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Favorite bass youtuber?

#146
maplebar said:
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Janek Gwizdala
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I'm conflicted.

As a bass player and a composer, he's one of my absolute favorites and on a given evening I can often be found listening to his albums end to end in my office. But as a YouTuber I'm not totally sure what I'm supposed to be getting from him. His playing style and even his tone are so specifically geared towards what he does that I struggle to translate his advice to my own situation.

I do _enjoy_ watching and listening to Janek Gwizdala, but I don't necessarily take much away from his videos to apply to my own playing in the way I do from, say, Scott's Bass Lessons. Other than just listening to Janek and trying to sound more like him in a general sense.

No way I'm setting my action that high though, I don't care what John Patitucci says.
 
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#149
Gazman said:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr5VZr-xUAEEdTh6g1dkdaQ

Gev Delano, from Indonesia (I think), is great to watch. There isn't much in the way of tutorials, it's just him playing along to tracks, or jamming.
The thing is, he is, like 11 years old and tackling some really difficult pieces, with infectious enthusiasm.

Oh, and he has such a cute dimply-wimply face, it's impossible to not smile back at him.
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you have summoned the lord
 
#152
More shout outs for:
  • Adam Neely
  • Rich Brown
  • CoverSolutions
  • BassTheWorld
  • Dan Hawkins
One channel I haven’t seen mentioned is BennyTheBassman. He does a great job covering really tricky tunes and his visuals make it easier to follow than some other channels.

Stanley Clarke has a new series out (Bass Nation) that is fairly interesting, but IMO the flow is kind of off right now. Also weird to see his flashy cars at the end of episodes, but he’s certainly earned them!
 
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#155
Remco Hendrix just for his funky grooves.
Really has the dead note triplet thing down.
More than slap & pop, his treatment is more like a finger pick guitar player.
I personally wouldn't employ this method or style -- I like the old style, but he's really good at slappin and tappin and harmonix, and his grooves are so FUNKY, esp slapping on fretless.
 
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#156
ryco said:
Remco Hendrix just for his funky grooves.
Really has the dead note triplet thing down.
More than slap & pop, his treatment is more like a finger pick guitar player.
I personally wouldn't employ this method or style -- I like the old style, but he's really good at slappin and tappin and harmonix, and his grooves are so FUNKY, esp slapping on fretless.
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That's a similar to how I feel. I don't really want to play the way he does, or play the music that he plays, but DAMN it makes my soul feel good to hear him play.
 
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#159
arbiterusa said:
juliaplaysgroove on YouTube. The young lady is phenomenal. Think she's got an endorsement from EBMM.
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I totally agree with Julia plays Groove. Such developed talent at age 19. I especially appreciate her rendition of James Jamerson's Bassline Supremes "You Keep Me Hanging On" on the bass uke
 
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#160
DDXdesign said:
Full disclosure: I am affiliated with these guys now (just shot a couple pedal videos with me as host, coming out soon), but only because I've been a fan and became friends with them a couple years ago. The Bass Channel on youtube, formerly 'Bassic Gear Review' but they changed the name when they started doing other types of videos.

The review type videos are basically just facts and tones without much editorializing because everything is subjective, but they've also delved into things like tonewood and bass aging and pricepoints and things of that nature.

There is a slightly metalhead bent to it just because so many of us enjoy metal, but it's not nearly the entirety of it. Lots of contributors, some more known than others, have sent in direct-recorded riffs for reamping through all the various gear for comparison's sake, things like that. That's why I like the channel - it isn't all virtuosic playing and cherry picked sounds; there is something for almost everyone.

Hopefully my plugging the channel doesn't run afoul of anything.
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I really appreciate your rec of The Bass Channel and I also appreciate your mention of affiliations. Any academic presentation or article includes this very important notice of potential conflicts
 
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