RHCP - If you have to ask [Bass Cover]

[MrSnowNose]

I didn't know flea had a son.

[thegorillaz2d]

thubs up if you want david to make a video where he shows all of his basses

[JuwannaMann514]

my friend was trying to learn one of rhcp's songs on bass so we went to youtube to look for covers to see how it was done and as soon as I saw your face on the thumbnail pic, i was like " go to this one. this guy knows what he's doing." great work man.

[doctorjayra]

Excellent playing but terrible tone on the Bass. I k now this is an old video though

[NegerSkrapaN]

Nice cover man :D. I think that you should check out free's bassist, he is bloody awesome.

[MooseHunter911]

funky

[yourusernamehere2]

you killed it man! stay classy!

[Wespweg]

Does he uses a preamp?

[PauloHenriqueoSOAD]

You rock

[christar108]

cool playin...now lets see your bass lines....flea rips,we all know that

[larsulrich09]

ooooooooooow mec ce son !!! tu m'as vendu du rêve la!!! j'ai kiffé tes passages à l'octave supérieure^^ !!! vraiment bien joué mec!

[nuke97]

Hats off to you man...I know I gave you props on another video but here you nailed a song that kicks my ass.

[jalle19]

how do u learn all those songs and play them so perfectly??? O.O

[nicolaspope]

Serious, you could play any band you like.

[jpcaras]

bah... i've seen you playing better, and that left hand looks a bit "tied up" you know what i mean. still this video is old... keep it up

[SOYUNPINCHEBOY]

I thought this was done on a 5 string, how did you pull it off with a 4 string? anybody please?

[mapsey7]

It's in Drop D tuning

[SOYUNPINCHEBOY]

thanks buddy!

[3bassclef]

**To the peple who are criticizing...You guys do know that he has MORE THAN ONE video. C'mon, check the recent ones, now I'd like you to say something.

>:|

[AlvaroBassSide]

Awesome job and tone! :D

Only a question, were the 2º and 4º strings very old? they look like that ;)

[drcraig2004]

All of you morons who said his sound and playing sucks are either stupid or jealous and I'm guessing the later, this kid rocks every song he posts and should be famous. the sound is perfect for the song. Thanks for all your posts and please don't listen to all the jealous haters out there. Keep rockin

[RHCP1231]

Bravo

[gotenksp]

I think his strings were old.

[lanetasasi]

you play good, but bass sounds like shit

[ferbassrecords]

@ lanetasasi Only lamely performing players can think this is an amazing video. First: I'm not an expert player, but, I have enough sense of music to distinguish an amazing player than just a good one. With no doubts, this one here has interesting skills, nevertheless, it's more important to take care on the timing/groove and the sharpness of the sound, I would like to watch more videos in the future, maybe they can get better. Keep on practicing man! @DavidSinRocks

[Fleastian]

Buen trabajo!! y buena la banda en My space!!

[yeebeascurvydawg]

i just checked your band out... same problem. you need to RELAX bro. :) don't forget to listen to the other musicians you're playing with. thats the most important thing.

[TitusRTeh1337Bassist]

its funny you should say that...cuz im pretty sure this kid is THE best bassist on youtube and by far the best ive seen for his age and he even outdoes people who are famous. dont talk shit about people based off of only one piece of information

[Bassman0Nate]

@TitusRTeh1337Bassist

That's incorrect, there are way better and more experienced bass players on youtube. Don't be so fast calling people the best if you haven't really searched for better.

[TheRagingCheese]

@Bassman0Nate He said for his age. I doubt you'll find many bass players on youtube playing like this guy at only 4 years experience. This video was made 2 years ago, look up his newer videos, he's improved a lot since this one.

[PycMot]

@TitusRTeh1337Bassist Not to mention this video is almost 3 years old, he's a lot better now :D

[timrocket2]

@TitusRTeh1337Bassist this comment may be old but is another comment that treats treats music far too much like competition

[PoolWins]

the chorus is hard and you nailed it perfectly.

[99andonehalfdays]

just.. WOW

[wataboringvideo]

amazing bass playing and ur band is amazing 2 in words of flea "you've gotta let the booty juices flow" and that's excactly what u do and u set a perfect example on it [besides flea] keep goin' man never stop funkin' out

[vieri031]

I think you shoulda add more bass and less treble

[DarkTeam0]

completely agree

[BassistNumber2587]

i dont know why you got thumbs down, you are completely right :D *braces himself for the thubms downs* :D

[tomasc4]

wow very cool, i can't play the chorus xD

[GalacticBoss]

Wow your bass sounds very very like Flea!

What kind of bass do you have?

Sounds great :D

[Demyxkh2]

I think he said that one is an OLP body with a Musicman neck

[bassman959]

and seymour duncan pickup

[Demyxkh2]

Oh right thanks I forgot about that

[Likemike71]

Looks kinda stiff? :)

[yabettarekoniz]

mega talent

[abean16]

this cover is definitely not one of his best, it's drop D tuning, by the way. However... At least he's trying drop D. I tried drop D tuning on electric guitar and it sounds nasty, so the tuning could be a problem.

[casper564]

not very great sound

[AlvaroBassSide]

carhartt shirt! XD

[divineserpent]

trev3050

either the strings or bass, butt there was a little buzzing on the notes that were played with more emphasis. besides that what are you hating on? this guy rocks,

watched a lot of his covers and he is good. make me want to pick my bass back up and get serious about it again.

[MeatwadandBoxyBrown]

dude this rocks.

my personal opinion: best bass line ever. all Flea basslines rule!

[trev3050]

man nice are those dr colour strings?? they llook black

[TimmyD045]

you over complicated the bassline for the verse, but you also made it more impressive

[Romans10Verse9]

Really? Are you sure?

[Fleastian]

jajajaja eri chilensis.. jajaja

wena perrin, aqui le hacemos tributo a los peppers... tb soy bajista,

ret jot shili willy´s...

ahi parlamos bro, podriamos compartir videos, no he subido ninguno por tiempo,

protno lo hare y ahi nos calificamos, tocai bien perrin, dele no mas!!

Fleastián Funkadelic Los tetas

[Fleastian]

OK bass!!

good job!!!

from chile,

Atte.,

Fleastián

[frusciante1605]

wow un compatriota jajaj saludos....

atte. frusciante1605

[RadioNiaa]

Comme tu groove ! =P

Puis keske cette musique est bien ! c une de mes préférée de BSSM ! ya rien de plus Funk !

[vieri031]

Not very good cover. No feeling

[alexowain]

did you watch the right video!? this has loads of feeling in it, hence the improvisations and the 'head banging'

[vieri031]

Banging head is not a feeleing. In my opinion he is not feel this song. It's not soung very good

[pero89rhcp]

little bit like the give it away bassline... good job man

[gahan101]

jsavai pa kil fallait désacorder la bass pourcette chanson.Tu te demerde pa mal ceci dit malgré les ptites fautes.En plus elle est cool la bass sur cette chanson!

[RadioNiaa]

Fautes ou pas... tu gere !

Encore un +5 pour le meilleur bassiste funk de youtube ; )

[jskaff]

you played this so good, i got the chills listening, excellent job as usual

[damoltier]

dont shit me u play this at one year and a half!!!

and u rock like this

[pukaza88]

but..before you played guitar and then you changed to bass..or you started with bass???

[DavidSinRocks]

I started with bass!

[DiscerningInnovation]

@DavidSinRocks are you self taught or do you take lessons? just curious

[pukaza88]

how much years have you been playing the bass???????????????

[DavidSinRocks]

Hey, I started in September 2006!

[ludzikzpiernika]

only 2 years ? impresive ;]

[14ricki]

@DavidSinRocks holy @#$% you've only been playing 4 years?? I'm 18 and I just started playing a month ago. I thought it was too late to start but that's ridiculous ofcourse, thanks for the insiration flea!!! I mean DavidSinRocks!!

[TheTymera]

@DavidSinRocks How did you become so good with the bass in just 4 years? How many hours do you play per day? :D

[PerfectionIsWeakness]

@TheTymera Actually,the video was recorded 2008,he had played for like 2 years..



[TheTymera]

@DavidSinRocks (5 years) xD

[jazmlz]

Funky.... Great Bassline.. Great Job..

You've got the groove holmes!

[louigi003]

c'est quoi tes cordes??

[Libanass]

je pense que Flea desacorde toutes ses cordes d'un ton. c'est pour ca qu'il change de basse en live pour jouer celle ci :) ==> voir en Off the map

bien joué sinon! comme dhab, un des meilleurs bassiste :)

[daft581]

Alala ! Le riff du refrain est monstrueux, très bien joué et c'est vraiment pas évident ! Bon boulot ! Et puis super son !!

[PauloVento]

Great, I love this funky ass killing song. It's one of my personal favorite from Blood Sugar!!

[themasterflamby]

Génial David bon boulot c'est un de mes morceaux préféré de Blood Sugar!

[nick270b]

i love this song! it's so good to play!

[lallare90]

nice work dude! i for one cant get that bloody chorus right:p

[callofchaos]

wow amazing! what kind of strings are those with the red ends? ^^

[DavidSinRocks]

They're Flatwound strings that I had on my old bass, because I broke the D'addario ones :(

[callofchaos]

i have flatwound ones too but may i ask your strings "name"? my ones are washburn L400s ^^

[Name2012]

y r u back to ur musicman?

[DavidSinRocks]

I have two main basses, this one and the Fender Musicmaster!

[Name2012]

lucky =] i'v only got a cheap spector.

[DavidSinRocks]

dude, I love the spector bass!

[Name2012]

how do u record ur bass?

[DavidSinRocks]

I just plug my bass into my computer's microphone input! With a little jack -> mini-jack converter ^^

[Name2012]

ok thnx, but wot program do u use?

[DavidSinRocks]

Windows movie maker! I use the "Stereo Mixer" audio source, like that it records both bass and song that I listen on my computer!

[Name2012]

cheers

[noodle654]

Nice work...sounds like that Seymour Duncan can't handle that D. Other than that, pretty awesome as usual.

[DavidSinRocks]

Hey thanks! I used a flatwound E string, that's maybe why it doesn't sound as usual!