1979 funky bass play along

[ashashash123456789]

hahah funny how u sake the lead to say you for got to plug it ,, some funky playin man wish i was that smooth

[jacksonclive46]

notch me up another one :)

[mixedupjo]

@jacksonclive46 Me too. Makes a bad day good.

[jacksonclive46]

mark me up for another viewing :)

[adamsimfall]

nice slapping dude at 2:40 and the drop to the line afterwards was nearly perfect. top!

[mixedupjo]

146,208 views? Didja ever think it? Hope I can get my Aussie puppies to dance to this. Your version has the best sound quality IMHO. Gawd I'm too old for puppies....

[mixedupjo]

I'm responsible for at least 100 of these views. Don't get no better'n dis. Happyness on gloomy days. Thx.

[sgomez858]

@mixedupjo That's awsome thanks and that made my day!

[TheChristopher1968]

gr8 playing dude..never to old to play or learn lol

[mollysangelique]

sometymes you have to be happy which you can offer pay i mean a harley ca be be your dream but it,s saver to drive a car than a motorcycle bike i mean more accidents i knew someone who lost 1 legg i,m,a woman guess see the danger more than you men

[mollysangelique]

mooi

[ef58jnr]

Nice Funky Bass Line! (Even if my inspiration is more punk... :-) )

[misterpistola]

very good! congratulations, i admire your playing style

[tubatag]

sweet bass playin. keep up the great work.

[dirtbiker2244]

That's awesome.

[agir68]

great song !

[armagedonman1065]

hey I also have a '98 stingray and i was wondering what the settings you have on the on board EQ are, 'cause I would kill for that tone man.

[shakeshackgirl]

very good! enjoyed watching you play

[craigufo]

THANK YOU !..SO LOVED IT! IS THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR FOR RENT???LOLOL IM A DRUMMER & LOVED ALL THAT NASTEE 70,S DISCO FUNK!

[gaming0wiz]

ewwwwww, dude nice playing.. but that tone is way off!!!!

[MrNathan791]

great job.you play so effectlessly,like you and your bass are one. you really must've put alot of hours into your practicing.

[MrNathan791]

@firstclassbuck44 thank you for your story,see i'm 50 myself ,although i first picked the bass up at 17 and stuck with it for a year or 2,then i pawn my bass and i never went to pick it up. my kids knew that i mess ahead with the bass in my past and 2christmas' ago they got me a bass.now i can feel the passion coming back,but i kept telling myself that my hand speed is gone since i'm much older,but with your's and the 67 yr. old gentlemen story i think i can still master the bass. thanks.

[FOLLYFOOT22]

Glad to see you have a sense of humour with your guitar lead at the begining, that's the sort of thing I would do (lol).

[Multi2723]

this song sounds so good ,high school days ,74 el camino style...

[FredDoston]

I love your bass man o.o

[TheHeavymetal80]

Real Disco Music

[03Dmartin]

@firstclassbuck44 You are never too old, the only thing that stops you learning is lack of inspiration and motivation, literally the only thing, that and carpal tunnel disease :L

[videopimp1]

@firstclassbuck44 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaayum!

Didn't think you were going to go all super slap on that axe. The Brothers Johnson would be proud. Keep on funkin'!

[millosmuse]

Sounds like a dance dance revolution, hahahaha niceeee :)

[bigvelvetdog]

Well Hell, That's just awesome! You must have picked up the bass pretty quickly to be playing that good so soon. Hey, beautiful bass too. Love that red and black with the maple fingerboard.

[r1casill]

nice sound and playing too!!!!!!1

[planetrockford]

Cool

[dontknowanameagain]

Thats it, I gotta learn bass.

[TNTIV]

the band sounds a lot like Steely Dan but it's not lol.

[taariqtaariq]

play some Bootsy / Parliament!!!

[chrisarosenboom]

Good job. The articulation is nailed.

Now that song's stuck in my head and I must learn it too. :)

[djalsurdi67]

nice job buddy.

[musiciankara]

Dizzee Rascal, Holiday :)

[DattaGroover]

Well done. Right bass for the job, too.

[DanielOnGuitar]

funky!!

[longview3000]

18 People need to get better taste in music and need to get laid. This is awesome funk music, when black peoples music was the greatest of it's time

[clintonearlwalker]

Sweet!! I love doing this also!! I have Ibanez Silver Series bass and Ampeg B-410. A couple of my favorite songs are "Ain't Got No Home" by Clarence "The Frogman" Henery, and "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. Also, "Come Together"-Aerosmith

[planetrockford]

LMAO you forgot to plug it in. Great bass mate.

[misterveryze]

Let's hear it for the Stingray!

[CLASSclown011]

dont forget you cable

[dezziwood5]

nice job playing and a great bass song. How come some of the best bass lines come from 1970's songs?

[R3APER097]

It looks like....sombody.....is feeling.....alittle....FUNKY!

[strictlycomments]

SSSSSSSSSSSMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOTH!!!

[MrGetalife23]

what type of amp are you using?

[hoosierarcher]

sgomez, come on and bring the Latin Funk!

[rideronthestormdrain]

@firstclassbuck44 magic fingers are genetic. I am soon to be 40 and i can play both bass parts and main keyboard parts on riders on the storm simultaneously... I sound l;ike an arse hole but it's true, perfect pitch and natural disposition to things are not about age or interest - - it's about how high your midiclorian count is musically, the force is strong with you....accept it my friend. just choose your lightsaber colour.....? mine's disco green by the way. Love to you .

[chef979]

HOLLY SHIT watch his fingers there DOING THE MOONWALk GOOD JOB BUDdy

[61jamman]

Great feel and tone! Some folks play for years and never come close.

[paupur]

Nice tone and feel

[Leahj1000]

@firstclassbuck44 Absolutely never too late, I've just started, am 38 and thought I was rather late, but I've always wanted to....... we all need to think outside the box! GO for it and KEEP doing what you know to be FUN.... lifes just too short not to.

[andreking84]

hey bro again i love that tone in the bass and im dign your stlye funk

[mrchefsandro]

play that funky music white boy!

[Krammeleniekie]

Love the sound. Great playing, keep up the good work!

[Grubilman]

Love the sound you have. GREAT stuff!

[bensus5]

tight!!!

[IGY5758]

70's finger funk rules.

[geppegep]

lol im 17 and i think its too late lol, i play trumpet though....

[murrayjob]

Excellent playing to an excellent track, Brothers Johnson "Stomp" has such a cool bass line :-)

[bycage]

Dude my 53rd bday was last week!

I cannot buy a Harley, I got two kids in college!

But I can buy a bass!! and Damn it I can learn it!

This was what I needed to see!

Power to all us middle age farts that missed their true callings and became

accountants, and teachers, and lawyers, and such!!!

The next time around I am going to buy my bass at age 8!!!!!!!!!

[bycage]

Dude my 53rd bday was last week!

I cannot buy a Harley, I got two kids in college!

But I can buy a bass!! and Damn it I can learn it!

This was what I needed to see!

Power to all us middle age farts that missed their true callings and became

accountants, and teachers, and lawyers, and such!!!

The next time around I am going to buy my bass at age 8!!!!!!!!!

[TheAudiostud]

Which just goes to prove the fact that your never to old, watch out Mark King

[syahroni89]

awesome. whats the song's title?

[Tooltrocity]

@syahroni89

Stomp by the Brothers Johnson.

[andrewds98]

funking awesome

[djrufjan]

class!!!

[alexandermccarthy]

Well done mate. Keep up the good work!

[TJMunich]

Hello, I like this one and I will practise on this song too. It's very solid quality bass work. Well done. I have only started playing bass at the age of 40. You comments confirm to me ". It's never to late " :-)

[TJMunich]

Hello, I like this one and I will practise on this song too. It's very solid quality bass work. Well done. I have only started playing bass at the age of 40. You comments confirm to me ". It's never to late " :-)

[KungFuChess]

Keep the funk up!

[EDD314614]

your B flat sounds like a fart

[Madsennullo]

Impressive Sir...well done! Such a great bass tune isn't it...Almost as great as the on in Talk Talks "It's my life" (hint hint) ;-)

[boabyp]

@Madsennullo Click on my name dude to get me doing It's My Life

[funnyguitarguy95]

aha at the beginning "plugging it in might help"

[MiWiDa]

Beautiful interpretation! 

[beerdeddi]

Bass skills, at last!

[MrKaFunk]

AWESOME

[EatinCactus]

Pretty good Bass Man!

[bobbyjones3421]

Louis Johnson is the King of thump and pop ! That's old school talk. No bass player in this world can put on a show Like Louis Johnson !!!

[puzzleplayer]

amazing. so good job!

[livekillers]

@firstclassbuck44 the ravages of time may destroy the body but never the soul

[Suletyper]

Rio Funk opening riff :)

[mixedupjo]

Every time I want to get happy I watch this one. It's saved to my favorites. Thanks. Love your other stuff, too.

[sgomez858]

@firstclassbuck44 Its never too late. I just started in on keyboards now

[Tu51ndBl4d3]

i wanna also get to the point where fingers are dancing to the music while i play. i mean seriously. it was like ur fingers moonwalking and doing some funky moves

[indigomoor]

stomp by the Brothers Johnson, specifically Louis Johnson on bass. Man is a God.

[HomeBuyersofOhio]

good job day trader/ Bass player

[NubeSlayer507]

what song is this?

[sgomez858]

@NubeSlayer507 Stomp by Brothers Johnson

[NubeSlayer507]

the 16 people who don't like this are COMPLETELY screwed up!

[cooooook123]

your tone is awesome

[PonCeEZiiTToh]

Nice sound dude

[DenisKrestsov]

So funky! Made me wanna get an afro and disco dance!

[Funkyskunk01]

is this a pre ernie ball musicman?

[sgomez858]

@Funkyskunk01 no it is a 1998 EB

[Funkyskunk01]

@sgomez858 10x :) nice bass and nice groove

[AussieBassist]

@Funkyskunk01 The main give away that it is the newer EB Stingray is that it has the 3 band EQ. Notice the 4 knobs - Volume, Low, Mid and High. The pre EB models have no Mid control.

[Funkyskunk01]

@AussieBassist I have a ernie ball bass and I honestly never new that there wasnt a mid control in the older models. but this bass has that power that is present in all older musicmans. cheers for the info!

[Libanass]

@Funkyskunk01 easy to check, 3 bands EQ, dot amrker on the 21st fret, and no bridge mute. It's clearly an EB

nice cover btw! you can check mine, it's the long version but a bit messed up, and played with a pre EB :)

[guit444]

you're very good man

[SlyMcdoogal]

please put a warning at 2:40 for pregnant women, and people with heart conditions

[redredreddd1]

Silky smooth

[miguelibarragtz]

is this bass line of louis jonhson ? NICE ! (Y)

[llavesol]

Man u got the groove! ... excelent feeling.. and sound obviously,,, love funk tone of the stingray.

[jasonkang93]

hey can tell me the eq setup used in this video?

[Chrishkhoo]

Yeah lol helps if you have a cable :P

[CheyTac2]

lol, ya mite need ur amp cord.

[j4wn]

Fuck Yeah!

[zhihaodanny]

haha pretty sweet. I actually played my drums a long with this vid =D

[caquado]

not hard. just let your fingers glide along the strings

[prad131313]

That is so exciting ! You will be able to find when you get your bass ! If you need any help on songs, are musical things. Just PM me !

[ErikMagplask]

hello mate, saw your comment on a video, do you know any easy songs fora beginner, guitarr player :D

[06wraightm]

could i have the tabs please. Iv tried learning it by ear but need tabs for the chorus!

[will888hawes]

sounded pritty good to me no matter how many fingers u used dude! =) good groooooves.

[1Doz]

How are you getting the punchy attack with quick decay? Are you using a compressor with a long attack time or is your left hand technique (i.e. choking the note off quickly)?

[sgomez858]

left hand because this is direct into pc card lol

[1Doz]

Dang, I was afraid you would say that! I'm going to have to work on my left hand muting technique then.

I've just picked up bass after playing guitar for 20 years, and one of the toughest adjustments is having to do so much muting with the fretting hand. With guitar your right hand takes care of most of the muting.  It's in a good position to do that because the edge its the palm rests on the strings. Not so with bass, at least not fingerstyle, so the left hand has to help out more.

[1Doz]

One other question -- do you pluck with two fingers or three? And how long did it take you to where you were comfortable doing sixteenth notes? I can do quarters and eights no problem, but sometimes if there's a little sixteenth note grace note my fingers can't quite pull it off, especially if the notes aren't on the same string. I can do it with a pick but not fingers.

[sgomez858]

one finger and been playing a long time ;-)

[1Doz]

Do you use only your index and middle or do you also use your ring finger?

[epanastaths]

THE NAME OF THE SONG?

[fucttt09]

"Stomp" by Brothers Johnson.

[epanastaths]

THNX A LOT FUCTTT09

[epanastaths]

thnx a lot man :)

[ZDayBassMan]

sounds awsome man lol funk is awsome when ur thumpin on the bass haha if u got time u guys should check out my band lol we just started we got a metal sound and im the bass player sick video man

[RaymondJRiveraBass]

great job! I was worried at the beginning when you didn't plug in haha.

[monkymonk6]

Yeah man, you got yours in on "the part"! Great job!

[hiladelphia]

yeah that song rocks brothers johnson FTW

[Sonego78]

איזה ניגון ענק ביותר

[boiwon]

Fuckin nice Bass Bro dam sound good az hell

[EJ4strings]

Agreed. The 2:23 slapping was sexy.

[MrMegaFinch]

GOOD GOOD MY FRIEND

muy bien jajaja muy gracioso lo del plug jajaj XD

[llavesol]

Bravo :D.

[SuperKalouche]

tin comment t'arraches mon frère !! j'en reviens pas, je débute à la gratte, comment je galère pour suivre !

Bravo vraiment super !!

[MarkusVanta4]

2:23 and up now thts wat im talking about fuckin awesome dude:D

[boongg]

Stingray is the best bass for funk!

[giveupthepfunk]

not true: i used to have one and i got a fender jazz and sold the musicman. fenders (jazz) are definitely hands down the best for funk. musicman sounds great tho dont get me wrong.

[TheCocoBass]

@giveupthepfunk im all about my American Fender J bro. Check out some Jamiroquai. That shit is crazy funky

[drymartini88]

@boongg Aye. Got one myself :D

[LetThereBeBeer]

@boongg

Not just for funk... I play pretty much everything (exept slapping) and it is BY FAR my favorite bass... just the feel, the sound... it is Super nice :P

[hometown437]

Check out my friend bass player dkcw on you tube the brother is awesome too

[hometown437]

You go agomez858

[SmartyPantsDash]

Awesome stingray dude :D

I have the same one, only it's a 2EQ 1990 edition :P

[harmonium777]

very sweeet sound!

what did u used during the record ?

thnx!!

[NaturallyNutritous07]

whats the name of the song!

[Tooltrocity]

Stomp by the Brothers Johnson

[discotrader]

OK i trade for a living, and i worship the DISCO God, the mighty DISCO , so we have something in common, I saw the light that DISCO light, oh glorrrrryyyyyyyyyyy.

[06wraightm]

awesome playing! Really love the tone of that stingray! Nice ending.

[millanz]

u funkymuthafunka funk that shit up!

[Rubbafingaz1]

How can anyone in I.T. be as funky as you dude!!! Nicely played mate, enjoying listening to your posts :-)

[shlaga2]

Well done, keep on

[miavonni]

daaaaaang !! dude funkt me in my ear drumz!!!!!!

[benmoose82]

oooo funky. love the beggining ;)

[Crocapil]

Lol the beginnin' ^^

[IcMe2]

i love the sound fuck!!

[jabazzjohn]

Good job! Love the bass, great tone.Thanks for sharing.

[JORDANSTEELE09]

love it...

[JORDANSTEELE09]

love it....

[verakvark]

cool!

[speedracer090]

That's Funked Up ! Nice job bro!

[squirrel8480]

hey man what song is this....i wanna learn it

[adrian480]

Stomp by Brd. Johnson

[khanaydown1]

I want MusicMan xD

[DannyDoomPink]

very groovy man! five stars

[Tata996]

Beautiful sounding bass!

[RoL4ndInHo]

oh yeah stomp

[6marco5]

* * * * *

[afrosensuous]

Play that shit, white boy (that's what we brothas say to show love and give props)!!!! I liked when the music went off and he just would not stop....that was tight!!! Much Luv from Los Angeles, Calfornia....Home of Pop-Locking & Funk!!!!

[bottome]

brothers johnson. i am your funk brother mate. from one bass player to another. great taste

[schuindtmetal]

You're a fucking amazing!

Great Job!