1 PRO Bassist Battles 7 PRO Guitarists

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[@CharlesBerthoud]

Which battle was your favourite? 👇🏻

[@GoviaM]

Idk i havent watched the video yet

[@fortnitecoolkid63863]

The one with the music. I liked that one

[@the_bassiah]

The one with bass

[@MauiRedMan]

My favorite will be when you battle Steve Vai

[@enzomenso9136]

Winston vs bass turned all the way up

[@adamwardguitarist]

Thanks for asking me to be a part of your video again Charles, everyone was awesome!! A pleasure to be included amongst so many amazing guitarists :)

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for doing it!

[@EmilienBandrac]

Great playing on this adamward !

[@robertrecchia2642]

Thanks Charles, for including me! It was an honor to be included with these great guitarists! I had a blast “sparring” with you & hope we can do it again! 🤥

[@simonnyman9031]

" He nailed those ascending diminished chords at the end which are easy to miss ". Me, who doesn't understand music theory: " Yeah, dude he totally nailed those! "

[@GooglePleaseEmployMe]

If it sounds natural it flows if it doesnt it's not nailed

[@whosaidthat84]

Yeah it's quite a bit to explain but just go with it

[@susanhutchison1270]

C’mon man, you know those..... “things” at the end.

[@jesuslovesyou2616]

Jesus Christ died for your sins

[@arniekando6846]

@@jesuslovesyou2616 Correct and everlasting life by repenting and believing in the Gospel/Jesus. Amen.

[@danr1856]

Coming soon: 1 PRO Guitarist vs 7 PRO Bassist I can't wait

[@CharlesBerthoud]

😂

[@groobells]

All the pro bassists are Charles different characters

[@mashilmy]

@@CharlesBerthoud have you heard about alip ba ta? He's pro, i bet you can't play his arrangements

[@DegonTheMighty]

@@groobells No, one of them will be a special guest appearance from Davie503, but the rest will be Charles characters.

[@cereal_kill4984]

The Doo join the group

[@rainyandsunny]

It's interesting how differently they deal with key changes. The 'song' structure is: 1. E minor/E phrygian bass part (silence for guitar solo) 2. F# minor blues pentatonic part (silence for guitar solo) 3. A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio, B-flat diminished seventh arpeggio, B major chord (with short silences in between) and E minor blues pentatonic ending lick. There's a challenge for guitar players to connect parts 1, 2 and 3. To create cohesive piece guitar part gotta somehow arrive from E minor key to F# minor. And then from F# minor to A-flat diminished seventh chord. So I got curious to see how every musician approached those key changes. For example, first dude (Ljfulks) just kinda reacts to bass guitar without thinking of key changes. Bass plays in Em, then guitar responds with E minor pentatonic lick which ends on root note (E) on strong beat without regard to F# minor bass part which begins in this moment. Same thing with his second solo: pure F# minor pentatonic ending on F# note. He's aware what goes before his solo but ignores what goes after. Gabriel Borza: kinda connects parts 1 and 2 by ending first solo with bend going from E to F#. Then he goes wild playing A7 arpeggios and then going to B minor pentatonic lick ending on B, which connects to A-flat diminished seventh smoothly. Nice. Jungle man connects 1 and 2 by plaing mainly E minor stuff but ending it with bold F# note, which sounds weird in E minor context but then bass starts playing in F# minor key and it all starts making new sense. Then he precedes A-flat diminished seventh just by playing atonal chromatic craziness. Well, why not, that works too. Davidmargalitad responds to Em part by D minor sounding lick ending it with A note. Weird, but at least that A makes sense in F# minor. Then he responds to F# minor part with... another D minor lick. Okay, that's definitely weird ) I kinda understand where first Dm lick came from: he took E, D and F from beginning of bass part and proceeded from that. But the second solo seems to be in Dm just because first one was in Dm (and because his guitar is tuned D standard). Sotomusic responds to Em part by starting with Em pentatonic, then outlining A major arpeggio (which is connected to F# minor) but then he ends with C-E-G-A-B phrase which theoretically is wrong way to precede F# minor pentatonic, but it works somehow. Then he plays strictly F# pentatonic but ends it with B note which connects to A-flat diminished seventh chord. Mathiaslunde starts with Em pentatonic but right before first key change he goes to F# minor pentatonic and ends phrase with F# note. Then he precedes A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio by ending second solo on A-flat. Smooth. Adamwardguitar does a lot of things in first solo (E phrygian dominant, Emajadd9 arpeggio, E mixolydian stuff) and ends it with G to Aflat bend. Whaat? Second solo is more traditional: he starts with F# minor pentatonic and then precedes bass A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio with his A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio.

[@supersandwich8967]

Nerd

[@rainyandsunny]

@@supersandwich8967 I'll take that as a compliment )

[@supersandwich8967]

@@rainyandsunny XD but honestly I do appreciate you breaking down what's going I'm trying to get into music theory and this helps understand everything

[@valiantdiesel1332]

This must have taken so much time to write up, thank you for breaking it down. Love the mixolydian stuff the last dude does

[@sansthedrummer]

Sir this is a Wendy's Really though, very interesting

[@mlpreiss]

"The best noise cancellation I've ever heard." But if you can't hear it, how can you hear it?

[@CharlesBerthoud]

The best noise cancellation I've never heard

[@rossmassey4213]

@@CharlesBerthoud even I couldn’t hear it and I wasn’t even wearing any. That’s the sign of quality gear

[@alphagt62]

@@CharlesBerthoud I don’t know what they paid you for that advertisement, but it wasn’t enough! Your acting and improvisation was inspiring! Really made me want to buy the product! Your talents go way beyond bass playing, and you may be the best bass player ever? There may be bass players as good as you, but surely there are none better.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

He chose to listen to nothing, and it worked.

[@Kaktuskastl]

@@CharlesBerthoud on point.^^

[@sumofphi]

Now THAT is how to involve a sponsor without it being "ugh skip 30 seconds" Well done mate. +100

[@Maximus5798]

I can never remember the guy who played guitar for Jimmy Hendrix glad I’m not the only one.

[@klamin_original]

For musicians it’s easy to understand why the last guitarist delivered the best response, I was so happy to finally see someone play the parts stating the musical questions rather than just reacting to the responses from Charles

[@StuPV]

The first guy was playing something musical, then we took a dip into 'complicated noise' until the $70 guy, then back into musical expression with the PRO's

[@rkj4107]

Complicated noise. I like that haha

[@sirlost94]

Complicated noise is so on point haha

[@Daniel-kx4sy]

Seriously what I was thinking as well.

[@hellishlycute]

i liked the $70 guy the most, i feel like his stuff really fit what charles was playing

[@VLADPowder]

I though the Jungleman did the best out of the earlier ones

[@denis.seletkov]

I believe Jungle man was tapping with his pick, not thumb

[@Andre-oz3pw]

yeah, it looks just like Joe Satriani's pick tapping technique

[@fadlimunanda2802]

Yap

[@lispuhizamustafa763]

Approved

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Yeah i think you're right!

[@georgetzathas9002]

Oh I just thought Charles made a joke cause bassists don't like picks lol but turns out he was serious. Yeah, that's the pick tapping technique.

[@user-rj2hx5fs4y]

Seems Ludwig had forgotten he was wearing those airpods through the last decade of his life...

[@CharlesBerthoud]

😂

[@peterpanda8653]

Brutal

[@yuvcharmer]

I don’t play bass but that news article hurt me

[@WAVE0025]

I dont even play a single instrument but that article made my heart cracc

[@seymourglass26]

It's a satirical article from somewhere like 'The Onion.' Chill.

[@troy5094]

I’m glad Charles didn’t take it seriously

[@piyushsharma3991]

I am a bass player a I maybe laughed way to hard after reading that article because something like that happened to me too when I was at my school's band playing bass, well not exactly the sleeping part but we had a couple of girls watching us while we were practicing and a couple of them asked " sO, wHaT's pIyUsH pLAyIng??" That's triggered me so I just stopped and they immediately understood what I was playing lol Huh... memories.

[@reddudgeon7279]

I love this guy. He is so incredibly british, I love it. The fact that he is also a bassist takes this guy up to a whole 'notha level!

[@mikegaskin5542]

Also half Finnish from what I hear

[@stumpy2165]

Some really bad audio clipping when transitioning between cuts, pops my speakers pretty bad. Awesome video otherwise.

[@MTEMedia]

100%. Happened to me as well.

[@sebass_9212]

Same :c

[@waterdrinker6659]

ruined the video for me, clipping at every cut

[@djlemma]

Yeah it's a real mess. Pretty unfortunate on a video that you otherwise want to listen really closely to

[@treydongreen4109]

Same here

[@SuperYrch]

A Fender guitar recently came into my possession and I began researching a little to start learning it, but ever since I have discovered this channel, I'm hooked on the bass and now plan to get one. Awesome channel!

[@RandomJ2023]

The amount of talent in this world is mind boggling.

[@DetectiveCreeps]

Of all the epic basslines I've heard you come up with, your 2nd phase is quite possibly the most auditorily satisfying thing I've heard in a long time.

[@Robert-bw6jk]

Cool, just arrived here from dave504. Do more battle, please. This is so awesome! I really feel the need to start playing an instrument, even though it will take 100 years to pass beginner level for me. Can't decide either Gabriel or Mathias as my favorite

[@danadane2501]

Honestly the first guy had the best tone and his playing blew the 4th guy out of the water . That heavy bluesy feel always gets me .

[@Legocatshouse]

Sotomusic/the $73 recording was my favorite. He was the opener for the pro tier. Every note fit perfectly into place and felt like a well sized serving. 👌

[@Firex00]

Honestly each and every one of them was amazing

[@vanillaplanifoliae]

the second-to-last one was definitely my favorite, but none of these hold a candle to charles's battle with nito. it's one of my favorite pieces of music to this day

[@Malacker]

Hello charles, i have beloved headphones too, i'm hearing a (at least 10) quick but jarring flickers in audio between some of your cuts. I thought my bran new headphones were broken lol it's a little distracting

[@mcich8681]

Was looking for this comment!

[@sangokudbz79]

same, great video anyway but check it out plz!

[@fionat.6411]

Oh man. I thought my ear buds were broken. Thanks for that comment.

[@gunkyzip]

yea, I hear it on my bluetooth speaker

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Yeah I'm gonna look into it!

[@vdubkrob7099]

Your stuff is really entertaining! Keep up the good work!

[@m1n3r4ls]

I’m gonna be honest. I’m not a musician and can’t even play but not that many people actually listened to Charles’ and tries to fit the mood

[@lunaumbra5179]

It's rather difficult even if you are a good musician. And Charles is academically trained which gives him a huge edge

[@lunaumbra5179]

@BLVCK CVT it's a good thing art and music are subjective 😊

[@lunaumbra5179]

@BLVCK CVT try your best if that's what you want 🤷‍♀️

[@lunaumbra5179]

@BLVCK CVT I'll pass 🤣

[@piyushsharma3991]

@BLVCK CVT nice burns.

[@danielsalasmusic]

Hey Charles, great video!! Nice battles !! Just one thing IMHO, I hear pops and clicks in every transition you make, just be careful with that because sometimes is very annoying. Besides that, your videos are awesome!

[@theklaus7436]

I’m almost speechless. I’m just an ordinary guitarist- but you are amazing and not only a genius on bass, but you are funny intelligent and burns right through the screen. Fantastic idea. You deserve what ever you make off money

[@iamme6581]

the beginning of that first "battle" sounded like part of Tenacious D's "Metal"

[@StormdriverOne]

No one can destroy the metal.

[@oldguydoesstuff120]

I gotta say that I agree with your choice for the tip. I was expecting it to be a joke entry for that price. Some of the other responses might be a bit better, but that was the best value hands down.

[@davidoliveira4202]

This video was awesome... there are so many incredible musicians everywhere 💪

[@boomerbassmeme]

+1 for the clever sponsor ad! Adam and Brandon I think got where you were going and worked best with the theme.

[@addictedtoguitars4948]

I liked the first and second last. As I'm sure many have mentioned, the one guy wasn't tapping with his thumb, he was using the side of his pick.

[@EgonEhomLundberg]

Hi Charles, i'm a bassplayer, too, (not as good as You, but still), and You are truly Awesome, Thanks for all your amazing bassplaying videos - Long Live Bass! 👍🎶

[@WanKedySpanKedY]

Hey Charles, I became a fan of yours after the first battle with Davie504. Your musical ability is outstanding and really inspires me to get better on my instrument. Even though your skills are incredible, you stay humble and that inspires people to be better. Continue to do an amazing work! Love from everywhere.

[@bobblake6530]

Epic playing and entertainment, as always. Thank you for giving me something cool to watch on the first day of classes.

[@rafasincopado]

@charlesberthoud that's not a "thumb" tap, it's a pick tapping. love your stuff, dude

[@ApexHerbivore]

"His parts fit perfectly with mine" TWSS

[@TheBlindPower]

The opening riff kept making me think of Tenacious D’s « the Metal ». Great video, they were all really impressive!

[@GrahamMurphy525]

You should do a collab with Brandon Ackers

[@armanasaintclair8962]

So Damn Sweet ! I think the pro level started for me with the seven bucks guy ! Amazing video as always ! I can’t wait to see the next one !!!

[@johnny5805]

To be fair, you went easy on them Charles. You were playing at 10% level.

[@MoreNerd101]

hey dude Love the video! there are few audio pops between different shots of you talking especially around the 4 & 8 minute mark. other than that, brilliant video as always :)

[@ABarbershopBarber]

Ok you singing lines is so wholesome. Love it.

[@SCHTRAM]

Honestly the only one I really thought fit was Mathias Lunde's. He was the only one where the battle felt like you played of each other instead of trying to show of without considering what the bass played at all. The others felt like opera singers trying to do a rap battle.

[@elrikup1179]

Oh wow i could watch these all day... Amazing stuff!!

[@tomweather8887]

Honestly, that first little groove in the second part there is some of the dopest shit I've ever heard.

[@rollingtroll]

Holy shit, so many good guitar players out there who may never see any sort of crowd. Makes me ashamed that I can't play an instrument, but also happy to know that there will always be plenty of good music out there.

[@MultiDavid]

dude, in link is wrong video. too short !

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for letting me know - should be fixed now!

[@MultiDavid]

@@CharlesBerthoud great :)

[@apalladium5k]

04:20 - Tapping with the pick was the first way I learned to tap. So I only need to spend 10-15 years tapping to get as good as you? You're an inspiration

[@ericberthoud490]

Love this.

[@chrisbob1200]

Tough call! Can't argue with your choice of JLFulkes, but I have to say that mathiaslunde was really fun and made me smile. Some used a lot of reverb and some didn't - reverb made for quite a different conversation with the bass track.

[@viennabartsimpson1660]

extremly talented musicians out there and great tone

[@alecyeager6624]

That “thumb tapping” was actually pick tapping

[@pedrodelgado2116]

Sounds like an interpretation of DTs 'Panic Attack' and it's brilliant. Great job Charles, as usual, and for giving these otherwise unknown (to me) amazing musicians the chance to shine by your side. You and Davie rock! And I love bass. That is all. Ty

[@KindredBrujah]

Pretty sure he lifted the opening lick from there for sure. The rest departed rapidly though, so it's fine.

[@johnfollis2357]

This is amazing. You should do a battle with @Doug Steele. I would love to see what happens. He is an amazing guitarist.

[@TheAndostro]

imo Jungle man was the best but everyone do something intresting

[@michaelmiller5177]

1st and 1st pro were the best to me. Last pro did sound like he was writing a song with you; which was pretty Dream Theaterish

[@reinaert.c6253]

There is a snap in the end on evers 10 sec, maby can u lisen to it and fix it?

[@vox9841]

They were all very similar , I would have liked to have heard some clean tones from one of the guitarists, or a more middle type fusion tone.

[@ivankadanov1946]

That whammy from the last gives me chills

[@GregHillmy4re]

You have never ceased to amaze me completely time well spent watching a great value for my time Charles. Thanks again 🎸

[@herbvee]

I am really digging these response videos. Very impressive

[@mr.president1874]

All of the musicians in this video are incredibly skilled. Great video

[@MauiRedMan]

Why don't you put out a challenge against Steve Vai?

[@breadyegg]

Damn. That'd be something.

[@Incog2k6]

Joe Satriani and Tosin Abasi might work too, and I don't mention those 2 by coincidence. They actually like posts by Charles on Instagram, lol (as does Jack Black, and no, I'm not kidding, Jack likes almost every post).

[@ak54539]

My favorites were the first and the last!!! Bring them back, please!!!!

[@Lazy_eye_blobFish]

He is going to have a lot of hate for tha opening.

[@alejandroramirez4470]

When Jimi's name is in the band name 😱🤣

[@troy5094]

It’s all a joke 🤣🤣

[@greengonzonz]

Loved this Charles. All round entertaining vid. 💙👍

[@gmcmurry]

Charles, You bring out the best in every musician! Greg

[@TheHookBoy]

I agree with the verdict. Last guy was definitely a pro (and truly deserves that title) and the first guy messed up one thing: hiring cost. Great video.

[@KristianVirtanen]

Im happy, that we have those guitarists making fun sounds and faces while we bassists can concentrate to play music ;)

[@evanwilliams8908]

A lot of guitarists sound like they were just playing riffs and not battling. Sotomusic was the best.

[@bror31]

You should really check his channel...

[@ThePsyska]

totally agree, other guys just play common riffs... Sotomusic was way better and original

[@bror31]

@@ThePsyska Im lucky enough to play in some of his projects and to be my house mate... what a teacher to have =)

[@faulko0813]

Heeyyy, thats how you do a sponser, just a wee sketch instead of a 1:30 discription. Glad to see it man, keep it up!

[@iangarza990]

"jimi hendrix band" hmm... i wonder who that other member is, it wouldnt be jimi hendrix of course right?

[@WonkyWalrus]

impossible

[@MedalionDS9]

Who?

[@whosaidthat84]

Nah it's Himi Jendrix

[@mo000on]

7:39 when sotomusic finishes, he makes it sound like Charles was fitting his bassline to soto's guitar. I think Charles praised him on his ascending diminished chords but i'm a musical simpleton and I dont know what those are.

[@JR-vp6yg]

My heart beat raised when Charles said David.

[@tjg555]

"best noise cancellation I've ever heard"...hm

[@Ichiz98]

Nice video, but the cuts had this insane static almost everytime. Started wondering if my speakers had gone night-night

[@steinafl]

Those guys are all technique and no melodic sense

[@maks886]

Yeah, I agree. Perfect technique - pleasant to look at and admire, but to hear it - not so much

[@m1n3r4ls]

I don’t really know how to play but I totally agree. The first guy did the best in terms of listening to Charles’s music in my opinion

[@barackobama9552]

The 1st one was pretty melodic

[@aavila1206]

The 1st guy actually had flavorful phrasing and tasty rich blues tone

[@vim9099]

You killed the advertisement part xD

[@igorstrzalkowski]

73.50 guy was my favorite, he just had the most tastefull licks. 135.50 was a close second, and the first guy at 7.50 bucks was very nice too and kicked some butt.

[@MrLukeisonprobation]

I am pretty sure that Jungle_man was using a pick to tap. not his thumb! great vid

[@jomarbonje3496]

A bass battle with Henrik Linder pretty pleeeeeeaseeeee. It would be a burning battle between these two.

[@StormdriverOne]

I hear a little Tenacious D at the beginning and the third bit sounds a lot like Toki and Skwisgaar's duel in The Doomstar Requiem.

[@Himekocchi]

8:58 ... This is perfect for a game's evil Final Boss who took away everything away from the protagonist.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

Ok, that bit about the Jimi Hendrix Experience was fucking hilarious.

[@dbackscott]

I don’t know about the specific earbuds advertised, but I have the soundcore life dot earbuds and they’re quite nice.

[@Dubsyman]

All of them were EPIC!

[@nukewurld]

I'm subscribed and I love watching these vids purely for the music and for the virtuosity of Charles. But the more I listen to tap style, the more im convinced that I just dont love it compared to the slap method. I just think bass is so enriched with percussive elements and tapping takes away from that, especially when soloing. Im no musician but thats just my humble opinion.

[@DeafBlindMan]

Sotomusic was dope af! btw watch out for those audio glitches..

[@maryeastman2647]

You did a good blow up skit for the Liberty Air 2 Pros

[@voornaamachternaam7890]

Second part of the bass solo was amazing. Sotomusic (70) was the best player imo

[@SavageW4A]

Charles! He wasn't tapping with his thumb he used his pick 🤫

[@zoneog1000]

That jack black shout-out got Charles in the metal

[@L0vac]

Am I the only one reminded of Painkiller by Judas Priest by that starting part done by Charles?

[@christopherjunkins]

ALL THE POPS! Dude, watch those audio pops on the edits.

[@wesleybrehm9386]

Great ad! The paid sponsorship content on your channel are the only ads I actually watch!

[@ericstanley3586]

Sotomusic and Adam for sure! And of course, Charles! Everyone was impressive though.

[@Stisse12]

Wow!! Nice Battles! Want More!!!! :)