Christian McBride/Niels Pederson youtube

[Zachmozach]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHu7ow9Kepw

Nice little duo of Bye Bye Blackbird.

[gomez hacienda]

Wonderful...even tho the video was a bit choppy on my end, the audio was fine. Great contrast in styles. I thought what NHOP did behind C in the 2nd chorus was very cool.

[Tbeers]

Wow! That's awesome.

[Karl]

Am I the only one having the feeling that NHOP totally outclasses McBride on this one? Especially in the head; NHOP's solo there is not amongst his best I think.

[Dudie]

I dare not tell how i feel about this vid

[bassame]

Originally Posted by Karl

Am I the only one having the feeling that NHOP totally outclasses McBride on this one? Especially in the head; NHOP's solo there is not amongst his best I think.

It's funny, but I felt the opposite. I'm always amazed at NHOP's technical skills but his ideas rarely move me; give me a bluesy solo and I'm happy.

[TomSauter]

Originally Posted by Karl

Am I the only one having the feeling that NHOP totally outclasses McBride on this one?

I hope so, because Christian wasted him. Christian was swinging harder, his lines were way clearer, and I prefer his sound over NHOP's.

[Tbeers]

I think McBride sounds awful in the clip compared to his usual tone (especially when you see the guy live -- wow). And NHOP's sound... well, we all know about it. So this clip, in my eyes, is two bassists who have really weird tones going, but it still rocks. Both of them are amazing players.

[damonsmith]

Those guys are great players, NHØP is the better, more relaxed and experienced player.
As it should be, he has about 30 years of incredible experience on McBride. I also think NHØP stayed more up on his technique through out his career than Christian does.
McBride in 30 years should really be something!
He still holds his own really well on this.

[musicman5string]

Musically, not all that satisfying to me. Then again, I'm not really a fan of double bass duets.

Bass-wise, an interesting comparison of tone, time, and solos.

Personally I think neither had a good tone (could be the way it was recorded).

However I still hold both players in the highest regard and have transcribed alot from each.

Were they both using an amp or only NHOP?

[musicman5string]

Originally Posted by TomSauter

because Christian wasted him.

Did he play Van Halen's "Eruption" at some point or is that your way of saying you liked his playing better?

[Zachmozach]

Originally Posted by musicman5string

Were they both using an amp or only NHOP?

I think they were both using amps.

As for all the who played better than who stuff. They both played together first of all and you can see the smile on Christians face a few times. I don't know what makes someone playing how they play, (like themsleves that is) can somehow produce a quality of better. Don't want to say it's not worth critiquing, and certain people are going to appreciate more someones playing over another but it I'm just tired of what seems to sometimes be "the rating game". Even if the intentions aren't that way at all.

[TomSauter]

Originally Posted by musicman5string

Did he play Van Halen's "Eruption" at some point or is that your way of saying you liked his playing better?

Keep talking about Van Halen and maybe 5150 will show up again. And if you watch at the end of the video, they both play some Van Halen-like tricks. So to answer your question, yes he did play some of Eruption, and so did NHOP, but I found Christian's interpretation to be much more "rocking".

[Marcus Johnson]

It's always nice to end every performance with a massive eruption.

[bassame]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

It's always nice to end every performance with a massive eruption.

As long as your wearing protection.