Primus - Tommy the Cat - LRRG

[residentevilfreakify]

great job but nat a fast as les



[celticsdude11]

Awesome :D even got the claypool bobbbing down XD

[Mr5stringBob]

Great job Pook - you have a lot of videos and I haven't seen many of them I admit -like the tone you have here. Keep rockin' bud!

[progrockcoffee]

Great playing, great tone, nice job!

[progrockcoffee]

Great playing, great tone, nice job!

[progrockcoffee]

Great playing, great tone, nice job!

[vectron12]

old sr500 ftw

[senna01]

It's not flowing... Needs more cowbell!

[PosterDoucheBag]

Not too shabby...

[mucocele]

Bass? i need to see this!!

[royiscool88]

Very good

[TSTFlameRetardant]

That attempt is so full of win, c'mon, I think you did a frigging good job, I think Les would be proud :D

And just purely for my ego... :P. how long have you've been doing the bass now?

And did you learn it from tabs or by ear?

Keep it going dude :o, as I was writing this comment you were doing the bass solo - you FUCKER, that AWESOMELY well done :D

All glory to Les Cla- Hypnotoaad....

[PookLowEnd]

@TSTFlameRetardant Thanks!

I've played bass for about 9 years or so, with 6 years of guitar before that.

I learned this song by watching a tutorial in YouTube, after not being able to figure it out by ear!

[EurynomusBH]

@PookLowEnd Mind me asking what tutorial you used to learn this? I can't figure it out by ear either.

[PookLowEnd]

@EurynomusBH No sir, I do not mind you asking. I learned it by watching JCThumbs' tutorial. I found it very useful :)

[CKBclan]

what does "LRRG" mean



[ThePsychoMike]

@CKBclan Living Room Rock God.

Is LRRG an official thing? 

[PookLowEnd]

@ThePsychoMike What do you mean by "official"?

[ThePsychoMike]

@PookLowEnd Do I have to join anywhere or something like that?

[Bigtrucks1986]

Go go SDGR, I own one myself. I have a black finish on it but I'm liking your wood finish.

[enterthetoucan]

Awesome cover. Is that AnnaMolly By Incubus in the Intro?

[PookLowEnd]

@enterthetoucan Yes it is, sir. Thank you very much :)

[richie1303]

kk ive seen enough, im subscribing xD... 1 more thing :) what is lrrg ( i know it stands for living room rock gods) and what anout tribute is not theft? ^^ slate me if you must, i dotn really care but would really liek to know :)

[PookLowEnd]

@richie1303 Thanks man! Very kind of you! - LRRG is a community of YouTube musicians who like to have fun playing and who are against the abuse of big record labels who want to prevent us from doing so :)

[njnetsfan524]

the air was thick with cat calls no pun intended, nice cover

[pridefighter93]

dude insane

[enterthetoucan]

Very nice! what kind of bass it that?

[PookLowEnd]

This is a now-retired Ibanez Soundgear (I cant remember the model) :)

[AiDsJiM]

you did pretty well dude

[taufoofar]

The only thing that wasn't right is that your bass isn't a six string fretless Carl Thompson... other than that, that was pretty awesome!

[Spifftastic90]

You think you and ZIF could get together? I would be awesome.

[PookLowEnd]

That's a good idea. I don't know about him, but I'd love that :) Thanks man!

[odertube]

Yes, best Tommy the Cat bass cover on the net... well done dude, you kick ass!

[ThePantryMaster]

Might give this one a go on my fretless 6 string. That's a really nice sound you've got going on there.

[viniciovp4ever]

you guys off LRRG are the best ever

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, man :)

[roozbehbey]

Best tommy the cat cover on the net ;) sounds clean and goes with the tune nicely , great job m8

[josephj735]

that was the best Tommy the Cat LLRG ive seen ever!!! even Better than ZodiacIronFist's video for it. no offence ZIF.

[jtdrofnas]

waiting for the bass solo to come in,  .nice! your worthy, i subscribed.

[CastUntoTheWolves]

friggin' awesome

[papichulo97531]

i wish i have more hands... so i can give this video FOUR THUMBS UP!

[jpbass150]

especially that solo and alternate riff near the end. SAY BABEHHHHH!!!!!!!

[jpbass150]

Don't worry about any mistakes you made. I didn't notice any but one about 1/3 of the way through. Such a great job, such talent and expertise.

[ragglefraggle09]

3:39 haha that kinda reminded me of a groundhog

awesome cover 5/5

[beardyalhand]

WOW! thats cool, whats the tuning like on it? im wanting to play primus so bad but i jus cnt keep up.

[PookLowEnd]

I didnt use a tab; I used an instructional video by JCThumbs; I suggest you use that, it helped me out A LOT!

[PookLowEnd]

Wow, thanks Florian! Sweet bass you've got, man.

[spursfandotcom]

wicked cover !!

[patient1234]

AWESOME DUDE...VERY NICELY DONE.And great tone and sound.PEACE

[itachi456789]

SHE WAS LOOKIN FOR THAT HE CAT

[Drratburn]

That's what I meant. Read my comment again maybe? I never compare "To Defy.." to "Tommy the Cat", I merely compare those two songs to John the Fisherman, which is BY FAR the easiest Primus song (on bass).

[Harlequin374]

Great video. My problem is that bass solo bit. I've just no idea where to begin to even attempt that.

[PookLowEnd]

As you can see from this video, neither do I :)

[Harlequin374]

Aw man don't say that. It sounded great. Seriously, I don't even know what you're doing there, so I wouldn't know how to play it.

[mateusf95]

very very very good!

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks!

[adims654]

you even bounce up and down like Les! great cover man

[Drratburn]

I usually just hook a guitar distortion pedal in, and it usually sounds so bad that it just..works, then I turn it off when the song starts, haha.

[Drratburn]

Are you serious? John the Fisherman was one of the first songs I learned when I played bass. JtF cannot compare to Tommy the Cat. A HARD Primus song is 'To Defy the Laws of Tradition'.

[gillylfc]

I started learning this, but I realised I sucked quite considerably. You nailed this, kudos!

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you very much!

[PookLowEnd]

Already done it. Twice :)

[RedPirate42]

... that's what she said XD

I'm sorry, had to do it

Awesome vids man!!

My favorite is the bouncy "sacred cow"

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you :)

[PookLowEnd]

Muchas gracias :)

[Seledin16]

Sick! Awesome! :D

[ilovetool420]

hey man u think u could hooks mewith these tabs

[Harkor666]

what is this bass ?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks!

[HK271]

that song in your intros is anna molly right?

[PookLowEnd]

Yup. Good ear :)

[ArtisianRadio]

i bounce up and down too when i play primus :D

[dreinhart1234]

Dude your a god!!!!!!

The way u did the solo at 3:14 was amazing!

U use tabs?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot man!

No, I dont. I usually learn songs by ear. This one, however, I learned from a tutorial right here in YouTube.

[maynardjonescarey]

man thats is cool ive tried but there is no way lol great job dude

[PookLowEnd]

Just practice, sir! I used to think the same and now I can semi-play it! XD

Glad you like!

[CODEEmx527]

great job, is this standard tuning?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks! And yeah: EADG tuning.

[PickYourBonezOut]

dude this song is really hard and you did a great job on it infact i think if you had a band you would be a great bass player for them

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you! :)

[mgibuk]

well played

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks :)

[Hodge1215]

Again,

nice cover dude! :]

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you! :]

[JunacCRO]

awesome dude

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you very much :)

[GassyCoke]

Hey, seriously, how long have you been playing?

[PookLowEnd]

Como 8 años ya...

[LRRGisAwesome]

For some reason I thought your Ibanez Was black?!?! TOMMY THE FRIGGIN' CAT!

[PookLowEnd]

It is. That's my former Ibanez XD

[LRRGisAwesome]

What happened to it?

[PookLowEnd]

It's currently in retirement.

[LRRGisAwesome]

Haha really?

[PookLowEnd]

Yes :)

[LRRGisAwesome]

How old is he/she?

[PookLowEnd]

She. Amanda :). Wow, she's about to be 10, Im guessing. She was the first bass I ever bought... well no, not really. Really the second, but the first I don't count.

[LRRGisAwesome]

One of the weirdest songs I have ever heard. Haha The bass riff was great though! Les would be proud.

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you!

[LARAZAHHH]

You Are Awesome! maxvote

[PookLowEnd]

Grazie mile, Mr. AHHH! XD

[Slayter97]

Iight, thanks. It sounded cool so I was just wondering.

[Slayter97]

Nice cover man. What do you do for the solo part? That always messes me up.

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks man. I don't know what the hell Im doing during that part, to tell you the truth. I was so excited that I was finally able to play that song that completly forgot about the solo and just though "oooh craaaaaapp" when I got to it and improvised (and sucked) all of it.

However, I suspect the muted part of the solo is exactly like the muted solo in "Lacquer Head", but Im only guessing here.

[BountyHunter233]

i can nearly play this and i know you wont need hints and tips but play the slide on a 5 string B i found i can sound much more like the song just try ;D

[PookLowEnd]

I can play it on a 4 string just fine by now, but thanks for the tip :)

[JakeTheBassist91]

Damn your pretty good. This song is impossible for me at the moment but I'll get it eventually. I still want to see someone cover Is it Luck? by primus and I think the only man that can do it is you.

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, Jake. Much appreciate it, buddy. I haven't even dared to try "Is it Luck?"... it's just too fast to figure out what the hell he's doing!

[MomanROTR08]

Both you and zodiakironfist did an awesome job at this. It's a great song, and (this goes for a lot of Primus songs) it's mostly more fun on the bass; you get to play this awesome riff and beat it, it's great. Even as a guitar player I love to play this song. Well done, man. 5 Stars!!!!! >X)

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, man!!

[IAmBassist]

whats that thing you do when u wave your hand over it

[PookLowEnd]

Over what?

[IAmBassist]

your pickups. you do it at 3:47-3:50

[PookLowEnd]

Oh, I gently hit them (making sure I dont do that hard enough so it will hit the pickup) and build up the strength to give the resulting sound. It's actually a very simple move, but the 10 frames per second recording makes it look weird.

[aJazzcat]

wow dude you play this perfectly...no LRRG's give themselves any credit at all lol

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot, dude :)

[PolaHrvat]

Perfect, can u send me the tabs that would be nice :). thx.

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you :). Unfortunately I don't use tabs. Sorry :(

[PolaHrvat]

Oh okey :P.

[CosaNostraDeSantis5]

How do you get the title of LLRG? btw, you rock man! Keep it up!

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks dude. What do you mean how did I get the title?

[CosaNostraDeSantis5]

at the beginning it says LLRG, you just give yourself that acronym?

[PookLowEnd]

Ah, no. It's a community of cool people who just like to play. We even have a web site and message board :) The who thing was started by zodiakironfist (although he'll probably denied he started it, saying he just gave it a name).

[CosaNostraDeSantis5]

Whats the site, I want to check it out. I've been playing bass for two years, no lessons, but I can definitly tackle the Claypool pretty easily.

[PookLowEnd]

The LRRG site's URL it's on the info area in my channel (since I can't write it here).

[IAmBassist]

perfectly played! I didnt catch 1 mistake.

DEFINITLEY 5/5! btw I am favoriting this.

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you very much :)

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot, man :)

[Limpstein]

Hey man, awesome playing as always. My wife wants to put in a request lol. She says she wants to see you get jiggy. She says "since you play bass you need to act more like Flea"

[PookLowEnd]

LOL. Well, I'm a very shy person, but I've started to loosen up a bit. This you can even see on my videos, since the first ones are me just playing sitting down, then I got up and now I even show my face!. Even wore a top hat for another one as a tribute to a friend. Other times I find it tough to do something else because I'm really concentrating in not fucking the song up, and finally, it's hard to move when you're all plugged in a computer! But Ill try to loosen up more :)

[kfeng3231]

i love your taste in music. i think you should do a cover on jerry the race car driver by primus or nobody weird like me by rhcp or stone cold bush by rhcp

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot for commenting :). "Jerry" would be a tough one, since I don't do much tapping. I'll see what I can do about the other two!

[keo217]

PRIMUS SUCKS!!!!!!

[PookLowEnd]

THEY DO! Thanks, man!. :)

[MrBrawl]

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The most accurate cover I've heard! I really wish I could do this tune above all other Primus tunes. It's so cool. Excellent job!

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, man! :)

[M0rbiDFreaK]

Very Nice job! Keep it up

Is the 480 active?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, man! :) It is active, yes.

[EpicStorm1992]

lol!!!! you're defenetly next les!!! have you got a band?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, man! Im just starting with this new band. We'll see how things go! :)

[ianisyourmaster]

Hey what kind of bass is that? Sounds super hot, and looks damn cool too

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks! It's an Ibanez Soundgear SR 480

[ianisyourmaster]

Oh man amazing, I only have a GSR200 :-X but I'm using the measurements to make my own hopefully

[wes1234560]

patched up a few in my attempt haha thanks

and real nice job man

[PookLowEnd]

Thank you!

[Weemonkey9]

Ahh when you were like goin up and down it was fuckin with the eyes.

Wicked, playing and as you said, a few mistakes, but everyone makes 'em so whatever lol.

[PookLowEnd]

Lol. Thanks, man :)

[buzzinbuzzbuzz]

hey man that s pretty cool, think the pops on the high G need to be slightly more stacato'd, as in shorter yeah, the solo is a little messy an some of the fills are a lil wrong, use ur 3 fingers to tap the end of da solo on 3 strings yeah, but good playing tho...

[PookLowEnd]

Hell yeah, it's full of mistakes, it's Tommy the Cat! I lost a couple of fingers playing it! XD

Thanks for commenting.

[buzzinbuzzbuzz]

criticism well taken, fair play...

[PookLowEnd]

Criticism always well taken as long as you're not aggressive or annoying about it, which you weren't :)

[PookLowEnd]

Wow, thanks man!, glad you like it! :)

[ShitsKife]

holy christ. that's fucking ridiculous.

kudos man... i don't think i can even move my hand that fast, let alone use it to play this song haha.

very good job.

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot, dude :)

[darksytzes]

nice attempt, didn't sound so bad either.

warwick corvette?

[PookLowEnd]

Ibanez Soundgear on this one . Thanks for your comment :)

[darksytzes]

they look similar, the headtuners look like replica's from warwick tuners.

[YeahChonas]

How the fuck is it possible to play this song?

[PookLowEnd]

Lol. I'll take that as a compliment, thanks man! :)

[YeahChonas]

Yeah it was a compliment:P:D

[KurtSandford]

Nice playing, I see lots of TTC covers on here, you and ironfist got it

[PookLowEnd]

You got it as well, man! Mind if I steal that Dolphin? XD

[Lenoar]

Amazing cover !

Nice tone to bro ^^

Nice to see all of that vid' that I didn't see =)

Keep it up !

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks Lenoar! Nice to hear from you, buddy!

[guitargisele]

nicenice i like that bass i want one for christmas u inspired me to learn slap:P

[PookLowEnd]

Wow, really?! You really should, you're awesomely talented. We need more girl-LRRGs!

You'd kick ass at bass.

[guitargisele]

haha thanks:) ny recomdations for a cheap good bass i really want a 5 string

[PookLowEnd]

I'd recommend starting on a 4 string, but it's not written in stone.

Ibanez I think has the best cheap/basses out there, give them a try. There's also Squire basses which are made by fender, I'd give those a look as well.

Hope this helps!

[guitargisele]

hmm ive had given those brands a look im also inteested in the epi thunderbird its priced right im just not sure if thats gonna have the tone. also surrpisingly, peavey makes a nice affordable bass for 280bucks i can get a 5 string with a quilt maple top and two jazz bass styl pickups

[PookLowEnd]

The thunderbird is quite popular. Never played it though, neither have I played a Peavey, so I can't give you any feedback on that =(.

But good luck! Anything I can do to help, just drop me a line!

[PDXguitarlegend]

Nice job Pook! That is my FAVORITE Primus song of all time! Now that line "Say baby..." is stuck in my head again. hahaha :)

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks a lot, Dave!

It's one of my favourites as well. Specially some of the amazing live versions of the tune out there (they usually stretch it to 9 minutes or so!), and I love it even more when he lets the audience scream "SAY BABY!" before going nuts.

Thanks for your comment, dude!

[PookLowEnd]

Not really, I wanted to do this one ever since I started playing bass. Rob's version encouraged me to push on, though. Im quite proud of being able to play it, since I used to look at it as an "impossible one".

I'm glad you can hear the bass on this one, mate!

You don't deserve two stars, that's just a load of bullcrap :). Thanks for the rating!

Rock on \m/.

[cancerslug101]

oh and what model is that ibanez?

[PookLowEnd]

Thanks, Mr. Slug! It is an Ibanez Soungear SR480... and it's broken =(