I used AI to make these bass players play the wrong bass

[@timothyshouer9377]

Who needs AI to remove bass from a mix when I have my phone speaker?

[@PopcornCone]

Hey an ai tool that doesn't stifle creativity but actually encourages it!

[@mtkwe]

"Jaco only needed a 6 strings Warwick"

[@ricardojmestre]

😂 Sounds fresher this way

[@matthewmorter7803]

Ha!!!!!!!

[@fromaggio7654]

with the spoinkle spiral shaped pickup

[@JustK009]

James Jamerson + Stingray = Bernard Edwards

[@patrickhunter]

That P-Bass on Dean Town sounds SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!

[@evanjarms4558]

Disco

[@zachjones1716]

Top comment spoilers! Lol

[@nyremand]

As much as I love new gear, I think the two most important things for bass playing are these: Pratice and playing a bass that you feel comfortable playing. This is a fantastic showcase of how different basses all sound great in the hands of a great player playing great bass lines. As always, love your content, AMP!

[@ValuelessPond22]

So glad that you just used the AI to rip the bass from the song instead of “hey computer make McCartney play a Dingwall”. Great playing too! I think I would’ve liked a direct A/B of the original tone too, but this was still great video. Thanks!!

[@ampthebassplayer]

Can’t let the AI do the fun work!

[@Crumsie]

Any bass can sound good when by a skilled bass player. Unless you play a thunderbird.

[@d3athr0ck3r]

Horrifically awful take

[@bassman3235]

Boomer ahh take

[@sirhenners204]

he has clearly never heard of John Entwistle.

[@ampthebassplayer]

@sirhenners204 Who?

[@sirhenners204]

@@ampthebassplayer I see what you did there

[@alexanderyaroslavich2703]

This is an intriguing experiment, but it kinda shows that it's not really the bass but the the player and especially the production. Yes certain basses have a certain timbral quality, but it's all in how you play it and mix it.

[@ampthebassplayer]

Really makes you wonder why we spend so much time worrying, discussing, and spending money on tone and not nearly as much time practicing.

[@60degreelobwedge82]

It would be fun to redo this but use the dingwall/dark glass metal tone for every song.

[@ricardojmestre]

Love the idea

[@Seshunavailable]

I was thinking of this just the other day lol, like what if some soft pop shit has just the nastiest darkglass wick/wall djent bass lines , could be cool

[@LikeTheBirb]

This is what I was hoping this was

[@justawful8404]

can't stop is not on californication

[@daggy174]

Hearing Geddy's part played on a P pickup wasn't too far off from his mid '80s sound with his Wal and Steinbergers.

[@alexfairhurst359]

IIRC on Moving Pictures Geddy was pretty much only using the neck pickup on his Jazz bass, so you accidentally made yourself sound closer to the original there lol. That aside, this is a fantastic idea for a series and I really hope you make more! I for one would love to hear Nirvana's In Bloom played on something like a P bass with flats and finger style

[@ampthebassplayer]

Appreciate the heads up! I almost always get something wrong and I don't mind being corrected. We'll put Nirvana on the list!

[@HandOfDoom9349]

I was just thinking that 😄

[@baileywatts1304]

Today I learned that when you are laying down bass tracks, there is no "wrong" tool for the job unless that tool is a thunderbird.

[@sweetegg]

Cool! From the title I actually thought you were going to use the splitted bass track, feed it to ai with the prompt "make this bass sound like a musicman" and plop it back into the song. I'm interested how that would sound...

[@handwriting8804]

Terrible

[@ampthebassplayer]

Yeah, but why let AI have all the fun?

[@dylanaird4437]

What a cool tool! Definitely a good use case for AI in terms of getting practice tracks

[@ampthebassplayer]

It really changes the feel of practicing. You don't have a safety net of the original bass. Dean Town was especially tricky because it's so sparse.

[@thedutchderp7319]

i would love to hear a super active sounding song like Schism or Reflection by Tool played on something thumpy like a precision or a mustang

[@BeesWaxMinder]

My biggest takeaway from all this is that tone doesn't matter as much as I thought it would -it's the notes that rule

[@r.l.rachel740]

This video high-lited your excellent & varied bass playing skills regardless of the type of bass you played. Really Impressive ! Thx

[@basstrom88]

To be honest, the "dark sounding bass tone where a bright bass normally would be" examples just sounded as if you were hearing the bass track through a few walls or from outside a car. I think the choice of neutral/treble-cut EQ mixes also made the basses sound less out of place. For example, if you played the Stingray with stereotypical cranked-treble "zing" tone like Flea, then Ain't No Mountain High enough would sound quite a bit different. I think many types of basses can sound similar-ish in a mix if they are EQ'd correctly and played conservatively. It's when they're played at the extremities of their unique configurations that they stand out (mid-cranked bridge pickup on a jazz, treble-cranked MM pickup on a stingray, treble-cut neck pickup on a Rick, etc)

[@ampthebassplayer]

Correct. My whole point in doing this is to show people that acquiring more basses to get the “right” sound isn’t always necessary. What’s more, is I didn’t even do anything with the basses controls for these recordings. Everything was set to full up on the passive basses, and the active basses were neutral. I even used the same amp sim preset. With a bit more consideration for the song being played, you could push any of these basses to sound much better than they did for their given contexts. Basically I’m trying to get people to put their focus back on playing and understanding the gear they have rather than feeling like they need to buy more stuff. Call me a de-influencer.

[@xodiaq]

“Do you like movies about Gladiators?” 😂🛫💯

[@groovemaster8632]

You could dial in the same tone on any bass as the original. But this is why I'll never play a bass with one pickup.

[@más72z]

Isn't that the wrong RCHP album??

[@DrTomoculus]

I honestly would have bought a Thunderbird years ago, when I first started playing, had I known how easy and fun they are to play. No it does not have the "traditional sounds" one associates with Fender, or just Bass in general. But at the same time, the dynamics you can get out of it, can really change the energy of your songs / material performed. It's an incredibly responsive Bass, and the more you attack it, the better it gets. It just produces sounds no other Bass really does (I have an Explorer that comes close, but it's such a monster that most of what comes out of it is bottom.) I found playing Funk on it relatively easy, and it had a decent sound for it. Not as poppy as a Fender or Musicman, but a bit more spanky. Please refer to music slang dictionary for what this all means ;) And a lot easier to play on it than a Rickenbacker. Which to this day was the most major disappointment playing a Bass I've ever experienced. And Chris Squire was The Man. So it was hugely majorly disappointing to finally play one, and not like a single thing about it. I STILL WANT ONE THOUGH!!!

[@DeadKoby]

It's often thought that certain instruments are "one trick ponies"..... so you don't explore all they can do.

[@trying2bhuman474]

Another cool vid! Thanks AMP!

[@pedroleal7118]

It doesn't matter, it's not about the gear, it's about the Music!

[@alanwadey2848]

Here's a suggestion that borders on sacrilege; Phantom of the Opera on a Hofner violin or club bass. Seriously thouh this was a great video and very informative, it also lends much credence to the maxim that a P-bass always sits well in the mix.

[@philipconradmusic]

Clever, fun video. And nice playing on a variety of genres! Well done ⚡️

[@ampthebassplayer]

Thanks Phil!

[@mangoinspector3859]

Bro sneaked an ad there

[@MadJackF1]

The right bass for the right application (and a player with skills appropriate for the task.) Ain't No Mountain High, the StingRay walked on the vocals. The P-'Stang on Tom Sawyer was lacking the punch dynamics. Can't Stop, we regret it too! Missing the snap and pop it needs. I Saw Her Standing There isn't too bad. It has the low thumpiness, but lacks the woody resonance. (this is also the only one I've even come close to playing decently!🙄) Dean Town, the lack of the Burpiness it looses the fun character of the piece.

[@MarcG7424]

Ain't No Mountain High Enough sounds like it's been neutered 😢

[@chadward]

That Mustang sounded amazing!

[@joshroberts1574]

My answer to all of this. None of it sounds… not right…. But to the trained ear those subtle differences that are characteristic to each bass I feel really show the brilliance in each players original bass choice. On the other hand this proves and shows that you can potentially play something on any bass and you can try that to open your creative possibilities. Even the thunderbird playing slap has this vintage quality that just makes it feel different but it’s a different sonic scape to mess with bass floating around in

[@jesselindsey1613]

"Ain't No Mountain High" isn't two decades older than the Stingray. Just one decade.

[@nathanminert3119]

Pretty cool video. Definitely shows that the "wrong bass" can still get the job done.

[@Seshunavailable]

The red light behind you really makes for some punk hair😎

[@sherlock4791]

Is the Pbass have flats on? Maybe it can be mentioned aswell Or the one for jamerson having new bright roundwound vs jamersons 20years of gunk flats

[@murilohumbertocmcb]

I always wanted to hear Beatles lines with Jamerson's tone.

[@joshroberts1574]

My answer to all of this. None of it sounds… not right…. But to the trained eat those subtle differences that are characteristic to each I feel really show the brilliance in each players original bass choice. On the other hand this proves and shows that you can potentially play something on any bass and you can try that to open your creative possibilities

[@daggy174]

If Jamerson had a Stingray with rounds, we may not have been able to endure the awesomeness. P. S: I love my Thunderbird.

[@totallyunrelated1292]

If you made a comparison of the Fender P bass and Geddys normal J bass for Tom Sawyer, then title it ‘here’s the difference between a p bass and a j bass’ both basses sound so different, one sticks out but one blends in, and both sound amazing

[@szymonszczerkowski3131]

We want more! I’d like to hear some Iron Maiden on a Stingray. I think it could sound interesting.

[@gianski3306]

Do a version where the bass rig is different, not just the bass. Like imagine My Girl with the Hysteria bass tone 😂

[@cameronlesley2428]

Sad I didn’t see jaco play

[@PorchBass]

Geddy Lee still sounds great on the Mustang! Flea sounds better on an explorer! I think we have calmed down a bit on the trebley bass in general to a less cokey tpne

[@JonathanRamirez-kd3zv]

Mustang Rush and p bass Vulfpeck worked for me. Not gonna sugar coat it, the others were kinda 💩 imo. Your playing was great and the video was awesome!

[@robdelabassist]

What this has told me that the thunderbird is only good for one type of music. The other basses have been used for alot more different types of music and these actually seem to fit the other songs ya did :)

[@Davidzinuhaha]

Tone in bass is pretty much in the hands, compared to guitars. You can do a lot in post but the technique it's the most notorious factor. Except if it's a thunderbird. That thing it's scary.

[@travisfischer4727]

A similar idea but using the same (similar enough) bass but with different amp sims might be a cool experiment.

[@ampthebassplayer]

What's funny is that I didn't change my recording settings at all. Everything was the same amp sim that I use for practice, and I didn't really leverage the onboard controls outside of being in active mode for the Beatles song. I feel like the bass makes a bigger difference to the sound, but I'm open to being proven wrong!

[@sapphicquartz]

Tone isn't a good or bad, right or wrong, just find something or some that work for you fits your expression or tone preferences and edit them just so slightly per son to make them suit the setting, personally i play a jazzbass w flats, foam, flats, scooped tone, favouring the neck p up but only having 50-70% volume and that works amazing with tons of things both things that have a warm tone and ones that have nasally or growly ones BUT i do also experience that it can hold me back so slightly in some contexts so i skip out on the foam or add some bridge pickup, tone or other things in another thing can be changing playing position or such aswell

[@morbidmanmusic]

any one of these could have sounded like any other.

[@LowEndLobster]

lmao I love you and movies about gladiators

[@ampthebassplayer]

🤗

[@franzturczynski4693]

Sounds crazy wrong in some cases like Jamerson and actually cool in others like Dart, IMO. Most people would probably never notice since it's so well played. If I could play that well I wouldn't care what bass I had.

[@spider_monkey_vr2822]

THIS IS REALLY ANNOYING ME WHEN YOU DID CANT STOP WHY IS IT A PIC OF CALAFORNICCATION

[@ampthebassplayer]

It’s almost like he did it on purpose to make people mad!

[@Flexflexible]

Gosh RHCP on the tbird was something... The rest was kinda good? Feels off, but they didn't sound bad.

[@BYLRPhil]

Old Metallica on a PBass instead of a Spector

[@ReignCharger]

sick nasty

[@KleversonRoyther]

It saddens me that KZbin's Content ID will take its bite out of this vid in no time. Let's hope not, keep up the good content, bass cowboy!

[@ampthebassplayer]

Though I won't be earning any AdSense money on this one, Lalal.ai did sponsor it and the split they gave me with signups through the affiliate link is pretty generous. Above all, I'm happy that people are enjoying the videos though! 1 like = 1 prayer #blessed

[@KleversonRoyther]

@@ampthebassplayer I sure am, brother! Also, Dean Town was real good!

[@jarettcron8894]

Song with no bass= 😔.... Song with bass= 😊 Listening like this, they all sound great to me

[@evanjarms4558]

Really only dean town and can’t stop felt like a different songs. Everything else sounded shockingly normal

[@ampthebassplayer]

Really makes you think.

[@quiknilter]

This video has taught me that I cannot hear the difference between basses at all #guitarlyfe

[@ampthebassplayer]

I’ve thought about doing a video where I teach my girlfriend to hear different basses. I’m not sure if it can be done, but could be interesting.

[@ludovicvanb9713]

There's a big problem in the video (don't get me wrong, it was interesting). You're trying to see what it does to a song to use a completely different instrument. Yet you try to emulate the original tone. Except for RHCP stuff.

[@ampthebassplayer]

I’m actually making no effort to match the original tone at all. I’m not doing anything special with the bass’s on board controls and I’m using the exact same recording preset for all of them. As it turns out, most basses just sound like basses.

[@jacobhey6008]

you can't just use vsauce music and not at least be bald)

[@maxonmendel5757]

v sauce music?

[@fortepiano4491]

KZbin monetization can NOT have had a good time with letting this one slide lmao

[@gsgahag6768]

You are right that t bird sucks

[@phipschi4255]

vintage pro series defenitly sounds better

[@ampthebassplayer]

Birds aren't real.

[@cameronlesley2428]

Thumbnail is misleading.

[@mikebrueggman6666]

The takeaway is that tbirds are trash, but not quite as bad as a 57 P.

[@ampthebassplayer]

BuT LeO GoT It rIgHt tHe fIrSt tImE

[@marblesandsoda]

This is really lame. It’s not “what if geddy lee used a p bass” its “what if I played Tom Sawyer on a p bass” you dont sound like these bass players because you arent them. misleading title

[@ampthebassplayer]

How would you do it differently?

[@Flexflexible]

@@ampthebassplayer Invite Geddy Lee duh... :doge:

[@marblesandsoda]

@@ampthebassplayer probably out of your reach cuz idk if IR or AI tech is there yet but the title implies you took the original bass recordings and used AI to make the original bass sound like a stingray etc so the characteristics of the bassist are still in the track just the bass tone is different the AI isnt making these bass players play the wrong bass its just allowing you to insert your own track. Though I understand “I used different basses on these songs” doesnt hit the algorithm the same so if you chose the title for that reason i get it