[Fretless Bass Cover] Primus - My Name Is Mud

[aaronhanak]

primus sucks

[punkroker195]

best cover i've found so far...

[ckvfamily]

Beastly...

[LucDaRocka1]

flat wounds?

[foxykatie1]

shit son... nicely done!

[deathtoast72]

Good job man. Making me really want to trade in for a fretless.

[100PercentJoseph]

Awesome bass. 

[mankowskiiii]

birth my children?

[archebeats]

pretty accurate bro, i know this because i shat my pants.

[dirntyplayer]

Tuning: Drop Fuck

[IdiotsForSale]

I'd like to see him play it with no backing track

[IdiotsForSale]

don't be fooled guys!!! I see no-double slaps and this song is FULL of them! Have a look at Les's hands, they move twice as fast

[4stringsh1thead]

Your tone is really nice!!

[funkmetalbass1]

Good job. The only suggestion difference is that Les slaps solely with his right hand instead of using the left-hand slap (or open slap and a hammer on). Also, was this song recorded on a fretless? It could be his EQing or maybe a slap plate of some kind, but it sounds a lot like a fretted bass.

[Gabe2785]

I know that bass, its a warwick rock corvette!

[KurdtKobain09]

I'm not much of a bassist so...How the fuck can you know where to hold the note if there's no frets?

[ILessThanThreeBass]

@KurdtKobain09

I ask myself the same question... but there might actually be dots on the neck to indicate where the frets are, I'm not sure.

[100PercentJoseph]

@ILessThanThreeBass After playing a fretted for a while, you can kinda tell where certain notes are on the neck. Most also have dots on the side of the neck just for the musician to see.

[ILessThanThreeBass]

@100PercentJoseph smartness I must say :)

[nuke97]

Been trying to figure this tune out by ear. Even the official PRIMUS bass tab books got this tune wrong in the transcriptions!! :/

[bijna]

that bass is sexy. and you did pretty well.



[JoyClaypool]

Holy shit, this is a SERIOUS bass line, top player mate

[666DrUmFoOl666]

bravo!

[TheDnm666]

amazing

[kevinisgone]

Great job dude.

[SkaAlien]

DUDE you nailed it

[iTwitchAlot1]

That's a damn fine lookin' fiddle!

[paulgad]

NICE JOB!  I wondered how they made that soundf

[Jwk1706]

@HalfBearPig probably because nobody else knows how to spell it either, nice cover up for your spelling fail..

[British0Pixie]

...that is without a doubt, one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL BASSES I HAVE

EVER SEEN! Bless your heart for having it. Bloody ace cover by the way.

(sigh)

[247bullitt]

This Is freaken awesome....!

[Jwk1706]

@HalfBearPig Cello you clown

[ImANegativeCreep13]

you need to hit it more like les does. just watch the beginin to that video

[sardhikhaansi]

Dude, I couldn't figure out the right hand slap technique for this.

Yeah i'm not much of a slap bass player more of a 4 finger picker.

Could you Explain how it goes?

[acrosleuth]

Nice effort, unfortunately it's wrong. Really wrong. You're missing boatloads of notes. And like most youtubers, you have the actual primus track turned up so loud that it covers a lot of the errors you're making. Try again without the backing track...

[drakeTM1]

dat bass

[funwun226]

Dude..that bass looks so clean, I play a modulus 5 string FB.

[queenschairLive]

No one ever uses upright...

[TheNuclearBanjo]

another q lol sorry but were did u acquirer your very sexy bass?

[siege86]

i want that bass...

[WarOnTerrorLI]

heavy shit man keep at it

[Slappinstyle]

now I want a fretless.

[yourgaygirl]

right the fuck on. FUCK the dislikes cause they cant play. MY NAME IS MUD!!!!!!

[DeteDasTier666]

Geil Alda !!!

[1dband]

@HalfBearPig

:D

[TNTIV]

Veryyy Nice

[TheNuclearBanjo]

@str84ever Yah my bass has 5 just i was woundering is it a eq thing or is it distorted

[TheNuclearBanjo]

howd you get that primus sound im musically stupid sorry :p because i got a samwick and i cant get this sound

[MITTW3R]

the people who disliked it cant play it

[Dakarn]

@HalfBearPig No need to. I already know it's from "School of Rock." The instrument the little girl is playing in the orchestra class is a cello. So when he says "you just turn it sideways, and cello you've got a bass," it is a simple play on words. Just because there may be one video on Youtube with a wrongly spelled word, doesn't mean that it is correct. Any trained monkey can post a video online. It doesn't mean it can or should be used as a literary reference in schools all over the world.

[Dakarn]

@HalfBearPig There's no "H" in cello.

[bdoginit01]

Awesome job man

[wolfboy12321]

He actually slaps twice and taps once, but as long as it sounds good.

[co0ki3M0NstAr]

i fuckin wish i could do this!

[Elfavzla]

amazing.. fretless basses look hard to play! I wouldn't even dare to touch one

[Girostix]

Excellent job :) ! Nice fretless bass :O

[TogashiZ]

Now just get the walk down.

[csabogurdon]

Fuck yeah!!! Great job Man!!

[kuryakin64]

i think u did a great job..i learned a little sum n

[BrandonFound]

at first i thought you were a fraud when i realized you just played the song on top of what you were playing but i can hear your bass on top of it, very nice.

[basslovak]

Do you recommend not fret bass for metallica songs but also for songs like this ? Thanks!

Basslovak

[Kyhr78]

@basslovak I used the fretless on this song because it's played on a fretless on the original song. For metallica songs, they are played on fretted basses, but you can play them on fretless if you want to! It wil probably sound interesting

[P0V3RTY09]

@Kyhr78 I believe that a fretless bass was on a track or two on Metallica's Black album. I thought I had seen footage of Jason recording some bass lines in studio with a fretless, but I could be wrong. I think it was either on Sad but True or Where I May Roam....now I have to go watch again. LOL

[smartacus88]

@Kyhr78 what is the difference in sound between a freeted and a freetless bass?

[panterask8r14]

@Kyhr78 Awesome bass/cover/angle view!(:

[marciothrasher]

@basslovak Some Metallica songs, like Until It Sleeps and Nothing Else Matters, were recorded on a fretless bass. Jason was a very experimental bass player, you can comprove that by listening Wherever I May Roam intro, where he uses a 12-string bass. You certainly should give a try on playing Metallica songs with a fretless bass. And sorry for any grammar errors, English is not my main language ;)

[MrItsabeautifulday]

@basslovak You can play fretted and none fretted on a fretless, you can only play fretted on a fretted bass...?

[Musikvereinotterbach]

@basslovak

I can´t see any sense to play slap on a fretless e bass. One the one hand you won´t get enough attack and slap sound which usually is supportet by frets - on the other hand the fingerboard will suffer - scratched when slapping,...I would really like to here your own version, without background of the original,...

[zmiffster]

hey im just starting out on the bass and i am kinda a geek so can you explain how a fretless works i mean dont you need the metal to make the sound?

[Alphawolf299]

@zmiffster No no, what makes the sound is the changing length of the string. The frets just make it much easier for the strings to make solid contact with the neck and make a clean sound.

[ieatdababy69]

nice bass man, i was wondering what brand bass do you recommend thats good but also under 200 bucks?

[HerbredMadness]

@ieatdababy69 Try an Ibanez GSR 200 or 205 (4 or 5 strings). They're good for everything from fingering to tapping to slapping. And they're cheap as fuck for a good bass.

[socialgarbage2]

How did 8 people find the balls to dislike this?!  This was spot on! 10/10

I've never heard of that brand of bass but you can bet I'll be looking into it.

[thermomalous]

Sounds perfect other than you're missing that extra slap in the rhythm. Look at the music video and you'll see what I mean.

[PorkSodaBassist]

nice, i'll be startin covers soon as i geta camera

[Adamcky90]

Wow, I am not just saying this, I mean it, I think this is the best MNIM cover I have ever seen. Good job man!

[MrSamTheFlowerMan]

Dude you suck :) Hehe great cover.

[thewhitebrazilian]

Get your fingers out of the way man, i'm trying to see that beautiful bass

[voltvoltvolt]

beautiful gear man.

[ffrenchyownt]

I hate you purely out of jealousy

[mrpresident4200]

Hes actually playing 16th notes through out with his thumb like you play at the end.

This sounds good but is the lazy way of playing it.

I like the bass

[ksifask]

are you a prisoner? (the white bars at top right corner) very nice cover

[ksifask]

are you a prisoner? (the white bars at top right corner)

[heavybass4ever]

Main (first riff) is not same

Everything other is same as original

[banklikefrankwhite1]

nice freaking job man, question, i play bass, but don't know shit about it, i picked it up just to try to add my own bass to stuff i've recorded because of my luck with bass players.  someone says slapping is bad for your fretboard, why is this?

[Kyhr78]

@banklikefrankwhite1 Hey :)

I don't think slapp is bad for your fretboard on a fretted bass. It is bad on the fretless because you don't have the frets for the strings to resonnate against.

[banklikefrankwhite1]

@Kyhr78 ahhh, makes sense, thank you

[nineball87]

@Kyhr78 i think its bad because wherever you slap. it marks up the fretboard because the string is slapping the fretboard instead of a metal fret.

[WolfBladeXerxes]

@Kyhr78 i have actually heard that most fretless basses have fretboards made of different kinds of wood than fretted for that very reason. supposedly the wood is stronger.

[Guercinator]

@banklikefrankwhite1 its even more impressive that he has a no fret neck

[roamerreed]

@banklikefrankwhite1 lol, it's bad on your "fretboard" because it'll tear it up with roundwounds, however if you use flatwounds then it won't tear it up nearly as bad, most fretless players prefer flatwounds because it's nicer to your "fretboard" especially if you like to shred, you've prolly seen what it'll do to frets (grind frets down) those are metal, the "fretboard" is obviously wood so put 2 and 2 together and you see that you can tear the wood up, hope this helps, either way have fun :D

[banklikefrankwhite1]

@roamerreed i can't reply to your profile. but yes, thanks for the reply. and as far as that guy on my profile, he is a 35 year insane stalker that sends me one comment every couple weeks related to his favorite football team, that you'd think is his only child. Since my team and his team play this week, he had to send me a reminder. Guy is nuts

[comedystone16]

does that seem like its fake

[Salmiaification]

hey man got any advice, i'm workin on this song i'm playing a warwick stream 5 string fretless but slapping on it is rather difficult. i'm not sure if its cause of the really low action, i've just don't have the money too get it set up right now. could the low action be the reason its difficult to slap?

[Kyhr78]

@Salmiaification I think it's just difficult to slapp on a fretless because it doesn't have the frets and then it's hard to make the string resonate. A Higher action will make you slapp stronger on the bass and since it's a fretless I don't know if it's a good idea. I prefered to keep my action low and then I didn't have to slapp too hard and the neck of my bass is still in good shape. To get a sound close to Les' one I added some overdrive, it was way better after that.

[sexybeast13ization]

@Kyhr78 hey ive just started to slap on a fretted bass 4 string but i just cant seem to hit 1 string with out hitting another do u have any ideas or advice on how i culd get better at slapping thanks :)

[Kyhr78]

@sexybeast13ization It's allways like that when you begin to learn this technique. My advice is practice and practice. There are very good tutorials on youtube showing how to slapp and giving some good exercices (MarlowDK, Lesebu, Thebassistik are the ones i watch the most )

[JasonCalcaterra]

@sexybeast13ization my advice is to keep your thumb straight

[vaginadestroyer666]

damn nigga you funky!

[BigGirlKach]

I Love This <3 Xx

[Ebiiiw]

those jewliers in ur hand, wnb les claypoool? xD

[sandman45lam]

im in love

[sl933]

amaizing man :O you're very good!And I love your bass ;) how muck does it cost?

[morado666]

I want ur bass !!!

[tuks6]

You know that slapping is bad for your fretboard right?

[Kyhr78]

@tuks6 Yeah, I try not to slapp much on my fretless because of that. I just couldn't resist to play this song

[tuks6]

@Kyhr78 And you dont have another bass but that fretless? It's gorgeous, dont get me wrong, but I find it strange to start with a fretless xD

[Kyhr78]

@tuks6 This isn't my only bass, I also have a 5strings Sandberg Panther and a 4strings Mayones be4. I played this song on the fretless because Claypool also plays on his 6strings fretless

[bassplayer2011ify]

@Kyhr78 actually and i noticed this not to long ago if you look as Les' "fretless" it does have frets on it at certain points why i don't but if you watch them play my name is mud live at woodstock you will see the frets

[audiofunkdialect]

@bassplayer2011ify they're not frets, they are guidelines that a lot of fretless' have, its not complete cheating though cause they aren't where every fret usually is

[beelzebunge]

@bassplayer2011ify Les decided he wanted a fretless after Carl Thompson started making the bass, so it's marked, but it's fretless.

[Leyhoooo]

@bassplayer2011ify they are just painted on.. its make it a bit easy'er

[Tommythecat01]

@Kyhr78 Good Looking Guitar but, you are covering the wrong shit if your tryin not to slap it much... maybe it was just me, but you are not loud enough... all i could hear is Les. But my ears are not what they used to be either.. just what i got out of it is all but thanks for posting

[Tommythecat01]

@Kyhr78 Good Looking Guitar but, you are covering the wrong shit if your tryin not to slap it much... maybe it was just me, but you are not loud enough... all i could hear is Les. But my ears are not what they used to be either.. just what i got out of it is all but thanks for posting But you seem to get louder towards the end

[pyritelemon]

That is a seriously beautiful bass.

Also, pretty good cover :)

[Lingeringturd13]

Primus  sucks

[78smoothoperator]

Sweet! (= I'd say that was darn near perfect.. One of my fave songs

[frozenfire550]

Is that a Cort Artisan bass? I have a 5 string fretless that looks exactly like that...

[raamiiroo23456]

What a beautiful bass

[captainseetang]

Are these flatwounds??

[Kyhr78]

@captainseetang Nope, roundwounds :)

[Oudl3000]

Did you draw fret marks on it with a white pencil ?

[Kyhr78]

@Oudl3000 if you talk about the white points under the G string, I didn't draw them. The ancient owner of the bass made them (not with a pencil... i think he made holes in the wood and filled the hole with wood paste)

Personally I don't see them from where i stand. I only see regular marks on the side of the neck.

[Oudl3000]

@Kyhr78 Thx for quick response ! Rock on - great job btw : )

[Kyhr78]

@Oudl3000 thanks, i'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[MrDabloomz]

Thats one fine looking bass :)

[glutinator1]

great job

[DisgruntledBassist]

Good job, dude. Colonel Claypool would be proud.

[Kyhr78]

@DisgruntledBassist Ahaha thanks, I hope so ! :)