Amos Williams - Dystopia Bass Playthrough

TesseracT are on tour throughout Europe during Feb/March 2016. GA tickets and VIP upgrades are available from here: www.tesseractba...
Using his prototype Kiesel Vader VB5, Amos performs 'Dystopia', taken from the TesseracT's latest album 'Polaris'.

[@Xephyra]

You and postones have got to be one of the greatest rhythm cores in a band. Just beautiful.

[@enriquequiroga2824]

Amos, you fucking rock! My fav Bass player so far

[@TheDrumminjay]

Beast mode! Bassists are so rare already, but really really good ones are even harder than that! TesseracT is indeed blessed to have this one!

[@pacificexplorer6601]

Man, these playthroughs are insane. Thanks for sharing!

[@evanparigi3094]

Amos im a drummer but you will always be my favorite bassist

[@maxblair3317]

I'm a drummer and Amos single handedly made me want to learn bass. Picked up my first 5 string a few days ago!

[@ronylussari]

This is the song that made me a fan!

[@assuerorenton1575]

Tesseract is awesome, they always impressionante me. There's very creativity on this song and specially in this bass work. Undeniably this was so fucking great!

[@traderLeah]

this is so immaculately done! one of my top 10 favorite videos on here of all time, you legend

[@rodrigomonteiro848]

You are amazing Amos... You have a great fan of your job in Brazil... Keep rocking

[@raguel3206]

Thanks man! That was incredible! Loved your play-through of messenger as well. Still beating myself up that I missed you guys when you came through my area.

[@TYFLOL]

Honestly TesseracT should make funk djent on their next record

[@trottingfoxinc]

+TYFLOL I feel like that's already what they do, or something close to it. Out of all the Djent bands' bassists Amos is almost certainly the most funk-influenced. You don't see many bassists even not use picks anymore, as a jazz bassist who later got into metal it seems unfortunate to me

[@TYFLOL]

Andy Shores Yes, that's ofcourse true, but I wish they'd take it to another level... They have some cool bass moments but I'd just like them to be funkier

[@qaisellkurdi962]

YES I LOVE THE IDEA

[@qaisellkurdi962]

YES I LOVE THE IDEA

[@sacredxgeometry]

They're not a djent band. FFS.

[@marryyouj]

Thank you so much for sharing your Amazing Talent with us all ! can't wait to see more !

[@philnewpower]

Amos is what you would call a pure bassist. The main and only instrument he focuses on. You can tell by the style 💪🏻

[@123rohank]

You're extremely gracious for sharing this

[@bjoernkmusic]

Love it. Such an inspiration!

[@Tomozaurus]

Amos: I absolutely love your bass, man. It looks and sounds incredible.

[@man.of.many.pockets]

I rate the over the shoulder camera over the neck, i never see it in bass videos and it works so well

[@LightsOfSkadi]

Love that you included tabs to play with!

[@JosephAlnasl]

One of my favorite riffs

[@xTheUn4gIVen]

THANK YOU MOS!!!

[@ScrambleBandOfficial]

I'm like "Oh wow this song is easier to play than it sounds." and then half way through "There it is!"

[@AscendingFromAshes]

that flow is soooo sickkkk

[@pizzleybear8562]

That bass is gorgeous!

[@davidaguilera2365]

That bass looks so mean it’s awesome 😍

[@massimilianomagni2351]

Sheet music for bass : ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ wonderful band and wonderful bass player 👍👍👍💘🔝

[@Halfpastseven]

LOVE THIS SONG!

[@ravoid36]

watched this so many times, pretty crazy!

[@Queenmania2007]

Watching this in anticipation of Sonder. Can't wait!

[@mohitrahaman]

You make marvellous sounds coming out of that wood

[@ElleEllie9]

Great playing! and that Bass looks so awesome!

[@Aviatorj25]

I think Tesseract can be classified as progroovesive metal?

[@qsounds595]

Yeh prog djent

[@rehobalint1100]

I mean djent is pretty much that. Very groove based prog metal

[@coldfiresamurai6333]

They're Djent which is basically the fusion of prog, extreme and groove metal

[@TheEmperius]

@@qsounds595 What kind of djent isnt prog?

[@AmitDas-wp4vp]

@@coldfiresamurai6333 extreme? Are you kidding me?

[@mmklassen]

So sick!!! Love it. What tone.

[@attrition71]

so gnarly

[@irunwithwolves]

What a beautiful bass ♥

[@BritishArmyTributes]

Epic as always

[@rexyvb]

Nice warm, clean tone! Very different

[@timtactix6603]

Just sick

[@drunkard103]

would love you guys to do a video demonstrating how you process bass in the studio. the tone is ferocious :D also this video is too perfect D: much love ^_^

[@trfmusic902]

This is pretty cool! Going to try to take this thing out :)

[@michaeljvandyck]

I remember seeing on fb that you picked up this bass on the day i saw you guys in sd. Awesome.

[@ccruz3]

Kiesel Factory is based in Escondido!

[@monkeybusiness673]

Holy Mother of Prog! That song is awesome...but actually seeing it happen is some next level revelation right there! Guess once I finally got Tool under my fingers I'll dig into this..Oh Boy, Oh Boy!

[@smokejc]

Good on ya, Hugh!

[@benhenryart]

I fucking love you guys. You included the tablature???? hell yes.

[@ThiagoAlmeidaAvelino]

Incredible.

[@majorminus66]

Now that, my friends, is a unit of a bass

[@denzz8687]

oh love that tone

[@jwolf1293]

Amos you are my biggest inspiration for playing bass guitar. Also your setup is cleaaaaaan as fuck

[@ubernoob103]

Now thats a beautiful bass guitar.

[@xdux]

love this song, has a huge fates warning influence on it.

[@TheDrummerGeorge]

Amazing job!

[@jakubsikora8015]

Amazing!

[@BrianAnderson-7]

so much YES

[@alang5397]

this is great! reminds me of fates warning pleasant shade of grey CD and the later stuff !!!

[@martinheath5947]

The pickup and its positioning makes this bass virtually a MusicMan Stingray tonewise

[@M4NA5]

Groove for days.

[@JoeKundlak]

Nice one Amos! Hopefully you can post more bass videos for most of the Polaris songs! I for one would love to see the "Cages" being played live. I was finally able to wrap my head around the rhytm in that song - being 15 notes of bass per "section", totalling up to 72 beats (or 15x4 + 12) for a larger "section" of music. Weird, but beautiful :)

[@caoilinoconnor82]

That bass is strait bitchin. Love it.

[@Mazzarellimauro]

Thank You!!! please, play more Songs!!!

[@elevenAD]

holyshit! this is great,that fucking bass looks and sounds amazing!

[@santiagomontoya1018]

This song is fucking hard man.....

[@AeonicEnnui]

Wowwww

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

cheers to the killer drum tone too

[@derekofbass]

Yessir!

[@PabloAfroSamurai]

love u fam

[@GamezJohn]

Clever Kiesel guitar case placement

[@christocr]

Well... after listening to several videos with Amos playing the Warwick Thumb and this video with the Kiesel bass, I definitely like this tone way more. Way more punchy and full.

[@the1111machi]

That's the reason why they used this one.

[@The_Noticer.]

Warwick not punchy? What?

[@yachh2225]

More punchy and full than Warwick? U w0t m8?! :D This bass sounds like paper compared to good ol' Thumb

[@sethnicholls7861]

This weird and awesome bass has a lot more open mid-range that it sounds like his new tone needed. Definitely has less growl down low, but the mid-range/treble are more open and airy.

[@danielsan3681]

🙏❤️

[@_chairman.lmao.]

Not a fan of the keisel at all (In terms of looks) but the tone of it and the playing are fucking sensational

[@jayreyes828]

yea my dude! yo this reminds me of an old video game and its OST... Pitfall.. in the mines...

[@MasterofWisdom]

this dude is a fucking boss omg i fucking love tesseract every one of them are amazing fuck!

[@nirvanaXslipknot]

We need more Bass videos and can you please make a bass lesson to one of the songs! \m/

[@nemesisbass2133]

If a buddy of yours has never heard any djent, show them this. the shear tone of the Keisel will floor their ass.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Archimedes Arisen I actually showed this to my parents. Until now they thought Djent was only bands like After The Burial

[@personaljesus4670]

👌👏👏👏

[@jorgezevallos4025]

Master

[@ashwalk85]

name spelled wrong in title! (awesome playthrough)

[@ashwalk85]

+Dyllyo It was "Wlliams", now it's edited.

[@victorhugopdrums618]

What's the tuning? I wish i could learn this song, and since it is posted with tablature... Hope anyone could post it. Also... Amos you're a composition god, and awesome bassist!

[@Finnvbot]

Drop A.

[@victorhugopdrums618]

THANKS!!!

[@55Ignis]

for some reason the vocal style reminds me of Michael Jackson. kinda cool for the song though.

[@petarpavasovic6333]

55Ignis Dan, the singer, once said that Michael is actually one of his biggest influences!

[@riverpb5250]

yes! the pronunciations and the general timbre is very MJ here

[@alternas7195]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/np7ahqapitl3fZY heres their singer covering a Michael Jackson song!

[@markmeloney2643]

Anybody know what software was/could be used to scroll the tabs on the video?

[@sinborn41214]

2 thumbs up for including tab!

[@Ragnarockalypse]

That bass looks so clean I could eat a $500 Kobe steak off of it.

[@majorminus66]

I'm wondering how on earth Amos manages to mute those strings. Especially for that opening riff!

[@alexvillegas]

Index & ring fingers, left hand. Check out the small rotations of the index finger to mute the strings sideways.

[@victorbravovidal4475]

what a masterpiece xd

[@joetolar7366]

Nice cover! :D

[@Quaker763]

Jesus Christ how in the name of god do you get a Bass tone like that....

[@januszo.2180]

I would love to play this some day on bass. Even Davie504 would struggle with the rhythm here...:)

[@DougieD_Funk]

Love you dude!!!! Gotta say though, I'm really missin you with the Warwick tone! You can borrow my Vamp whenever you want ;)

[@xXLirik52Xx]

Something is bugging me ... there is a note ( a D on the 5th string ) kind of a ghost note, ( its after the 5 in the 4th string and 8th in the 5th string in the second bar of the verse ) i'm not sure if he is playing but i'm hearing

[@xXLirik52Xx]

Its marked by the (x) in the tabs

[@about47t-rexes12]

@@xXLirik52Xx Yep, that's a ghost note

[@9tao9]

How do you play the fifth sixteenth note from section B. The tabs shows a hammered on ghost note (how does that work lol). Just mute with the fretting hand?

[@Unanythang]

Thank you for this! How do you like the Kiesel vs. Warwick?

[@mizmor149]

Music...You just enjoy. :)

[@MrBastiaan125]

intro frames: bass playthough.... why? I can't unsee this :'(

[@antagonistofficial389]

What's the tuning is?

[@cd0u50c9]

I could never get into the Brandon Boyd-type vocals of this band - that being said, Amos' playing is something to be wholeheartedly appreciated.

[@montyhockey99]

Who's better, Nolly from Periphery or Amos?

[@mammothaudioengineering]

That's like asking who's better, Zeus or Jupiter? Both awesome in their own ways.

[@montyhockey99]

Mahmoud Kattan true that man👍👌

[@Nullllus]

I guess, Nolly is more technical, and Amos is more creative. So, Amos for me, lol.

[@hvze9848]

I’ve learned the song up to 2:30 but that’s when both my brain and my wrist break

[@fabriziodalembert5916]

Yes, when I learned this song it I found this part really hard. But it's just a matter or training.

[@hvze9848]

@@fabriziodalembert5916 this song is literally nothing to me now that i have 2 extra years of practice lol

[@DYmusic]

shame on the three guys how disliked this!!!!!!!

[@ZA-mb5di]

I love Djent

[@lafarnesina1653]

Is the bass tab equal to the guitar tab?

[@hippiehobo1]

whats with the massive pickup route?

[@l_k_s__a_n_r]

+hippiehobo1 I believe this is the prototype and they experimented with pickup positions ;)

[@drmoshie]

+hippiehobo1 probably to test different positions

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Lukas Wagner I don't think so. Kiesel didn't offer an option for a MM style pickup for the Vader, so Amos probably threw away the original pickups and drilled a bigger cavity for the MM pickup

[@sethnicholls7861]

I was thinking the same thing. Whether he routed this bass out for a MM pickup, or he was experimenting with its position, it's definitely a proto type thang.

[@nemesisbass2133]

Somebody help me here lol What tuning is he playing in? I'm finally at a skill level where I think I can play this, but I absolutely cannot find the tuning anywhere.

[@MMR_LM]

Drop A - AEADG