Is It Possible To Make Bass Playing Cool?!
Today I’m reacting to a very cool video my producer sent me of @CharlesBerthoud demonstrating the evolution of all bassists. Is it possible to make playing the bass look cool? I think Charles may be the person who is doing that. He is incredible.
Here is a link to his video: https://youtu.be/y9UTShorzKQ
Here is a link to Rockin’ 1000 if you’re intrigued: https://youtu.be/Ul8vqaGGnY0
#bassguitar #bassist #charlesberthoud
@CharlesBerthoud
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Thank you for the kind words Justin!! And yes I can confirm the Rockin 1000 was chaos in the best possible way 🤣
@atlantaguitar9689
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
How did I miss this one? I am a bass player and got more work than I ever wanted because of it. I use the guitar to write songs but bass opens the door. Guitarists are a dime a dozen.
@AIexOut-A-Magic-x6w
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Bass comes from the Dutch word "bas" which means exactly the same as the English "bass" but both are related to the French "notes basse" which means "low notes". So my question is why do modern bassist all play high notes when someone asks "Do you even play bass, bro?"
@ChristopherIf-he7rr
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Lol! I've been a guitar player for forty four years and I love playing bass……
@mejsjalv
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Just like it is with guitarists… I'm in my "bass phase" with a fretless since a few years ago.
I had to dust off the guitar the last time I picked it up
@devilsoffspring5519
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Scott Shiflett and Matt Freeman! Scott kicks ass on the Shoot The Moon show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6cAyWeh7A8
@thefirstprotozoan
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
if you want to be blown away for realz, watch berhtoud play a 12 string behs
@johnparker4366
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Flea Phase or Higher Ground Phase?
@keiramaudsley2828
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
hey @davie504 check out this bassist frowning at 6:09, he looks like he might be really, really good at bass
@tortillamanbass
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Love the screen comment at 7.27, "I really loved meeting some of you afterwards", was expecting " some of you were absolute c@@ts though!" to come next!
@Kryssthealien
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Robbie Shakespeare could rock a stadium by playing three notes; you can't be cooler than that.
Get these awful slap players with their squeaky high pitch constant bass solos out of my face… James Jameson could do a better bassline drunk lying on the floor, f*ck slap…
@sagetheowlfatfeathery2083
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Lemmy phase notable by its absence.
@FeenyFan
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
You gotta go for the stoic centre of gravity. Like Entwhistle, Bill Wymann, Toni Levin, or Michelle Steele.
@eduardosuarez2414
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
3:04 Step 9, join Muse
@JohnWalsh-i6u
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Bass player never never Bassist.
@richardworth350
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Bootsy? Thundercat?
@eugenem.9428
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Behhssss
@CLaw-tb5gg
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
My favourite bassists have always been the one who absolutely f**king go for it, who aren't relegated to a support instrument, but the ones who can carry the band all on their own. Your Chris Wolstenholmes of Muse, your Mike Kerr of Royal Blood, your Georgia South of Nova Twins. Guitarists tend to dominate a band's sound, but there's no real reason why this needs to be so – you can absolutely have it the other way round, with a bassist doing all the legwork and the guitarist filling the support role. Often to the point where you don't even need a guitarist at all (as in Royal Blood).
@MultiStrickland
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Well…your Frankie is pretty cool?!
@kennyh8612
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Didn't Les Claypool not already make bass cool
@TheSoundonly12
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
This rocks!
In the Japanese rock scene bass players get the appreciacion they deserve! And an opportunity to show off all those fancy techniques.
@themidwichaffair
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Team Sapko 👊🏻😉
@nathanwahl9224
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Can't watch all the stopping mid-passage instead of going through it three more seconds, not a fan.
@osobucodonosor1991
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
To sound cool on a bass u just need balls
@Kuba-CO
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Been playing 15 years and Flea is still my idol.
@brieziethirteen13
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Every tine I hear him play ,I celebrate
@mirekkrejci4094
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Far out ^^. 🙂
@mikomon309
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Is it possible to make bass playing cool? Well, ask Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins, Verdine White, Flea, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten etc, etc. Bass is the place, baby!
@thelastbosss5378
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Joe Dart from vulfpeck…..
@Hhbdr
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
It's like being a lineman in football.
@fatwhiteguy795
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
I think guitar players do have a bass phase. But if you start on bass, you defs have a guitar phase.
@Democracy_Manifest
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
That's the face the musician makes when they realise they're out of time with the drummer. Doesn't apply to some guitarists clearly. face emoji etc
@Vykk_Draygo
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
I was a guitarist that had a bass phase that stuck. Now I have more basses than guitars.
@psychonaut00011
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
I thought les claypool did that.
@norbertlauret8119
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
You're right about he "flea phase" showing the influence of RHCP, because for me it's clearly a stevie wonder rip off ! 😉
@DuraheLL
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Charles is the best bass player of all time!
@dashmagic6211
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Probably easier to make Bass cool than this channel..😂
@mikehunt-fx7sf
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
That guy always sounds the same. Boring show-off. Always too much clutter. I bet he has never been in a band!
@death_dodger7
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
I still see this guy as a nerd
@rientsdijkstra4266
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
It is impossible to make bass playing cool for the simple reason that it is already is cool!
@kristofrookx8452
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Dude literally made a carreer out of being An acdc/led zeppelin cover band when having a tranvestite on stage..
Fukkin idiot
@Ofthegirl09
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
DAVIE504!! 😍
@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Carol Kaye.
@leerutledge6517
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Rudy Sarzo. Ozzy Osborne. Speak of the Devil
@PamK36
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
What about that great behs player Danny Sapko?
@thureintun1687
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
yes, play them on ultralight setup
You won't be having the real fun/ cool of bass fights(feelin the fishs fight) if you're imitating the pros… or something like 60 to 80lbs of line power upon apoor 3lb bass with the drag locked all the way thru 😢 ….
…. i know… looks super duper boring. You can see the habit at play when you watch around how most bass fishing content on the internet, they'd reel a trophy largemouth like it's a sock or something! That ain't "playing fish", like they use to call it in UK scene…. playing fish for the sake of fun… But in case with Americas' bass scene, 99 out of 100 fishons seems absolutely zero fun, personally for me(seems like yours too as you posted asking this)
But I absolutely understand why and what with it; the case with bass fishing tackles being on edge/ultra-heavy all the time. As all black bass tend to settle around/near tight covers and weedy area such as lily pads and etc. , you gonna need those thick diameter braids(compare to same sizes mono, braid turns the lb-age up, like triplet) to be able to jerk out of unfortunate snags on weeds, water grasses, and etc.
Anyway, if you're still eager to hav some fun with bass, it's very easy! Do the stuff on ultralight tackles, no more than 10lbs Id say, and that's at the leader! Try that on bass, you'll make bassing cool…
Make bass fishing cool again? 😅
Hope this help some 😊
@soggybiscotti8425
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
What kind of amateur thinks Bass is boring.. sure, if you're only capable of playing smoke on the water maybe..
Skill issue.
@rogermoore9795
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Two words, Les Claypool.
@JerryT21
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
Boring ch
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