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  • awesome descendents shirt they are a great band

  • pick is awesome

  • tabs plz

  • why are people hating on playing with a pick? Malmsteen plays a classical guitar with a pick and he gets no hate for that.

    some people are ridiculous

  • @DrFizz28 But he writes his own music, he doesn't play classical guitar with a pick, he plays classical esque music on an electric guitar. And he does get hate!

    Also sweeping with a pick is less impressive (althought a very impressive talent regardless!) as sweeping finger style takes alot more precision, if you played finger style it would be difficult to pickup a pick just to sweep. For pick-style players doing this stuff regularly makes it seem very "guitary" again that's not bad!

  • @DrFizz28 As in playing "guitary" ie high up, with a pick. Nothing wrong with that! If it sounds cool DO IT!

  • How Many years you been playing bass?

  • i fucking hate the way that on every bass video where the musician uses a pick practically 90% of the comments are hating on it. the title is about sweep picking so why not compliment his amazing effort and skill rather than just moan about it. haters have an opinion aswell but whats the point in sharing it with everyone who doesnt care and just respects the players skill. nice playing man :)

  • huh I've never tried to sweep pick before

    but out of curiosity, how would sweep picking be harder? seems like it would be a little easier! =D

  • @MegaKittyProductions A normal person has 5 fingers on each hand which is largely each to play an instrumen that has 4 strings. But when you use a pick, youhave only have only ONE pick. Get it?

  • If you say that picking is lame, then you say that Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead is lame.

    Watch your words people...

  • @FINBoggit Not only Lemmy, but also Duff Mc.Kagan, Rex Brown, David Ellefson, Jeff Hugel, and many other great bassists who uses pick

  • wow the shirt is dope, my friend! great job too!!

  • well i did not see that coming :p great job

  • sweet!

  • justin chancellor plays with a pick . . . and he's more famous than the people who comment on playing finger style is better :O

  • Nice descendents shirt!

  • I find a comment in the latest guitar word from Danny Ellefson on the pick debate that perfectly describe my feelings. He stated he can play with his fingers just fine, but he prefers the sound of the pick for his playing. Its all preference.

  • Why complain if someone uses a pick? A bass isnt finger exclusive, a p[layer should know to use whatever they can to make the sound they wish to achieve.

  • Fucking sick!!!!

  • fuck sick!!!!!

  • wow...... :0... I am at a loss for words

  • Cool, you've inspired me to focus on three string sweeps (I usually do four).

  • Pick hate is funny. It's so pathetic. It doesn't matter what you play with, as long as it sounds good. And this does.

  • another guitarist holding a bass

  • @illfortune921 What is this world coming to?

    

  • @xXxM0rbidxXx

    people trying waaaay too hard. you dont have to play as fast as you can, you should just have fun doing what you do

  • I play with a pick as well. Don't listen to the haters. People just like to look for reasons to bitch. Great job on the sweeps young padiwan. i've seen many bassists sweep you are on your way to becoming great. Keep up the cool unique shit and brush the dumb asses off your shoulders like the bass playin' pimp you are!!

  • what you should of done is turn the guitar upside down and played it lefty and picked it out with your dick! i dont get purists when it comes to picking strings. i switch from pick to finger playing all the time, it just depends what kind of feel i want for a song.

  • @ilovebluexnick are you saying that im saying he sucks or what? cuz if you read my comment i clearly support this guy. no, i cannot sweep very well, i really have no purpose nor the time to practice it. my playing style suits me well and it blows away alot of my friends so its good enough for me. when bass sweeping actually becomes necessary, i might look into it.

  • whitout pick in the hand right is better

  • Is it an intro from Muse? At least in sounds like sth from them, doesn't it?

  • lose the pick

  • wow. that was SWEET!!!

  • Really awesome sweeping dude. And guys it doesn't matter if you use a pic or not. That argument doesn't even make sense. Guitar players use there fingers and they pic all the time and no one talks or complains about it. All it is, is a personal preference on sound and style.It make no sense what so ever to bash a bass player player for using a pic. Thats just so ignorant and dumb.

  • @ilovebluexnick I'm currently working on sweeping, and he's good I just don't like picks

  • Gay he's using a pick

  • @bassmaster9860 why is that gay?

  • @jimmyEADG Seriously people are still replying to a comment I made last year?

  • @bassmaster9860 just wandering why u think its gay. i dont think music can really be gay :S

  • @jimmyEADG Because I didn't know how to appreciate the time and effort someone took into making this. I personally don't like using picks, and know many ways to get the same tone with your fingers, but this guy deserves some cred. Really he just looks like a guitarist with a bass in his hands

  • awesome! :D

  • Gah! i want to know how to do this so bad, sounds like a muse riff but im sure it's not, i wish this was tabbed out lol. Awesome work

  • This is so fcking awsome :) later i wanna make a bass solo with sweeps :P (If I'll ever learn to play that good ^^). Very nice job :)

  • this guy is good,all u dumb fucks bitching about him playing plectrum probably aint half as good.who gives a shit if he uses a pick?when one of u decides to post a video of ur sweeping,then u can play however the hell u want.but til then,let this guy play how he wants.

  • man!!!!! its a bass!!! i mean your good but you should do it with your fingers its the feeling of bass!!!! stay cool!!!

  • @NandoToxqui let him play however he wants,there is no law saying bassists should only use their fingers...

  • @MrSFblack you are right!! ummm maybe i see it like that cause thats what i like.

  • @NandoToxqui Hahaha .. where in the rulebook of bass does it say that a pick may not be used?? It just depends on the persons playing style and the sound they want to get

  • @ArkanePhantasm right - picks are fine in the proper context. I mostly play fingerstyle, and use picks for certain applications where it's necessary to create a specific sound/technique.

  • badass

  • lose the pick...faggot

  • @metallicafan979 Does anyone else seem to see the irony in this??? A guy who loves metallica enough to name his youtube page after it...bahahahaaaaa.

    Bass sweeping with a pick is fine.

  • @sedativeman this accounts over two years old.I liked them back then.Too lazy to make a new account.Don't believe me go through my favorites and see the 2 videos of them i favorited.

  • 5STARS !!!!

    COOOOOOOOOOOL !!! CAN YOU GGIVE ME TABS ? ?

  • ditch the pick

  • ha dood is that a milo goes to colege descendants shirt dood they fuckin own

  • Impressive. That is the only way i can stand bassists who use picks....

  • its funny how this guy does some sick sweeping that not 3/4 of these guys can do, and instead of complimenting him, all they do is bitch about the pick. crying about the pick is just a lame excuse to try and make him seem sucky, but in fact from personal experience, sweeping is WAY harder with a pick, so go fuck yourselves.

  • @sasukeuchihalb It's not way harder with a pick at all. At the very most its one of those things that's different from person to person, but I can sweep with a pick way more easily than with my fingers. With fingers, if you want a warm tone, you have to use your thumb on the way up and index on the way down - it's quite complex to switch between the two and keep the speed, especially if there's only one note at the high/low string.

    That said, he's pretty damn skilled and people should STFU.

  • @sasukeuchihalb true i tried them both and from personal experience pick is harder people who comment shit about him means that either they are not bassists themselves or there noobs in bass..

  • @michael96412 damn right!

  • @michael96412 REALLY? I FIND IT EASIER WITH A PICK AND HARDER WITH MY FINGERS BUT SERIOUSLY THOSE ASSHOLES SHOULD JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS GUY HAS SKILLS

  • @sasukeuchihalb

    In fairness I think picks limit what you can do on a bass but I don't look down on pick players. I agree 100% with you this shit is not easy by any means. I do this myself but I don't sweep because I'm not a fan of the sound. I dh tap the same notes I find you can play it faster that way as well and it gives it a nice sound.

  • @leadbass4thewin good job!

  • @sasukeuchihalb

    Personally, I prefer using my fingers, but using a pick creates a "rough" sound. Its whatever your personal prefrence is! People are always going to hate, just gotta find your supporters and stick to them, they'll tell you the truth

  • @sasukeuchihalb sweeping is in fact easier with a pick, this however, is good regardless. And for people hating on a style of playing, you are an idiot and cannot be considered a real musician, sorry.

  • @IAMinDreams lol, point taken. i was a bit more inexperienced at the time and kinda ranted with my comment. xD and fuck those people! lolol

  • borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring

  • TABS!

  • and page used a violin bow for guitar, but nobody complains about that.... there is no wrong way, just drastic changes in sound.

    nice sweeping.

  • hum ... without the pick now ...

  • cool man

  • Meh, bassist in my opinion should use their fingers but that doesn't mean that's the only way to play.

  • then why dont you upload a vid of you sweeping on a bass without a pick?... who gives a shit man

  • if you diddnt use a pick it would be cool... picks are for little girls

  • Sweep PICKING , its in the NAME PICKing , Sweep PICKing requires a pick otherwise its not sweep PICKING !!

  • picking isnt in the title of the video, it says bass sweeping, you'll only be a good bassist once you understand its not a guitar its a bass, its completely different and you shouldnt treat it like a guitar

  • you're a little girl.

    picks are a stylistic choice

    so thats like saying "using the treble nob more than the bass nob is for little girls"

    it actually makes sweeps harder because you only have one medium of playing as opposed to all of your fingers. and in turn the sweep is cleaner.

    so in conclusion, you're a little girl.

  • dude i play bass with and without a pick tapping sweeping poping and slaping and all that good shit so i know the bass i also play guitar so dumbass i KNOW WHEN I SAY YOUR A DUMBASS \ WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK UR TAKING ABOUT so shut the fuck up u fucking fagget

  • you'r right i dont know what i'm talking about

  • Yo picks are just another technique for bass. Its like slapping, fingerstyle, etc. Picks are used to achieve a certain sound that is more percussive than fingers. Fingers give a warm, round sound. It really is a preference on what kind of sound you're going for so respect that.

  • all of you dumbass listen to ccds2band, hes got the right attitude, there is no right or wrong way to playing any musical instrument, its all personal preferance. personally i like to use a pick, but for some things i prefer my fingers because that is the sound i am looking for

  • well i use a pick for my bass GUITAR and i see people all the time using their fingers for guitar all the time so yeah u dont no what ur talking about. a pick just gives u a ditterent type of tone and is a style choice

  • its not that badd to use a pick... but it would be better to use your fingers its more crisp I think this guy is probably a guitarist just playing a bass anyway

  • sounds kinda like new born by muse! :D

    nice!

  • nice +decendants shirt fairplay

  • hell yeah

    finn u fat boy

  • id like to see it done without a pick

    im a finger bassist and i can prob play that in a week or 2.

  • @crazmodest God youre a dick.

  • @hoygans dude chill out its true. do u play bass?

  • @crazmodest

    Yeah i do play bass. No one cares if u can play that in a week or two. And no one cares if u disapprove of him using a pick.

  • @hoygans if you read it right numb nuts i never said "pick players suck dick use your fingers"

    yeah, thats amazing, this guy has talent, and if he could master it with fingerstyle it would get him some attention. So chill

  • so take a guitar!

  • And now learn to play the bass with using a pick ;)

  • yeah thats what ive got to say.

  • well i thought that was good mate and everyone else keeps arguing about the pic situation but it kept me entertain so i will carry it on you cant play with a pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (you can really)

  • epic sir!!!

  • Five stars for sweeps on a P bass. Doesn't matter that they are 3-strings and you use a pick... That shit is hard.

  • lol their 4 string....

  • oh srry lol i just got what u said . the SWEEPING was 3 string lol srry i misread

  • Haha, it's cool, man.

  • kinda sounds like muse

  • very nice... can you do another just a little slower. I think I can see what is going on, but not quite sure. It seems like the chord gets pick all the way down and on the g string you add a hammer on/pull of and then the chord in reverse. Is that it?

  • I don't think it would've sounded very good without the pick, everyone keeps arguing about that, but honestly I think bassists can do whatever they want, just make sure everything sounds good.

  • don't be a douche, If he wants to use a pick he can, he is just as good as someone who doesnt, is someones preferance, alot of good bassist use picks.

  • LOLOLOLOL IM LAUGHING AT YOUR WPIC FAIL LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

    whew ok look to say using a pick is for fags is to say you have no musical expirence whatsoever ok. Look im a bassist and i use my fingers but there is nothing wrong with using a pick.

  • basses sound bad with picks to me. and you're a faggot for using "epic fail"

  • He sounds better than you! Your CKY cover blows fat man balls! And did you really need to comment this video twice?!?!?! Idiot! Plus Roger Waters uses a pick, so FUCK YOU!

  • who is roger waters?!

  • no comment

  • pick is ok for a clean sound, but fingers are for pride of a bassist, as in plaing with your ingers is like what the bass makes you want to do, but still either is ok, just picks are cleaner and fingers are just natural

  • nice bass

  • i don't know

    you gotta press harder on a bass

  • bass sweeps are HARDER due to spacing. but, when talking about such a matter ppl, it is all opinion.

  • Easier for me at least.

  • naw

    there so much easier

    if u have a 5 string or whatever srings are close soyou can just sweep your thumb down thenyour index finger up

    youllpick it up after 5 minutes try it

  • youre not the real nattefrost...got my hopes up...

  • thats muse huh

  • dude sweat

    love to learn could u tell me how

  • Fucking amazing!

  • wow that was really good!!! Now do that with your fingers instead of a pick :)

  • fingers?........open up your mind......it's not easy with the pick

  • I never said that it wasn't hard doing it with a pick. Believe me I've tried with both a pick and fingers. I myself play bass and know that this is hard to do, im just saying in my oppinion it's harder and sounds better when done with fingers rather than a pick.

  • thats sick.. why cant i think of what the song is

  • wtf. this is defos one of the BEST sweeping vids on youtube

  • that was really good, with that said, now play anesthesia (pulling teeth)

  • what shapes are you playing?

  • Circles and squares,

    ...mabye a Pyramid.

  • hey dude its very good, but do it with your fingers...

    i think you can do that...good luck

  • MUY BUENO!!

  • lol

  • please make a lesson vid of that!! please!!!

  • yeah i need a lesson movie two! or just hand out a link to "brianlollock" and me were we could find a tab of it ;)

  • lol yeah dude that would be great. i taught myself basic sweeps off of tabs. :/

  • this makes me mad I want tabs for this so bad : ( or can someone at least tell me what scale he's sweeping or something?

  • whoopie, hes using a pick, evidently that's out of the question or something. nice dude. better than what I can do.

  • yes it realy is u fucker

  • I can sweep, but it doesn't sound good when I do it, sounds good when you do it lol i gotta learn the sweep patterns your using.

  • skills!

    Get more strings!

  • Skills.

    I'm working on those very patterns.

    Sweeping takes too much damn patience...

  • so now lets see you sweep with your fingers. i bet u anything u cant do shit for that.

  • And I bet you can....

  • post a vid of u sweeping with your fingers, then, you can talk shit. and after that you can take those sweepimg fingers, and shove them up your ass. he's got skills. you son't.

  • good....comeback?

  • yo dude thats pretty kool... could u post a vid of that shit slower? that be nice 4 alotta us im sure

  • is the the squier p-bass? metallica blue?

  • that was sweet man, im trying to learn to sweep.. any chance you could do a video explaining those scales exactly?

    Just so i can fully understand :)

  • Rush fan, are you Ian? lol

  • 3 stars only cause you used a pick

    and yes i realize you cant play that without a pick

    but speed alone does not determine talent

    the p-bass was not built for speed

    but otherwise great tone

    are you using flats?

  • That could be played without a pick. alot of bassists sweep using alternate picking with their fingers.

  • but is it necessary to sweep on a bass?

  • it's not "necessary" to sweep on anything really. just a fun technique :)

    plus as long as it's done tastefully, it can be very musical too.

  • were musicians..of course its necessary

  • Lol, what a douche.

  • People rake with their thumb/index.

    Some people use the flesh side, others use nail.

    Maybe at this speed it might be a bit hard but its still very possible.

  • No one can sweep like that with fingers dude wtf.

  • how would fingers slow down ur left hand...just strumm up and down with ur index.

  • dude how can you not give him 5 stars this is really hard to do, and it's sounds goood.

  • I can't imagine listening to a song and hearing this as a bassline xd

  • Muse written all over it, very nice

  • yeah right... like the bassist from muse could play that....

  • dang, thats fast!

  • do it how ever you want to. im starting to pick up on sweeping and taping myself and what i tend to do when i learn something is play it slow with the pic to get it down and then i go and use fingers then to try and build speed. my only real problem with fingers is im left handed so it takes me longer because of stamina issues.

  • try to do with finger

  • that was amazing. awesome job :)