visog Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CrSdJPZLss Best player? Best tone? Best music? Edited August 25, 2015 by icastle Link Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Well I like the guy in the wig... but I'm not that impressed with solo/virtuoso party-piece type bass playing. Yes, it's probably just jealousy as I'm not a virtuoso bass player myself, before anyone else says it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 There's a hot chick dressed as a waitress at about 1:20... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Couldn't stay with it for 8 mins...Some I liked but had to give up half way thru, tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 [quote name='visog' timestamp='1440444231' post='2850822'] There's a hot chick dressed as a waitress at about 1:20... [/quote] That's our friend the Korean transvestite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKenrick Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I lasted the whole 8 minutes, but I now feel queasy and absolutely hate bass solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 For all round combo of ability and tone I liked the Israeli lad in the rude T shirt but even that wasn't music I'd listen to a lot, though I like a bit of Metheney now and again.which is what it most reminded me of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I agree that most of it was tedious, self-indulgent w***ery, but much more importantly, CHROME BB!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1440444101' post='2850819'] Well I like the guy in the wig... but I'm not that impressed with solo/virtuoso party-piece type bass playing. Yes, it's probably just jealousy as I'm not a virtuoso bass player myself, before anyone else says it... [/quote] If you mean the guy in the crazy yellow outfit, that's MonoNeon, he is an amazingly talented bassist, pretty much a virtuoso, check out his channel. I agree with the party piece comment, lots of talented people out there, but I've never understood the obsession with speed, literally nobody apart from a handful of blokes with ocd will ever care about how fast you can play, and fast slap bass is actually positively despised in most musical situations, in a similar way to poodle haired guitar shredding. The concept of being 'the best' is completely weird in a musical context, people confuse music with sport sometimes. Having said that, with most of these guys, their chops are a product of deep musical knowledge, and those chops come from a genuine place rather than as a one off party trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) Some amazing players there, although personally I dislike the chorus-soaked high register melodic noodling stuff. Nathan Navarro's dubstep intro was cool. Miki Santamaria (Chrome Yamaha BB) is superb! Really funky and great tone. Nik West (coloured strings) sounds great, but the tone seems very muffled. Cody Wright's envelope filter stuff is funky as hell. Rene Flachsenhaar (semi hollow with bulbous lower horn), love that too. Eyal Amir (Nord Lead ?) - love that synth tone. Pascal Mulot wins tinniest slap bass tone award 😁 Edited August 24, 2015 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 An eight-minute orgy of odious stunt-bass, then. Which highlights the uncomfortable truth that if you're going to utilise the bass guitar as an instrument for solo self-expression, you broadly have two choices: anaemic atonal blooping, or frenetic clattering and pinging. Don't do it, kids! Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1440458278' post='2851016'] ...you broadly have two choices: anaemic atonal blooping, or frenetic clattering and pinging. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1440451550' post='2850954'] Having said that, with most of these guys, their chops are a product of deep musical knowledge, and those chops come from a genuine place rather than as a one off party trick. [/quote] Yep, I agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNkShUi Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I find it a little weird how much a lot of us bass players dislike the "party tricks" kind of stuff, when if you're playing live, that is the stuff the punters think is bloody marvellous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1440458278' post='2851016'] An eight-minute orgy of odious stunt-bass, then. Which highlights the uncomfortable truth that if you're going to utilise the bass guitar as an instrument for solo self-expression, you broadly have two choices: anaemic atonal blooping, or frenetic clattering and pinging. Don't do it, kids! Jon. [/quote] There is a 3rd, have you heard Steve Lawson or Michael Manring ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I enjoyed it! I get that nobody likes a showoff, but the video does a nice job in illustrating how diverse bass playing can be - technique, tone, dress code, etc... Hard to pick a favourite, but perhaps Rene Flachsenhaar (04:17) for his solid, old school funk. Also nice to see Steve Lawson of this parish doing his things; and Scott Devine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Loads of stuff that would sound better and be a lot easier to play if it was done on a guitar or a synth rather than a bass. So for me most of this was the bass playing equivalent of a dog walking on its hind legs. Impressive only because it has been made unnecessarily difficult through the wrong choice of instrument. Having said that I like the two fretless bass pieces. One was beautifully melodic while still being a "bass" piece and the other drove the music along like a bastard. And the piece played on the keyboard, showing that it's all about picking the right instrument to do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1440506354' post='2851329'] ...for me most of this was the bass playing equivalent of a dog walking on its hind legs. [/quote] Oh go on then... ...I mean that's pretty cool, right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Viacslav Svedov (Germany) was great for me right up until the very end Lars Lehmann (Germany) was awesome throughout, love the tone too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1440503686' post='2851297'] There is a 3rd, have you heard Steve Lawson or Michael Manring ? [/quote] Steve Lawson was in there at 7:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1440506020' post='2851325'] Hard to pick a favourite, but perhaps Rene Flachsenhaar (04:17) for his solid, old school funk. [/quote]+1 and the Italian chap @4:19 for me. Both have a really nice groove, but in differing styles. Having massive chops is fun for the occasional 'stunt' but give me a deep, solid groove anytime. Scott Devine was nice too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 It made me feel nauseous. All those dudes pulling sex faces. I once saw a band where the bass player simply solo'd his way through every song and the lead guitarist not to be outdone kept licking and rolling his way through the chord changes slipping in sneaky elaborate extra riffs at every opportunity after which he would get a "you rascal" type look from the bass player. To which he would respond with a "what am I like?" Roll of the eyes and straight into next nauseating ridiculously excessive chord change. These guys needed to get a room and get it over and done with and if it broke up the band then so be it but these were two repressed dudes. The memory has made me feel a little queasy. I need to lie down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1440510924' post='2851372'] It made me feel nauseous. All those dudes pulling sex faces. I once saw a band where the bass player simply solo'd his way through every song and the lead guitarist not to be outdone kept licking and rolling his way through the chord changes slipping in sneaky elaborate extra riffs at every opportunity after which he would get a "you rascal" type look from the bass player. To which he would respond with a "what am I like?" Roll of the eyes and straight into next nauseating ridiculously excessive chord change. These guys needed to get a room and get it over and done with and if it broke up the band then so be it but these were two repressed dudes. The memory has made me feel a little queasy. I need to lie down. [/quote] I always wanted to see the Police live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I have to say I enjoyed most of that. I didn't really see much in the way of random noodling, just a lot of guys locked in with their instruments. It also makes me realise how I have got left behind in all sorts of ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Absolutely hated that. The cuts were just way too [b]short[/b]. Chops are two things: losers use them to show off; musicians use them as a musical tool, and in this vid, IMHO at least many used them as a tool. Kudos! Not everyone with chops is not a musician. Edited August 26, 2015 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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