Bass groove school # 6

[gg41r]

the riff reminds me of the old game on the Sega Megadrive (i think) called Toe, Jam and Earle

[kevante33]

1:06...gotta learn that run...nice

[sherwinfitz]

Phat!

[MrSamTheFlowerMan]

This guy must have a black guy dick :O Nice groove.

[Wackobass]

one of the best bass players here in you tube!

[rbt809]

dam how many do u have man lol

[47darkhorse]

nice. i can tell your really accomplished at keeping with the beat. as a fellow bass player i can say that keeping the beat and rhythm is essential to playing the bass. keep it up

[ilearntoplaybass]

how many bass guitars do you have o.O ??

[MrMilfHunter]

Sounds a bit like the end of Funky Monks - RHCP (:

Nice work man!

[seanmsimon]

Yes. TRB 1006.

[Blavits]

if you ever dont want any of your basses, feel free to send them to me. great playing man!

[h8thesox620]

oh gosh 6 strings is too much for me hahaha

[Chesty1st]

it's yamaha trb1006

[Bottomdweller]

@Chesty1st Definitely not a TRB 1006. Marlowe plays a Japanese TRB6-II. TRB100x series you mention are made in Korea.

[elonjohn95]

That's a Yamaha

[MEP3Kuu]

fender

[yipmicha]

what brand of base is that? do u know the model?

[gr00veN1k1]

That's YAMAHA. For the model, check at Yamaha site. Cheers !

[Uber100]

are those EMG Pickups?

[Temistoclesbass]

Muito bom.

[gunfighterdrummer]

for all those bass players and drummers. where do i get drum beats or drum loops so i can play my bass.

[abc123gpl]

i use hammerhead

its a cool prog to make Drumloops.

[Zacharias6]

your grandmother must be quite the player.

[sergiodal1]

hey?! Am I wrong or that bass has 2 truss rods? correct?

[RDog4484]

yeah, a lot of 6-string basses do.

[PatrickWard4]

I wish guitars had two! That would be awesome for getting the neck perfect.

[artistanbul]

guitars don't need it.

[noobymcgee5000]

haha yeah man, think about doing an adjustment. being the "noob" that i am i can't even adjust a neck, let alone one with two rods.

[06wraightm]

love the bit at 44 seconds

[llllooooooookkkk]

It's called a shake, listen to Julian Crampton from Incognito, he does it alot.

[DyingFlushman]

its a slur

[andywa1]

prince of bel-air drum beat on the back???lmao

[dogzrokoutloud]

how does this teach you

[gabdragon]

You are so funky you should be put in jail man that's a nasty groove!

[HHyving]

Love it! Learn a lot from you! Thanks!

[RDog4484]

what a killer groove. this is awesome. i will be checking out more of your videos. :-)

[ibanezman14]

ok i dont know what it is but i see people do it alot. its alomst like a vibrato between frets, like what is that? and can anyone give me some tips on how to do em correctly?

[mrsmeam]

A vibrato between frets is exactly what it is. It's like a vibrato along the length of the string, except you do not keep your fretting finger rooted in the same place while the rest of your hand rotates, but move the whole hand formation up and down. It can be a bit random when you first try it; you need to aim to control it so you only move one or two frets back and forth. Imagine masturbating an elephant's cock with your left hand. Or maybe not.

[JamesBannerBass]

Haha, nice description :P

[CoverMyMouth]

I read a guitar player describe that the same way one time... Leslie someone... or someone Leslie... either way, it was more about just masturbating in general

[11wemalo]

lool

[mryamahatrb6]

The bass is a Yamaha TRB6MKII which is being played by a good bass guitarist with good technical capability and experience. I should know I own and play one too it is now discontinued and replaced by the TRB1006 which is a shorter neck, and pickups not as good

[interloperftv]

it could be a yamaha trb series, but i could be wrong

[MarloweDK]

read the channel info guys

[logicalbass]

@interloperftv it's clear yamaha trb 6 II

[xXZvangelisZXx]

what bass this is man? sounds neat ;)

[schecter5strg]

I Like It!!!!

[irocknj]

what kind of strings are you using? nice bass

[ibanezmk1]

Yeah man they all sound alike and you can tell the type of person just by music. The aspect of a person really bleeds through anything they do. All your grooves sound alike w/ "I'm too sexy" drum backgrounds. if thats what your into cool. Good tone but i mean whats the point of 5-6 basses when the skills seem non diverse? Victor wooten 4 string and he still doesn't have a 6. Teaches us all to get creative with our instruments.

[paperfolder9]

You have a point about the 5+ string basses, but watch some other of marlowe's vids, he funks on 4-strings too.

[moomoosky]

You Are A punk - Why don't you put something up there that every-one can learn much from it. And by the way nobody give away free intricate lessons.  Duh!

[ibanezmk1]

If these seem intricate to you then hey by all means learn. As far as the diversity in his playing and videos there is real no contrast. He understands the basics of the genres hes simulating but claiming them to be true when not in their entirety. MarloweDK i dig the vids and how people learn but man from bass player to player you know where you stand. I am no god and neither are the rest of you on the nets. Lets all be constructive with our criticism not the later. ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!

[pandacommanda]

I think you ought to note that the title of this series is "Bass Groove School". In each of these videos Marlowe is clearly showing a "groovy" sort of funk technique- so obviously they would all have the same sort of feel to them!

[arnbassbaritone]

Yeah your a idoit and victor does use a six string, like in songs like big country.

[commentsarefun]

vic probably owns a six but the fretless he uses on big country is a five, and thats not to talk shit about six, i play six string

[bigbosswest]

good, but a rip off of sir pycho sexy if you ask me

[MarloweDK]

to bigbosswest:

Dont think so , dont know that guy, and i always make my own stuff (except playalongs of course)

[bigbosswest]

yea i can tell its your own stuff, it just sounds similar to it thats all. keep it up!

[BladeV8]

@MarloweDK I believe he means the RHCP song off Blood Sugar Sex Magik.



[Yinglish]

@MarloweDK just a passing comment, i think he's referring to the RHCP song "Sir psycho sexy"

[1LuvBM]

@MarloweDK i know this isn't a rip of believe me i can play sir sycho sexy but you not realizing that that is a red hot chili pepper song hopefully you know about them and have heard flea(an amazing bassist) but if not you should really go listen him

[bigdaddyshit]

@MarloweDK LOL "dont know that guy" dont take me wrong your great and such but hes talking about a red hot chili peppers song but hes wrong

[MakeTeaNotWar0]

@bigdaddyshit So everybody playing gotta know every RHCP tune? ;)

[bigdaddyshit]

@MakeTeaNotWar0 No, it's just funny.

[fraghunter67]

@MarloweDK

it does not sound like sir psycho sexy at all, however you should check the song out anyhow.

[websterx9]

@bigbosswest You'r totally right !

[iplaybass77]

yet again another masterpiece from Yamaha.

[MeyerG4Indiana]

KEEP IT UP! You are making the bass world a better place to live in. These tasty grooves are da bomb. What you put in- what you leave out is just perfect. Are you as accomplished as a percussionist? Just curious...

[MarloweDK]

to meyerG¤:

Cant play percussion to save my life:-D

[iplaybass77]

that bass sounds exactlly like a fender jazz bass like

[deth2zod]

im stealin yos licks son...good stuff really tastey. good control and everything. made my day

[fuzzcentralage]

haha prince rhythm

[aliceevelyn]

thats naughty !!!

[Torch7]

Got it read the info not long after I sent the question.

[Torch7]

What amplification are you using? That TRB sounds real nice.

[MarloweDK]

read my info

[Thatguy301]

man i want that TRB so bad it hurts!!

[Goodouman]

fantastic playing. five stars

[Bottomdweller]

A Japanese Yamaha TRB6-II, very nice bass. Wonderful playing.

[MarloweDK]

Its all a mix of original and "inspired" stuff

[greenfuzzer]

yo marlowedk - I'm learning a lot of your riffs (stealing basically hehe) I've also found your scale exercises really useful. great melodic way to practice modes/scales.

Where do you 'steal' from? do you have any basslines/riffs/songs which you've found particularly inspirational or useful? or is most of your stuff original that you've worked on over the years?

[zaksnaporaz]

that bass sure sounds nice on its own. But how would it sound in a mix ...that's mystery ! I'm thinking of Jamerson's bass tone, dull and chocked when you hear it on its own, yet so amazingly perfect in the mix. Very true what Playdrums says here: you are in the pocket and your fills are too !! I hate it when I hear blah blah just play in the pocket and serve the song. Jamerson was serving the songs in a way no one bettered and he was in the pocket and wailing around it at the same time !

[C33Four]

Hey, I know you said you bought that bass cheap, but how much was it? It's pretty damn nice.

[MarloweDK]

4000 danish kr

[JCThumbs]

love the tone of that bass

[playdrums]

You must get asked this all the time on here, but are you currently in a band? Man, I'd do anything to get to jam on the drums with you. Bassists who can play within the "pocket", yet still let their ideas flow without sounding sloppy are few and far between. Really enjoy your videos.

[MarloweDK]

I'm playing original material in 2 bands (not my material)

[nairbfry]

Nice groove! Thanks for the videos.

[aesir666]

Man I love your vids/playing! Groove that thang!