Old Man Yelling at Old Men Yelling at Clouds

[bassicmike]

Maybe you could save us all a migraine and provide a brief summary of these interesting points?

My two biggest takeaways - give the engineer a good signal and be prepared.

He definitely comes at the subject with a metal perspective.

Be Prepared. -
come into the recording process knowing the material. Practice. Attack the material. Don't record in 4 bar takes. The end result will be better.
Know how your parts work in the low end. Low harmonies and chords don't sound good
Have good WORKING gear, like cables that don't short.

Good Signal
Have a decent enough instrument
Have new strings, the tracks will sound crisper and be better for the mix and master. (His aversion to palm muting is part of this) I get this. Here is his metal perspective - he records metal bands. He makes a funny point about aged strings and James Jamerson - did JJ play on classic metal albums? No!
Reduce noise in the signal chain
ALWAYS be in tune, always check ones tuning between takes
Be careful about excessive open string noise in the take.
Provide one good dry direct track that the engineer doesn't have to fix. Don't screw with onboard EQ between takes.

 

[Thumpin6string]

A video from some old loser who still thinks he's 20 years old and cool. He's not.

 

[scuzzy]

he's an idiot. watched it when he released it. if everyone listened to him, we wouldn't have Geddy, Entwistle, Squire, Chancellor, Lemmy, etc, etc, etc.

 

[darev]

Annoying, but he’s right about showing up to record with a janky, rattling, & noisy instrument. So far in studio I have found that it’s almost always a guitar that is missing saddles or has loose screws. Occasionally, I have to put the bassists instrument onto the rack but more often than not a guitar is rattling or humming at 60 cycles.

Regarding recording electric bass: sounds coming from open strings would be the one constant I hear. Easy fix.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Annoying, but he’s right about showing up to record with a janky, rattling, & noisy instrument.

Most of the classic tracks of the 60s and 70s were recorded on those!

 

[Wavy]

Well, since Mr Fricker did NOT specify which bass is best for metal, everyone is right to ignore him.


Seriously, I watch him often. I'm unsure whether he's trolling or serious.

To me, he's no more annoying than politicians and newscasters. His opinions are his... if one doesn't like them or his delivery or his appearance, there are plenty of other video channels to try.

The past couple of years I've been trying to avoid being triggered by stupid opinions. His t-shirts about bass players are interesting.

 

[BassicJazzy]

0:00 How to not f*ck this up!1:16 You Underestimated the Instrument1:47 You DON'T NEED an expensive bass!3:00 Get a GOOD CABLE4:05 New Strings you Cheap F*CK!!5:41 Play Inspired!7:44 Direct or Miked8:53 File Format9:07 Don't Palm Mute10:11 Watch for Open Strings11:05 Retune after EVERY take!11:35 Give us a FLAT sound!12:45 Watch for Noise13:16 Low Chords DO NOT WORK14:16 Export a DRY TRACK14:58 Give the bass to the Guitar Player!

There are some interesting points made, albeit in an incredibly caustic style. And there's tons of ads.

I don't need to watch this, based on outline of tracks above it sounds exactly like the gremlin that sits on my shoulder yelling in my ear every time I play my bass.

 

[Gopherbassist]

One man’s glee is another man’s annoying clickbait barking. What are some of the better points made?

Yeah. I've seen that guy before, I'm not interested in his style of presentation.

 

[tothemax]

This is the guy that took a break when his wife was ill last year. I've seen some interesting content but not my cup of tea. I'm also not a metal person...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

This is the guy that took a break when his wife was ill last year. I've seen some interesting content but not my cup of tea. I'm also not a metal person...

His wife is still ill. He's balancing YouTube with being a carer. That's pretty impressive.