VICTOR WOOTEN

[jbmaggs]

Victor!!! Such a nice guy, too...

[scudderforthewin]

who's the girl? fit

[dkbadass]

I seriously almost passed out from all the funkyness....

[Wormboy2003]

0:58 Vic rubs his nose while playing. Dude could take a shower and not lose the groove.

[lordloligator]

quick someone! give me a pocket!

[HighGradeGamer]

22 people were that amazed by him playing, they accidently clicked Dislike... I can see that happening!

[ImpressiveBassist]

Wooten is a real musician ; he can write and read notes.Bieber can do ? I'm not running against to JB just I'm traying to say that world isn't fair this guy deserves so much more than JB , Eminem , 50 Cent...That's the truth

[Malnooshna]

@ImpressiveBassist Actually, Victor Wooten has never in his entire life learned how to read music. He has never learned music theory either. He believes that is the worst way to approach music. But I get what you are saying.

[callumcartymusic]

Victor Wooten is phenominal! Just saying

[yurismir1]

Nashville ftw

[carlosads40]

incrível

[bluesBro18]

7:35 and on.... really awkward ...

[brunofbakir]

The person who placed did not like, is the wrong because they liked.

[bajovato]

even when he misses a few notes...still pure genius! will always be one of my heroes!

[JonesyFlix]

@MaLaKaRuN @basswhiz Bass-ically That's a large hair scrunchy, not a capo. It helps to mute unwanted string noise when placed between the zero- and one- frets. @trevortjes My bad, lol! I didn't even hear the sirens in the background, thought maybe you heard Vic using poor gramar.

[TheVoodoobassist]

@basswhiz its a scrunchy ponytail holder watch his bro reji wooten for an in depth crash course

[MrBasstutorial]

7:48 Wow! He defeted my charizard no problem!

[barret707]

Man i love victor wooten.

[GhostauraYamil8]

i... dont.. understand.... 

[leranwang100]

Host and the "co-whorst" should both jump off that balcony before Victor start playing.

[07hottie0]

That's probably harder than it normally would be for him. He's outside on a balcony at night and you can see his breath. His fingers must hurt. Lol

[6672rock]

That's how you lay down the groove baby!!! The best bass playing I've ever heard along with Billy Sheehan.

[Scrappy1138]

I still have a hard time figuring out how he plays such complicated rhythm and lead parts at the same time.

[Dragonshouter]

@Scrappy1138 Because he isn't human, he has many invisible hands which come with his god powers!

[twoofkotz]

he has even time to rub his nose 0:57

[MaLaKaRuN]

whats the name of that thing at the neck of his bass? that black thing....

[BassWhiz92]

@MaLaKaRuN I think it's a felt capo.

[blackdakhma]

@BassWhiz92 most likely just there to reduce string noise.

[wilky1189]

@MaLaKaRuN elastic.

[invictorium]

what a fucking whore

[weezerfootie]

@invictorium n u wouldn't?

[GuruRobertDavies]

he looks so comfy...

[nuke97]

When he was touring the Sam Ash Music store chain giving lectures and musical demonstrations I asked him to play this tune. He said up front that he hadn't played it in many years but he played it anyway. I'm happy to see him busting this tune out again.

[Cradley51]

holy cow i think i want to put down my bass now...

[pte1808]

Ok, Victor why are you doing this? You make me look like beginner, and I've played over 30 years in bands. Shame on you!

[ManifestPanda]

@pte1808 humblebrag

[megustaestartrono]

awesome teeth. master of the bass.

[leonesprit]

truly a legend

[leonesprit]

victor is truly a beast

[stanpyrzanowski]

such a great man! Victor, you have to come to Poland!!!

[danielcfc]

Betcha can't play this.

[jonnyg123ful]

me and bass guitar!!!!!

[xeneizebuke]

Wooten, Ronaldinho of the Bass Guitar.

[trevortjes]

0:32 run nigga! :P

[ChainsawVsGod]

@trevortjes

xD

[JonesyFlix]

@trevortjes What is that about? "Re-releasing"? "U Can't Hold No Groove (If U Ain't Got No Pocket)" is a realllly olllld song in Vic's rep, and has been released in numerous formats.

[trevortjes]

@JonesyFlix I was talking about the sirens you hear at 0:32, maybe a little racist ;p

[Kleins92]

god i wish i could play like him, but the fact is no matter how much i practice i will never be that good.

[ridgebackdk]

@Kleins92 if you think that way my friend you never will..how do you think he got that good,yeah practice,..good luck and keep trying,its all fun and if you enjoy it what else matters..:)

[GenericWhiteMale56]

Fuckin' retarded hosts.

[brianownsall123]

How the hell does he play like that outside in the cold?! My fingers would freeze up and I'd fail :(

[joost1701]

@brianownsall123 Cuz Victor Wooten is always cool, cuz hey's always groovin' :D

[manolomulhacen]

y ahora qué,se necesita algo más para tocar,apenas unos buenos dedos..jaja...ole!pare!..esto ES TOCAR.

[davidgoesmoo]

i like it better without JD. even tho jd's freakin KRAZY.

[nikolozjazz]

what is his fingers made of?

[FAGarcia23]

@nikolozjazz his hands are like 10 dicks fuckin' that bass

[ViktorFriez]

This man must go through a fresh pack of strings a day. Fuck that's gotta be expensive!

[jeff24984]

These things sound great at low volume,different matter playing loud went you get over tones..

[cedleroux]

at 0:58 he's not giving a fuck

[bigwm]

Victor got some deeeeeeeepp pockets!!!

[lokoiu223]

WOOT IS THAT? BASS SKILLZZ FTW!

[fargu1to]

damn that girl..

[barkon]

Man, that almost makes me want to put my bass in the closet forever.

[Freezaen]

Is the album gonna be re-released with or without the vocals? I'd kind of enjoy without TBH.

[DrBobo109]

I love how he casually scratches his nose in the middle of playin.....gotta live victor

[Itachi5050]

@DrBobo109 the tricks on you, picking his nose actually plays a nasal harmonic, a rare technique only used by Wooten

[DrBobo109]

@Itachi5050 ahh ofcourse how silly of me

[IronAndi97]

WTF This is Awesome fuckin' BADASS hope I can Play something like that one Day

[jamesdancer73]

Just dealing with that itch..like a boss. 0:57

[TheDialingcar]

Victor Wooten+Robert Glasper=Titties....

[greyfoxzero]

Vic always looks so stoned. Like he's perma-stone.

[UxFxTxBanger]

This is the black steve vai... how ironic he's a bassist

[9wizen9]

@UxFxTxBanger Check out a dude called Tosin Abasi ;)

[cidadaobrazuca]

18 people play "Bass hero" and suck at it

[gunfart]

he is so good

[RebelAngel4321]

Flea is better. CRY

[xD4RKxASSASSiiN]

@RebelAngel4321 um no

[Pandusauce]

wow he's a LEGEND!

[EckeVonDinho]

Really nice video! Especially like the part from 2:08 - 2:22.

[RICHGREENNOW]

This guy is great! Saw him live with Bela Fleck and he can run like the devil! Also if you are into bass, look up Tom Kennedy, who is Dave Weckl's bassist. He is inhuman! Tom Kennedy, check him out!

[rectalbomb]

get that white bitch off the screen!!!

[321nitram123]

@Jorgeenriquedeaze...think you have those inequalities the wrong way round...

[noah0pratt]

@321nitram123 think they're meant as arrows, not in the 'greater than' sense

[TheSharpestTone]

Victor Wooten is not the best bast player on the world.

I think he is the bass guitar.Bass Guitar is Victor Wooten.They should be...

Bass guitar is bass guitar with Victor and his hands...

I don't know, what am I talking about...

This is...

...

[lokoiu223]

@TheSharpestTone Basswootenception

[gabrielpequeno]

Flea? Bona... Burbridge... Bromberg... Flea? Seriously?

[Jorgeenriquedeaze]

Easy peasy> Easy> Medium>You know how to make some stuff>Hard>Very Hard>OMG>Are you fucking kidding me?>Black Guy>Black Guy with afro>Flea>Marcus Miller>Victor Wooten

[ZitkyAdams]

You hear something from above.You go outside to your balcony. And above you, thats Victor Wooten groovin with his bass.

Whoever you are, I hate you.

[CHADSHIN1]

0:58 hes playing and yet he sniffs his nose... 

[xxAsuuka]

That's beyond god-like skills O.o

[sakevaku]

always groovy

[StevenPaniagua2]

1:23 Boop ! 

[maomain]

this is insane bro!

[HarmonicInventions]

17 people wouldn't know good talent if it slapped them in the face.

[myvoicesodelicious16]

bald spot with dreads

[lwoodtime]

This man is not human!

[camilob94]

2:46 - 2:51

[MetalElf]

I want that bass and a half-gallon of that talent to go with it!

[paulys461]

Yo victor! you can't hold no groove if you ain't got no pocket.

Too bad there is no JD in this. I freaking love wooten thouh

[OfficialZombieZack]

shes cute ._.

[modelleg]

Wootens grooves are inside his grooves inside his grooves.

[TheSkipjack95]

@modelleg You need to go deeper

[ElectronicDisease]

@TheSkipjack95 That's what she said.

[TheSkipjack95]

@ElectronicDisease ;-)

[alektorophobia1000]

@modelleg Groove-ception I presume?



[Jayanchor9595]

Les Claypool and Flea, eat each others hearts out

[MassiveTestes]

According to this song's title, Victor has giant freakin' pockets!

[Bartek44500]

some day i will play like this man, but first i must buy a bass guitar :D

[MrHeavysteel]

How he does this ? 

[Aidos8158]

@MrHeavysteel practice ;)

[KicksAndSnares92]

You can't hold no groove if you aint got no pockets son!

[Francesco2cece]

Like it's the easiest thing in the world!

[luisrhoadscobain]

não chega aos pes de cliff burton

[born2grooveu]

y r u people all 1 trick ponies. slap slap slap. thats all u do

[Cpetrodrum]

@born2grooveu lets see you do it

[movethatgroovethat]

Let those dreads go, Vic. Let them go.

[necrodoggy]

even in the cold. wowzers.

[SomeGuySWE]

wtf 3:08

[ghitaciprian]

0:31 over and over again re re re re re

[yishai12401]

super easy

easy

medium

hard

insane

Flea

god

Victor wooten

[XavSch]

@yishai12401 after insane comes asian... you forgot it :/

[Gingerkidzftw]

@yishai12401 stanely clarke is a little better than this dude. not by much though.

[LfunkeyA]

@yishai12401

a very limited knowledge of bassists

[leepep]

@yishai12401 I think Flea comes right after medium .... there's like A LOT of great bassists between Flea and Victor Wooten... not includung God ...

[vilz0skillz]

@yishai12401

super easy

easy

medium

hard

insane

Flea

god

Victor wooten

Abraham Laboriel

[uuu111lllcal]

@vilz0skillz super easy easy medium hard Flea god Wooten Laboriel Manring Pastorius

[dreamtheat3r]

@vilz0skillz u forgot justin bieber before super easy

[mekonana]

vaguito pa tocar??...no queee....



[ditpsl12]

o cara é d+!

[pleximanic]

The most overrated bass player EVER in history!

100% tech 0% feel!

[containsletteratoz]

@pleximanic the vids about Victor wooten not the show host

[pleximanic]

@containsletteratoz Dude!

[BajaIsFRESH]

to play like that is crazy... to play like that in the cold... damn..

[lucas2718]

Flat out the world's best bassist, living or dead. Better than Sheehan. Better than Pastorius. Better than Claypool. Better than Flea. Better than Entwistle. Simply a fact of life.

[SelCeus]

@lucas2718 The term best gets us nowhere, however, Victor is the essence of groove and rhythm. He plays in such a natural way that. He is deep in the heart of the music. 

[Caquinhocc]

They say he can kill a Rhyno with his thumb...

[KicksAndSnares92]

4:05 wow

[BassRiderX]

Nice to notice that he really is human, though I'll give him that it was cold. I noticed a couple spots where he missed a note or two

[DWarrior4]

I don't think the host truly understands who and what he is about to hear

[cocoafern]

he's got talent i like his style ....... yeh

[SparklyMewy204]

got some big ass hands bro :D

[biggmanss]

wish i had half of V.W TALENT that Fodera Yin Yang bass is Expensive wow

[MrGabidou]

What's his bass please ?

[hughjarrse]

@MrGabidou Looks like a Fodera Yin Yang bass

[MrGabidou]

thanks :)

[MarcusBernard89]

If Chuck Norris played the bass....... he would be half as good as Wooten.

[gitarrmicke73]

No No No .... at 0.57 he smells his finger after playing the bass.... That's real love for his instrument... mmm...

[unherolike]

Victor Wooten plays his bass as high as Tom Morrelo

[chaveznieves]

looks like reggie watts without the fro lol

but what a fucking monster player jesus christ

[bassguru931]

1.24 - Its like he forgets he's playing half the time! :L

[brizzyroz]

@bassguru931 - Victor Wooten doesn't forget what time he's playing.. The time signature forgets what it is, and he reminds it. He is to bass what Chuck Norris is to life. 

[berCarBel]

he looks old

[TheNaekid]

DAYUM That was RAW as hell!!!!

[guamandjiujitsu671]

DAMN!! his thumb is freaking HUGE!! LOL

[YouPPerkins]

Playing that good in the cold can only mean one thing... Well nothing fancy, he's just a real bad ass mother fucker.

[SonicFanChannel]

wow... why dont i just smash my bass now?

[valeriogiulianelli]

bravissimo come Jaco Pastorius.... saluti dall'Italia, Valerio

[Judge1982]

look up Evan Brewer....you won't be disappointed.

[adabass16]

ive never seen his finger work this close up. this is so much harder looking up close

[RaynosFAA777]

Wow he has his bass so high

[Jamsessionroom1337]

@RaynosFAA777 It's about being comfortable it's not a fashion show.

[RaynosFAA777]

@Jamsessionroom1337 yeah i know that, but it's still pretty high

[didgeHague]

@RaynosFAA777 thats cos his playing is out of this world.....

[jayjohnson83190]

listen to that monarch ring

[crystalinvestment]

reason why vic plays with a banjo in Flecktones because no guitar can keep up with him