Richard Bona - Lugano with Steps Ahead - Solo (2005)

[bigtoine45]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! UNREAL

[Raasha82]

I was in the audience. Great concert

[herrdruhl]

what is the effect? Eventide Ultraharmonizer??

[7cico]

Amazing musician!!!Respect!!!

[enicmatic]

increible....!!!!

[sambucaron]

Where exactly is Lugano? I thought it was a made-up location for Inspector Clouseau to cavort around in,,,,

[orangefunk]

@sambucaron Switzerland, near the border with Italy.

[sambucaron]

@orangefunk thank you very much. do they often have jazz venues such as this ?

[orangefunk]

@sambucaron yes every year since 1977 its been a free festival.  I went in 2005 and camped a few miles away and had a great time...

[beemer4me4u]

I saw Richard for the first time with Mike at the 55 Bar last year. He is one of the best out there! Bass players of all styles should take note of his great talent for creating melodic lines that really compliment the music.

[groovemak]

...unbelievable

[b8smann72]

awesome!

[JMBELK]

THE BEST....!!!

[ninuvacca]

'che cuaddu

[sergioz07]

I love you richard!!!!!!!!

[jenjis556]

I wrote 100 comments about this video ...I wrote 100 times the same thing. I LOVE THIS MAN!

[LaBelle339]

Il est trop trop fort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[globalistbrat]

Unbelievable chops and nice voice too!  Ha!

[romainlabaye]

ses accords sonnent tellement Zawinul... à chaque concert il ne manque pas de le citer... merci Richard :)

[bunkabusta01]

Whats the effect hes using at the start?

[fiddlercrab3]

Good question. I'd like to know too!

[Barvarianboy]

using a midi pick up

[HammondB200]

some digital guitarsynth made by Roland controlled by a pick-up. which is located right underneath the bridge pick-up

[ricardoalzate]

Caramba este video lo he visto una infinidad de veces y no me cansa de sorprender!!!!! richard bona coo le he escrito anteriormente es el bajista para mi opinion muy personal con mas capacidades motrices que he visto con respecto ala ejecuicion del bajo, LO QUE TOCA ES DEMASIADO RAPIDO, LOS INTERVALICA PARA LA DIJITACION NO ES FACIL Y AUN ASI PARECE QUE EL NO HACA EL MINIMO ESFUERZO AL HACERLO!!!! EXELENTE!!!

[jenjis556]

4 July 2009 in LUGANO!!!! YEAH!!!

[marsupilennemi]

Il a une voix incroyable : chanter le Do de la corde de Si faut le faire 2:22

[coreafan]

puiiiiii haahahhaha

[Douglass92]

......il chante pas le do, il fait un effet avec la voix...

[romainlabaye]

il chante kan meme une note.... si t'entends bien, il le fait pas à la même octave, mais il fait un do !

[artha5]

Does anyone else thinks Richard has very very fast fingerpicking? i mean, the music is incredible but i can't help to think about the technique too! i would say he could give Billy Sheehan a sweat!

[BossBassist]

haha billy sheehan doesnt compare to this guy...billy sheehan is good but this guy can go just as fast and make better music haha sheehan is great tho

[artha5]

I can't do anything else but to agree with you, Richard is on another level imo than Billy. I still like Billy, but Richard just blows my mind.

[gatveder94]

that's all! The most serious,cruel,

and very peacefully,funny = Bonayuma

[mother0616]

WoW!! this is just amazing what someone can do. Very creative. This makes me so stupid. Since I learned on Bona I think he is just terrific.

[fiveshorts]

Mr Bona, you are carrying a different blessing to Jaco, but from the same place. Thank you for what you bring to this world.

[POKOPOKO1967]

suninga richard? meaning " when shall I see you again?

[colljo560]

ridicules...

I mean what do you say to that?!?!

*hangs up bass*

[theringoapple]

i love him

[DMCpro6944]

If all humans would do their best to build this kind of kraftmenship the world would be in a higher place!!!

This is what i call talent with great skill!!

If the nowdays musicians would play on this level with such joy. We would make love and not war!!

[Zaul2410]

wtf !!! wich pedal is that?

[pzwumk20]

yeah that's what bass playing is all about. the guy is blessed. his music and playing comes from somewhere beyond the human perception.

Bona is something else

[babbokosmos]

simply the best

[airraidsiren82]

inhuman

[guitarsvolta]

I can't believe that was six minutes of the coolest shit i have ever heard.

[TadRapidly]

Richard Bona: proof of extra-terrestrial life.

[bassicallybass]

What did he eat to be this good?

[JayM0001]

He ate up a childhood as a member of a family of professional musicians.

[gatveder94]

Bravo Rich! my favourite basser...and singer!:)

[gatveder94]

Bravo Rich! my favourite basser....and singer:)!

[jenjis556]

o yes! my city! the best bass player! I there was!

[bassicallybass]

He has gone way beyond.

[Ragubir9]

yeah man, even if I practiced for 8 hours a day, I will never touch a player like Richard... truly amazing....

[Pickpocket86]

Yeah you Could...... 8 Hours a day of Great practice will get you exactly what you need..... Keep working towards it ya know.

[HARDKENFENOMEN]

LE MOT EXCELLENT NE SUFFIT PAS POUR TE QUALIFIER,mec!

[BOTTOM432]

Does anyone know what pedal or synth pedal he's using? Richard Bona is truly touched like Mingus, Jaco, Stevie, etc.

[dontbelievethahype]

roland GR-20 guitar synth

[dishegbert]

he owns

[granespiral]

the best bass player i have saw in my life beetwing victor...

[granespiral]

your are totaly right my friend, ...

que bello solo y que impresionante, esta claro que el número de vistas no va para nada con las joyas que se pueden encontrar, o si a veces.... no more comments

[lusterhigh]

Bona rules bass in da world no comment i think:)

[jazzbest68]

in Holland there is a famous saying: "een kind kan de bas doen" translated: "a child can do the bass" well I give this one *****

[DMCpro6944]

This man knows every inch of his bassguitar, practise makes perfect!!!!

[Oasisbill]

Low B. At 2:24 he plays a low open B

[ManelRuivo]

hey guys, someone can tell me how he tune his bass?? its BEADG, or EADGC??

[teuncreemers]

I think its EADGC because if I look at some closeups in this video his 5th string looks pretty thin, and his 1st and second string look like they are just like an E and A. But again I'm not sure.

[ManelRuivo]

man, guys like bona and wooten are the prove that God exist. im serious. its not him. thats God talking with us through his music. hes a spiritual person, so i think he knows the responsibility to take his music to the world, just like God took music into him.

Go, Bona!

[porongas69]

How much goes low fodera?

[Iamatravellerofbotht]

I'm blown away. I love him.

[politico222]

Fantastico!!

[logarythmus]

which effect does he use???

[ManelRuivo]

he uses a roland V-bass. a midi processor.

[pwhp2]

i know bona,-

but this is the best i ever heard from him

[daddyaxe]

He is one of my favorites!! He'z Raw and Reclkess!!

[PaulioCele]

esse cara ´louco,,

[louisbrillon]

With Bona, it is always the pleasure first ! What a joy to watch and hear him !

Thanks for posting

[Lot2learn]

Wow, great stuff. Then I saw who posted it - I should have figured it be from you Orange! Thanks for posting - fantastic.

[orangefunk]

nice one.. very happy to hear you like this. :-)

[jucap27]

BONAPETITE

[NotYourTypicalNegro]

Very "Holdsworthian" intro.

[benrecha]

Have you ever heard something better?

[delijica]

Bona is the boss...

[swiss2008]

grazie richard bona , grazie estival lugano , grazie jacky marti

[Paulhino]

Bonatastic!

[wispm]

Bonamazing! :)

[kmerunezz]

Bonalicious!

[kadjrare]

that one just sounded nasty

d(-_-)b

[freedok]

Bonarific!

[bayce3]

Dude I'm gonna call the cops on Richard! Bass players this good should be locked up man! I love Richard...keeps me motivated to keep sheddin and gettin better!

[SOLARIOUM]

nice synth and voice.the guy is one of the coolest .....propably!

[aerosolbass]

exellent , no more!!!

[6stringmonster]

absolutely brilliant. guys like this make me proud to be a bass player.

[kmerunezz]

he makes me proud to be simply CAMEROOUNIAN!

[japidon87]

That´s a keyboard or a bass effect?

I´ve seen this only in guitar with Steve Vai,as a bassist this is new and interesting for me

[apocalypsofacto]

I assume it's a MIDI-fied bass, that's it, the bass has got a MIDI pickup which connects to a synth module or something to that effect. Nice stuff.

[adewolf]

Synth bass, pretty cool. I have never seen this before. Thanks for posting.

[orangefunk]

yeah I was there in Lugano when this was happening... incredible...