Les Claypool on the Whamola

[tommyt1971]

Saw Primus at Lolla 93... it was like watching John Cleese doing a silly walk while playing the bass... we were funking & laughing for 2 hrs...

[Ihavenonameismyname]

Where can I get a whamola like this ??

[bfish420]

Yeah les, GET LOW

[wackag]

what a bastard

[Crubber]

I can't enjoy this as much without the ape mask.

[Militaryxl]

Here come the bastards on whamola, Who would've thought.

[SmackdownVsRawcmpunk]

fucking blew my mind

[SirhcRekrap]

here they come

[LukeQuietus]

He looks like he's just having shitloads of fun,

[WalkerMacd393]

The whamola is a great addition to Here come the bastards xD

[katjill52301]

Is that Bosephus playing that Whamola???

[CatFro4]

i love in the beginning!! " gosh, i got way too many loop pedals!!! ok there we go!! jam time!!!! "

Les kinda looks like Steven Spielberg or somekinda director with that beard!!

[hyperphoenix11]

damn and only on 1 string

[garraofsand333]

I made my own whamola and I can play here comes the basterds bassline on it

[antsorter]

how the fuck did he just play the bassline for here come the bastards with that thing????

[antsorter]

@antsorter oh wait that's just the guitar playing, nevermind

[InvaderEmerald]

i forgot, which song is this?

[ibanezzer81]

@InvaderEmerald here come the bastards

[InvaderEmerald]

@ibanezzer81 forgot I posted this comment. i had known this since the hour after i asked the question. thank you though =)

[beastabuelos]

what the hell is a whamola?

[th1nd]

@beastabuelos its like the bastard child of a stand-up bass and a drum.

[beastabuelos]

@th1nd i wonder who thought of that....

[AntiChris1996]

@beastabuelos les claypool thats who!

[hoodedcobracommander]

Here they come!

Here they come!

[DaedricLavaWhiskey]

lol i find it strange he plays with a drumstick but thats improvisation for an improvised instrument i guess... a hillbilly bow

[iansoso6502]

cant u read the title its wamola!and your suposed to play with a drumstick!!

[sociopathix]

@DaedricLavaWhiskey the whamola is supposed to be played with a stick or some sort of striking object though..

[DaedricLavaWhiskey]

lol striking object though you sound like a fag

[sociopathix]

hows that?

[BountyHunter233]

@sociopathix i find it works well with a byro pen or if you have an echo effects pedal use a double bass bow

[ibanezzer81]

@DaedricLavaWhiskey: you're supposed to play it with a drumstick

[rabiddogmaster]

@ibanezzer81 Indeed. I wonder what you could get out of a whamola with Funk Fingers.

[metalheaven]

Ah Les Claypool is so great :)\

and I want that hat.

[cancersux]

I couldn't agree more

[t3hsniper]

his smile at 0:40 is just a great picture shot O.o

[scarface21131]

Here the bastards come

I might try to make a whamola

i would do anything to see les claypool in concert omg!!

[kennydude]

just saw him last night - religious experience

 if he comes you HAVE to go

[crucifiedjesus]

i was there too was fucking sick

[CyconautiX]

hes amazing in person, unforgettable.

[22112123]

i see les with a different look everytime. lol

[murmaider668]

Nice beard!

[hellohippo123]

justt build your own, they arent too hard, i did. theres somee tuts online

[dopechild90]

I Wish I Could Have A Whamola

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[batboyboogie]

Just look at the way he performs, he's a magician, musician, and comedian at a time!!!!

The beard, the hat, the looks; it's awesome!!!

[freestyler1298]

if any1 were to b the leader of the world, les claypool would definitlely have my vote

[PurplePen123785]

God, look how nice that beard is.

[tatoo190]

one of the coolest things about les is just how much FUN he has when hes up there. just look at the huge smile on his face \m/ rock on, claypool

[hitmeuponthelowdown]

FUCK YEAHHH!! WHAMOLAA!

[pacman742u]

Here They Come....

[kornflayx]

here come the bastards..

[SaweetTooth]

here they come

[samthesolidmanlass]

yeeee

[ARLion5]

the bastards?

[BrettHoustonTube]

Les is the man...

[EnergizerBunny804]

Sounds like the Frog Brigade doing "Here Come The Bastards".

[thejohnofsteel]

yep.

[RyuuHatake]

Maybe because it is =P

[EnergizerBunny804]

How do I get one of these?

[Gunmoku]

Whamolas are hard to come by, there are no reputable makers of them. You really have to either scour the internet for instructions on making your own or finding a guy who makes them on commissions. Be warned, custom made ones can cost a LOT of money. Claypool's could easily have costed almost $1000.

[NapoleanXV]

you make one. check out my video on how to do it

[EnergizerBunny804]

I want to but its not exactly free though is it

[NapoleanXV]

its not as bad as it seems

[DeathDjango]

NapoleanXV has a nice video on how to do a Whamola. I made mine and it's great.

[thedarkpoets]

thats wicked fucking awesome

[hkmp59mm]

wow hank williams jr on the whamola!

[petercriss45]

has any1 seen the video whamola? his song? check it before i destory you all

[thelowmax]

Note the difference between when the video starts, to when Les actually starts to play, then weigh the merits of the Whamola. It's a one string bass with a whammy. If it weren't for Les' zany antics and his international fame, nobody would be watching this. Yeah I know... I suck

[stroiano7]

Whoops. Sorry about the comment I just left. Sounded like you were implying listening to the whamola made you lose brain cells. Didn't see the comment on the next page about being an "acid baby". LSD might even be even less likely than a whamola to kill brain cells...

[bostonbruins28]

he is such a homo

[sjcgeek3]

that looks awesome to play. i just mighht get one.

[Finnegan1337]

WOW never seen a thing like that. looks like fun :)

[lsoprimus]

Awesome !

[Radnuh]

I guess were all acid babies and you arent. Tough shit.

[tablarara]

Moron.

[thelowmax]

tablarara, What deep and insightful comment. I love Les' bass playing and can appreciate that you follow him blindly, but I refuse to follow him deafly.

[stroiano7]

If you personally feel that the whamola does not sound good, so be it. But implying that it causes brain damage is completely unfounded. Honestly, I don't even remember replying to your comment. Must have been busy losing my brain cells in a plausible way.

[nathan7007]

well if you dont think that it makes music then dont call it an instrument idiot.

[thelowmax]

But nathan7007, it is an instrument, you doodyhead. And for the record, the majority of tones and notes on this video are coming from a guitar player off camera. Les isn't really making any noises other than those percussive clicks that slightly vary and the occasional moan when he's using the whammy. He's not even playing anything near his calibre of ability. Personally, I think he could get more tone and melody out of it if he wasn't using the stick but that's me. Don't like it? Get over it.

[sjcgeek3]

thelowmax do u even have sense of music? everything hes done on the whamola sounds awesome as hell. apparently ur to def to realize that. DUMBASS!!!

[thelowmax]

Yes I have a sense of music. It's called listening. I also use my mind to formulate what people call an 'opinion'. I am a huge fan of Claypool's and have researched and transposed his playing. I have investigated the whamola and even built something similar to it. Having seen and heard his abilities on fretted, fretless, 4 and 5 string, upright and electric, I, personally, prefer this instrument the least. I also use another sense... it's called humor. Lighten up. FARTY BREATH!!!!

[Rhapbus]

les is awesome but really though lol a 1 string bass it sounds fucking bad ass but its like a 1 string pass with a toilet knob on top

[ScubaSteve1717]

this is such a terrible sounding instrument, is that the purpose?

[mollutje]

HOW? how can Les get such a sound out of a one stringed instrument.. that.. weird:P say about him what you want, but you gotta admit, the man's gifted

[atoxiccabbage]

...effects...

[gobsubroncos]

i dont understand what it does, does it just play grainy, but good, sounding noise and you play it like a drum+bass/guitar or what?

[jfisher4]

It is one bass string, attached to a massive whammy (tremolo) bar where the headstock would be. The percussive sound you hear on the video is the stick hitting the instrument, it makes a really low pitch when he's not bending it so, it might be hard to hear.

[jbrook1]

he designed that whamola

[NapoleanXV]

no a fan gave it to him

[jbrook1]

ooh really??? thats hilarious...

[fungihead]

i think a fan sent him his first one then he made another or improved it or something

[muddwell]

so your making big comments and shit and you dont know what your talking about ?

[xloudermusicpleasex]

*bows to greatness*

les is god.

[xloudermusicpleasex]

*bows to greatness*

les is god.

[Hitamaru]

that whamola is so sexy... call me gay but it is

[bucko1s]

i call u gay

[jordanzed]

rofl walked into that one

[2c26]

@Hitamaru If music is gay, I'm homo.

[sickomcflippo]

does anyone know how you can make a simple electic wamola? where should i put the pickup(s)?

[skulldugg65]

he reminds me of Jim Morrison with the beard and white button up shirt.

[jbf407]

here they come here come the bastards i heard it from a confident who heard it from

[CH3MIS7RY]

something about...hammerhead sharks...nosehairs and flatus

[jbf407]

no... a confident they're definitely on their way was the correct response.

[cheaprelative]

I was at this show. They were so tight that day.

The nice man next to me got me real high.

[xxcuberxx]

Les Claypool is GoD!

[valnik89]

It that Here Comes The Bastards?

[bfish420]

yup.

[xPRIMUSISGODx]

thats tight.

[haterproofrobus]

I met a guy that makes whamolas and hand carved drums last night. i got an all acoustic whamola very amatur but the thing is amazing. mine works all on the pulling system though. Les is amazing. Hes perfected the art of playing his.

[Poonard]

i would like a professional whamola, i've made one from a plastic bucket, a hall tree, and a microphone, i can get it to sound like pigs fuckin like Les can but its still not the same

[haterproofrobus]

do u know how to shrink videos by any chance?

[Poonard]

no i dont...i bet it would help with my vids

[thebestbassist]

intresting rendition of "here come the bastards"

[swimminclaypool]

what!? lol les is so wierd!

vvvvv

[CabboPearimo8]

Actually, they dropped the old 'primus szucks' ages ago. Watch blame it on the fish. They chant it and les says "we don't say that anymore; we say this; 'i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts'. And then we do this..." (insert bass solo)

[megstubetops]

LES IS MORE

[shinigamikanpeki]

WORD!!! PRIMUS SUCKS!!!

[MasterTinker]

Excuse me? Any primus fan knows that "Primus sucks" is a catch phrase of theirs.

[MickBReedy]

oh ha, i found that out and then forgot where i got mad at that person...my bad. i have the live album where he says it, i didnt know for a while that it was a catch phrase really...

[MasterTinker]

okay, thank you for for apoligizing : ) at least you know now : P Primus Sucks!

[MasterTinker]

PRIMUS SUCKS (heehee whamola)

[MickBReedy]

fuck you

[FloydNIN]

you do know that when people say primus sucks, it means they llike it

[mohawkid]

les is the greatest bassist ever.

[NeroPom]

Yeah, Primus sucks... But Les Claypool is a different band.

[sonic1to1]

LoL, yea PRIMUS SUCKS!

[hairyhairy2x4]

lol look how happy les is

[bowieaustin]

PRIMUS SUCKS!

[sixthgatebass]

bearded les

[Samaflame]

why is there two mics?

One is for a more phoned sounding

and the other is just regular right?

[weoncanuk]

the one off to the side is a bullet mic. it doesnt actually sound like a phone, but its got a high Z set up so he can distort it. I forget who it was that he borrwed the idea from, but he makes very good use of it eh?

[PartyHardyBoyaz]

the first time les claypool played a bass god woke up and said let there be light

[someguyinguam]

is there anybody cooler than les claypool? name one.

[joelpizzaguy]

only les claypool is cooler than les claypool

[mytommygunsaysno]

that sounds like a chuck norris joke.

[joelpizzaguy]

why not?

les claypool facts?

[casirm]

les claypool once smacked a string so hard, it immediately turned into the most aurally pleasing snake anyone present had ever seen, then proceeded to flow off the stage and into the crowd where it promptly strangle fred durst, who was masquerading as a traveling salesman.

oh, and he roundhouse kicked his way out of the womb. or so i hear.

[islamislame]

I would have loved to have seen that

[stoneybebop]

here les comes.

[PrimusClambake]

Les is the fucking man. The fucking whamola...mmmm... Seriously, who ever has the whole tape of this show should post it.

[MaximumCheeseage]

LOS BASTARDOS!

[MateuszJagocha]

Great wersion of here come the bastards

[jerryjacksoffhorses]

Here they come!

Sexy

[jbj221]

THis is awsum ya ?