Beato Top 20

[Element Zero]

Top 20 Talkbass Threads.

1 P Bass
2 J Bass
3 Flats
4 Low Tension Rounds
5 FSO is best-o
6 Fretless w/o lines is true fretless
7 Fretless w/ lines is cheating
8 Jaco only needed 4 strings (with lines though)
9 Boutique builds not worth it

…

 

[bassicmike]

10. Waah Rick Beato is full of it.

 

[Discount Bassy]

Below is my top ten list of clouds types at which one might shout (if inclined).

1. Cirrus
2. Cirrocumulus
3. Cirrostratus
4. Altocumulus
5. Altostratus
6. Nimbostratus
7. Cumulus
8. Stratocumulus
9. Cumulonimbus
10. Stratus

 

[Brad Maestas]

Has anyone seen his channel from the beginning? I don't think the earliest videos are still up but they were very cringe. They almost entirely consisted of him playing random notes on the piano and having his son with perfect pitch recite them back to him. Most of the comments were, "Please let him go play outside."

 

[metron]

Remember that old Simpsons Halloween episode where all the advertising slogans come to life and destroyed everything? The only thing that could be done to take away their power was to not look at them.

 

[Heiwa]

Top 20 boring/bad youtubers: Beato is in my top 5

 

[mambo4]

The only worthwhile thing Rick Beato does is longform interviews.

his interviews are great. His older videos, when he was just sharing actual musical & production knowledge for musicians and composers, is also good stuff.
It's what he was doing when I first discovered his YT. His channel has gone the way of most YT channels still actively spewing content though, and I miss what it used to be.

 

[MrAB4003]

Remind me not to watch any more of these.

DO NOT watch Rick Beato Top 20 videos (or any other clickbait YouTube videos) any more! You are better off actually playing bass, writing music, or doing something productive.

 

[Pings Bass]

1 P Bass
2 J Bass
3 Flats
4 Low Tension Rounds
5 FSO is best-o
6 Fretless w/o lines is true fretless
7 Fretless w/ lines is cheating
8 Jaco only needed 4 strings (with lines though)
9 Boutique builds not worth it

…

10. NBD look at this beauty (it's just a regular ol p or j)
11. Look at my collection of 36 p basses
12. Look at my 17 Thunderbirds which don't neck dive
13. How do I make bass guitar sound like upright
14. What gear do I need to sound like my hero (don't tell me to practice)
15. What are the lowest tension strings that allow super low action and don't have a floppy B
16. Which of these ugly pick guards for my p
17. How do I make my SCP not hum
18. Where can I find a bass with these exact specs (if it's off be a mm I can't play it)
19. Who makes the best p
2O. this person's top 20 list is ridiculous

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Has anyone seen his channel from the beginning? I don't think the earliest videos are still up but they were very cringe. They almost entirely consisted of him playing random notes on the piano and having his son with perfect pitch recite them back to him. Most of the comments were, "Please let him go play outside."

What baffled me is the claim that to develop perfect pitch you need to have been exposed to "complex music" from an early age. A friend of mine has perfect pitch and a background not really different to mine, except possibly I got to hear a lot more Elvis Presley. From this, i conclude that listening to Elvis Presley stops you developing perfect pitch.

For example, an AP possessor can accurately reproduce a heard tone on a musical instrument without "hunting" for the correct pitch

I can generally do this, but I don't think I have perfect pitch.

 

[sunbeast]

Remind me not to watch any more of these.

He hasn't made one in years, so you're probably safe

 

[sunbeast]

his interviews are great. His older videos, when he was just sharing actual musical & production knowledge for musicians and composers, is also good stuff.
It's what he was doing when I first discovered his YT. His channel has gone the way of most YT channels still actively spewing content though, and I miss what it used to be.

I suspect the audience that made him a professional Youtuber was not musicians, composers, or even music nerds; but just normal (probably mostly older) music fans who apparently like a somewhat shallow "pro" look into the process of music making and self-reinforcement of why their old favorite musicians are deserving of their praise. That's a big part of the problem with monetized Youtube- once people start making $$ from it they tend to start following whatever trends get them the most views, and the deeper dives are not generally the thing that peak the strongest engagement from larger demographics. Having a strong, consistent, but static (not growing) fanbase is not enough.

Someone earlier complained about him not researching enough before interviews, which I disagree with from the ones I've seen but could also be somewhat explained by the fact that his general audience isn't people who are already highly knowledgeable about these people and their histories. Ultimately he is there to serve his proven audience and to hopefully continue growing it more than to create the most provocative content possible.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

P.S. i enjoy his "what makes this song great" series.

 

[MrAB4003]

What baffled me is the claim that to develop perfect pitch you need to have been exposed to "complex music" from an early age. A friend of mine has perfect pitch and a background not really different to mine, except possibly I got to hear a lot more Elvis Presley. From this, i conclude that listening to Elvis Presley stops you developing perfect pitch.

As someone who has perfect pitch, this is absolutely bonkers! You can develop relative pitch, but not perfect pitch.

By the way, one of the first songs I can ever remember hearing as a toddler was "Heartbreak Hotel" by none other than Elvis Presley! My dad had an Elvis Presley CD and he played it in the car. If anything, that early exposure to Elvis Presley gave me a lifetime love of rock n roll music. It certainly didn't affect my perfect pitch (even though I had no idea I had it until my teenage years).

 

[DJ Bebop]

1 P Bass
2 J Bass
3 Flats
4 Low Tension Rounds
5 FSO is best-o
6 Fretless w/o lines is true fretless
7 Fretless w/ lines is cheating
8 Jaco only needed 4 strings (with lines though)
9 Boutique builds not worth it

…

11 tort

 

[-Asdfgh-]

As someone who has perfect pitch, this is absolutely bonkers! You can develop relative pitch, but not perfect pitch.

I'm confused. Are you saying Beato's son doesn't have perfect pitch?

By the way, one of the first songs I can ever remember hearing as a toddler was "Heartbreak Hotel" by none other than Elvis Presley! My dad had an Elvis Presley CD and he played it in the car. If anything, that early exposure to Elvis Presley gave me a lifetime love of rock n roll music. It certainly didn't affect my perfect pitch (even though I had no idea I had it until my teenage years).

Oddly, despite the prevalence of Elvis in the household my first musical memories are Cat Stevens and The Kinks.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

11 tort

10 Tort?

 

[FullumMusic]

1 P Bass
2 J Bass
3 Flats
4 Low Tension Rounds
5 FSO is best-o
6 Fretless w/o lines is true fretless
7 Fretless w/ lines is cheating
8 Jaco only needed 4 strings (with lines though)
9 Boutique builds not worth it

…

10. Waah Rick Beato is full of it.

10. NBD look at this beauty (it's just a regular ol p or j)
11. Look at my collection of 36 p basses
12. Look at my 17 Thunderbirds which don't neck dive
13. How do I make bass guitar sound like upright
14. What gear do I need to sound like my hero (don't tell me to practice)
15. What are the lowest tension strings that allow super low action and don't have a floppy B
16. Which of these ugly pick guards for my p
17. How do I make my SCP not hum
18. Where can I find a bass with these exact specs (if it's off be a mm I can't play it)
19. Who makes the best p
2O. this person's top 20 list is ridiculous

Alright, here’s a (highly subjective but lovingly curated) shortlist of 20 TalkBass threads that are legendary for going gloriously off the rails—because of arguments, memes, or sheer entropy. I kept it to specific threads you can revisit:

1. “Check out this $3000 ‘Fodera’!!” — the OG boutique-price flamewar, later canonized as “infamous” by other TB’ers. TalkBass+1
2. “Argument in store over used bass” — retail dust-up that spiraled into a many-page morality play. TalkBass+1
3. “So my drummer approached me the other day…” — birthplace of the nonsense-theory gag “chordature,” which then infected other threads. TalkBass+1
4. “Anyone Know the True Origin of ‘Carrots’?” — tracing (and rekindling) TB’s most enduring poll meme. TalkBass
5. “Tonewood or not? Testing the myth!” — an evergreen tonewood slugfest with “tests,” counter-tests, and no survivors. TalkBass
6. “Tonewood Experiment.” — because one tonewood war was never going to be enough. TalkBass
7. “Why so much Hate towards the Pick.” — early (2005!) pick-vs-fingers trench warfare. TalkBass
8. “How Important is showing up…with a Fender P?” — session-etiquette topic that detonates every few pages. TalkBass
9. “Rickenbacker Hate” — the eternal love/hate brand thread, maximal drama guaranteed. TalkBass
10. “How about a legitimate Rickenbacker Hate thread?” — yes, a separate one, because of course there is. TalkBass
11. “Fender Quality Control… A New Low” — QC rants, photos, counter-photos, repeat. TalkBass
12. “How Is Fender USA Quality Control Soooo Horrible?” — the sequel that kept on giving. TalkBass
13. “Best P-bass for metal? (poll!)” — a perfect storm of poll pedantry and carrots. TalkBass
14. “Issues w same-sex (gay) wedding gigs” — predictably volatile gig-ethics thread. TalkBass
15. “We can’t justify paying you if…you’re going to play bass” — gig economics + dignity = fireworks. TalkBass
16. “Equal Pay Split, What Are Your Thoughts?” — band-money discourse that never lands the plane. TalkBass
17. “There’s no such thing as a ‘beginner’ bass.” — title alone guaranteed a donnybrook. TalkBass
18. “Does spending lots of coin get you a better instrument?” — value vs. vibe vs. vitriol. TalkBass
19. “Best Seymour Duncan Pickups” — derails into fake brands and broccoli; peak TB humor chaos. TalkBass
20. “What the H*** does ‘Carrots’ stand for” — meta-carrots discourse (because the bit never dies). TalkBass

(I may or may not have told chatGPT to rank them by how much of a train wreck they are.)
I love that multiple "Carrots" made the list.

 

[BASSDROID]

Beato? Oh no.

Oh, no! It's Beato

 

[Michedelic]

1 P Bass
2 J Bass
3 Flats
4 Low Tension Rounds
5 FSO is best-o
6 Fretless w/o lines is true fretless
7 Fretless w/ lines is cheating
8 Jaco only needed 4 strings (with lines though)
9 Boutique builds not worth it

…

10. Waah Rick Beato is full of it.

10. NBD look at this beauty (it's just a regular ol p or j)
11. Look at my collection of 36 p basses
12. Look at my 17 Thunderbirds which don't neck dive
13. How do I make bass guitar sound like upright
14. What gear do I need to sound like my hero (don't tell me to practice)
15. What are the lowest tension strings that allow super low action and don't have a floppy B
16. Which of these ugly pick guards for my p
17. How do I make my SCP not hum
18. Where can I find a bass with these exact specs (if it's off be a mm I can't play it)
19. Who makes the best p
2O. this person's top 20 list is ridiculous

11 tort

10 Tort?

Alright, here’s a (highly subjective but lovingly curated) shortlist of 20 TalkBass threads that are legendary for going gloriously off the rails—because of arguments, memes, or sheer entropy. I kept it to specific threads you can revisit:

1. “Check out this $3000 ‘Fodera’!!” — the OG boutique-price flamewar, later canonized as “infamous” by other TB’ers. TalkBass+1
2. “Argument in store over used bass” — retail dust-up that spiraled into a many-page morality play. TalkBass+1
3. “So my drummer approached me the other day…” — birthplace of the nonsense-theory gag “chordature,” which then infected other threads. TalkBass+1
4. “Anyone Know the True Origin of ‘Carrots’?” — tracing (and rekindling) TB’s most enduring poll meme. TalkBass
5. “Tonewood or not? Testing the myth!” — an evergreen tonewood slugfest with “tests,” counter-tests, and no survivors. TalkBass
6. “Tonewood Experiment.” — because one tonewood war was never going to be enough. TalkBass
7. “Why so much Hate towards the Pick.” — early (2005!) pick-vs-fingers trench warfare. TalkBass
8. “How Important is showing up…with a Fender P?” — session-etiquette topic that detonates every few pages. TalkBass
9. “Rickenbacker Hate” — the eternal love/hate brand thread, maximal drama guaranteed. TalkBass
10. “How about a legitimate Rickenbacker Hate thread?” — yes, a separate one, because of course there is. TalkBass
11. “Fender Quality Control… A New Low” — QC rants, photos, counter-photos, repeat. TalkBass
12. “How Is Fender USA Quality Control Soooo Horrible?” — the sequel that kept on giving. TalkBass
13. “Best P-bass for metal? (poll!)” — a perfect storm of poll pedantry and carrots. TalkBass
14. “Issues w same-sex (gay) wedding gigs” — predictably volatile gig-ethics thread. TalkBass
15. “We can’t justify paying you if…you’re going to play bass” — gig economics + dignity = fireworks. TalkBass
16. “Equal Pay Split, What Are Your Thoughts?” — band-money discourse that never lands the plane. TalkBass
17. “There’s no such thing as a ‘beginner’ bass.” — title alone guaranteed a donnybrook. TalkBass
18. “Does spending lots of coin get you a better instrument?” — value vs. vibe vs. vitriol. TalkBass
19. “Best Seymour Duncan Pickups” — derails into fake brands and broccoli; peak TB humor chaos. TalkBass
20. “What the H*** does ‘Carrots’ stand for” — meta-carrots discourse (because the bit never dies). TalkBass

(I may or may not have told chatGPT to rank them by how much of a train wreck they are.)
I love that multiple "Carrots" made the list.

You all missed an essential one…
“All music that came out after I was in high school is crap”, AKA “The music that l listened to in my high school years was the only music that mattered”.