Worst Bass Demo Ever...

[India_Sierra]

I always want to walk up and ask the wanker: "so.....um........what song would that actually fit in with?

These guys are looking for some flash or some hook to draw viewers in. It's difficult to do something on your own, with a bass, that is harmonically interesting. Even a top player will tell you that. Bass is an ensemble instrument. Slap is easy. Hence, a lot of players go for the quick and flashy option of slapping like mad in E.

I thought Ken Smith had the right idea, I recall reading that he had banned slap in open keys at his trade show stalls. I've practiced slap in many keys but like everyone else, I'll readily admit I'm strongest in E!

I'd love to hear more bass and amp reviews use the gear in a mix with a proper song or backing track. Playing with other instruments is much more revealing than solely focusing on how the bass sounds on it's own.

 

[nonohmic]

Technically an amp demo - but this one is the worst I've seen:

Nah man he's a solide player.

 

[Charlzm]

Worst?




I rest my case.

OMG. I never would have let that get out if it had been me.

 

[bobyoung53]

Wow! I guess I have been playing fretless all wrong. I thought you were still supposed to be in key. Guess I was wrong.

He swooped by the right note in key a whole bunch of times, he just didn't stop

 

[Flabass]

Worst?




I rest my case.[/QUO

There's hope for me!

 

[sotua]

The builder says he spent time with Sadowsky, but it looks like he didn't learn anything about design there. Probably swept the floors.

What's to learn about design at Sadowsky anyway? Apart from the headstock and the knobs, it's pretty much a Fender.

(not to disparage Sadowsky basses - they do sound and play otherwordly, but visual/design wise? It's a fender clone)

 

[bobyoung53]

Worst demo? How soon we forget.

Sounds like one of those old video games.

 

[Crusher47]

I think he got most of his tone from the painted fingernails... and not just any polish... he doubled down in lacquer town with the 'bestess' covering money could buy...

... even mic guy wasn't impressed, as he strongly veered off topic, straight into the guys tats...

LOL ... was it Nitro or Poly nail polish? LMAO

 

[Jay2U]

Think twice before you put out a demo, or look before you leap!

 

[bobyoung53]

 

[SJLee]

I think my favorite worst bass demo would have to be Gearwire's Dan Agusto on the Rickenbacker Bass.



Runner up would be Danny again on the Fender Deluxe Fretless Jazz Bass.

 

[aprod]

Let's hear your demo. Haters gonna hate. Absolutely nothing wrong with his playing.

 

[Treebeard]

That sound is full AF! Full of mud.

Also maybe if it had a tort it wouldn't look like poopie.

 

[SJLee]

Let's hear your demo. Haters gonna hate. Absolutely nothing wrong with his playing.

I have zero interest in making a bass demo. If you would like to pay me, I might consider it. In the meantime, if one is going to demo an instrument, they should at least be proficient at it.

EDIT: One should also know a little about the product they are demonstrating. I think Dan in the case of the 4003 demo hasn’t a clue of what he is talking about.

 

[rmars]

Worst?




I rest my case.

Never seen that one before but I think that's my favorite bass demo ever.

 

[Spidey2112]

LOL ... was it Nitro or Poly nail polish? LMAO

More than likely a hybrid... part nitro, for explosive licks and poly for a durable riff, which stands the test of time...

 

[Paulabass]

This guy. The music store told him to demo the basses. He did. He doesn't play fretless, but at least got it on video.
If the beginning isn't enough to drive you into therapy, watch him try to play a fretless Beetle bass.
This store ACTUALLY thought this Youtube video would get the customers flocking in for fretless basses.

 

[TolerancEJ]

That's crazy. No one from this website, or anywhere else on the internet would ever ridicule a video that you put a ton of effort into making.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I knew Anthony Joyner, the bassist in the first video, in the 1990s, when he was a salesman at Rock Block Guitars in Nashville, and he was Faith Hill’s touring bassist. He is a great bassist. He also sold me a ton of basses because that was when I was slinging around MC and Visa like no tomorrow. The funny thing is that a few years ago, I contacted Mr. Joyner for an interview as part of a project I was trying to create. He refused, I guess, because it seems he could not recall who I was. Oh well, I am sure he did forget a customer after twenty years, but he sure recognized me when I used to walk in the door at Rock Block Guitars.

Personal issues aside, he is a great bassist, and he has lost a ton weight since the Nineties. There was also a short feature on him in Bass Player years ago.

 

[ghostinthemach]

Worst?




I rest my case.

Wow! What did we do to deserve that!?!