Cliff Burton - Bass Solo (Full)

[Punkrejodido]

Cliff Burton is Awesome! is God!! the best!

[germanlorx]

mr. burton...cliff...

[germanlorx]

theres no more 2 go...no remorssseee



[BlinklomoIV]

Cliff you are GOD of bass players.

[mikeenachos]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK THAT SHIT!! GOD BLESS CLIFF BURTON MAN! <3.<3

[pillboxization]

watta sick ass motherfucker he was,

[garbar1357]

Oh my god. This sounds like shit. I'm sorry but honestly hes got so much distortion and wah that you cant hear any of the notes. I get that hes dead and thats super tragic and he was the best bass player metallica ever had but he wasn't actually all that good. Before all you ignorant teenagers call me a fucking retard go look up Billy Sheehan or Victor Wooten or even Steve Harris. Cliff was great, but he wasn't the greatest bass player of all time.

[dorianlondon]

@garbar1357 I'm 42 so I guess that qualifies me to give you a "fucking retard". You managed to contradict yourself in four sentences or less, which is telling. Seriously though, if you don't think Burton was all that good why are you torturing yourself by watching the vid? Just as there is no "greatest painter of all time", there can be no "greatest bass player of all time", and no doubt Burton would have laughed at such a contrived idea. Ranking artists is a sport for the mentally challenged.

[koldciller991]

i can do that i just dont fell like it

[GrungeMetalRocker]

WOWWWWWWWWW !!!!! :D 

[MrSpencer0505]

Hey okay lets top compairing cliff to god...

hes good...

but he anit no cliff burton

[domzeppelin]

was always the best no question!

[asdf852asdf]

he looks like lemmy on some photos

[gandalf7422]

jimi hendrix of bass guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheMrbrokendreams]

my respect for Cliff, the bass sounds like a guitar is awesome.

[Paunk8452]

Lol wtf ? he picked with his 1st finger and 4th finger

[TSHGust]

@Paunk8452 Like a boss

[JohnGrovemountain]

@Paunk8452 No hehe, he had an injury in his little finger so it tends to stick out while he is playing. He plays only with index and middle finger.

[TheMooooooooooooooo]

Cliff didn't die god just needed bass lessons 

[Macrox16priestmaiden]

my fingers hurt

[FredDude27]

By the way, did Cliff ever play five-strings? Just out of curiosity :)

[Ferdirov]

Hands were made for it.

[Ferdirov]

Fuk, he always played bass like it was nothing....

[10laughungtears]

That's all so called "free style". Meaning he does it all from his head... for the first time, and probably forgets what he did later. So gtfo haters.

[Lukelr]

actually this isn't full. It would be if you had included For Whom the Bell Tolls. this is just like all the others.

[lovableladyfish]

Only the good die young, 

[thebronzeadonis1]

THEN DONT FUCKEN WATCH IT IF YOU DONT LIKE CLIFF BEST EVER

[mrmonster125]

@thebronzeadonis1 cliff is the best bass ever lived on this planet earth

[Melsi1979]

@mrmonster125 I think he could put his feelings on the bass while playing!

[mrmonster125]

@Melsi1979 yah hes defantly the boss on bass

[joab302016]

my opinion, bass guitar sounds appropriately best when played slap and pop, rather than playing it like a lead guitar.

[demonpickleofDOOM]

his guitar doesent wail or scream or wah. THAT FUCKER ROARS!!!!! R.I.P CLIFF!!!!!

[Smith13j]

Cliff - rock on!

[steveboy213]

honestly id prolly take chuck schuldiner over cliff... and tbh im not a fan of metallica...more into vio-lence and shit like that the real crazy thrash..

[thebronzeadonis1]

@steveboy213 chuck schuldiner is a guitar player not a bass player fuck tard

[pbstl747]

Cliff was a great player for Metallica, but I personally find zero enjoyment out of his solos. It's like putting a chicken in a blender and then recording it.

[thebronzeadonis1]

THE BEST TO EVER LIVE !! HE ACCUALY PUTS GUITAR PIC UPS IN HIS BASS TO GET THAT SOUND SICKKK

[Metlavids]

WTF THE VIDEO ENDED JUST WHEN IT WAS GETTING BETTER

[dijang3113]

si dios existiera o si es bueno no se lo hubiera llevado!!!

[xGbVx]

BEST Bass player. PERIOD .

[Don0311]

@xGbVx you havent heard many bass players

[zkxb]

REAL bass players do NOT play with a fucking pick !!!

[VideoMask93]

@zkxb Bassists play whatever style they damn well feel like. Ever heard of Chris Squire? Paul McCartney? I'm sick of this bass elitism, saying that you can only play with your fingers. Using plectra to play bass is as old as the bass guitar itself.

[anarchist506]

@VideoMask93 Chris Squire used a quarter. ;)

[VideoMask93]

@anarchist506 Did he all the time? I heard he used a nickel for the recording of Fragile, but did he really always use a quarter?

[anarchist506]

@VideoMask93 I don't know where I heard it. Don't hold me to it. It doesn't matter anyways, I use a pick AND my fingers. I slap every once in a while too. What ever floats your god damn boat. :)

[3lftw1ns]

@zkxb fuckyou :)

[youathoz]

@zkxb real bass players do not bitch about playing styles.

[bassharmonica1]

@youathoz real bass players play with a bow. bass guitar players play however the fuck they want, and "dont put him down, its arrogant."

ps: any real bass guitarist gets the quotes.

[Slaye012]

@bassharmonica1 Rush reference :D I love you.

P.S.- Fifteen year old guitar player who can play almost any Rush song. Include BOTH Cygnus X-1 and Book II

[letmesteer]

Burton is cool.

[315punx]

no the black album sucks. thats when they went hair metal and left the thrash world behind.

[davidbowielovesme1]

i refuse to admit he died he is way to bas ass to die i think the bus got run over by him lol

[cheekmegirls75]

Never get too see them really sorry for contacting y'all

[sagequan]

When I got my son a Bass instead of a regular guitar for his birthday he was bumed out. But after he started lessons everything about him changed for the better. I asked him about my choice and he said Theres just something about the Bass Guitar that he just couldnt explain. And that it was superior in sound to any other instrument in the world.

[SpinalAlloy]

I have underestimated Cliff Burton! I am blown away at his skills. I'm sorry I misjudged him! May he rest in peace...

[315punx]

@ayesterdayskid

lars is an ass. if cliff didn't die his ass would have been gone! there was talks of getting a new drummer sometime before he passed. lars should thank his lucky stars. if cliff was alive the black album would have NEVER been made. cliff wouldn't allow that motley crue shit to have happend.

what i mean is, its known that lars walked into bob rocks office with the motley crue album he did and said we want to sound like this.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@315punx Lars couldn't have gotten kicked out of the band,he formed it.And he was talking about the PRODUCTION,not the actual music on the Motley Crue album.

[MetalOrMace]

@315punx if your saying the black album sucks you are obviously delusional. an opinion cant be wrong but... your opinion is filled to the rim with bullshit, sorry

[deathb4betrail]

God i will give you Justin Bieber if we can Cliff back?

[MrNichobass]

@deathb4betrail Dude God aint stupid he doesnt want justin beiber in heaven he wants the best

[GuitarPro7908]

@deathb4betrail sorry, but god also hates justin bieber :P

[Sneepler]

@deathb4betrail Somebody already said this... but God isnt stupid

[GerryBurton]

@deathb4betrail punishment for the sins of the world

[Ominous09]

@deathb4betrail you think gods wants bieber! 

[l33t0bl0ng]

@deathb4betrail dont you mean ->insert name of ever pansy pop star and rapper<- for cliff and dime lolol ALL those for only 2 good deal imo

[suatuoi]

@deathb4betrail Lol, If you do that, the Heaven will be full of garbage :))

[live4death7]

@suatuoi Who says Justin Bieber's going to heaven?

[90Mrbasha]

@live4death7 do u know any good bass song or bass solo???

[mojorusty]

@deathb4betrail

I'll throw in lady googoo or whatever the phuck her name is!

[Desfaqhunter]

@deathb4betrail No Give him JB( not Jack Black! ) and Gomez etc maybe then god will give back cliff... Or trade with satan ^^.

[juandiegometallica]

@deathb4betrail hey dude god is not stupid... he will never recive a piece of shit instead of having a masterpiece!... not even putting together gaga, bieber, gomez or any other crappy pop star... and cliff deserves to be on heaven, there is where he belongs, god can´t punish him bringing it back on earth just to see how music is the shit that is today!

[fairyfellermaster]

@juandiegometallica You're right man. I think God loaned us Cliff for a short time only to show us the way, what can be accomplished on the bass then he had to take him back. He was too good for this world.

[falloutguy24]

@juandiegometallica your right god isnt stupid he knew to keep Cliffs seat warm while hes on earth showing us a true divine power

[Melsi1979]

@deathb4betrail Lol he he he he he!

[SHAADZJEE]

@deathb4betrail God would have to be a retard to take that deal.

[SIZZLEBIZZLE1982]

1:03 that fucking note rips my heart out every time...

[ayesterdayskid]

I remember Lars saying something when they held auditions after Newstead left that he wasn't sure even Cliff would have made it through. I love Metallica but I am not sure I would have had it not turned out the way it did. My life would have been way different if it wasn't for Cliff, Jason, and Robert. It could have been worse Lars... You could have kept Mustaine. Who would know you then?

[Evin07]

@ayesterdayskid I haven't seen that documentary in years, but I think he meant that based on the current state/style of the band then (St. Anger).

But seriously... Could you see Cliff "wild and living only for damn good music" Burton of here, playing and jamming out to radio friendly songs like 'Frantic'? Perhaps if he was proper stoned, drunk, and pissing himself to an eventual state of all out pure grand fuckery.....

[zwaqster]

nice!!!

[Forgivenessofficial]

If Cliff Curton, The Rev and Ronnie James Dio would make a band in the hell... they will rule the Devil

[lolhibitch]

@Forgivenessofficial the rev?

gar samuelson

[SpinalAlloy]

@lolhibitch Gar Samuelson would kick The Rev's ass!

[digiboy734]

@SpinalAlloy nope Jimmy "The Rev" would kick Gar Samuelson ass

[TiecastProductions]

that note at 0:32 ...... orgasm

[Jukka1995]

CLIFF PLEASE COME BACK!

[RHCPTABOO]

cliff burton without effects: just a mediocre bass player

cliff burton with his effects: just pure disturbing shit sounds damaging my ears, and still a not so good and overrated bass player

[IMattchewB]

@RHCPTABOO Cliff was musical and had a broad appreciation for music. He knew some advanced techniques and knew what sounded cool. All this came together and made him a badass bass player. That's not to say there aren't a bunch of badass bass players out there nonetheless I reckon. Who knows?

[jakethegimp2]

@RHCPTABOO

You sir, are a poet, and 100% correct.

[RHCPTABOO]

@jakethegimp2 thanks

[ArticSabbathGwar75]

@RHCPTABOO

Ehh go listen to Linkin Park.

[RHCPTABOO]

@ArticSabbathGwar75 u go listen some real music

[ArticSabbathGwar75]

@RHCPTABOO Haha yeh like what? Green day? Linkin Park? You wish you could play half as good as Metallica and Burton. Fuck off.

[RHCPTABOO]

@ArticSabbathGwar75 paul mccartney, michael balzary, victor wooten...they deserve their recognition...i don't give a fuck if i don't play like them...not because i can't...i just simply don't want to...and i recognize they are good (metallica)...but this shit that apparently everybody calls "great solo"...i bet they just posted good comments because they admire him so much that they can't accept that this solo is just shit without talented...this nasty bullshit cannot be even called "solo"

[ArticSabbathGwar75]

@RHCPTABOO Gibberish. That's all I see you writing. Gibberish. You just don't want to admit he is one of the best and you are a whiny little hater.

[RHCPTABOO]

@ArticSabbathGwar75 ýeah right

[ArticSabbathGwar75]

@RHCPTABOO Silence. Cliff Burton is playing, so shush.

[jakethegimp2]

@ArticSabbathGwar75

Really? It's fucking hard to tell.

[jakethegimp2]

@ArticSabbathGwar75

My favorite part is 1:19

[RHCPTABOO]

@ArticSabbathGwar75 nobody is speaking retarded

[ArticSabbathGwar75]

@RHCPTABOO What? Just shut up.

[ueharajunior17]

@RHCPTABOO

Cliff Burton is a fantastic bass player and one of the reasons I play bass but yes I have to agree with you on this solo. This bass solo is not the best. It actually does sound like gibberish.

[metaltera86]

@RHCPTABOO Your just jelous of his master skills.

[GiannisKJ19]

why he is headbanging all the time ???!?!?!?

[2009HardRock]

@GiannisKJ19 because he really enjoyed what he played. He felt his solos, that's why he always was headbanging because he was feeling METAL lml. R.I.P Cliff.

[zzzzzMILANHINO97]

We can cry because this guy is dead.The metal isn't the same now and when Cliff was there.

[arturekfilo]

Zawsze jakaś pizda kliknie w dół....

[czerwakamil]

I think, noone told him that actually he plays bass, not a electric guitar :D

[Jshnizzoor]

RIP CLIFF! 25 years today!

[wladosu]

@Jshnizzoor time fly fast!

[ww2luv]

R.I.P Cliff Burton,

You were the one to inspired me to pick up the bass guitar.

There will be no one else like you.

RIP.

[JessopBlues]

25 years ago. The day the music died.

[10laughungtears]

R.I.P Cliff Burton, thank you for inspiring me to play bass. Thank you for the wonderful music. You are missed.

[DimeRR5150]

25 Fucking years. Rest in peace God of bass

[LUSSbox]

Cliff died to teach God in heaven to play bass gitar..... R.I.P.

[rzlorlnd]

25 years... Metallica would be a lot better with Cliff.

[Verlasian]

Rock in Peace Cliff

[homergrand99]

RIP Cliff Burton



[oOPaNiNoOo]

Cliff RIP 25 years

[jsorrow88]

God bless Cliff Burton!

[CelestialHate]

TODAY IS THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS DEAD ANIVERSARY!!! Thanks for video...

[MootieMonster]

Cliff  T________________________T

[ragnaroksama]

would cliff save the band and not let it turn into what it is today? or would he quit cause of their decision? or he would change like the rest? (picture cliff in his 50s with kids lol, i mean its not bad but its not what u hear/see up there, the video) or would cliff join megadeth?XD idk lotta things could have happened if he was still alive...i just keep wondering =( those were long 4 years he stayed in metallica, R.I.P Cliff =da man

[mrfridaynight330]

can we all agree to disagree

[rodolfosxs]

oh shit !! this guy fuckin rules

[GarrettInShadows]

Is that smoke coming from his fingers?

[emsrunner1972]

thanx guy,burtons solo fills my head with memories...

[10laughungtears]

The World needs Cliff Burton. Such a shame he got killed in the accident.

[LucasAdry]

F L Y I N G F I N G E R S !!!!!!!!!



[bassharmonica1]

Cliff: okay, done with the bass solo, now, might I have another spot of tea m'lady.

Pinky Finger ftw

[oberst403]

cliff return please.............

[jakethegimp2]

WTF is this shit. I loved his playing on the first albums but this is just a bunch of distortoted noise. Bass solos = fail.

[tokorev747777]

@jakethegimp2 Lets see you do this pal

[Adennos]

Pause at 0:04 and look at James' face lmao

[annamalxx]

cliff would be disappointed at what metallica has become... don't get me wrong they still rock no matter how mainstream they've gotteb (you gotta do what you can to make money right?) cliff completed metallica, and try as they might, they are not the same badasses they were before 86. just listen to the muzik to know what I mean

[adrian741000]

cliff is good but Rob brings the Thunder... is the truth people...METALICA FOE LIFE!!!

[neagudan]

@adrian741000 weak...



[lemonheadbassist]

@every hater against cliff

He could kick your ass at bass anyday, im not going to lie he isnt my favourite bass player in the world but i still dont say john entwhistle or victor wooten or any other bassist could kik his ass, dont make it a competetion. He never bragged about bass nor did anyone else. So shut the fuck up haters

[MrFunkysatan]

omg that solo suck so hard.cliff is so overrated

[heavymetalhippiebear]

@MrFunkysatan he wrote Battery, Master of Puppets, Call of Ktulu, To live is to die and countless other metal songs that put most bands to shame, and he wrote them all in 4 years. hardly an over rated player. his sound was just raw, and it was a live recording.

[SUCKSMetallicaSUCKS]

cliff my asss!

[78superboss]

@SUCKSMetallicaSUCKS your oa fag

[junkers290]

Does anyone know what effects pedal he was using, and is the tuning of the bass standard, ie EADG?

[TiecastProductions]

@junkers290 it is standard EADG, his effects are the Electro Harmonix Big Muff, if you are looking to buy this, make sure it is NOT the bass version. and he is also using a Morley Power Wah Pedal, hope it helped!

[junkers290]

@TiecastProductions Thanks for the info. I'm not sure that I've got the skill to attempt this sort of playing yet. Still, we live in hope.

[galart11]

Metallice without him is just the three horsemen :( ( no bad words for robert)

[biggie930]

i strive to be like this man

[truthrants]

Cliff would kick Newkid's ass any day.

Finger style for the win! Cliff didn't need no stinkin' pick.

He was a god and I will miss him until the day I die. IMO, the true Metallica died with him.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@truthrants Yes Cliff was better than Newstead,so what?Jason was the best replacement for Cliff,he was not a showoff and could play his basslines reasonably well.And you obviously know nothing about Cliff,since he did actually use a pick in some parts of Orion.And you are a poser for saying that "true Metallica died with Cliff",And Justice For All beats Kill 'Em All any day,plus,Black Album is also great,just not thrash.

[truthrants]

@Videostar1another1fa I said that he didn't need a pick, I didn't say that he never used one.

How am I a poser? A poser would say that Metallica sucked ever since they lost Mustaine.

Plus. most of ...And Justice For All was written at the time that Ride the Lightning was released. Cliff helped a lot with the foundation of AJFA.

The Black Album can suck my d*ck. Enter Sandman was the biggest travesty to hit heavy metal since Rob Halford came out of the closet. Sell out central. Again, imo. :)

[Videostar1another1fa]

@truthrants AJFA was written entirely after Cliff died,except for some parts in To Live is To Die,the only song he got credited for.

[truthrants]

@Videostar1another1fa I know that, that's why I stated that he helped with the foundation. They had been working on those songs for years. My point is that once Cliff's influence ran out, look at what happened.

They should have kept Dave too, as far as I'm concerned.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@truthrants No way,Dave is way better as the rhythm guitarist in Megadeth.With three huge egos the band would have just split up anyway.

[truthrants]

@Videostar1another1fa Yeah, you're probably right. I love Megadeth anyways. Dave has always kept it real.

He;s really cool in person, too. I got to meet him at the NAMM show a few years back.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@truthrants I don't really like to argue(Well,in fact I do),but I don't see how Dave kept it more real than Metallica,sure,Countdown was both commercial and great,but Risk could compete with St.Anger any day.Anyway,Megadeth rocks,Metallica rocks,and this debate should end here!

[truthrants]

@Videostar1another1fa One more comment, and then I'll stop. I've never had the chance to debate this with anyone.

I just always fall back on the fact that Metallica promised their fans that they would never make videos and never sell out. They were always against allowing their music to be used commercially. Now "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a part of the opening credits for Zombieland.

Now, if they had never promised to not sell out then I would have nothing against them.

[Videostar1another1fa]

@truthrants Well,people change,it is true,they weren't really sticking with their principles,but they degraded over time,for example,the music video for One was initially made just for artistic expression(I think I still have the interview when James explains it),and they never actually predicted the fact that it will end up on MTV,let alone such a huge hit.From there,their label made pressure to release more commercial stuff,and the rest is history.

[ragnaroksama]

me wants that badass tone D:

[TheDragonMF]

Like a Boss.

[BlackOpJ45]

Elvis Presley died on the shitter

[5thhokage113]

@BlackOpJ45 LIKE A BOSS

[Videostar1another1fa]

@BlackOpJ45 And Jim Morrison died masturbating in the bathtub.

[956crazyman19]

@BlackOpJ45 LOLOL

[gzuzsquirt169]

@BlackOpJ45 really???

[pebblefrog196]

Jaco Pastorius was better. But Cliff is pretty good for a rock bassist.

[SuperChamona]

@pebblefrog196 Metal**

[jimmyrossington]

he play that like on a guitar !

[666thrashmaster]

@jimmyrossington he has a bunch of guitarist influences like ritchie blackmore and ronny iommi

[cliffthelightning]

@666thrashmaster Ronny iommi... !? you are a fucking retard