Guitar Center Sessions: Billy Sheehan - Solo Bass Performance

[VARGVAI2]

dios mando a la tierra a billy sheehan para que todos los que intentamos tocar el bajo sepamos donde nunca vamos a llegar...

[RIVR2319]

3:21 O_O FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUCK

[aharonfreeman]

Look at his pinky when he uses his third finger...

It's moving just as fast as all the other fingers, but it's just in the air...

[TheOriginalFire93]

I've always wondered why Guitar Center doesn't sell Hartke..

[gojirason]

no wonder why hes in the same band as paul gilbert, HOLY SHIT!!!!

[jeffgnr]

when he played that same fret with every single finger, i was like WTF

[commando7144]

i seen him in talas back 30 yrs ago playing the lead guitarists neck while playing bass and vice versa with the guitarist and blew the crowd away back then.billy has been an always will inspire my playing

[dmohr7]

at 0:35 look at his face

[action1ist]

Your all jealous!!! I know I am!!! Who can blow their wod with all kinds of super fast different licks and changes on the bass for 7:00 minutes?? Not you wankers posting!! Outstanding Mr. Sheehan!!! You have been the one to watch for 30 years!! Thank you!

[muazmunawwor]

I salute u SIR BELLY SHEEHAN

[kellyisvlogging]

that just sounds like noise to me

[sum16kwt]

what neck pickups does he use?? and what bridge pickups?

[zeppelin25101980]

@sum16kwt both "will power" pickups by dimarzio

[kollodysoul]

ele é fera demais...ele tem o estilo dele...abriu o territorio dele no mundo do baixo, só ele pisa, só ele sabe!Solo incrivel

[svtrs1]

One thing is for shure, he can play fast and look better than a guitar player

[KnowlesandFinn6270]

Cliff burton is better :D haha

[jwanbass]

I love Billy Sheehan but 7min of shredding?

[swapnochand]

Craziest stuff by Billy Sheehan so far. :P :P :P

[AhavaRabboh]

Now I know what means the term: "Love at first sight."

[GMSamuelRhine]

@AhavaRabboh more like love at first strum

[Nijones1110]

I'd love to see the look on the guys face that asked him to play the root note

[giggs102]

oh sheit. hes palying that thing... like a guitar. haa

[Vanjal]

BOOOORRRRRIIIINNNNGGGGG !!!!! Most boring bass player alive.

[TheJericho562]

@Vanjal Hahaha you're being sarcastic?

[MonkeysOnRiot]

can i get the tabs for this? hahaha

[alixcho]

why does he have 2 wires going into his guitar?

[NapoleanXV]

@alixcho One for each pickup

[billyfan8305]

Although I am a big Sheehan fan, I do admit that after seeing pretty much ALL of his solo videos, at some point he basically winds up playing things I've seen before..and it does/can become boring..But hardcore slap players face the same thing..At some point you're just playing the same patterns over and over..I bet comin up with something different after 40 some odd years of playing must be difficult

[crisDAwog]

everyone stfu billy is freaking awsome i dont even play bass but dam he uses all 4 fingers dam

[crisDAwog]

dam bill and flea are my fav bassists

[sushiking56]

hes talented, he plays super fast, but i just think that some parts just sound like shit

[spray32]

4:14

wizardy

[skillzdatkillz900]

he plays it like a god!

[slapfish]

WANK WANK WANK WANK WANK WANK WANK

[johnnymac1986]

@slapfish yes i agree it is masturbation, but on some level it is inspirational

[slapfish]

@johnnymac1986 true.

i do think he's talented. and this a good video.

just wank

[MarshmallowJesus]

THIS GUY IS INSANE

if only i could play like him

[legomanxd449]

0:37 his face!!

[PurpleHazeMaster]

thats great and all, but that was just a distorted flurry of notes. He's great but, im not really impressed. sorry.

[greensp4rk]

imagine how strong his grip must be, it takes serious finger strength to tap on a bass with low distortion

[dwsabianguy]

I wish he would leave his distortion off. It's always been my biggest gripe with big Mr. Sheehan; his distorted bass tone sounds awful. I mean, hell, with his distortion off, there's note clarity!

[mathhias42]

holy shit!!!!!

[hyunhyun21]

these kind of guys I just consider guitar players who pick up a bass once in a while.

[dkiller94]

why nobody clap their hands??

I think I might collapsed if I'm standing in the crowd.

He's my god  Forever

[pool741]

MY BASS GOD

[C0ffe3Shop]

Ja pierdole jaki kox xD

[cexo123]

Es una bestia del bajo...

S O R P R E N D E N T E

He is a beast of the bass...

A W E S O M E

[geetarmandan]

Billy always manages to sound great at first listen, although listening back (and I'm sure he's improvising) a lot of it seems luck over judgement that he's got those notes in that order. Which scares me. Even more so when I can listen to it 4 or 5 times and still see different things he's doing to get the sounds. And then I try and translate what he does to a gutiar and it boggles my mind that those sorts of things can be done on a bass!

[spinner1208]

i think he found the brown note.. cuz i pooped myself

[solarpower49]

@spinner1208 i second the brown note

[cfrancisco74]

Billy has played & traded licks w/ my 2 favorite guitarists: Steve Vai & Paul Gilbert and held his own! He is phenominal and such a cool guy!

[MannyBlue65]

That's funny, Guitar Center doesn't even sell Hartke amps. 

[StevewiththePbass]

@MannyBlue65 oh wow, i hadn't even thought about that lol. oh well, free advertising for Sam Ash, which just happens to be directly across the street from the Guitar Center i shop at...ironic huh?

[FEAROWNAGE]

@MannyBlue65 They don't sell crate amps either

[ChristianBurrell]

the tone sucks (in my opinion) but his playing is amazing

[MortaniusTaijou]

This is totally bad ass! Billy Sheehan is a bass god!

[trijigon]

up to when the distortion is engaged, this sounds like me when i am frustrated to a point where i just start smacking the crap out of my bass.

[metallman9]

Is this "Billy Sheehan Shreds"? I haven't seen one of these in forever. lmao, This doesn't sound any better than when I ACTUALLY go to Guitar Center.

[elboberto7]

the only problem with this guy is you dont have to play super fast to be good

[tripledotXBL]

no one cares its base...

[FlashyManDance1]

@tripledotXBL ..... i see someone passed 3rd grade ^_^

[IamHoroHoro]

@tripledotXBL aaaaaand i bet you couldnt play that if you tried and its spelled bass moron

[johnpdiddyo]

wow what a master of the electric bass

[XiXGuitarDemonXiX]

This is only cool because he's playing bass. There are guitarists out there that can do much more awesome stuff than this. BRING ON THE TROLLING.

..S'true though.

[tugaJP112]

@XiXGuitarDemonXiX lol yeah, but he's playing bass like you said..

[oBIGxREDo]

@XiXGuitarDemonXiX Lets hand a bass over to a guitarist, make him pluck as well and see how he does.

[ManosRK]

his sound sucks, or maybe it is thew sound of the video but he's the AWESOMEST BASSIST ON THE PLANET :D

[avafreak252]

are those 2 outputs for his guitar? never seen that before. anyone know what that's for?

[blackstars26]

@avafreak252 he can plug into two amps and change between them with the flick of a switch

[dyerknight]

@avafreak252 He has a stereo bass one input is for the neck pickup ( DiMarzio Will Power - formerly the Model One pick up ) the other is for the p pickups. He seperates his tone with the neck pickup sending the lower growl tone to one speaker cabinet and the mid to high range of the bass goes thru the p pick ups and into a different cabinet. If you take notice he has two heads and two cabinets to acheiev his stereo effect.

[omatu1]

one of the most amazing bassists of the decade.

[suihkubad]

@omatu1 decade? Lol.

[omatu1]

@suihkubad well yea! and he'll continue forward through next decade as he did :D

[Zavaga15]

Re Malaka O Tupos Den Uparxei...........Korufh

[SJ9495]

didnt he play with steve vai?

[Zavaga15]

@SJ9495 I Think He Play With Paul Gilbert

[SJ9495]

@Zavaga15 He did. Search "Steve Vai - Jiboom"

[Zavaga15]

@SJ9495 Ok Thanks

[SomethinWild]

@SJ9495 He played with Vai, with Satriani and many others. With Paul Gilbert he played in Mr Big and he was also the bassist of the legendary G3 tours around Satriani/Vai... most inspiring fellow.

[MrNeosantana]

Do You Think He'd Accept A Request From Me For Him To Be My Bassist?

[MrNeosantana]

Yamaha, 4 Strings < Epic Bassist

The Guitar Is Only As Good As The Player

[NeckPickup]

hail zenu

[MrArsenioOro]

incredible the sound and melodies he gets with that 4 string yamaha and some people including me have the need to have duble the amount of string for what? Bravo Sheehan, amazing like always

[luchorock]

amazing, a really unique style and sound

[MrAdammassacre]

not impressed if i was honest

[RaidenNoKishi]

I love Billy's playing, be it solo or with Vai, Mr. Big, or anywhere else, but the man seriously needs a bridge pickup. When he's playing at full throttle, there's not enough note definition. A good Jazz Bass pickup by the bridge would do wonders.

[mhollandtag]

Amazing!! Billy is bad ass!

[cjdavda]

Holy shit I didn't know this was the guy that toured with Steve Vai. He's a total hoss!

[alvarez1284]

No offense to Mr. Sheehan or anybody here, but he plays with the same style as Steve Vai and he should go back to Vai's band. But again thats just me!!!!! UBERLY AWESOME STUFF!!!!!!!!!!

[kripp71]

Crap...

[deadlock4]

Just watching this video is making my fingers tired :P

Sheehan = God

[RichardA5150]

Shred Bass at it finast