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  • great performance, great bass player greetings from southern italy !!

  • one day i will play this song..imin the hunt..you are the man great plucking..can you tab this song or at least opening..thank bass man..

  • I 4got u were playing ur bass, sounds so natural...PERFECT EXECUTION!!!

  • How did you feel when you were filming yourself?

    Do you sometimes feel a little self-conscious when the "eye" (camera) is one you?

    Any way, great job, I am a huge supporter of bass players, we should always be an encouragement to each other and not put down. I believe we should be open minded and quick to help improve each other men & women alike...

    That's what I believe

    D,

  • YOU ARE FUNKY! FUNKY SOUL BABY! GOSH I GOT TURNED ON!! :) SLAP IT DO IT! WOW!

  • @MIRRORMIRRORTV LOL, thanks for watching and commenting :-) Hmmmm.

  • BOY YOU BETTER WORK! GET IT! GET IT! DAM! YOU GOT IT! LOVED IT!

  • You hispanic bruh?? Damn. You hitting it!

  • @palmares77 Thanx for watching and commenting. Nah, I'm not hispanic. I am Dutch :-) It's all on my profile page.

    Peace

  • Do it bruh. Damn.

  • fantastic, as usual!!!!! man, every time i hear you, it feels like asking you: is this on yor cd??

  • great playing, great feel!

  • awesome bass player !! i would love you to do it on the fender p bass it just growls so much better as jamerson said its the funk stick

  • awesome man, love it

  • Smooth, tight...Good job brother.

  • Wow ik wist niet dat je uit nederland komt! Ik zou willen dat ik zo goed bas gitaar kon spelen.. geef je ook lessen? groetjes!

  • awesome job my bass brotha, I play bass also but, i'm gonna have borrow a few of your bass licks

  • Man I enjoy the way you get into playing the bass. You can tell that you have passion to play. Keep up the good work.

  • Puts que timbre de merda!!!

    

  • sounds great!

  • Fender Classic 70s Jazz bass with a pickguard added.

  • Good stuff man!!! It does bring back memories indeed!! I just subscribed to you!! Keep up the great work!!

  • Nice deep sound, keep groovin' !

  • Great job, keepin it funky....

  • Heeeeyeeeeyaaaaaaah!

  • EPIC VID

  • Dude you killed it. Nice playing bro. God bless.

  • the only person on youtube other than freddie washington who understands the pocket in this song. notice the facial expressions folks. it's called funk!

  • Great Song, Great Bassist...

  • Classy! Which other bass players do you admire?

  • Well done

  • YOU JAM BRO!!!! super!!!

  • you are so hot!! :P

  • @rockandrolllives LOL, errrrrr thanx! And thank you for watching my clip.

    Peace

  • ♥ it!!

  • Nice playing bro keep it up Nice base guitar to

  • Very nice sounding rig and Bass playing!

  • you are not playing the bass, you are making love to it! great job man!

  • great playing..sending forget me nots form the Bahamas!!

  • Totally mad, I laughed at the exact moment he did, and i get why he laughed as that is some bridge, classy. Do it dude.

  • 2 noobs watched this and didn't like it ? Did I miss something ?

    You rule, bro !

    Thanks for the music and for your friendship.

  • Do you live in south Florida?  We need to start a funk/dance band!!!

  • @mrbvs11 Unforntunately no, I live in the Netherlands!

    Peace

  • You have a lot of talent my friend. I envy you.

  • nice one fella, looks like ur enjoyin urself.... carl..... south wales, uk

  • See I told yall light skinned bruthas are makin a comeback Lol! jk jk

  • Two dislikes broke their strings, while learning how to play this song. lol

  • You are the man man

  • Awesome!)) I wish I could play on bass guitar..)

  • Freddie Washington is one of the best bass players in the world !

  • Song's got a sick-ass groove. But your groove is just as sick.

  • Shit god damn .. This is HOT !!!

    Silentpm is right, You have a funkyness about you ... playing style and looks too.

    Really looks like you enjoy your music :)

    I soooooooooooo wanna learn to play my bass like this.

    If anyone can help with this, just inbox me ..... NOW !!! :) lol

  • great playing once again! thanks for uploading.

    

  • Hey, it's me again. Thanks for your response. I got a 14yo nephew, I showed him your cover for Patrice Rushen. He made sure to put it on top of his list to learn. Bragging that's easy. Haha. He just started but very focused young man. More power to you.  Thanks for sharing your terrific talent.

  • Gooodness, you are awesome! And you also have that naughty face to go with your playing. You're the man, funkstar! hahaha...Are you with a band?

  • @silentpm lol, naughty huh? :-) Guess I'm just into it... yeah I play in a couple of bands. From rock to Salsa to funk. I try to be as versatile as possible. But the funk is what gets my blood pumping...

    Peace

  • had to come back and view/listen one more time....I love this song....the way you play!! Happy New year!! :D

  • @puffcandy1 awww ty, and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well! Thanx for coming back to view my clip :-).

  • hey have you ever tried to play Galaxy by War, 1979 I think....some bad bass playing in the intro.....I'm sure you coul nail it!! C'mon post it soon :-)

  • @puffcandy1 Hey yeah I know Galaxy.... cool song but not too interesting when it comes to the bass line since it just goes on and on for 5 minutes without a bridge or anything else. It's great song to dance to and to sing along with but to play along is a little boring. Maybe you got another song that you would like me to play?

  • care to dance with a sista from N.Y. after you play dat bass?? :)

  • @puffcandy1 Hell, Il'd dance before, during and after I play dat bass if you'ld show me how :-).

    Thanx for watching and commenting.

    Peace

  • @funkstar650 I could listen to you play that all day long....my favorite song also!! If I could learn to play any instrument it would be bass....oh yeah

  • @puffcandy1 Well, what's keeping you to learn how to play? I could teach you as long as you teach me how to dance :-)

  • nice nice

  • roc da mahn.... nasty

  • Dude, that one SMOKIN' hot bass job you pull off. Fuckin' HOT HOT HOT ! I loved this and all that other good funk back in the mid 70's and on. I was a 14 year old pasty white dude and HATED rock. This is what you do with a bass. Indeed. Awesome job !

  • XLNT bass playin ....

  • Noice work my man, I watched the whole vid, you had my attention all the way... great feel! Nice to see someone playing and obviously having a lot of fun in doing so!

    I think that after playing guitar for the last 20 years, this bass line will be the catalyst for buying my own Fender Jazz..

  • Friggin' good job, brother!

    PEEAAACE!

  • Quality mate, just quality. You made me smile watching you groove along with this tune!! Looks like you're LOVING playin along with it. Respect! GREAT SONG.

  • The cool thing about this - aside from pretty much nailing the notes - is that you really captured the feel of it.

    A lot of guys on YT can get the notes right but have no rhythm.

  • Boy , this is good....

    Learned to play only by listening..

    boy, are you good!!!

  • great feel!

  • Must have been playing for a while because you are pretty D#$@ Good. Keep it up

  • First, let me congratulate you on a flawless job, second, let me congratulate you on your song choice. That song really demonstrates modern funk bvass work at it's finest. I remember how distinctive the bassline to this ws, from back when I was a kid!

  • SMOKIN'!!!  Great job!

  • Thanx! And thanx for watching my vid

    Peace and have a great 2009!

  • Man you soulnd great! I still can't nail it! Do you know where I can the tab?

  • Hey there, thank you for the comment! I don't ever work with tabs though so I have no clue where to find those. I just use my ears and my senses. Tabs from the internet shouldn't be trusted anyways...

    Good luck practicing and have a great 2009!

    Peace

  • Great man...Great this song rock''s and you are a kick ass player...Forget me nots Rocks man...Nice one...Peace!!

  • Yo my man, thanx for the nice comment! And thanx for watching my vid!

    Peace

  • DAMN I LOVE IT =)

    I'm listening to it everyday =)

  • Thanx for commenting and I am happy you like it! And thanx for subscribing as well! Peace my man and Happy 2009!

  • wow man! i like your style! very good stuff! keep it up!

  • Thank you! And I am keeping it up alright! :-)

    Peace

  • MarloweDK is good... really good but, i think you are better:)

  • Well thank you. MarloweDK is a YouTube friend of mine and he is more of a real bass player. All respect to him! I am not really a bass player... I am just bass crazed :-) And I play different than him, different tunes also. I stick to the more on-da-one FUNK (not in this clip) but I just have a different approach to my songs that I play along with. More dirty power play if you may call it that way. :-)

    Peace and thanx for commenting!

  • You did an awesome job!

  • Thank you so much for the comment!

    Peace

  • Your interpretation is better than most others because you actually dance with the music and FEEL the bassline. Impressive!!!

  • Hi there! Thank you so much for the nice comment! Although mine is not a flawless version I think I did fairly OK. Again thank you for commenting. Hope you like my other 40+ vids as well.

    Peace

  • that is a FUNKAY bassline and you make it look easy! hey how soon will you have your new videos posted? and when you do will you take a request every now and then because i would really like to see fantastic voyage by lakeside!

  • Hey there my friend, thanx for commenting. Glad you like my vids. I stopped doing bass play alongs due to legal matters. Five of my vids were blocked due to the fact that I play along the original recordings. So pretty soon I will come up with regular bass stuff playing along a drum computer or something... Hope you will still like it.

    Peace and again thanx for commenting!

  • omg u shred all the other guise on utube doin this riff. halla

  • :-)... There are more players out there who do this song better than I do. But this is MY version and it's done with the best intentions. I played it by request and this is how *I* think it's played (kinda). But then again, I might be totally wrong. I am glad you like it though.

    Peace and thanx for commenting!

  • Awesome! .. keep da funk alive .. respect!

  • Thank you!!! I am doing my best to keep it alive! :-)

    Peace

  • I'd like to request you do a bass cover of the number 2 hit (should have been number 1), grammy nominated (should have won) "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge.

  • Hey there, thanx for the request. I appreciate it! Unfortunately I stopped doing bass play alongs since a few of my vids got blocked due to legal rights. From now on I will just do bass vids with a drumcomputer instead of playing along the original track.

    Peace and thanx for commenting!

  • don't eva stop brotha! you gots da soul and da passion!

    awesome!

  • :-) I won't stop! I will be back soon with more vids. Different than these play alongs but it will still be me :-)

    Peace and thanx for the support!

  • funky! baby!

  • Thanx! :-)

    Peace

  • Your are a great player

    thanks very nice

    bigyouth72

  • Thanx my friend and thanx for commenting.

    Peace

  • your video actually help me to play this song thank you and how long you been playin

  • You are very welcome, I am glad my vid helped you. Check out my homepage to read up on the info about me.

    Thanx for commenting and keep on playin'!

    Peace

  • marry me

  • LOL, sorry, happily married here. Nevertheless thanx for asking and for commenting! Hope you like my other funky vids as well...

    Peace

  • Alright This is the LAST post you get from me(at least tonight) I gotta go to bed! I just commented on your Confunkshun "Touch" and Tom Browne "Thighs High" Then I saw this one and had to click it. All I can say is three time's the charm Bro You did it one mo'gain Where are you from? Do you play with anyone or should I say does anyone play with YOU? And if so do you ever get to The Bay (Northern California)? Lemme know. One more thing "Peanut Butter" Lenny White w/Twennynine?(peace)and OUT!

  • Thanx my friend. You can check out all my vids by looking at my homepage on the Tube. There are 40+ ol' school funk tunes I play along with. Hope you'll like some of them. Not played perfectly but then again, just having fun on da bass :-)

    I am from the Netherlands and I do play in 3 different kinda bands at the moment. From pop to rock to funk. It doesn't really matter but Funk is where my heart is at as you can tell by watching my vids. Thanx again for commenting!

    Peace

  • NICE!!!

  • Thanx LeoGee glad you like it and thanx taking the time to comment!

    Peace

  • that wuz such a good cover

    i have watched all of ur vids at least 5 times each. u should deffinatly be pro, cuz u are a god at bass....make some more vids and keep playin

  • Thanx roswel42, I got more vids. Check out my homepage. A whole variety of funk/disco related songs are published on the Tube. For the time being though since quite a few are blocked due to leagl issues. :-( But I will be back soon with more bass vids.

    Peace

  • You are the greatest bass player i have seen!great playing. you know eumir deodato keep on moving? can you play that too and put in you tube?Greethings from Germany!!!!

  • Hey there! Thank you so much for the nice comment. I don't know the song realy but I will listen to it someday. Unfortunately I stopped doing bass play alongs since a few of my vids got blocked due to legal rights. From now on I will just do bass vids with a drumcomputer instead of playing along the original track.

    Peace and thanx for commenting!

  • I think of all the solo basists your rendition of this tune is best..sure your not Patrices band mate?

  • LOL, nah I ain't the original player but thanx for the great comment. Unfortunately I have to stop doing play alongs on YouTube. These last few days I had 4 of my vids blocked due to copyright issues so I won't take the chance to get into some kinda legal battle. From now on I will only make bass video's without the original music playing in the background.

    Keep track of my vids OK?

    Peace and thanx for writing me

    Funkstar650

  • he threw down on this song

  • :-) Thanx! Tried my best.

    Peace

  • Funky as hell. Great work! Keep it up!!!!

  • Thanx you sbrushfan, thanx for watching my clip as well.

    Peace

  • great job, my man..an old root-five player like me could learn something from you..keep thumpin'!!

  • Thanx sammi812, I really appreciate the comment. It doesn't matter if you're a 'root-five' player... as long as you can play 'in the pocket' it's fine! Keep on enjoying the bass!

    Peace

  • You know, the band "Lakeside" (Something About That Woman) "Barkays", "Delegation" (gonna bring the house down, I wantcha back, put a little love on me)? I have all these songs and are better trained, I put here ... heehe

    Health and Peace

  • Oh yeah my friend, I know Lakeside, the Bar kays and Delegation. That's also some good ol' funky stuff! I might record some of those songs soon.

    Peace

  • Dope!

  • :-) Thanx!

    Peace

  • Absolutly top draw playing, in the groove and on the button. Well done man.

  • Thanx! Appreciate the comment and thanx for taking the time to watch my vid.

    Peace

  • Yeah, well done, right on the groove of the original. The jazz front pickup tone is pretty close to the precision.

  • Thanx! Yes I thnk so too... it comes close to the Precision but a real Precision still has a bit more punch.

    Thanx for commenting!

    Peace

  • Man, I love this bass line. Great work.

    lol at the bass face heh

  • Thanx koviljak, thanx for watching my vid and for commenting.

    Peace

  • your Bass face is great!^^

  • LOL, yeah I know I make funny faces when I get into the music too much. But oh well... it's just scary ol' me :-)

    Peace and thanx for commenting

  • This is one of my alltime favorite songs from the 80's era. And your bass playing is matching it very well. Well done George!

    Bassgroet, FunkEd

  • great!! nice work! 5 Stars

  • good to see someone enjoying what theyre laying down so much! keep it up bro

  • Thanx! Oh yeah, I do enjoy what I attempt to play :-). My bass face show it I guess...

    Peace

  • AWESOME

  • Thank you!

    Peace

  • hé adoe..snelle reactie

    je bent echt goed je komt ook bekend voor.

    terima kasi

    groet,

    Andy

  • Terima kasi Andy, we komen uit hetzelfde bouwjaar (1964) en van dezelfde origine zo te zien. Speel je zelf ook?

    Peace

  • Hallo George,

    Ik speel alleen wat keroncong op mijn gitaar hahhaha.

    gr

    Andy

  • Ook lekker toh dese...

    Gr

    George

  • Very good FunkyStar I love it my favo.

    Do you also play on/by request?

    Like Luther Vandross - She's a Superlady

    Thanks

    Andy

  • Selamat Andy, ja Luther is ook te gek :-). Ik zal kijken wat ik kan doen OK?

    Peace

    George

  • I just saw previous video takes and this one has to be one of the cleanest Triplet Thumps I've seen yet. The Triplet cleans come up at the top of the freting takes. Not at the bottom. And yet he's got the lowest hits. Also

    this one sounds like a 3/4 neck bass.

  • Hey there, thanx for commenting. I am not really sure what you mean with your comment. Are you saying I am not playing it right according to the original? It's OK if I am not. I just 'think' that this is how it's played. And the bass I play here is a full scale Fender Jazz, although I know the original is played on a Precision.

    Thanx for commenting!

    Peace

  • Man... You are good. That is just as good as the original. You are jammin'... Shoot, YOU GOT ME JAMMIN'.

  • Thanx ivanb760, Keep on jammin' wid me OK?

    Peace

  • I just broke my bass in half! You are friggin amazing!

  • Hey man, don't do that! That would be such a shame! :-)

    Thanx for watching my vid and for commenting!!

    Peace

  • Top banana!

  • LOL, talking about the banana's in the back or my playin'?

    Thanx for commenting!

    Peace

  • Did I mention that you're a badass player? :)

  • those are some healthy looking bananas back there.

  • LOL, yep too bad they're special bought video decoration and made out of plastic :-)

    peace

  • You're great man !!!!

  • Thank you drikou6901! Appreciate the comment.

    Peace

  • Man I love it!!!!!

  • Thanx! And thanx for commenting as well.

    Peace

  • Here comes the M.I.B! (Master In Bass grooves that is!)

    Another excellent perfomance on the bass from yourself.

    Thanks for posting and keep on enjoying what you do.

  • Thanx for the great comment JayDee11! Really appreciate it!

    Peace

  • Great

  • Thanx stoob1969. Glad you like it!

    Peace

  • sounds great man

  • thanx my friend. Glad you like it.

    Thanx for commenting!

    Peace

  • hey whats that thing over your strings near the bridge?

  • Hiya, there is nothing there NEAR the bridge all except the pickup itself underneath the strings. On the other hand, there is a pickup guard over the neck pickup which is kinda Ol' Skool. Marcus still plays like that and he kinda uses it as a arm/wrist rest.

    Peace