Blues and Pentatonic Gumbo - Bass Guitar Lesson

[cookiemonster3475]

Actually it's alot easier to keep your fingers together because it allows you to bar the strings easier, allowing you to transition from each string faster and smoother, very simple bass line though.

[Martiluk1]

@cookiemonster3475 In this video, he's definitley doing that to mute the strings, a la Rocco Prestia, that's what gives it that kind of Motown-ish sound. You can acheive a similar sound by palm muting with your right hand or putting a peice of foam under the strings by the bridge.

[62muki]

Wow,that was good,sounded good too!

[5alfonzo]

knowing that those are flat wounds, its amazing he didn't move his fingers apart the whole time..

[dannymobass]

the string trees keep all strings tight up against the post..and equal tension on all four strings... add one, you'll dig it...

[bobknowsbass]

Yup, those are flats. Fantastic tone!

[TPBass1224]

Would anyone know if he's using flat-wounds?

[makitfunkee]

That demo is the balls. I never get tired of watching this. It's amazing how much comes out of an essentially static left hand that just shifts position here.

He must be playing flatwounds, no?

[watersrunning48]

dude. his playing is like a rocco prestia style

[JazzBassist66]

just had to post a correction to those guys down there lol...

it is NOT an 80's fender jazz plus, its a fender precision bass produced sometime from 1958-1967 with a jazz pickup added. (probably added at some point in the 70's)

the way to determine this is a few things, the bridge has multi slot ferrules, the neck is a standard precision 1.75 width, the tuners are the first model of tuner ever used on fender basses, and the added jazz pickup is in a non-standard 70's spacing.

[clewi1091]

@JazzBassist66 i notice it has 2 string trees. is that normal on these basses or is one added? im guessing one was added. what would be the big advantage of having 2? do you know? thanks for any info.

[FunkyRoad96]

@clewi1091 It's most common on Fender Guitars. Like Stratocasters. Due to the shape of the headstock and how it's made, you usually see those things. It's mainly for helping keep the string from popping out of the nut as well as, I'm sure it helps with keeping the gutiar in tune. ;)

[12guitarsaday]

Always a great guitar lesson on this channel

Memphis blues guitar ROCKS!

[agb222]

Thats My Teacher Mr. Danny Morris!!!!!!!!.

I love Berklee college

[spenzor33]

I'm thinkin of going to Berklee. Is it really good?

[donottawaguitar]

very cool

[raytard99]

it's a fender jazz plus bass, it has the typical jazz p/u in the treble position and p bass pick up .they made them in the mid to late 80's although i don't think too many if any are american made.

[raytard99]

it's a jazz plus bass mid to late 80S

[Tariqalhajri]

i have the same bass its really good. Though i want his colour

[saiko189]

i find it amazing that he didnt take his fingers apart the entire time, dat was kickass

[Blues4evr]

You might want to check out Rocco Prestia of Tower of Power. He uses similar technique and plays some of the best funk around (IMO),

[EChaeKang]

@saiko189 That's because he uses his index finger to fret the note and the other three to mute it.

[henry14000]

@saiko189 its a muting technique i think

[DigiRarefaction]

VERY NICE.

[charlieed19971997]

nice guitar

[renilcerym]

This makes me wish I hadn't sold my bass

[BassPlayer7p1s]

Anyone know the model of his bass? I love the color scheme but I can't find it, not to mention keller tone and epic thump. =P

[Akjepsen]

This bass is the Fender Precision bass, my friend :)

[jethrotheguy]

yup prescison definitly because if it was a jazz bass then it wud have like the two pickups parrallel

[smittyg117]

turn it up man!

[Stoplightcity]

Time for the drum solo.

[62erPrecision]

fender precisions simply rock.. the old brazilian fretboards are awesome...

[tbcass]

Very similar to Rocco Prestia's muting technique except Rocco fingers with 2 fingers.

[guitdude09]

haha thats cool , reminds me of a piece of music from lock stock and two smoking barrels or snatch i cant remember, very nice technique , wish you were my bass player haha, nice one.

[guaraguao00153]

thats one awesome fender p-bass

[foowah7]

nice. I like that groove!

[virgilita]

Great !!!

[realguitarrody89]

but man, please turn your amp of!!!^^ great playing, but please turn it of a little bit xD

blessings

[GeorgeBguitar]

He's Bass is rugged. Nice scale

[LexiconDevil360]

Dag! This cat was HURTIN' it. Has that sick "Barney Miller" feel...bad-ass bass playing.

[HcWeaner]

amazing

[deusexmachina582]

whoah man his technique is phenomanal...

feather light touch muting...

[bronzehydra3]

Gotta love the P-bass thump

[yairoka]

what a nice sound

[JohnnyBass88]

i'd like it if he change the sound of that p-bass or used a j-bass

[lighwave]

Sure has a lot of possition shifts.

[graff302420]

Danny Mo!! WOOT!

[Jimmy5491]

Great bassist, he's so smooth it almost looks like he's playing with a slide xD.

[edmundtayhokim]

haha dude...ofcourse a awesom bassist,he is a teacher at berklee dude

[babajadze]

wow.. your sound system hase to be ttly crapy if you cant hear it,cuz it sound awesome

[DavcomBass]

Must be a student of the great Rocco Prestia technique. Very nice.

[Dicksaiter]

Looks like, yes. Very Similar Style. But cool comehow. I like Prestia. But i tried to play this way. I ca't do it although i play 16 Years bassguitar. This "pseudo"-sliding and hust play with index (Prestia with middlefinger) makes me dizzy. ^^

[radmin2]

I was thinking the same thing. He probably does that to mute.

[shoshomo]

jeez guyz dont say u cant the bass...

U must FEEl the bass deep inside u...

U had to be there and hear him playing it ,only this way can u understand it's greatness

[eduardvictor]

i heard it on my sound system...

i have an Altec Lansing mx 2024 and this sounded GREAT

[jonnyandmatt]

its nice i can barely hear it tho

[plgplgplg]

I'll bet he does a great Barney Miller theme

[YankeeHotelFoxtroter]

his bass is fretted, he's a teacher of mine.

[Dai3eb]

hell yeah, nice bassin!

[rockerla]

Cant hear the bass...

[dutchfreaker]

dinndt hear anything

[vinnypjohnson]

there is fret lines on fretless bass's but that one has frets

[lowerregister]

I take classes with him. It's an antique fretted 1967 p bass

[Kurasuke]

Might those be flat wound strings?

[Demetris85]

yeah..groovy..!

[ofdarknessandlight]

its hilarious, some people saying this is fretless?! I'm sorry, are they not frets there? you don't get a fretless guitar with frets, unelss I'm mistaken...

[biscuithead44]

well, there are manufacturers that make fretless basses with lines or markers where the frets would be. and on camera or from a distance, those lines do look like frets, so i can understand why some might think it's fretless.

[waldmat]

Anyone heard of Rocco Prestia? Tower of Power? That's the style he is demonstrating, commonly known to bass players as Fingerstyle Funk.

As to the fretless vs fretted debate, it's a fretted bass, similar to what Rocco has used for over 30 years.

[wareaglebabe11]

can any 1 hear him? i have volume on max and can only hear the drums

[sonicdissent]

really like that muted style on the fingering...nice feel!

[LedKenji666]

i have a fender magazine and i saw a fretless bass with fret lines so its possible thath this one is fretless

[EVROD122]

gumbo is soup unless you are trying to make soup out of a bass guitar and a beat then keep playing cause you rock

[blahblahoww123]

fretless with fret lines.

[natetheflip]

i could jam to that beat man!

[natetheflip]

those are fret foo'. it's a fretless bass. trust us.

[mummylord2008]

That guy is so cool playing . man thats nice !!

[jangojazz]

so smooth i reckon its fretless too ! great player

[philphil311]

its a fretless for sure

u can tell when he slides

[maticus123]

its not fretless he is just muting. nice try though

[Bassthijs]

AND he's probably using flatwounds.

[quaz18]

DANNY MO!!! I learned some cool stuff from him, he's really cool!

[micolao]

It's not a fretless.

[locololas]

its just a great player lol

[dabbo99]

its not a fretless, look at his left hand technique. he is playing the note with his first finger and muting the strings with all of his others. basically he is using only one finger to play this.

[quaz18]

it's true. I've seen him play it and he even explained that he uses his other three fingers to mute the strings

[CommBreakDown]

its frettless listen to that sound...cant get it with fretts...the notes wouldn't just glide together like that on a fretted bass.

[wade99996]

I am 100% sure that that is fretless. sounds way to smooth during his slides

[P5ych00]

he's just pro and you're not lol

[itsmillertime295]

I'm actually fairly confident that's fretless.

[Crackyb]

D Mo is the man!!

[simmy80]

Can someone PLEASE pay that man...cause I know Berklee aint paying him what he should be getting!

[sharkguy91]

Its in normal tuning right?

[Liyiza]

Nice nice nice!

[barret1977]

is it a fretless?

[BadNewzBlues]

U can't see the frets? What kinda question is that?

[biba56]

this might just be a fretless. listen to the slides. many fretless basses have their frets painted on.

[bloodypalace]

Seeing as they make lined fretlesses, it's a pretty decent question. The reason for the sound is because he mutes the notes with his left hand, and i think he demonstrates how to do it on Berkleeshares. Maybe you should learn more about different bass models BadNewzBlues.

[spearmintanthony]

Some fret less basses have fret inlays

[rodlemos]

some fretless basses have fretlines painted on the fretboard as guidelines, but no frets.

[sehnsucht77]

it is a valid question, asshat. to answer barrett's question, it sounds like he is using roundwound strings on a fretted bass. some fretless basses do have fret markers which can be seen but in this case, he is just using a regular fretted basses and turning the tone down to round off the sound a bit so it can have a mellower sound without the noise from a set of roundwounds.

[snooq]

well, they could be just fret indicators

[biba56]

it might just be a fretless. listen to the slides. many fretless basses have their frets painted on for easier playing.

[sumsar92x]

no it is not a freatless bass guitar

[CGbass84]

I'm loving that tone!! Nice Job