@@raultamjid9725 Yes, I know Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller, but Charles is really impressive. It's a matter of taste. :)
@@yuriiholskyi9009 we're a minority but I'm with you. Wooten got bumped to my second fav bass player and yes seen him live as well. The difference with Berthoud is he's as technically skill yet so inspiring. He expands what you think a bass guitar can do. I pick it up more and more now where before it was only to fill in a mix. I never knew how fun it was to play bass!
Im going to need this full version on spotify
thats so crazy how smooth it feel even if we all know thats its so difficult to play ! well done !
Gives me vibes of the band "The Omnific" - two bassists and a drummer, it's an interesting dynamic.
This af - they are barely known outside (or sometimes even inside) of the prog community but they're incredibly underrated and talented af.
Yes!
true
Reverse Animals As Leaders.
@@monke8949 Haha! Perfect.
Oh dear lord, I got chills!
I'm listening to this song on a loop since it has been released and maaaaaaaaaan you nailed it so damn well. Please, we NEED a full cover 😩
damn! what i would give to see Charles get featured on a Polyphia track
I love that music can be such a deep, satisfying, complete, experience, thanks to the awesome musicians behind it. Incredible work here.
You make it look so easy! You should send this to Tim for a Collab!!
He will see it soon
as much as I love Clay's playing in Polyphia, Tim, Scottie, and Charles is an absolute powerhouse. We need the collab.
WE NEED A FULL COVER PLEASE
I'd commit war crimes for a fraction of the talent shown here
I'm at the point in life where I CONCLUDE that Charles Berthoud is the BEST...I repeat...THE BEST well-rounded-skilled Bass Player ever...EVER!
Davie504 cries now somewhere in Italy
Agreed
Victor Wooten is pretty darn good, one of the founding fathers tbh
@@DR87408 Victor is definitely better than Charles imo but I think Charles is one of the best musicians I've seen on youtube in quite awhile
@@DR87408 I respect Victor Wooten but like I said, Charles is better...far better IMO.
Had that riff stuck in my head since the song came out... to hear it on bass is unreal. Thanks Charles.
This is so clean , THE PRO
Love your bass tone!
Wow that was 100% sick! My favorite song at the moment... even better on the bass!
I need a 10 hour loop of this. Beautifully done
Idk how often you read your comments, Charles, but this is epic! And your part on the 4th biggest shred collab video put me into what I would think an "out of body" experience is. You are a top of the line, transcendent bassist.
Amazing! Keep going!
How I imagine a Polyphia audition goes:
"Can you slap?"
Yea
"Can you tap?"
Yea
"Can you do both with harmonics?"
I guess, yeah
"How many compressor pedals do you have?"
14.
"You're in."
Looool!
The first question is
Can you hybrid: No
"we will call you"
PS: I have a duck video, a chicken video, a video where i am begging for money on Twitter, a walking video, a video where i am playing with my nuts. A short with a blog ... Also a patreon
well, jugding on their current bassist, it would be "you're out" after first question))
Oh man, keep the great stuff going! 🔥
As always, you are jawdropingly skilled Charles.
Sounded like Playing God. That was done so well 👏
I read the title and thought this was an Ichika Nito video. Nice little homage to the Japanese phenom and great playthrough!
PLEASE DO A FULL COVER
YES!!
Wow u keep leveling up this is insane good.
lovely song, amazing player and an absolute beauty of a bass. Love this song and this was an extremely good adaptation of it. Keep it up
Beautiful as always, and that tone is just so perfect.
Dingue..... Fou....... incroyable......d'une finesse à tomber...... a chaque fois encore plus amazing. Le meilleur "bassiste" que j'ai jamais entendu
FULL COVER I BEG OF YOU.
You cheeky bastard you lol this is INCREDIBLE mate.
Man am I happy to be alive to hear this masterpiece. Amazing as always Charles
I can't believe ALL THAT happened in just 60 seconds...loved it!
You are the master Charles, I love that bass rendition, it's got so much of that dirty, jazzy, grungy sound to it. I wonder if Tim has seen this rendition. I'm sure he'd be proud. You nailed all the harmonics, and your finger picking on those riffs is on point all the way through.
That was incredible! Thank you!
O M G, he is literally playing god 🔥
No, he's literally playing G. O. A. T
@@xTheZapper funny
Playing Charles
Beautiful as always Charles, thank you!
those harmonics aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh so good to hear it
Timmy & Chuck.
Now there’s a band name
Incredible technique and phrasing, I’m truly blown away by your talent!!!
If Stanley Clark ever heard this young fella THUMP'N the bass like this, he'd happily "pass the torch" to him.
This is MAGIC!!!
Bro, this was absolutely insane to watch. You really are a legendary bass player without a doubt.
wish you woulda done the end part too, the bit tim does at the end with all the hammerons is absolutely breathtaking
😱 Insane playing on these thick strings!
This song hasn't been out long enough for me to even hear all the different notes and you're concert-ready, insane
I’m pretty sure his handshake would crush my hand.
I laughed 100% audibly at how insane this was. Great work and doubt anyone will ever get to this level. Amazing
Just incredible. Taking the bass to a new level, as always
OMG from 00:50 til the end, that lick was so sublime !
Dude, that was so good I was laughing the entire time. How!? Major props.
Insanely well done
You are a remarkable bassist! I always thoroughly enjoy your playing and this is just the kind of music I like, thanks!
We need "When Charles Berthoud only gives POLYPHIA 60 seconds to audition"
Yea, ima need the full version, please. Amazing....
I was hoping to hear Charles do this song. Not disappointed!
I was so glad I subscribed to you buddy even when you weren't 5k subs. Ever single video is so impressive that the standard is so beyond what I can ever expect from a bassist now.
I'm absolutely enthralled and blown away by how much he put into this vid, I mean yeah I love this style on guitar, but a 6 string bass is even more enticing, I've always had a certain gravitation towards finger style guitar like tosin and henson, but on bass from someone like charles is outstanding
Duuuudeee.... this is so clean as sick, love it 👑👑👑
This video has been on repeat for a really long time. And even when I'm not watching it it lives rent free in my mind