The Freedom of Fretless Bass

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Here are some fun grooves on my fretless Cortex that show the freedom & joy of playing fretless! I'm using a custom Cortex bass, built by excellent luthier Paul Lairat, strung up with Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinkys. It has a flamed maple fingerboard with epoxy, walnut body and spalted maple top, it's loaded with a single Nordstrand Dual Coil pickup with 2 band eq. I used a Darkglass Hyper Luminal compressor and a Rodenberg 707b booster, the signal was recorded straight into my Focusrite audio interface. Drums were recorded with Korg midi pads & Addictive Drums, mixing & mastering was done in Cubase. Thanks for watching!
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@ethanlocke3604 3 года назад

In the words of jaco, frets are just speedbumps for my fingers

@Orangibus 3 года назад

Ahah did Jaco actually say that ? 😂

@ethanlocke3604 3 года назад

@@Orangibus I’ve seen that he said that from multiple sources, so I think so, yeah

@alexcazzulli1082 3 года назад

And he was totally right. Once u go fretless you'll never come back

@sacramento60 3 года назад

that's great lol

@alessandro9740 3 года назад

@@alexcazzulli1082 what is the big difference that make u prefer fretless bass?

@shavono8402 3 года назад

the tabs for this be like "ok, now hit fret 15.827 on the D string"

@juliansmith-mclallen1784 3 года назад

Bruhh 😭

@molo-molo5103 3 года назад

@kallissaa 3 года назад

lmao. nut.

@--TOM-- 3 года назад

The tabs would just be in hz instead of frets or note names lmao

@killybilly685 3 года назад

That’s a fuckin great comment lol😂😂🤣

@Sluxslol 2 года назад

still comes no where close to the freedom of the stringless bass

@cautionTosser 2 года назад

Or my tennis racquet

@Migger_29 2 года назад

Or my skin flute

@nutty_rickrolled_mikey 2 года назад

Or my instrumentless bass

@juampimlb1745 2 года назад

Or my drumless drum

@eyitsaperson 2 года назад

I love my slide whistle

@TechOttawa 9 месяцев назад

I don't often watch the right hand. Whoa. Fascinating techniques. Strength. Precision. Bravo.

@WynstonFLyles 2 года назад

The fact that this was all one take is insane. Insane enough that here I am thinking of it a year later.

@RadicalCaveman 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, he's awesome. He made me actually enjoy a two-minute bass solo!

@bens5859 5 месяцев назад

Definitely impressive but I think the video is sped up?

@natsugineo6695 5 месяцев назад

@@bens5859 I can asure you at his level, speed is the last thing you need to worry about.

@bens5859 5 месяцев назад

@@natsugineo6695 true lol but still sus

@eoah1359 8 месяцев назад

Best bass playing I've ever seen

@JadeMaru 7 месяцев назад

You're joking right?

@eoah1359 7 месяцев назад

@@JadeMaru nah, I don't hear a lot of bass anyway

@MrVanWildest 7 месяцев назад

@@eoah1359Look up CharlesBerthoud

@Mrburrito8 3 месяца назад

⁠@@JadeMarubro it’s just so good

@Mrburrito8 3 месяца назад

@@JadeMaruwhat’s so bad about it

@frankenmizer828 3 года назад

That, my fellow bassists, is a demonstration of untold hours of practice, learning, dedication, and pure love of the groove - and more practice. :) A masterclass in right and left-hand technique with more "Oh no you didn't!" joy. Well done, sir!

@dantrongone4240 3 года назад

What a monstrous bass player. I couldn't agree with you more.

@BarryMikokinju 2 года назад

Yeah he took a big fat dump all over my self esteem. Rightfully so.

@2011GETUP 2 года назад

Without even knowing how to play I can tell how much he truly enjoys his craft

@thedarkness7774 3 года назад

What I love about fretless bass is that it always has a melancholic sound to whatever is played. Tbh I never heard such a happy and fun sounding fretless bass.

@SubterraneanBruh 3 года назад

YES

@jtotheulian708 7 месяцев назад

this should be a bass advertisment

@jonateez Месяц назад

its honestly sounds like pitch bending the whole time and it sounds amazing

@johnford4609 2 года назад

Wow, that was amazing. I'll bet that guy is a sick drummer, too. I sure hope he makes his living playing music. I know I'd pay to go see him. An absolute master of his craft.

@Paul-z9y7n 8 месяцев назад

Crazy good superfunk! Well done!

@_Butterscotch_ 10 месяцев назад

Dam, this has more freedom than my country.

@axeslinger61 3 года назад

There’s a year’s worth of lessons in less than 3 minutes of playing! Wow!

@michaellewis9589 3 года назад

Davie 504 needs to see this!

@therealblujuice 3 года назад

Bet #Davie504 can't play this

@michaellewis9589 3 года назад

@Zerozerozero Is that you playing lamb of god in your videos?

@michaellewis9589 3 года назад

@Zerozerozero ok yeah that what I thought I didn't click on them. But anyways they are my favorite band of all time

@michaellewis9589 3 года назад

@Zerozerozero dope

@michaellewis9589 3 года назад

@Zerozerozero dayum that suck maybe another time

@Legocatshouse 2 месяца назад

That was incredible sound wise, nobody does anything like it. One of a kind mate. :)

@HighlandViking 3 года назад

Freedom! Thanks, Remco 😎🎸🎸🎵

@stvngdr 4 месяца назад

0:40-0:45 one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard honestly

@JuanFelipeMedina 3 года назад

0:33 geeeeezzzz

@devilsoffspring5519 7 месяцев назад

Man do you ever kick ass at this! Awesome sound too!

@DeanNelsonRN 3 года назад

Dude was playing bass on his ride home after being born

@henotron9757 7 месяцев назад

He got that doohickey tone

@googlepigs7027 2 месяца назад

That is such a nice sound ! I can just listen to this all day ! BEAUTIFUL BUD !!! 👍🌠

@noahsota941 11 месяцев назад

This sounds like he is popping bubbles with the bass

@rockoon5429 6 месяцев назад

As a fretless bass player, I strongly agree and much prefer the versatility of a fretless bass compared to fretted ones.

@andreashofmeyr9583 2 года назад

Groovy stuff! I hear some Stanley Clarke influences in there. Groove starting at 0:10 reminds me of a track called Bad Asses albeit slightly slower

@getcrazypuffs 9 дней назад

return to forever rocks

@toolsgear2695 11 месяцев назад

A mixture of Mick and Jaco, very nice!! 👏👏👏

@michaeljoeallen9412 10 месяцев назад

Super cool!👍

@m4rs_019 2 месяца назад

i like watching peoples hands when they play bass cause it just looks like they're dancing

@cridow 7 месяцев назад

god id love to play this. no more fret buzz ever? what a dream

@randomuserm8441 9 месяцев назад

You just blew my mind...I wish I could play Bass as good as you.

@peadookie 11 месяцев назад

That’s some crazy right hand technique my friend!

@captainflappyarms8277 10 месяцев назад

1:03 best bass i have ever heard

@beemrdon52 8 месяцев назад

I like it. Fun- key.

@krisscanlon4051 3 месяца назад

Karntastic! Yes I made up a word! Whew nice

@jaysonpearce2377 8 месяцев назад

So sick

@McSlob 11 месяцев назад

Whole body into it, what a groove!

@doctorauxiliary 11 месяцев назад

that man can play!!

@helenaford457 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful bass and sound...thank you for sharing your gift, continued blessings.

@SmxkingLxve 10 месяцев назад

Oh! Ma gah! This so cool and impasoble!

@jeffgarrison7056 11 месяцев назад

That was freakin amazing!!! So cool!!!

@philmills2970 11 месяцев назад

Nice m8 love it made my day

@user-wp3ue4pd7x 9 месяцев назад

Another freedom comes with fretless bass is that you can play microtonal notes

@antd8259 7 месяцев назад

Sounding good man

@edwardgashapon15 8 месяцев назад

It reminds me of Mick Karn 😍...love that sound !!

@davidwood351 8 месяцев назад

Holy crap!

@oldbrokenhands 11 месяцев назад

Takin' 'em to the woodshed.

@NIICO540 Месяц назад

*cosmic horror* earthbound:

@Least_Banging_Headbanger 8 месяцев назад

That Was Cool

@robloxvids2233 3 месяца назад

Those micronotes are sick. I don't actually know what I'm talking about.

@Whueso 6 месяцев назад

Fuck. I love my fretless, but I just don't know how to love it like he loves it.

@scottparsons7825 11 месяцев назад

Bad ass playing

@MyBestPalJimbo 11 месяцев назад

Goddamn what a sound

@sirhc210 8 месяцев назад

dayum dude

@odin3141 5 месяцев назад

Man really said "hey, don't fret it"

@smokerman81 7 месяцев назад

Mr. Octopus fingers over here.

@followyourbliss101 9 месяцев назад

sounds like when my friend plays stoned and drunk

@heyyitsbenji 10 месяцев назад

crazy thumb

@philippedurandet7975 8 месяцев назад

Top!❤

@weidersaraiva2689 11 месяцев назад

Se alguém me pedisse pra imaginar como soaria um ET peidando, eu mostraria esse vídeo... 😂🤣 Brincadeiras à parte... Toca muito! Principalmente aos colocar elementos rítmicos e percussivos em suas linhas! 💪🏾👨🏾

@arthursoctomah9175 11 месяцев назад

Daaamn

@marindjurkovic155 11 месяцев назад

.. woow!!

@jlm6717 7 месяцев назад

Uffff brutal

@Wizard_Pepsi 6 месяцев назад

Found footage of a bassist trying to get their bass to sober up after getting tipsy.

@prismix0870 11 месяцев назад

This is so fucking cool omg

@genewilliams617 11 месяцев назад

What they said!

@jamesloftin4078 9 месяцев назад

OMG you a beast

@gyouza_special Месяц назад

Contrabass is like this

@FilthyMezla 7 месяцев назад

based Mars Volta enjoyer

@Comedical Месяц назад

wheres the bigfoot costume

@rickylosmuertos 9 месяцев назад

🎉🎉🎉

@DesignEntity 3 месяца назад

Longest 2 minutes of my life Not a bad thing

@Manuel-e9c9f 6 месяцев назад

Yeah Rasta

@krzysztofkubis5059 8 месяцев назад

Another god. We have to many gods today... XD It is hard to know them all well

@mycovore 11 месяцев назад

I am truly free, having never played bass guitar and thus having a bassless bass

@pjz96 4 месяца назад

LOLLLL

@mycovore 3 месяца назад

@@jaykelley103 I am truly free, having forgotten about this comment entirely until being messaged here today. I have forgotten what a bass is and assume this video is about fish. Hell yeah, brother, catch a big'n

@si.ari.06 3 месяца назад

Where do you get the bass from? The clap of your asscheeks? ww

@si.ari.06 3 месяца назад

@@mycovoreI second this (I don't remember what your reply says)

@mycovore 3 месяца назад

@@si.ari.06 who am i

@Andrew-qq8fb 3 года назад

This guy laying a groove so deep, I tripped and fell into it.

@pietrofugazzotto2456 3 года назад

So deep i found founding titan in there

@Tomatohater64 3 года назад

I believe that groove fell into the Marianas Trench. 😳😳

@AB-ou8ve 3 года назад

You ok?

@maximummatt73 3 года назад

This dude's got more deep grooves than Willie Nelson's face

@zebanon5 3 года назад

It's liek that shoop that got fished out and went right back in.

@stephenthemoonraker 3 года назад

“What keys do you typically play in?” “No”

@molo-molo5103 3 года назад

N 0

@mofo6907 3 года назад

Amazing

@darenmiller2218 3 года назад

“Keys”?

@klickingkayasmr7585 3 года назад

Love this comment 😂💀

@donnykafkaesquianis7518 3 года назад

I don't play in keys. I play in maquams (imagine that last one is in italics I'm on my phone so I don't know how to do that)

@nar____ 3 года назад

Fretless bass can either sound like a series of farts, or it can sound like a beautiful harp. This sounds like a combination of the two.

@stonecalm5532 3 года назад

That’s absolutely it, “beautiful farts”. I can dig it. 🤓🤜🏻

@Shot5hells 3 года назад

This made me laugh so loud

@amanbytheway 3 года назад

This dude be slappin a funky ass fart-harp then.

@TonyHawkTuah 3 года назад

So it's a Fharp !

@Tom-ko8qg 3 года назад

Lol the amount of effort and skill that went into this only for it to be described as a fart

@sharkzillah401 3 года назад

This guy just created an entire retro side-scrolling action video game's soundtrack.

@oldeenglishd45 3 года назад

If River City Ransom and Double Dragon had a crossover.

@hacool7603 3 года назад

I was you 1000 like hehe

@indig0p0rtal 3 года назад

@@oldeenglishd45 aaaaapp0110

@flavittos 3 года назад

I agree.

@liamade4826 3 года назад

Sounds like a mega man song on drugs. Lol

@trevorrobertsondoublebass4233 3 года назад

When the groove is so funky that any “out of tune” notes feel like stylistic choices. Respect.

@dominikweber4305 3 года назад

*ARE stylistic choices

@lanegibson5926 3 года назад

I was thinking the exact same thing

@zombieman3011 3 года назад

It's a bass. There are no out of tune notes. Especially once there's no frets

@lukasrydelius6174 3 года назад

....Until he decides to play with another instrument that uses notes (drums don’t count)

@jmadventures9830 3 года назад

it's actually microtones

@jj2621 3 года назад

official tab for this just finna be a series of question marks

@Doer231 3 года назад

An Asian dude saying finna? Now I’ve seen everything.

@cupparuppa 3 года назад

@@Doer231 ... what does that have to do with anything

@Doer231 3 года назад

@@cupparuppa it’s to do with the dude using finna in his comment

@maxalaintwo3578 3 года назад

Nah it will be... *shudder* ..... actual sheet music

@nobodyhome2670 3 года назад

@@Doer231 why does it matter that he’s asian?

@Jdid625 3 года назад

1:22 is every arcade game soundtrack when you make it to the boss battle

@SadChimchar 3 года назад

Shit just got real

@oldeenglishd45 3 года назад

Sounds like Super Thunder Blade

@trevorkorber 3 года назад

Sounds like when you start a jet pack joyride run

@borisholland9982 3 года назад

2:04 feels like the ending of a super mario level

@Gaby-dw4zy 3 года назад

And a nokia ringtone lol

@dot1t 3 года назад

Never tought someone could play funk, jazz, punk rock and metal at the same time

@molo-molo5103 3 года назад

Yeh

@desuretard8654 3 года назад

Minutemen plays a combination of blues, funk, country, jazz, classic rock, and of course, punk.

@SpecialFragoutYT 3 года назад

@Captain Bruh old slipknot recordings be like:

@chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b 3 года назад

Listen to Primus.

@ElaraArale 3 года назад

No?

@pineapplequeen13 3 месяца назад

Never in my life have I heard anyone rip that hard on a bass guitar. Fretless or not. That's some skill, dude.

@logminick5429 2 месяца назад

Gotta listen some more 😅😅

@Gabelinogames Месяц назад

@@logminick5429please enlighten me with some names, this is the craziest thing i’ve heard too

@W1LLi4m_ Месяц назад

There was a Florida man named Jaco that was ripping pretty hard in the 70s & 80s.

@ComradeBenedict 3 года назад

Someone open up some windows, it's getting real FUNKY in here

@013supersnake 3 года назад

Already!

@zenobass5925 3 года назад

i love this comment

@fakhourikakeesh5527 3 года назад

my windows already open, windows 10 that is, it seems he's got his windows opened up to 11

@adamulias2315 3 года назад

I’m thinking we need to remove two walls in the room, to get the right kinda cross breeze going. That’s a dangerous amount of funk!

@mikegordon7040 3 года назад

This style of music is actually called HurnKloot

@cbpye 3 года назад

This man goes more places in 2 minutes than most musicians go in 2 albums.

@genustinca5565 3 года назад

I'd rather have quality over quantity

@timtimtim1988 3 года назад

@@genustinca5565 why not have both

@doblet664 3 года назад

@@genustinca5565 he has both. Where are your videos,son🤷‍♂️?

@WormholeJim 3 года назад

But not on the floor, amazingly enough.

@longdongbongchong 3 года назад

You are the best gay fretless player on RU-vid.

@BuckScrotumn 5 месяцев назад

What is feels like to step outside into the sun on a nice day after you rip the weed pen: 1:03

@iCookCrystalMeth Месяц назад

precisely

@Sadioli Месяц назад

Lmao I read this as I got to that part of the song and I feel it

@edwinjones1000 3 года назад

Are you f*****g kidding me? This dude is off the hinges ! Pure genius.

@starshot5172 3 года назад

They're called frets heehee

@MFDoomguy21 3 года назад

You see his beard, man hasn’t stopped jamming for ANYTHING

@Samford_ 3 года назад

You’re allowed to swear here dude

@edwinjones1000 3 года назад

@@Samford_ LOL.

@starshot5172 3 года назад

@@Samford_ No go away 🤠

@SquareXero 3 года назад

1:24 instantly sounded like I was fighting some final boss on a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis video game. That was awesome!

@omarvalencia2442 2 года назад

I thought I was fighting a final boss tbh

@highluxpotato810 2 года назад

Sounds like the music of a rip-off of DOOM called ANGER. Still sounds like I’m fighting a boss though ngl

@eddnox 2 года назад

Oddly specific, but yes.

@Zalamandar 2 года назад

It reminded me of Doom

@reaganhay3157 2 года назад

My thoughts exactly

@deathmetaldownhiller7874 3 года назад

Turned this on in the living room, my roommate from across the house shouts, "oh, that's FUNKY!" Couldn't agree more.

@chainsofalice7070 3 года назад

I got me roommates with that same vibe 🤘

@worldf1re41 3 года назад

It's got that fonky-chonky

@shotq8070 3 года назад

@@worldf1re41 it do got that fonky chonky

@mbrulz 3 года назад

It's got that "HOOOOOOOOOOOORN"

@polyrtm5545 3 года назад

@@mbrulz dude your phone is on fire

@mareoio4141 3 месяца назад

this guy's right hand technique is incredible

@liujw0able 2 месяца назад

*both

@dominikwisniewski1818 10 дней назад

I think its his own technique called the lobster claw, I think he has a tutorial on it even

@Secretcodrin 3 года назад

I didn't know that by removing the frets you effectively create a ghost drum set that gives you a beat every time you play the bass.

@Euclib 2 года назад

Nah, devs just patched it. You actually gotta buy a drum set now :/

@voornaam3191 2 года назад

You think too much. Carefully remove the frets, fill the gaps with some epoxy, sand it down, adjust the action again and play your BEEEP bass. Do not write a DoctorOfArts thesis before you understand things.

@ulyssesno490 2 года назад

@@voornaam3191 what

@tongus5799 2 года назад

@@voornaam3191 what

@daytripper6779 2 года назад

@@voornaam3191 what

@HardBloodNelza 3 года назад

Entertaining to think that no one can ever play this exactly the way you did. Ever. It's completely and infinitely unique.

@neffetsrelkniwressua 2 года назад

what about a monkey on a typewriter?

@purpled4864 2 года назад

@@neffetsrelkniwressua i hope you're joking

@snow-ei3jt 2 года назад

@@purpled4864 what would be joking about?

@crunchylemon2849 2 года назад

Like a violin right?

@jumpwhistlefart 2 года назад

just like a shit

@haldouglas4773 3 года назад

as a violinist who was always put off from guitar because of the frets, i never knew this was an option and i must immediately try it so i can decide it's my new goal in life to be the best at it

@jarrettchrist 3 года назад

Go for it

@yeet632 3 года назад

HELLO this was me too. Was a violinist from 5th grade thru senior year, but picked up a fretless bass in 10th grade and it's all I actually *want* to play anymore. 100% go for it.

@bonzodachimp6897 3 года назад

big lap violin

@johnharvey5381 2 года назад

Reading your comment 1 month from your posting, and I hope you have already started. Bass is SO much fun!

@dino2535 2 года назад

memento mori :)

@magatrone100 3 года назад

“Sink the funkiest bass composition” “Don’t fret homie I’ve got this”

@stupidfuckingidiot 3 года назад

I see what you did there.

@bignerd7683 3 года назад

Solid joke

@jaideng721 3 года назад

That was an awesome joke, here is a cookie for effort: 🍪

@jackpepperpwb 3 года назад

Ha, I enjoyed this comment.

@poink1777 3 года назад

I imagine this is what a bass sounds like to someone who is high and drunk at the same time.

@jayscraggs405 3 года назад

Can confirm

@beaniebassist 3 года назад

I currently am. Groove is the sauce!

@daemiand9657 3 года назад

That's because you have done neither. Someone who is high and drunk might just walk away. It's completely bloody irrelevant anyway.

@robjohnsonmusicandgaming 3 года назад

Then imagine what THIS sounds like to someone who's drunk and high!

@myssangela4872 3 года назад

@@daemiand9657 it was a joke.

@awkwardme5375 2 года назад

That dark groove that starts at 1:03... A mix of Rush and Tool, and I really dig that.

@awkwardme5375 2 года назад

@Umut Kaymaz Zep's No Quarter? I don't quite hear it from memory, but I'll compare!

@awkwardme5375 2 года назад

Oh jeez.. "By Led Zeppelin" haha. I didn't even see you wrote that. Ignore my previous comment. Over here trying to think of any other No Quarter haha. Yes, I'm a die-hard Zep fan. I still don't hear it, but I'll be the first to admit that isn't a favourite song of mine, so I don't frequent it.