Bill Clements

[panu891]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2PlayGuitarNow]

this is amazing!! i'm not even talking about technique, but the sound! how can one produce such a sound without fingering! wow!

[Sarahxkun]

How did he do this?o.O

[BrokenWingman]

@Sarahxkun

Hammer ons and Pull offs.

[johnnybigoode]

Damm

[starsandnobodys]

Great sound, feel, and music. Well done....onward!

[mychalsimonz]

let me see you do what he's doin with both of your hands what hes doing with one..... are you serious? lol

[kaledean1]

please dont poke me

[billbaumgardener]

My old band played with Mr. Clements about 20 years ago in Kalamazoo with a band called Killswitch...I am still amazed...

[villy8778]

U?A?U?



[NightXemnas]

Plus he has some amazing groove too. Wow

[NightXemnas]

He's a better player than me.... What an inspiration!!

[rhythmisme]

Absolutely AMAZING,.... !!

[MrZanyzach]

whats the bandana for

[jt3rdeye]

@MrZanyzach

Pretty sure it's used to reduce excess noise or open strings from ringing. Vic uses a scrunchy for the same reason.

[soeffingwhat]

@MrZanyzach - Its to help mute the other Strings while he's playing so they don't keep vibrating while he's playing.

[dorkdoll]

brilliant musican brilliant determination just brilliant

[HoleyCrapFilms]

i wanna see the size of his left forearm compared to his right.

[CaptainAustus]

@HoleyCrapFilms ... i dont think he has one.

[Planerian]

Would be cool if there was a groove or melody.

[Mr3wbc]

Brilliant. Well done

[SeanHart213]

Great bassist! And don't use God as the reason this happened, this man accomplished this himself and deserves all of the credit.

[stinkriverstudios]

How cool is this? Bill is standing right behind me and told me simply to type his name in and this bad ass shit pops up! Bravo Billy!

[bummegood]

Respect!! Lesson to all the folk who winge and wine about failing after being dealt a bad hand in life (no pun intended).

[demonikdekay]

this has to make Les Claypool feel completely inadequate

[eatingperson]

Fast fingers, if only he weren't playing a bunch of noodly bullshit.

[MrBassinyerface]

Wow that's great to see! Losing a hand (my worst nightmare) but innovating and keeping on is just so admirable. Making wicked phrases too, favorited!

[TheKungFuProductions]

Can't imagine how good he would be with two hands.

[Snapplarn]

what a bass-tard!!!

[jimmytaaffe]

damn.

[markabejero]

God Exists!

[floydzepdeep]

just to add.. I am a guitarist and naturally one of my worst fears is loosing even a finger!!!! How inspirational is this guy? Hope not to offend any amputees out there but could this man be motivation to those still comming to terms. Dunno his history, just throwing the obvious out there.

[floydzepdeep]

Does he have special strings, fretts or ultra-sensitive pick ups? Man, hammering like this is hard enough on guitar. Fuck he must be strong! Determination against the odds I guess. Super cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bamboosa]

He wraps a bandana or something around the first or second fret, like a capo. Hm.

[rawrawr6666]

@bamboosa usually its to prevent any kinda excessive noise or buzzing when tapping

[rteddy3]

I'm going to place this one in the Advanced/Master Category!!! Don't know what is up with the (2) dislikes... I suspect the wrong button was hit :-|

[cranie4]

And the best thing is he has better attack and is cleaner than 2 handed players.

[Niika6666]

jesus it took me a minute to realize he only had one hand

[buskerudman]

Man, total respect to him!

[cmteclaudios]

Wait! That's something wrong! Because Justin Bieber tooks this guys place!

[MrTroyswann]

hammer on`s from hell!! lol.. damnit man!!!

[Xandreazxd]

how the hell are you supposed to play bass with one hand??!?!?!?!?!?

[mijonja]

@Xandreazxd Tapping...

[jayroll005]

No excuses for anyone. Speechless...

[Puglover810]

The man just rocks!!!

[jackinho333]

i clicked this cause he looked like Hetfield on the thumbnail

[macynoah32]

if you have a motar tied arond the bass top u can play with one hand

[Machru]

Fan-bloody-tastic!!! What a guy!!



[jordythebassist]

Absolutely incredible!! Nobody could possibly bad mouth anything about his left hand technique as he doesnt even have a right hand to use!! On a side note, I wonder how low his action would be. My basses haven't exactly got a high action, that would be virtually impossible to play...

[kyliothegreat]

i play metal. if i didn't have a right hand i'd be fucked

[eclipse4769]

Yeah I played with Bill Clements up in Kalamazoo at the Corner bar last year with him(Seperate band, up around the same time). Came for a charity we were holding. Guy is phenomenal!

[Nekuriddo]

That dude surely has strong fingers

[akrotirifry9]

1:26... how on earth does he do that???????

Honestly, there's some seriously amazing technique going into this....

[pumpkinking39]

he plays it so smoothly like its nothing his left hand must be ridiculous

[MetalT95]

he is joe satrianis evil twin brother xd

[yogsothoth2099]

i am a bass player and this dude has more talent in his pinky finger than me in my entire body

[xT3hDoct4hHsojx]

Yeah yeah, great playing... but what would amaze me is if he tied the bandanna on the end of the bass neck without any help... lol

[shootmybum]

Think of how much treble he uses to get a sound!!!!!!!!!!

[MegaLaserfreak]

Bass HERO!

[MrMaxWatts]

Truely inspiring!!!! Cool bruh!!!

[Thexedhead]

I know how you feel

[martinmariboe]

satan took revenge from the rock off challenge that this guy defeated him in and took his right hand

[sebas346]

I can't do this in i've got 5 hands!!!!!!!!!

[yella030]

This guy is great... You can do everthyything if you have strong will, and even when you don't have anything what is need, in this case is right arm...

[brelabrole]

And Slap ? Where is the SlapPart ? Fuck.

[Prehm]

fascinating but i dont like the music.



[Emulatorgamer]

imagine how a girl must feel when that hand is fingering her pussy

[drumkey23]

@Emulatorgamer lol



[sk8rocksick1]

this is hammer on/pull off insanity!!

[theolevy]

i bet he lost his hand to awesomnes

[Jcahalane]

He's got a "You've got two hands and you can't even do this" look on his face.

[nuke97]

All of a sudden both my hands feel retarded :(

[mangosnake]

Man his fingers must be so strongs.

I bet they can kill a man

[TheAlphafly]

@mangosnake

No but he can play him

[spiXell]

geniuss

[XcatisX]

Man if I lost one of my hands I dunno what Id have to live for. This guy's a total inspiration.

[ESOTERICALADEPT]

One-arm Satriani was my EXACT thought!!

This dude really deserves some recognition, I say!!

[MyTickleMonster]

You stole my last name ..

[smoorebassist]

that fucking tone!

[easypeesylemonsquezy]

This is inspirational, im going to learn bass with all my heart, If he can do it so can I

[Jcahalane]

@easypeesylemonsquezy How are you getting on?

[link3775]

he has it easy, to be honest. he has been forced to play with one hand from when he started, thus he can only tap. Also he gets props because he can play an instrument with one hand, yay.

[TraceofHatred]

@link3775

not true, he started with 2 hands then lost his hand and forearm in an accident, He had to adapt, which once you get good at something it's hard to keep going with it in a completely new way.

[billville111]

@link3775

He said he still feels the intense pain every second with the same intensity as when the accident happened.

It's called phantom pain.

Slam you hand in a car door and then go play a gig and not complain.while squirting blood all over the place.

This guy is a hero.

Bill

[eldrickenji]

he's an observer guy from fringe !

[gmcelula]

amazing

[music2012]

-one is all you need-

[ViciousBeatle]

I wish God would smite me with a sexy gift like this! It's not fair! XD

[MrPyroguru]

Two words:

FUCKING AWESOME!

[DelDuio]

Well, Superman! You may foil my evil plans all the time but can you do THIS?!

[StratBurst92]

Outstanding!!!!

[KhidirD2K]

even if i have 4 hands...i wouldnt be able to do what he does. This is pure talent and hardwork. an inspirtation to all of us.

[Creature286]

thats my great great grand fother.

[shaners12345]

This is impressive but I was looking for hockey Bill Clements

[willyanko]

it's the shame for me, i have 2 hands and i can't do it like him!

i give him all my praise and grats!

awesome!

[franoX0]

WTF? 1337!

[Gudinoman]

Ha he just walks up and leaves

[ricardinhomascaro]

Monster of Tapping!!!!

RESPECT!!!!!

[ArmedBobbery]

unbelievable, to be inspired is a beautiful thing.

[CamW91]

Good God, there is no way I could play that with both hands. This is some real talent. Great stuff, keep it coming man. Just awesome!

[thescubacult]

Bravo! Mr. Clements left handed prowess is unparalleled. Excellant modal movement as well.

Turn it up!

[awesomejohnnet]

All my respect and admiration,

Can you imagine the vast amount of hard practice he must have put into getting this good?

And the mental challange of doing this single handed?

Shit this takes balls of steel.

God Bless!

[stefanoroma88]

simply amazing...respect for you music man!!

[sokolovpople]

he hasnt hand but hes fuckin amazing

[MrRivethead]

Very nice work.

[Fabbro993]

respect for you

[xwexbitex]

REALLY impressive!

[Talvegue]

HOLY SHIT! I won't be able to play like that with two hands, not even in a million years

[ricardinhomascaro]

Satriani of Bass!!!

Fucking awesome!!!

[BigAddz2k7]

wheres rick allen when you need him, 2 armed drum n bass FTW!

[CrankUpTheAmps]

What an inspiration!!!

[phillip357]

wow its pretty much a piano for him :P

[fondoogle]

bwowowowowowowowowow

[JACOBASS95]

how does he plays so fucking clean by playing with one hand!! omg this guy is great

[wxb200]

He uses a hair tie to dampen the strings at the nut... Great bassist, I'm not a big fan though.

[HenriqueLopes23]

he uses the hair elastics, that keeps the strings from ringing.

[Risenwind]

amazing feeling ! This guy is awesome !!!

[nebbishy]

Oh man, it's not fair. I have two hands and I'm not even close to being this good.

[kronos6948]

Amen. Same here, man...same here.

[pataflafla14]

Does anyone know what he's playing at the begining?

[mtinbdos]

sounds like he is a jaco fan....AMAZING

[thasnargoblin]

he looks like a one armed joe satriani on bass

[sangsaratrip]

Bill Clements has the coolest lines

[Icepacalapse]

He did an interview with some crazy guy and it is truly inspiring.

Bill Clements is good for the world.

[EnergizerBunny804]

shit! I can't do this and I've got two hands

[music2012]

@EnergizerBunny804 Me neither and I've got three!

[dudefromutopia]

@EnergizerBunny804 well then... chop one off already

[EnergizerBunny804]

@dudefromutopia fuck that

[Abnormalproductions2]

@EnergizerBunny804 Don't need two hands.

[Skater12216]

Fantastic

[norttog4]

Do you practice in your car in between hauling jobs?

[TJandVideo]

Simply amazing.

[bigbatistag]

imagine if he had a right arm

how much better he'd be

[thenegativecreeps]

actually if he had a right arm it would probably get in the way

[Theanarchistatheist]

Agreed haha.

I really wish I could play the way he does. I love the tone he gets from the tapping.

[MikeOnBassGuitar]

I notice the rag tied round the end. James Jamerson style. What an awesome talent, those fingers must be super strong.

[Underflipp]

its so it wont ring when he does pull offs and such.

[jonjonjonmw3]

I always thought it was for muting the notes (as he doesn't have the right hand to do that :P )

[buttcracker97]

WOW!!!!!

[Underlopex8]

AWESOME!!

[Underlopex8]

AWESOME!!

[drandydds]

Met him at NAMM show in Anaheim during the weekend. Super nice guy along with talent.

[GuillaumeThekkadath]

some critics think he plays too many notes

[bowiemott]

I think most of those critics are envious so they have to come up with something to complain about.

[NickInMesa]

That's because his only available technique is hammering (duh), which does not allow for a lot of a sustain, as you can hear in his longer notes. That is why he has to pop a bit more notes that your average bassist.

[Binkulak]

look at his fuckng fingers!! it looks like just moving, but sounds like a mastaaa;D great

[esbroker]

Awesome

He looks like Lex Luthor from Smallville

[WalClaypool]

just think...hes the best tapping bassist in the world. ill bet he likes that position after knowing that tapping is one of the hardest techniques to master.

[happyslappysoong]

Feel sorry for the guy. you can tell he really loves the bass.

[FTJBinc]

He started playing when he was 13 and he lost his arm when he was in his 20's I think, there was an article on him a while back in Bass player weekly.

[germanprog]

... did somebody know if Bill loose his arm before or after starting playing bass? In every case he is breathtaking. Deepest respect for his bass skills and even his skills to transform bad fortune into a winning position. Bill you are an idol!

[schecterGman]

1:07 to 1:19

HOLY FUCK...

[katsounas11]

you 've got to be kidding me!!!!this guy jusst became a legend to me!

thnk u for this inspiring footage!

[alexmathew09]

I bet this guy pleases his woman................XD Great Player

[welookedlikegiants12]

wow.

[TAZ8593]

If you think about it Bill is at an advantage to other bassists because he only has one hand, that means his playing is much more clean. He does however need to press harder.

he is extremely skilled and i respect him.

[fenderbass8]

explain me please why is playing with 2hands less clean? what makes it?

[TAZ8593]

because sometimes one hand will be slower than the other

[R0b1zzle137]

That guy literally has more talent in his left hand than a whole lotta people.

[ledsabbath165]

I hear the Drummer has three hands..

[papermatemusic]

Haha, that's terrible. :p

[adryw]

this man is so talented

[openroad88]

Cool Stuff..Great playing!

[abebass90]

Bill Clements.....

He is a Handed God!!!

[clemo64]

for one handed he's amazing!!

[runtodemhills]

Hell, I don't think I could do that with 2 hands!! XD

[thehumancarp]

even if he were 2 handed he would be amazing with that amount of skill in the left hand

[snusansmammut]

Very good drummer, never heard of no drummer named Clements, was he that guy from Skid Row who changed names because he didnt want to be taunt for quitting the band?

[Elswalbe]

The Bassist is Clements, not the drummer.

[MOPEDALS]

THAT DRUMMER IS A MONSTER!!! but that bassist is kinda so so

[TheRhetorics]

THAT DRUMMER IS A MONSTER!

[tdollar4465]

where are you from in michigan the creek i no his brother and my music producer is good friends with him and told me to check it out hes sweet