Bass Videos - Page 465

A bassist has made the list of finalists in the BOSS Loop Station Championship National Finals in Canada. Marco Rodi was one of three finalists after four months of competition. Marco squares off against the other finalists at the Halifax Pop Explosion Festival on Thursday, October 21st. Here’s Marco’s entry: Good luck Marco, and thanks for representing.

LEDs? Headless bass? Must be Mark King doing his thing.

Short, but oh so sweet… James Genus taking a solo during the Bern Jazz Festival in 1990.

I recently picked up the GR2 Envelope Filter from 3Leaf Audio and decided to give it a spin in front of the camera. This is a great little pedal that offers a lot of possibilities. For the demo, my set up includes: Bass: Sandberg California JJ Strings: Dunlop Nickel plated Medium gauge 45 -105 Amp: TC Electronic RH450 Cab: TC...

Here’s a clip from 1990 of Rob Wasserman and Bob Weir on the show “Nightmusic”, performing “Victim or the Crime.” Check out Rob’s 6-string electric upright!

How times have changed! Here’s a 1985 video for Stanley Clarke‘s version of the Bruce Springsteen hit, “Born in the U.S.A.” The track was on Clarke’s Find Out! album. (I have this on vinyl, if anyone wants to borrow it).

Here’s bassist Christopher Thomas performing one of his original compositions, “Wishing Well”, for solo bass. (Tuning: EADGC)

Bassist Dave Marks puts his Marcus Miller Fender Jazz through the paces, with this preview slap bass lesson from 2009. Dave says, “Larry Graham, Marcus and Victor called. They said they want their licks back…” Dave is playing through his EBS TD650 head and straight into Pro Tools. “No effects, nothing else in the chain.”

Taken from the Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott’s DVD, here’s Jeff Beck, Tal Wilkenfeld (bass), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) and Jason Rebello (keys) performing Beck’s “Big Block”.

Michael Benjamin says “Most Bassists attempt ‘Donna Lee’, but to this day I haven’t seen anybody pull out ‘Confirmation’ on the bass. I hope this inspires you bass players out there!” Time to practice.

Here’s a clip of Tony Franklin playing one of his original songs at Bass Bash in 2006, accompanied by guitarist Greg Koch and drummer John Calarco.

Here’s Paul McCartney‘s bass track on “Hey Bulldog”, in all its glory. This track was taken from the “Yellow Submarine” DVD.