Scott Reeder's Metallica try out / Space Cadet bass lesson. PlayThisRiff.com

[11twsister]

Fuck Metallica, Reeder is super chill, we wouldn't fit in there at all.

[mutorcs35]

One of the best bass lines ever, period.

[mradamcooley]

cool video. I never understood metallica's obsession with getting the "right" bassist... you can't hear bass at ALL on any of their songs except 3 or 4 they've done since cliff passed away.

[2pacsrevenge]

Metallica should audition for SCOTT.

[Friiiiick]

A prank call from a certain Maynard? Damn it, Keenan ¬_¬

[sabbathmc97]

No offense to Nick, but this guy should really be the bassist of the new Kyuss

[MrGeorgeHayduke]

Metallica has posters of Kyuss in their million dollar tour bus.

[MikeyRGuitar]

I saw this guy in concert from 1 foot away and he is absolutely amazing at bass.

[TrollingYourButt]

not quite good enough to play with metallica, oh well

[spiderjerusalem100]

Reeder is too cool for Metallica.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@spiderjerusalem100 and that's not saying very much

[Tooindieforyou]

Lulu would have never happened if Scott Reeder had joined instead of Trujilo.

[OlazerOfightOshowO]

That bass needs a setup :(

[dsrocknroller]

he's great...a bit more dynamic and creative than playing the old Metallica tunes...things worked out just fine....

[ConiferTreez]

One of the greatest rock bassists of all-time, right up there with Geezer & Cliff.

[GrizCC]

@ConiferTreez

UH

[ConiferTreez]

@GrizCC problem..?

[GrizCC]

@ConiferTreez

ya

[ConiferTreez]

@GrizCC ya so what is it

[GrizCC]

@ConiferTreez

omg stp pressuring me

[jkaiser193]

the song he cant remember the name of is mudfly



[EazyDuzItAgain]

@jkaiser193 dude, its un sandpiper. wha evaaa! ;)

[HispanicImpression]

What !? Metallica hung out with Scott Reeder ?! I'm SO envious !!!111!1!

[EazyDuzItAgain]

The song you can't remember at 2:31 is 'Un Sandpiper' Scott.

[jaehaus]

Upside-down and backwards....right on.

[TaffyRaphie]

@jaehaus he's left handed, but they don't make too many of those kinds of basses, so he took a right handed one and flipped the strings so it;s regular for him

[jaehaus]

@TaffyRaphie That does not appear to be the case. The E string is clearly on the bottom.

[TaffyRaphie]

@jaehaus it sounds pretty low even when he's playing on top though...but you're right, the bottom string looks way thicker. my bad

[jaehaus]

@TaffyRaphie That's because everything he plays sounds heavy! He's Scott Fucking Reeder, hahaha!

[musicman9901]

on the metallica video showing the auditioners jamming on master of puppets, Scott had the best tone for sure, even if it didnt quite fit the song

[nateisbaked]

dude plays upside down. too cool

[arisarcera]

SCOTT....is all!

[boomershadow]

It's too bad for Scott that Kyuss broke up, Unida had record company troubles, he lost out on the Tool gig, and then Metallica turned him down, his gig with Butcher ended up going nowhere, and now Kyuss Lives is reuniting without him.

[ConiferTreez]

@boomershadow He's in Goatsnake, which is a better band than any of the ones you mentioned.

Oh, and he happens to be the greatest live rock bassist ever

[boomershadow]

@ConiferTreez He's not in Goatsnake anymore, either.

[ConiferTreez]

@boomershadow yes he is, they are on hiatus because Pete is doing his thing with SCREAM for a few months and Scott is producing. But they are still together.

[thierryman]

The other Kyuss riff that he couldn't remember the name of the song was Un Sandpiper

[thefunkyphantom69]

Metallica quit being good after and justice for all.

[awesomepossum2244]

@thefunkyphantom69 do you like master of puppets? cus i recall it being after justice, or at least its what i think i cant remember. and they have always been good, never sold out, cus if they sold out, who did they sell out to?

[thefunkyphantom69]

@awesomepossum2244 master of puppets came out first,then came and justice for all, Metallica sold out in the fact that they left their thrash roots behind, when the black album came out it was a kinder gentler Metallica in a sense, they were heavy but that menacing style was gone. my copy of the black album went into the garbage can and i will still play only the first four albums,

[awesomepossum2244]

@thefunkyphantom69 oh i totally forgot when they came out, either way, like their change, and all the albums, but the first four are the best

[NightmareSnake]

Look, Metallica isn't too good for Scott, and Scott is definitely not too good for Metallica. It JUST SO HAPPENS they didn't pick him. Quit being butthurt over it and move on. Metallica will always be great and your delusions to the contrary will not affect that in any way.

[pauleman25]

he `s a lefty

[klavestorm]

Haha, I like how Maynard would be prank calling Scott

[CephalicZyklon]

@klavestorm wouldnt that be funny to hear it? haha

[kikabiotch]

in the end... metallica will fade away and kyuss will live on

[juv3ntin]

@kikabiotch

30 years later...metallica is still the biggest heavy metal band in the word.

[247randomshit]

@juv3ntin so what, coldplay and britney spears are big too. metallica will never be close to kyuss.

[juv3ntin]

@247randomshit wow man you are blind. In think Scott wouldn t of accepted the job, if it would of been offered to him? It would of been the biggest thing in his life.

pff....guys be serious.

[247randomshit]

@juv3ntin of course metallica is big just like britney and madonna

[ConiferTreez]

@juv3ntin kyuss was still the better band, they make metallica sound like backstreet boys

[NiandraLades92]

@kikabiotch both bands will live on forever.

They are the two how invented the best music genres music saw in the last 3 decades, trash and stoner.

I'm happy that Metallica didn't pick Scott, because there would have been the same problem with Jason and i really woudn't want to loose Scott's solo stuff which is mind blowing.

[guitaraddct94]

@NiandraLades92 don't wanna be a sissy but it's spelled thrash dude.

[BoogieDownBiggee30]

He's easily the best bassist who started within the last 20 years. He definitely TOO good for Metallica.

[BlackeytheKing]

UN SANDPIPERRRRRRR

[Preciado6]

@BlackeytheKing Hello Nobody!!!!



[037Ray]

can he play slap with the number 4 string in the bottom

[Aehro]

SCOTT IS AWESOME!

[MrItsabeautifulday]

does he play up-side down?

[3xplisit]

its in C# what the hell

[klaazzz4]

@3xplisit tune up half a tone then -,-

[ogznog]

@3xplisit No, the 2nd string is tuned to C# in the actual song, meaning he's tuned to Eb standard. I guess Josh is either in C# standard or Drop C# on that song.

[thegreenpothead]

Awsome Bass...

[Clobberrella]

He seems a really nice guy too.

[Kimhojung43200115]

Is he playing bass with just rotating? no string orders for left?!

[tpavan]

I love it!

[cavs608]

scott is way to talented for metallica.

[TrueVideo]

Scott is cool.

[redcthulhu]

A certain "Maynard" hahahahhahah, sounds like him.

[crapintaholeintawall]

i agree scott is too cool for metallica...

he is fuckin brilliant for creating space cadet, but why does it seem like his playing this vid lacks clarity.. ?

[derdudeisda]

Is he playing his Bass upside down? I mean is the G string where the E String should be?

[RavenSkyse]

@derdudeisda Lol dude it's left handed

[piemelbrieislekker]

@RavenSkyse: Lol dude it's right handed, the bass is flipped à la Hendrix. I would know, I'm left-handed and play bass. Also, the part he's talking about around 2:40 is "Un Sandpiper", which is a great song!

[RavenSkyse]

@piemelbrieislekker ahh, I totally see that know :D

[derdudeisda]

@RavenSkyse No that's not what I mean it looked like he stringd it like upside down eventhough it's left handed but it's not it just looked like that :D

[RavenSkyse]

@derdudeisda Lol yeah i see man :D

[derdudeisda]

@RavenSkyse I nowagain think he actually does play it like that :O

[vixelas]

What's the name of the song in the beginning?

[pattonPwr]

this guy is super cool

[NightmareSnake]

Scott Reeder was too different for Metallica, not too good. IN fact, Metallica is too good for most bass players. So everyone just shut up and get over it.

[opiumrebel]

@NightmareSnake

you are so wrong, Scott beats Robert by a long shot.

[NightmareSnake]

@opiumrebel Not really. Rob can play slap bass better than Flea and Spanish guitar better than Rodrigo.

Scott is beyond awesome, don't get me wrong. I would have been perfectly happy if he ended up in Metalica. but they made the better choice with Rob in my opinion. Note, I said "my opinion". You are not obligated to agree.

[CephalicZyklon]

@NightmareSnake lol theres much more difficult shit out there than shitallica you blunt minded fuck

[NightmareSnake]

@CephalicZyklon And there's also more important things to do than bitch about an 8-month-old comment you shit-stain.

[opiumrebel]

Listen to this, 'tallica chose Robert Trujillo over him, something went wrong.

[piledriver89]

@opiumrebel Robert Trujillo is an immense bassist

[opiumrebel]

@piledriver89

he might be, but he never wrote (co-wrote) a song of this caliber.

[TheDemoncleaner666]

Goin to see Kyuss Lives in april , will be well cool but would be sweeter if this dude was there, to me he gave the band the magical spiritual quality that just takes me to another planet. been tunin to him playin and i'm sure( or wasted) but he,s tuned wayyy lower than whats writen on the intro... I,ve got it as.....A sharp, D sharp, G sharp, C sharp. ... I think ha ha anyone else found this or am i full of shit?

[TheChancegomez]

i am a left handed bass player too!

[Meatrockman]

yeah un sandpiper is sickly good!! and scott seems like a really cool dude! I hope he puts out more lesson in the future

[jkaiser193]

scott is too kool for metallica

[nigrobat]

@jkaiser193 he's too kool for kyuss these days to.

[ChrisFreedoms]

@jkaiser193 you know it



[opiumrebel]

@jkaiser193

you nailed it man.

[777gooner777]

one of my favourite basslines ever

[Gorrrz]

best bassist ever!

[Tolgo999]

Scott is one of my biggest idols. right allongside Geezer Buttler, Justin Chancellour and Les Claypool. I think he is underrated and does not get credit for his percusive bluesy "groovemachine" style.

Being a bassist I have learned a lot by listening and playng kyuss songs so Thank you Scott

Oh, and the ATK is a great bass.

[cojopablo609]

love un sandpiper

[tendtheflag909]

another great trademark of a great musician, cant remember the song i wrote! lol! love this guy!

[FryskeRocker]

it's not so strange playing upside down, i saw a guy once turning a right handed guitar upside down en playing the shit out of it,

he learned it that way.. quite a strange sight

[fuzzjunky]

@FryskeRocker jimi hendrix did it his whole career

[NightmareSnake]

@fuzzjunky Yeah but he re-strung his to the left-handed order. Scott left his in the right-handed order.

[oWhoadYo]

2:35 is un sandpiper!

[usernam4444]

that was a fat fuckin setlist for that metallica concert!

[pattonPwr]

left handed playing with right handed bass.. right?

[LauraMcNaughton]

@pattonPwr yeah, took me a second to twig that.... I was trying to copy and realised that I was playing it upside down.... or he is.... or we both were......

[SpasmOfJoy]

Best Bassist ever.

[JunkCCCP]

James Hetfield sounds like a dickhead.

[ultimatebung]

@JunkCCCP he is

[dekacster]

lol he is married

[morphinlounge101]

Glad Metallica turned Scott down, Metallica doesn't meet the standards for a guy like Scott.

[NightmareSnake]

@morphinlounge101 Well HE auditioned for THEM, so apparently he think highly of them. Are you going to disagree with the very musician you came on this video to see?

[nonicknamekid2010]

@NightmareSnake Or knew he would make a fuckload of money

[NightmareSnake]

@nonicknamekid2010 Who joins a band JUST to make money. I'm sure he has more sense than that. He has a solo project too, and I'm sure he wouldn't have time for Metallica if it were only for something as trivial as money. Also, if you ask him yourself, he'll tell you how much he idolizes and respects the members of Metallica. Everyone who auditioned that day will.

[nonicknamekid2010]

@NightmareSnake He also has a link to "contribute" on his website, I'm pretty sure he's concerned about money. Your a dumbass if you think money is "trivial"

[NightmareSnake]

@nonicknamekid2010 My point being that Metallica is a great influence to those who were in that audition and you disrespect everyone involved in saying they're not worthy.

Also, calling me a dumbass doesn't help make your point.

[JunkCCCP]

@morphinlounge101

Seriously. 

[NinjofGinj]

We are LITERALLY not worthy man.......a bonifide fucking bottom end thunderbroom LEGEND!

[vissereight]

oh fucking god I love space cadet

[Longboardersrule12]

wooooo lefty!

[BallonkaSwe]

whats the song in the beginning?

[redscarf]

Scott Reeder is the personified Groove.

[Deathwing2]

space cadet is the most incredible song ever

[MgThounder]

it kind of sounds like demon cleaner :D

(is that an acoustic bass i had no idea there was such thing lol yes im an idiot)

[SpasmOfJoy]

Best bassit in the world.

[jambi880]

I wonder what it would be like if Reeder had joined Queens instead of Nick.

[yovioleatuzorramadre]

@jambi880 josh, alfredo and scott is like another kyuss but without John Garcia...Scott Reeder is my fav bass player of the world, but Nick Oliveri was definitely the right man for the work

QOTSA with Reeder playing bass on it is like a similar Kyuss sound, and josh didn't want that shit (wich is great)

[jambi880]

@yovioleatuzorramadre Oh yeah I agree 100%. Both are great bands, and I like the way it all turned out. It's just something I think about whenever I listen to a great bassline from Scott or Nick.

[ConiferTreez]

@yovioleatuzorramadre Kyuss after Brant was more subdued because Fredo is really a jazz drummer at heart. It lacked the maniacal intensity that Brant brought.

[pockthehairy]

Fucking hell he must be good he's playing it upsidedown

[luvs2spooge93]

left hand bass??

[ranchodelaluna]

this is desert legend

[capnkdawg]

He's a good bassist, but his Metallica audition sucked...

[guithero11]

@capnkdawg yea his audition was terrrible lol

[babyg474]

@capnkdawg yeah like you watched the whole audition in the film, so don't even try to base your opinion on the bits and pieces that you saw in there.

[capnkdawg]

@babyg474 I don't...if I based my opinion on what I saw in the Metallica audition then I would think he sucks...I thinks he's really good

[yovioleatuzorramadre]

@capnkdawg Is audition with Metallica was actually the only decent one, he was the ONLY one who was jamming and improving (like in For whom the bells tolls...). I am glad to know that he didn't join that gay ass sellout band

[sicknessguitar87]

why arent the strings of the bass in the right order? does he really play like that? o.o

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@sicknessguitar87 He's got the bass flipped upside down with it stringed different. E is on the top with G on the bottom.

[Whitewater56]

whats the second song called ? 2:33

[vargarna87]

@Whitewater56 Its Un sandpiper

[LivingIsSuicide]

@MrMeddled the bass isn't stringed upside down but the bass is held and played upside down. highest string is the top one the lowest the bottom one.

[bl4ckmuso]

why he isn't in metallica now? because metallica fucking SUCK

[veltmore1]

@bl4ckmuso

Metallica may suck now, but he didn't do too well in the audition either.

[bl4ckmuso]

@veltmore1 that was a jam...

and scott is really a grat bass player

[veltmore1]

@bl4ckmuso

I know the audition isn't shown in this video.

[Pootie88]

fuck scott is awesome, so humble and chill.. and his finger style is awesome

[AndreaFranchitti]

scott is the man

[lvl120inrs]

man scot rulse i can't belive that he didn't be eccepted at metallica

[pantherax1]

@lvl120inrs he is fine

[baacardi]

that is one killerrr riff.

space cadet is aural bliss.

so mellow. so goooooooood.

[diziamonddave]

Obsessed and Goatsnake Proper!! Golden Throat Warrior!!!! I fuckin love this type of music!

[azambory]

his bass is also strung upside down

[CarrotFlowrKing]

@azambory He's a lefty and he just playing a right handed acoustic.

[suxxxez]

he...omg..he's a lefty but uses a righthand bass :o

to me it seems amazing, but i do not play the bass :D

[marlom2312]

4 words: Oh My Fucking God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[atens]

Yes! Ha, ha. :)

[XxMinatoNamikazexX]

What kind of acoustic bass is that?The tone sounds really great

[schnudelbause]

@XxMinatoNamikazexX looks like a Hohner

[theman34675]

everybody shut the fuck up and respect scott reeder

[esciets]

@theman34675 yes, do this.

[Radiopsycho]

@theman34675 2nd that

[Allexxann89]

amazing ...

[XIVDock]

Anyone know what kind of bass that acoustic is?

[I2345666]

@XIVDock pretty sure its a Hohner

[TaOpOcL462]

so glad this amazing talent nevder got in metlicrapa

[IbanezakiazZz]

Agree... This talent would be wasted... Better this way! We all know and remember Scott Reeder as the epic KYUSS bassist.

[Charbok12]

@TaOpOcL462 lol,, u fail lol.

[Lamurias]

wow believe it or not, never noticed he was played as lefty

[greenthumb007]

...from a certain "Maynard"...not Maynard Keenan, though, right? :-)

[piledriver89]

fuck glad to see a lefty reppin the stoner rock

[ibanez87]

the song he can't remember the name of is unsand piper

[atens]

Crack! :)

[byeskyvalley]

the man!!

[crowbarftw]

I'd like every metal hater to see this. Proof metal can be beautiful...

[DaDuDi4u]

Stoner Rock isn´t Metal.....

[internash]

@DaDuDi4u but it is heavy.

[DaDuDi4u]

@internash but at the same time mellow and that´s the difference to metal

[NightmareSnake]

@DaDuDi4u It's fucking close enough.