Old Man Slaps His Fender Jazz Bass

[JoeSzilagy]

looks more like a guy in his 40s who happens to have grey hair.

[AcDcN1]

How do you tune a headless bass?

[FineLives4motoX]

WTF?! Amazing! :o

[bbbb111cccc]

And he just walks off like nothing happened. Like a fucking boss. I hope I become this good at bass sometime. haha

[dmsk8t]

That was jaw dropping

[back2fla]

Thank you for sharing your great talent...Amazing!!!

[Jalreal]

i wanna be that guy one day...

the old man who shreds!

[sp1midholm]

Love it

[umdiscodevinil]

reminds me of victor wooten haha

[GHOF62]

Pleasure to watch someone who can play and obviously loves playing bass. Just restarted on bass myself...after a 40 year layoff.

[25napster]

i love the funny smile he has before he start grooving. . .this old timer plays pretty good, . .two thumbs up grandpa!!! much love!!!

[CapitanSguero]

monster

[biotonk]

insane !

[jamesoywe]

your kids must love you!

[AbaddonsAnimosity]

Someone likes Level 42 eh? haha. Sounds great man. I can see a drummer having a ball with that line!

[crildate]

sounds like primus



[someguyoketcetc]

Two thumbs up, one for the bassline, the other for the bassface.

[prdaca]

damnn

[jesusalbv]

you remind me a flea

[ledzeppelinsucks]

wow hes soooo old

[straightupballin3]

yeaaaahhh the old man's still got it!! niiiice (y)

[donnerdaumen84]

i like it :D

[YklausK]

The description says "Just a little slapping on a fender jazz bass". That's one hell of an understatement.

This is epic!

[chocolatemilkinmyass]

You look like my math teacher...but with bass skill

[themacleodreynolds]

@chocolatemilkinmyass imagine you math teacher.. with bass skill. that would be rad!



[Hasbo88]

sick

[RockRaddar]

How are your fingers holding out ? Just wondering really nice by the way.

[fetzko101]

This is incredible

[magaclesmlg]

YOUR FREAKING GOOD MAN!! KEEP IT UP!

[jozafax]

Great !!

[meravigliao22]

Old? He can kick young asses

[afroman1419]

you made it sound like you were playing slap bass with a drummer, but there was no drummer. brilliance

[diamonddust22]

And that is how it's done kids.

[dyingforastrat]

that was great vibe man, energy and how bass should be slapped

[MeLoveBonesTv]

VERY SEXY SOUND!

[Maverick274]

That was FURIOUS and thumpin'.

also,

Lol at 1:17. 

[contethor]

Meno male che almeno ci credi

[WinsomeJohnny]

OLD MAN?!?!?!...I'm 50!!!...*LOL*..nice playing

[SeymourBoobs]

I wish I was half as good as you are .... I wanna have your skills!

[MightyGoldenBoy]

Holy shit! Nice one.

[kmisi1]

that's fuckin goooooood

[coryplogmann12]

dude that was badass.im not good at bass at all but thats cool.

[mindhead2005]

Whats the headless bass behind you?

[hingstler]

@mindhead2005

Hi, thats a Bassline 5 string headless. Small German luthier. :-)

If you google it you should find his website.

[06wraightm]

haha! I love the exit!

[KerningMan]

lol he aint that old.

[241TOPPER]

I THOUGHT YOU BROKEN A STRING AT THE END.....LOL

[BucketheadLV101]

That face is unforgetable lol

[ByTor190]

That was insanely cool. There must be a black man living in you.

[dienpa]

fucking beautiful bass

[parkourer100]

mix his talent with an Acoustic B450

[RawrBearzz]

i wonder if ill be like him in the future

[MrGallaghers]

Im amazed at that.. Its guys like him hu deserve custom models nd queers like pete wentz get them anyway..!

[CCRockit]

If i did'nt know any better i'd say he was having fun

[ZachXTra]

0.0 DAMN.

[jun10r94]

awsome, wanna join my band??XD

[IsOk10]

ook, i like it ;D

[Riffnspliff]

Awesome, sounds like primus at the beginning!

[MusicWavesMan]

Yeah that was my first thought... I think it is a Primus song... idk

[Rexworthy]

amazing...

[coliahthefiend]

holy shit, this is amazing.

[parkourer100]

you arent that old

[MiWiDa]

Geht doch ab! ;-) Es gibt ja doch noch Menschen aus der Slap-Fraktion, find ich super, wo ich selber schon keiner dieser Art bin!

[rhinoman6969]

You were surprised but pleased with the ending harmonic! LOL love it!

[wombatboter]

Nice playing and great attitude ! greetings from Belgium, take care...

[username13245100]

thats so good. im gonna try learn this by just lookin at it.

[username13245100]

I NEED THOSE TABS!!!!!!!!!

[clauclaux]

i love the way you love you're music

[xmarcox125]

wow old man can play

[gblan]

Nice!

[bozz21000]

wow man ur awesome so clean playing slap bass just great!

[pixelchemist]

very nice

[LaboratorioDexter182]

Excellent!!!!

Good slap!!!

[sgtgasmask]

thats some les claypool stuff, WOO!!!

[norman201]

Your not that old!!!

[geletmote]

ur not old buddy, keep it up

[petrusshag]

Oh yeah!

[funkchops4142]

nasty bro

[androniko]

i love this guys videos played really well !!!

[jamy313]

sic!!!!!!

[afterthefox7]

Don' t tell me how old he is, i own a Time Machine, buddy

[Disturbed071]

Love the facial expressions. Awesome vid XD

[afterthefox7]

he looks like flea at age 80

[geletmote]

HAHA YES

[GassyMaskz]

He's not flea...that's just being mean.

[afterthefox7]

Huh?

[Rosomak920]

nicceeeee

[Contrabando5cordas]

he´s not that old...

[grauwerfer]

500 / 5 *

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

yeahh... it's not BC rich, that's for sure

ROFL :P

[Disturbed071]

Ha! I love the -6 thumbs down. That must be all the bassists who want to sound like guitarists.

[DrBuggles1]

5 stars just for the ending my friend!

[laBrouetteRecords]

That's what i call a bass player !!!

[Maxdamagnificent]

I can probably do that, If I practices 10 hours a day for a fooking year straight!!!! bastard!!!!!!

[daehkcarc]

Les Claypool got old AAAHHHHH!!!!

[SketchRazor]

It's as if William Shatner took up music instead of acting.

[keegan141414]

Had to favorite

[Natural11001001]

That is the coolest old man in the world.

[BumMe95]

Wooweee :O

Okayy, i was in love with slap bass before.. but now... :O

Eeeek, it's AMAZING!!

[rocket88bass4]

tht was amazing sir

[Tooltrocity]

Ho. Lee. Shit.

Awesome!!

[billabongboy321]

dude that was sick and i dont wanna sound wierd but i want to hav sex with that guitar its soooooo nice what is it?

[MyDixieRekked]

read the title you retard..fender jazz

[billabongboy321]

well hay mr perfect vision not all of us have both eyes working i.e like me fuk face

[MyDixieRekked]

if your eyes dnt work what the fuck r u doing on youtube?

[ChewyBison]

Excellent rhythm and dead notes! For like half the video, I thought there was a drum track playing in the background. You got funk in your veins, man.

[Cidiuss]

yep, you definetly got the blues man :D

[downonthe1]

work it cool daddy!

[Royalista05]

Good music is ageless and never dies. You're living together with your music you are playing. This is just cool.

And yeah, I love your face at the end of it ... kinda "Did I tell everything? Yes, I think so. This is very much of it!"

LOL! Man, You kick it all right!

[jonnyrb1981]

You slap harder that Bing Cosbey after hes had a drink and found his kids in his liquor cabinet

[Skullslasher6]

holy shit. You are one of the few bassists that actually make the bass' slap sound LITERALLY like a drum accompanying the treble "pop"

[mynamesnotjack]

walk in, rock the bass, then walk right back off again..

class...

[WalliceTheWallBall]

It's Les Claypool's grandpa!

[bass7378]

you rock!!!! lol!!!

[bassblank00]

man i love that bass. and i love that line from 0:15 to 0:26 crazy kool

[SuperMaximo93]

Brilliant!!! :D

[toshineon]

Holy crap, you're awesome. Like asrmfc said: Most kids probably thought you were gonna suck at playing, they failed.

You're the king of bass.

[droppinplates84]

dude that was kick ass!!!!

[asrmfc]

i bet most kids under 18 thought you were gonna be shit.... HOW WRONG WERE THEY LOL

FLEAS DAD ! LMAO

[wysiwyg248]

Nice muting technique with the right hand palm

[ambidextrous21]

thats flea's dad

[Bassstringz]

ROFL

[decoysk]

dude gets inta the shit  wow !

[inuyashaspet]

WOAH sounds like a damn drum solo!

[RandomoVideos]

SWEET...

[Ljosalfr]

muahahaha funny face. Nice playing tho

[punkrockmonk07]

LEGEND!!!

[MartaDzika]

;D haha awesome playing!

[deadfrog]

best is his face.

[deadfrog]

I mean, you can tell he's feelin the music!

[dmsanct]

no better bass than jazz bass

[beatrizkTM]

hahaha, this is crap !

[CoolBlokeAndABit]

niiiice

some of this stuff sounds like winona's big brown beaver by primus :)

[HadesWTF]

LoL

This is awesome. I like your tone a lot,

[miriyaa]

He's.. he's... Ian Gillan!!!!!!!!!!!

[psyber84]

it sucks!

[whiterdoughnut]

yah cos im sure you could do much better

[yayboat]

rock on pops!

[smiercbohaterom]

shit, i wanna play like that in 2099

[skierdude75]

your really good and what makes you more great is you play fender way to go

[TheOzzyCometh]

some of his facial expressions actually look alot like flea lol this is sick.

[KB200887]

holy crap its flea's biological father!!!

[CristoffandFriends]

he looks a little like Alex Lifeson

[godtoHrD]

holy shit, old man, your stellar

[DisembodiedDavid]

reminds me of buckethead's jazz.

[blueslover102]

pretty sure imma have to learn this

[blueslover102]

oh man! one of the best on youtube! killer!

[LOSchinchi11as]

How do you slap triplets?

BTW excellent playing

[svantearrhenius1]

(clap clap clap) MOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

\m/ \m/

[flongoid18]

really good, actual musical slap bass is a rarity

[FSPB123]

i think thats the bass i was looking for. was that a fender 70s jazz bass, cost $700. btw this is alsome 5 stars

[pashavanbijlert]

no, the fender 70's (mexican and american) both come with block inlays

[flicoide]

parece bad horsie

[ishboh]

you are too old to post a video and think you are cool.

nice job

[Joshnio]

Oh yeah, "Dude" because people who have passed puberty making videos is so "Yesterday". Like yeah "Brother" so "Not cool"

[nopurplepops8]

omg your facial expressions are great!!

[tjkleinschmidt]

the faces make it even better good job

[skatefornirvana]

hahah that last facial expresssion was funny as hell hahah he was like " okay what else is there to do"

[cburn09]

sounded awesome... looked autistic

[StWikked]

Some people get into their music.

Theres no need to be a gigantic cunt.

[Joshnio]

Agreed

[cburn09]

i did say it sounded good what else matters. sorry to offend you

[miffi008]

ab 0:56 ... cool.. ;-)

[miffi008]

genial...

[blah114a]

sounds like primus.. sounds very good.. you've got great skill.. and you're into.. you don't need a drummer.. you are filling that in well.. loved the video.

[BassmanDRAP]

the facial expressions are magnificent haha :D

[wedgenstein]

Brilliant harmonic chord at the end

[jelldog77]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Revell53]

Awesome playing! I wouldnt call you an old man though!

[cagdas1990]

he's not that old^^ great expression on his face at the end of the video.

[Cu1t06]

this old man kicks ass no doubt!

[theshotgunhero]

nice one! sounded like les claypool... but i'd like to see him play that fast!

[FenderSixtyGermany]

damn u rule! =)

[jude4312]

wow! what soulful playing!

[flowmp]

Holyy shiit

[dukefiya]

wow all those emo band bassist are feeling really bad right abo0ut now

[clavyn66]

Holy Crap!

[screamager92]

wow.

[NickTAKAha]

dude if flea and george clooney had a child it would look like you

[spacepope87]

Hahahahaha!

[Andr0m3da1337]

I've watched your videos numorous times and they never get old. Your lessons on here have also helped me a great bit keep thumpin man.

[ParentalAdvisoryBass]

whoa damn! that was tight! the slapping provides such a percussive rhythm too!