I like all of em Ps what bass is that?! 😜🇬🇧

IMO, Technique is relevant to both the style of music and the actual part. Sometimes the reason I choose one technique over another may be based on the tone I get. Sometimes the reason I choose a certain technique over another is because it is physically more comfortable to do so. The discretion is up to the musician to some extent, but if your working with an artist who wants a certain type of articulation from a specific technique, then it’s important to level with them for the sake of the art as a whole. My goal is to make each technique viable no matter what. So we should be able to pluck what we can tap or slap to a reasonable degree.

from what i hear , i think the power of the Compressor Pedal is the BEST : )

Fingerstyle works for every musicstyle imho.

So you want to know which piece sounded best? My answer is: yes.

Slap sounded the best on everything but pop, where it was totally unacceptable LOL. Makes me sad because my slapping sucks. Fingerstyle always sounded good, but was only the best for Pop. Pick was generally fine. At any rate, I've IME the only people who criticize playing techniques themselves are people who can't play those techniques 😂😂

Personally I think the techniques work equally well, personal preference ultimately decides what fit with what. Just don't get a "Producer" that immediately removes all the mids leaving just fundamentals to leave room for the banjos!

Pick for me! I play bass in heavy metal and acoustic guitar elsewhere. I don't know how to use my fingers and it feels more natural to me anyway, so.. Pick! - always and religiously!

Play along….. yea right.

I was really surprised by your hidden slap technique! Did not see that coming at all!

You could play with a spoon and still sound amazing 😱 Your technique in unbelievable! 😎🤘🏿Nevertheless I see slap and doble-thumb as separate techniques - eg. you could slap and never use double thumb like Flea. What do you think? 🤔

10:01 Finally, the trve black metal tone.

I like them all but the picki ng is more articulate and then again you make all three styles look easy and sounds really good.

Not gonna lie, I think the Fishman pickups and fluence EQ in the dimensions NS 5 fits it better than the EMGs and darkglass. Both are great though.

2:15 what in the?!?!

Cool video ....I gotta learn that thumb through slap technique , it was my favorite for all , because the notes had such solid delivery and nuance

Hi Nate! How to arrange bass lines for metal guitar riffs? Maybe you can record new video with few examples of different types of riffs and how to do that?

I knew I'd absolutely love fingerstyle and slap (playing bass can simply not get any better than this) but the pick shocked me. Before I didn't like the sound they gave, however you made them sound so good - the sharp tone picks make can apparently compliment a song too. Great job. My opinions? 1st round, funk, my favorite was slap (of course, slap and funk are great together! 2nd round, rock, my favorite was pick. 3rd round, pop, my favorite was also pick. 4th round, metal, my favorite was metal (I really love the fast 4-finger technique!)

those overtones at 1:54 😍

I PICK WITH MY THUMB >:D

Funk = slap Rock = pick Pop = fingers Metal = fingers

Those tones 🔥🔥🔥🔥

It's so beautifully simple. I don't play any instrument but the bass is always the best one IMO. No song is complete without a bassline.

Wow, Genzler! I wish I get one like from Nate! LOL

Hi Nate, ave you ever speculated how many of us poor mortals will be enticed to study the bass and how many of us will put the instrument aside forever with these killer videos??? 🤣

That Harley Benton actually sounds really good.

Slap sounds best on all of them 👍

What was dubstep thing he was using?

Wow, that Sterling Ray 4 really holds up !

2:55 please, write a 6 string book 😅

Приветствую,, мой басовый брат! Респект за твои публикации. Звукоизвлечениесупер!

slap across the board :P the reality is everything but funk would probably have the bass mix down so there was barely a perceptible difference. the best would be to simply be a Navarro, and use each when the most serving in the song

Fretless preset available? Thx

Great video! Please make a video about slapping bass on 4 vs. 5 vs 6 string bass. There is no video like this on KZbin

You just proved that plectrums are superfluous for bass playing

Co za gość! 🤯

thanks brother

What song is that on the brutal distortion

What’s the bass that he is playing. It’s amazing looking. 🎉

I've started playing bass in 1975 and I've never slapped because there's not much call for it in the metal I've played. But it can be a cool technique. That said, I do both finger style and use a pick. It's comes down to what works best for the song.

Ibanez wins hands down

Man ive been playimg for 30+ years had two warwicks a carvin custom and a sick old pbass... but i lost everythimg covid.due to havin to pay bills A gypsy girl,... friend let me borrow her Ibanez ex100 after i cleaned all the rust of her strings with my fingers and left a wearmark underneath neck pickup. .. if anyone has any good deals lmk i am not a rich mam But need another

Whatever works for the song. Sometimes one song requires all three options. One is not better than another. What is impressive is another option. Slapping is the most impressive. It's also what I'm not that great at, so there's that.

Amen to the best technique is Nate!!!

Hybrid style! (But i could never hit all those syncopations with any technique) 😅

I use finger and slap. No picks on bass for me. Don't really care what other people do.

I think I should not quit my day job.

Perfect technique with all three! They all fit easily in each genre, it’s up to the player to decide 😊. Awesome video as per usual!!

I also hide my pick in between the pickup and the body. Some lines sound better or are easier to play with a pick!

Hello Nate! Thnx for this video, I like it 😊 Although I'm not a bassist and I'm not so much into the techniques, I do have an opinion and personal preference. It's nice to become aware of that through a video like this. For me it is: Funk: 🖐 & 👍 Rock: 🖐 & 👍 Pop: 🔺️ Metal: 🖐 & 🔺️ And for your other question: I think it's important that a musician stays close to his or her own preferences and styles that are comfortable for him or her. Yes, composers and other band members will certainly have their preferences, but personally I don't think anyone other than the musician self, should decide how he or she wants to play a song. If you manage to stay close to your preferences as a musician, you will deliver a style and quality that you can also be satisfied with. How quickly are we inclined to judge ourselves? If someone else decides what you should do, it is even more difficult to be satisfied with what you have achieved. Working on authenticity and staying true to yourself, ensures that you create an unique blueprint that only yóu can put on the music. Others can be in charge or play the boss what they want, but I think staying true to yourself and what and how you want to play it, is the most important thing if you want to be and stay happy with what you are doing. Of course, this also depends strongly on the type of contract or the role you fulfill within the assignment, but I will leave that out of my answer for now.