Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Higher Ground - Bass Guitar Lessons with Phil Williams

[carlosmd98]

My cousin has the same bass

[heronbone11]

@warier655 Just take the B string off problem solved

[limit6]

It's close, but it's not verbatim. Either way, the vibe is definitely there! Thumbs up.

[jorge112698]

i came here because it said flea

[dohertyd14]

any claypool?



[YaronFisherT]

there is actually a mistake in the intro

[rn4n63r]

@YaronFisherT

i think the same, it doesn't sound "right"

[australiapride554]

It would be good if you could give us an actual lesson, you are the fucking bomb at bass, but please teach us how to play!

[RRFGuitarman]

Hi there, this is not actually licklibrary even though i started off with hi there

[novocrk]

este mae la rompe

[mbpob]

Anyone saying that you can play bass if you can play guitar is a pure wally! completely different instruments and have a complete different feel to em!Fair enough hes playing it diffferent to the actual flea version here but its better than a lot of the muck tabs and videos ive seen ...

[TheZoomG1]

muito foda *-*

[breakkfastman1573]

What bass is that

[Odinsgade]

Do a "Les Claypool - Quick Licks"

Thumbs up if Lick Library should make that. :D

[samkillerofmen]

licklibrary are awesome i learn avenged sevenfold song on guitar now i will buy a bass but, does licklibrary have dvd of cliff burton?

[licklibrary]

@samkillerofmen Hi there we unfortunatly dont have a DVD on Cliff Burton.

[69bitboy]

@samkillerofmen cliff burton died 20 something years ago

[popace]

This is not played correctly, but it's good anyway :)

[impactdialfruit]

@popace I'm glad that im not the only one who realised this. He doesn't alternate at all but, still fluidly played nevertheless..

[maddermofo]

Who is this player, he is amazing??!!!!!

[licklibrary]

@maddermofo Hi there this is Phil Williams who does our bass lesson dvds here at Licklibrary. Will send you a link to the contributors page on our website. All the best!

[MrJbliss]

@licklibrary can you not ask his father for permission to show how to play in his style...ie the whole finger scale runs and crazy for the era things he was doing like playing lead and all that???

[wonkapi]

Really cool. But, listening to the rhcp version, i believe the main groove here is not exactly as flea plays it.

[hillerm]

The basic slapping rift is a bit off. Every other time he goes from G to A, he puts this extra push into it.

[deathscreton]

@hillerm Yeah. It's always a tick faster. And as for some of the parts where he plays, he seems to leave out a few notes. Of course, I can't play this JUST yet, but I would like to get it as close to the real song as possible. Otherwise, this is a really good cover.

Despite that, DavidSinRocks coverd this song beautifully.

[gleventhal]

@hillerm He alternates from low low High To low High Low.

[tbcass]

I never knew RHCP covered this Stevie Wonder song.

[Thevideo600]

Yeah, FLEA IS GOD OF BASS !!

[juanchoelias27]

the bandage in the finger adds style to the video don't you guys think? :D

[TheHoodedBassist]

pretty good video, although he played some things wrong in the song.. even though it was a good alternative to play without getting too tired from slapping throughout this song haha

[TheBassmastersmith]

Such stiff playin. loosen up

[SalandFindles]

There's just one thing to say about this bass line. Groovy to the max.

[unsell420]

hey thats wrong

[sickdiggitydog]

Hey there! What kind of Yamaha bass is that?

[TurnipSandwich]

@stewartparsons Im a guitarist and just learned this in 5 mins.

[Dylan4995]

@TurnipSandwich haha same, i learned to slap it on guitar too haha! doesnt sound nearly as good however

[GiannmarcoRs]

@TurnipSandwich let slap on a bass

[FunkyAxl11]

One of my favorites songs i like to play!

Flea's the BEST FUNKIEST BASSIST EVER!!!

[stewartparsons]

People say I can play guitar so bass will be easy pfft. I'd like to see a guitarist play this song on bass BASS ROCKS

[dacstudios777]

@stewartparsons It's the other way around.

[razbit]

i wish my fingernailes looked that good

[DJSoyBoy]

this isnt flea dude flea has "love" tatooed on his right hand. also the bass line varies between two things in the opening it doens tjust play the same thing

[J6451]

and no... Bass is not easier...  lol

[J6451]

Rarely have I met a guitarist that can play bass...

Bass is more then just a stick with strings. There's a soul an attitude behind it that can't be explained.

[starkxp]

its people like flea that make me proud to be a bass player

[worthlessburger7]

@crucifyme88 Hell no. IF you can play guitar, you should be able to pick a bass up & play. I dont even kno anything about playnig guitars& bass, I want a bass soon b/c its easier then guitar & I want to play guitar, but I wanna get the fundamentals down on a bass.

[TheMCRGerard]

@worthlessburger7

If a bassist picks up a guitar he will find it hard with the 2 extra strings

if a guitarist picks up a bass he will find it hard with the extra thickness

also i would recomend learning guitar first because since you want to be a guitarist you might as well start becoming one. Youll soon realise that you need skill playing any hard songs on bass or guitar.

Good luck trying to become a bassist/guitarist

[poplepo3]

@TheMCRGerard very true man and with bass the player will have trouble with the thickness as well because with bass though it may be harder to strum guitar strings are exceptionaly smaller and requires a bit more accurecy and fineque in order to play cleanly but still great comment its sums up alot of my ideas on this whole thing really it just depends on the player for the difficulty and the only reason why theres more great guitarists than bassists is that more people play guitar

[thetravis41]

@worthlessburger7 easier then???

[xXNiTeBriGAdEXx]

@worthlessburger7 playing the bass isnt easy, its mastering it is the hard part.

[ryuol8]

This is okay but its not exactly how flea plays. the slap part flea does has more too it. :S

[GreaseEMU]

were is the lesson?

[licklibrary]

@GreaseEMU Hi there, the lesson is available on the DVD. this is the performance from the DVD. Your also able to get lessons on Californication, By The Way, Cant Stop and Give It Away!!

[yhtomitalmighty]

@licklibrary what kind of bass is that? i like the reverse precision pickups

[Dawni32]

@GreaseEMU Hi there Clay.

[eltuzo466]

where can i get the background music? =(

[VanderOsbourne]

Flea Fly!

[StefanR112]

great stuff, flea is a legend

[trofantos]

@StefanR112 flea is over estimated !

[riseagainstrul33]

first comment! celesty rules!

[SanctumZero]

@riseagainstrul33 So like a 100 people watched this before you did, and you still consider the first comment an achievement?

[MrTeig]

@SanctumZero third comment!

[YesterdaysOver]

@MrTeig fifth comment!