Every kind of bassist

[@DanielSwisherMusic]

Well...this might not be every kind. What did I miss? Let me know in the comments :)

[@worldofgreenhell]

The slapper

[@toughfff712]

Bored Left handed Super technical

[@MrDanilop45]

Bassist to emulate: Charles Berthaud Davide Biale Billie Sheehan Cliff Burton Marcus Miller (or Victor Wooten) Flea John Deacon (or Sting) I was a mix of Steve Harris and Cliff Burton on stage, added a bit of Billie Sheehan at the end of carrier.

[@crashcourseinbruhsurgery]

Robert Trujillo 🦀

[@HonkerinoXD]

The finger player

[@layne05]

"Stalling for time" just reminds me of Mike Dirnt playing the Paper Lanterns bassline for several minutes while Billie just fucked around at Woodstock 1994

[@Taylor_5724]

Mike dirnt got two slots in the vid i guess lol

[@andrewsemones2982]

Billie:AAAAAAAAAAYOOO Mike: please my fingers are bleeding.

[@thequebee_0101]

Ayo i also commented that lol

[@M_Alistair]

He didn't want to become a mud hippie

[@dippyfresh994]

literally iconic

[@laurensweetman9198]

this is just too good. the 'mike dirnt' absolutely killed me

[@osku8548]

He just forgot the jumps

[@johnrodrigues2018]

The one before it was also Mike Dirnt lmao

[@TheSilentOne_98]

@@johnrodrigues2018 yeah I was thinking the same thing. I got to that and thought oh so this is Mike. Then the very next actually be mike.

[@phnelson033]

@@osku8548 And way more spastic head jerks/snaps.

[@mammontustado9680]

Not even close

[@philmstud2k]

Part II: -the bored bassist -the groove machine -the Paul McCartney (contrapuntal melodies) -the "picked up bass because it's more macho" -the creeper (keeps moving closer to drummer) -the SLAPPER -strummer (strums chords instead of picks) -the coked bassist (fast, flashy '80s pop, like Duran Duran) -the jazzmaster (jazz bassist) -the lazy bassist (thought it was easiest part of being in a band) -the mastermind bassist (secretly writes all the music and runs the band, like Beach Boys' Brian Wilson)

[@Pedroleum100]

Certain types of that like the groove machine and the slapper can be summarized under the _overambitious bassist._

[@Sir5227]

And of cause: - Flea

[@Pedroleum100]

To complete your list with examples: -the bored bassist (Sid Vicious) -the groove machine (Flea) -the "picked up bass because it's more macho" (Barney Stinson's _Cheap Trick bassist_ impersonation in HIMYM) -the creeper (keeps moving closer to drummer) Robert Trujillo -the SLAPPER (Les Claypool or Marcus Miller) -strummer (strums chords instead of picks; Lou Barlow in Dinosaur Jr.) -the jazzmaster (Jaco Pastorius and Vic Wooten) -the lazy bassist (thought it was easiest part of being in a band; maybe Bill Wyman?)

[@project17revived]

Some other Types: -The Macho: He/She didn't chose bass to be more macho, Bass chose him/her to be more macho (Peter Steele) -The Ego: His/Her Egoism is brighter than the majority of his/her basslines and solos (Gene Simmons) -The Melody-Maker: He/She makes so melodic things, Gibson should make a Melody-Maker Bass Signature for him (Justin Chancellor) -The Lead Guibassist: Whole Lotta Distortion, some Wah-Wah and Scales, Baby! (Cliff Burton) -The Rhythm Guibassist: Whole Lotta Distortion and Strumming Chords with a Pick, Baby! (Lemmy and Mike Kerr) -The Secret Weapon: When the Band needs a Hit, they go back to him/her (John Paul Jones and John Deacon) -The Bassline Genius: Picks Basslines like they are coming from an Apple-Tree (James Jamerson) -The Slider: He/She would rather lose his wedding ring on his finger than his/her slide (Mark Sandman of Morphine) -Freddy Fretless: Doesn't play with frets (Jaco Pastorius) -The Stage King: He/She owns the Stage, he/she is the reason the fans are going to the concerts (Steve Harris & Shavo Odadjian) -The Asian (John Myung) -The Emotionless Virtuous: Plays the most complex Shit ever, yet has no Emotion whatsoever, It's like their Partner left them or they're trying to relax from a Coke-Trip (John Entwistle) -The Emotional Minimalist: He/She is the Opposite, He/She plays really simple Stuff, but with so much Energy and Ethusiasm, it makes his stuff more Fun to play -The "Serious Musician": He/She can't take any Jokes, would throw out any Goofs in his Band, considers himself a Genius and Knows a lot about music theory, but is actually not that good (idk, Bill Wyman?) -The Virtuose of an Entertainer: He/She is a talented Genius on the Instrument, yet chose to Entertain and make people laugh. It's a mix between Memes and Mastery (Davie504) -The Mad Scientist: Experiments with everything: Bows, effects, Talkboxes and what not (Charles Berthoud) -The Influencer: The Name is not much known, but he/she played on almost every succesful Album in history and the Influence not only on Bass, but Music in history is so suprisingly big it's scary (Carol Kaye) -The Black Person: The South Park joke about Black People knowing on how to play bass from heart is proven true whe they play (Gail Ann Morsley, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten, Verdine White, Douglas Wimbish, the List goes on..) -The Tapper: Somebody needs to tell him/her that that's a bass not a piano (Billy Sheehan, Stuart Ham) -The Singer (Geddy Lee, Suzi Quatro, Tom Araya,...) PS: Excuse me for constantly writing He/She. My annoying SJW Cousin saw me writing that Comment and told me it's offensive only saying "he". I thought it was stupid, but I just did because I don't wanna get canceled again

[@kaylajohnson4867]

@@Pedroleum100lazy bassist might be Pete Wentz tbh

[@bananaman4589]

Energetic bassist - bassist who jumps, runs, and tries to get the crowd going. Example Mark Hoppus.

[@craig2196]

He's also the drunk one. And the stalling for time I f Tom/Matt does a solo or some shit. Lol

[@tpc31415]

Krist Novoselic

[@negativevibes6091]

Dee dee ramone

[@egg.egs_27]

@The PokeCuber LMAO i was boutta say

[@colby8059]

flea

[@willchug]

What about the bassist that just totally 🤬 nails everything to perfection and is standing there like they’re half asleep in the body and a stone cold nothing facial expression that doesn’t change. 🤘

[@HoorayItsChris]

That’s called “the John Entwistle.”

[@FriskXI]

John Myung basically

[@regaul4248]

the John Entwistle

[@waffles3931]

mikey way

[@frdzcamu663]

yes, there is one on our church 😁

[@BillBraskyy]

2:07 aka the Jason Newstead aka the "And Justice for All" amp setting.

[@owenpeck4857]

So much for the name ...And Justice For All

[@marcen12]

As a bassist, I feel attacked in the best way. Us bassists want to be the Mike Dirnt but we end up as the out of tuner.

[@nathanwalsh3028]

As a drummer you can't forget "the creeper"... those are the bass players that start out in the front of the stage and slowly creep closer to the drums as the night goes on... by the 4th set they're basically right next to your ride cymbal.

[@abdallahhamido2809]

John paul jones he always tends to stand next to the bass drum

[@nathanwalsh3028]

@@abdallahhamido2809 holy shit dude that's one of the dudes I was thinking of... along with about a dozen other bass players that I've played with.... they always end up there

[@abdallahhamido2809]

I always do that Whenever i play bass and be jamming with a drummer I’ll right beside him 😂😂😂

[@andreavecellio2331]

Im a bassist and I always stay as close to the drummer as possible. I hadn't even noticed 😭😭💀

[@thomasszilagyi7445]

The drummer and I (on bass) would set up on stage first and be right next to each other. He had no problem with me hanging out next to the hi-hat. I found that to see his kick drum pedal and mallet really helped me lock into the beat. SEEING him play the tune added another level of 'locking in'. We were always on the same page. Sometimes I would thump the strings to sound like the kick. We would sync some beats in a tune where I thump the strings and add depth to his kick sound. He loved it!

[@Iron_Hawk]

Some say the bassist stalling for time is still playing on the same stage at the same show to this very day

[@Shumsky90]

Drunk bassist == typical bassist. I play bass, I know what I say :)

[@skydvr69]

I watched a 10000 Maniacs concert video, and the bassist was talking to the crowd in-between songs: "A bassist walks past a bar. Hey, it could happen...."

[@dolfanrob262]

The “tone sucks” was one of the best bass sounds you had. 😆

[@buoydix]

The last one is real. My first show was just a bunch of friends from school that put on a show in one of their garages. Called it "Freakin' Sweet Fest" had artwork on it and everything. One of the bands had a bass player that was so bad that they turned his bass down so no one could hear it. Funny enough they were in the top 3, along with my band, at the time. It was a blast. That was more than a decade ago, now.

[@magnusbruce4051]

The first group I ever played in did something similar. We'd turn the bassist right down and the keyboard player would just play the lines with his left hand.

[@shanemcguire6428]

So basically bass players are the easiest expendable members of a band

[@buoydix]

@@shanemcguire6428 for the most part yes. It does not take skill to follow a bass line. However. You can make yourself valued by doing crazy things with the bass. Look up primus, and nexrophagist for 2 good examples. They couldn't be more different in terms of music. But the bass players are incredible.

[@YvngShiesty2K]

Not the krist noviselic reference 1:36

[@sophievachon4510]

At this point the “not even plugged in” might as well be the norm since we never actually get to hear the bass in music… Bass vs Guitar is underwhelming because it gets less attention and some even consider it “useless”. Quite sad, the bass is a part of the backbone

[@philmstud2k]

the "tried out for guitar, didn't make it" hit me to the core

[@giacomozara7909]

the "how low can you go" is Robert Trujillo

[@SoggyBacco]

sid vicious was a combo of 1st, 2nd, and 10th

[@thequebee_0101]

0:28 reminds me of that green day mudfight at woodstock 94 when Billie was busy in the fight and Mike was playing the riff in the background

[@bubblewhales7431]

You forgot the “groove machine” and the “no emotion”

[@eap4048]

No Emotion = John Entwistle

[@Matt-fl6ys]

"No Emotion" is the evolved form of the "angry bassist", "groove machine" is the evolved form of "happy bassist"

[@konteros9850]

@@eap4048 WHAAAAAT

[@pavese1379]

John Entwistle expresses 0 emotions

[@konteros9850]

You mean his face, right?

[@toughfff712]

Stalling for time is the Mike Dirnt

[@rtgredtruck3059]

You should’ve put “The Robert Trujillo”

[@richsackett3423]

“I will beat you senseless with this thing if you jump up on stage.”

[@RudolfSikorsky]

I will beat you senseless even if you don't. Sid Vicious.

[@sumspring4112]

The bassist who is stalling for time is literally Mike Dirnt. I remember one concert, Billie went around the stage telling stories and Mike eventually was just laying on his back playing the same note over and over again.

[@phantompower6839]

What about the "unplugging yourself while cutting shapes" bassist?

[@Fromard]

You forgot the jazz bassist with his bass strapped up high on his chest.

[@ryanp4616]

The one not even plugged in is sid vicious haha

[@Oldtanktapper]

The statue. John Entwhistle for the win in that category I feel.

[@jacobnaugle5694]

“Bass Is Not Even Plugged In”. Lol. I did this once at a show. My cable clicked into the jack, but it wasn’t completely plugged in. This threw me off, and so for the first couple songs, I was cutting in and out at like 50% volume. It was frustrating too because, it was our first time playing White Room - Cream, and that song has some great bass-runs.

[@borderlinepsyco1745]

The last one is Sid Vicious from the Sex Pistols. At least that's what I've heard, he was terrible at bass and the band got so fed up with him being drunk and high all the time that they would have his amp unplugged for shows.

[@apenaseu6777]

But the First bassist Glen matlock is so good

[@AdamEmond]

Things I learned today: 1. All bassists use picks. 2. My tone sucks and no one wants to tell me.

[@Fire_Hydrant]

Bro you forgot to stretch out one leg for Mike Dirnt.

[@jacksonstarship6179]

don’t forget the one that’s completely motionless with no emotion staring at the drummer the entire time without pause

[@cameronneal4]

I love that this video is called every kind of bassist and you play with a pick on every example

[@BBarNavi]

and only rock and metal genres too

[@jeffreyyyy3052]

You forgot the bassplayer that can play more than just roots and octaves :)

[@danielthompson4463]

How about the bored bassist? The “John Deacon” if you will?

[@eap4048]

I'd say John Entwistle was more a bored bassist.

[@paulsandor3522]

This! Add Bill Wyman

[@joemartucci4786]

Thing is Deacon & Entwhistle looked bored but were incredible bassists. As far as the how low that could have been the Ben Shepherd from sound garden don’t know how the hell he even played the thing lol.

[@GumterFaustino]

I think you mean Nikolai Fraiture

[@Nooziterp1]

@@eap4048 I was going to say John Entwhistle. The way he just stood there while the others were either jumping around the stage or going wild on the drums. He was a damn good bassist though.

[@clintonschultz2750]

Downstroke everything, no exceptions really spoke to me

[@ZLEntertainment]

The happy bassist was mostly happy that the band actually wanted a bassist.

[@fabianbackman]

You forgot the "singing all the high notes" bassist lol

[@lyinking1998]

lmfao the mike dirnt one is so on point XD the expression, the way he 'tosses' the bass slightly up into the air lmfao

[@trashcan26]

dont forget krist novoselic is like 6"7 so he has to hold it low

[@dairycowtv]

I like how accurate it is that Mike Dirnt was his entirely own category

[@theopenrift]

You should've called the first one "The Cliff Burton"

[@adamsmith13real]

Every kind of bassist I came accross: - Singer who has to play it because noone else in the band would - Ex-rhytm guitarist who becomes pro really fast - Self-centered asshole - Cute chick - Slapper

[@project17revived]

-Singer: Tom Araya and Lemmy -Ex-Guitarist: Paul McCartney -Selfcentered: Gene Simmons -Cute Chick: Every Female Bassist (Tina Weymouth, Micki Steel, Tal Wakenfield,.....) -Slapper: Flea, Davie, Claypool, Marcus Miller,....

[@Nooziterp1]

Another ex-rhythm guitarist who becomes pro really fast. Geezer Butler.

[@CrazyGamingPsychos]

The Angry Bassist, also known as The Metal Bassist. The reason why he's angry is because the bass is too quiet in the mix.

[@mr.pancake1369]

I expected "The John Entwistle" XD

[@raccoonproductions7578]

I absolutely think i love the Mike dirnt

[@iliketrains3495]

Angry = Rex Brown (Pantera) Drunk = Mark Hoppus Stalling for time = Also Mark Hoppus Happy = Kim Deal Tried out for guitar = Carlos Dengler (Interpol) Downstroke = Dee Dee Ramone Low = Matt Kean (Bring Me The Horizon) Tone sucks = Fieldy Not plugged in = Every metal bassist since the 90's

[@snurtsnurkymcgurgboggles1370]

Poor Jason

[@BillBraskyy]

@@snurtsnurkymcgurgboggles1370 haha that's similar to what I commented on the "not plugged in" bass

[@henryshrader6912]

what about the "mike dirnt" bassist

[@maximilianbarteder9311]

Who's the "Mike Dirnt"?

[@iliketrains3495]

@@maximilianbarteder9311 idk, maybe the guy from Green Day

[@ryandandrea7590]

Love the bass videos, you’re super talented!

[@DanielSwisherMusic]

Glad your enjoying the bass videos Ryan!

[@somuchsin124]

Totally agree with you bro. Only Mike Dirnt has his own level.

[@guy_in_the_moon]

These remind me of Jared dines old videos

[@firstname_rene]

missing - the band director (calling out hits, go back to head) - the zen player (eyes closed) - the slap and only slap player - you have how low would also add the how high can i have the bass (extreme elbows up player) - the bass soloist - the big muff is always on player - flabby drop tuner (blame korn for this) - there's more... but this is a good group to add

[@junacebedo888]

Watch this, while volume is muted

[@mptyyegdlc]

I love how Mike Dirnt is a category on itself

[@ibemanny99]

Drunk bassist probably wouldn’t remember the parts that well… speaking from experience

[@arthuroliveira4326]

1:42 that tone didn't suck, just sounds like Motorhead to me...

[@simongarner5340]

Awesome video. The Mike Dirnt impression was spot on.

[@hotstankygarbage788]

Forgot the Hopping Hoppus and the Wild Wentz!

[@robbarbour3173]

Very entertaining! The bass styles never out of style! 🥁🤟✌️😎😇

[@DanielSwisherMusic]

Thanks Rob! 🤟

[@robbarbour3173]

@@DanielSwisherMusic ur welcome

[@PK7796]

Every kind of bassist yet every list always using a pick...

[@galaxyskeleton]

Drunk bassist is really giving Murdoc Niccals from Gorillaz XD

[@nav1i08]

Mike starr stage presence it's also very unique

[@mikevogler5455]

Loved them all, but I agree with Lauren Sweetman...the "Mike Dirnt" was the best, and my fav! Loved how you also included the shirt with cut off sleeves at the shoulders as well, classic Mike D! 😎

[@BrandonMobley614]

I normally cycle through the happy bassist, the drunk bassist, and the Mike Dirnt in the course of a song, in no particular order.

[@desky4959]

the "tried out for guitar, didn't make it" hits too close to home for me

[@marc3dartist601]

00:55 The happy bassist. Jean-Michel Labadie from Gojira!

[@danframpt0n]

the last one is also known as the sid, the vicious, or the sid vicious

[@robotomo4249]

I had my final highschool music performance night a few months ago. Thankfully my two pieces (guitar and bass) were fine, but when I was playing bass for a friends song I forgot to plug in the entire time, I was so confused as to why it wasn't working. Thankfully it wasn't a big part of the song and the piano mainly housed all of the bass notes.

[@tristanheath4037]

The bassist that just stands there and plays and looks the guitar soulesly

[@edwardssistershands]

I have to say, you did a great job of making every bassist look the same. That is what music is about. Great message. Bring everyone together. We are all the same.

[@recreation_music]

Awesome. I have the very same Fender P bass.

[@racetucker56]

I love how like half of these were just Mike Dirnt

[@greggpeterson2443]

awesome video and sick bass playing dude

[@themedallostoryteller1105]

That bass was in the same position, and you didn't change the lenght of the strap for every kind of bassist, which means...Every Kind of bassist is YOU The first one was AWESOME

[@ethansmithmusic]

how do you get this bass tone? I can always get *almost* there but I can never get the perfect tone that I want, and you nailed it.

[@ivangorban5456]

Nice to see GOJIRA bassist in this list :) 0:55

[@violencefight9557]

I've also seen the bassist who will never use a pick because it offends him (the davie504), the guy who slaps when it's not appropriate (the flea) and the guy who tries to triplet feel every song (the Steve Harris). .these are common when jamming with friends, you don't see them out in wild very often.

[@hubriswonk]

I cannot stand Flea.

[@violencefight9557]

@@hubriswonk the Flea can at least jam along to other people, the Steve Harris demands you play along to them.

[@jesolo_edits]

Bassist : plays in different styles Me : doesn't really hear anything

[@Turtew]

The happy bassist is one of the rarest form of bassist out there

[@brianmiller1077]

Thundercat - that dude is a breed all his own. Playing 3 bass lines at the same time with some weird ass filter going

[@fitzgeraldhalstenburgstall995]

Why there's no Fat Mike (NOFX) Style??? He have unique

[@Butterfly-ql4pg]

I love how Mike gets his own category 😂

[@ashorter84]

former metal bassist here, I definitely had a Mike Dirnt style on stage with spastic movements Lmao

[@kilojuliet6889]

I find the lack of Geddy Lee disturbing

[@Resident-of-Pluto]

"Downstroke everything, no exceptions" also no need to call me out like this

[@vanessaa.7884]

1:36 „How low can you go“ aka Krist Novoselic

[@sm_4859]

2:07 so you mean the jason newsted…

[@giuseppelambrinos2458]

That last one has Sid Vicious rolling in his grave 🤣

[@realmichaeltian]

1:24 "The Jason Newstead"

[@troythomas5803]

So true, don't forget the slap happy bass player.

[@gabrielbarreto4178]

How low can you go can easily be the Mark Hoppus

[@KuraiCry]

Considering it's a Nirvana song, it's poking fun at Krist Novoselic lol. Guys a 6'7 monster and had notoriously had his Bass at his knees.

[@JonasBombeke]

Haha, Mike Dirnt is spot on, man! :D Well done!

[@blackdogsheep5631]

I think the last one is more of not turning the volume knob on more than being unplugged. Speaking from personal experience myself. There has been a few times that the band has started the song and my volume is all the way off. Usually the nights where there is a ground problem and I shut my bass off between songs to get rid of the ground noise.

[@Batzzz_11]

I just started a month ago and I’m trying to break out of the “downstroke everything” phase lol.

[@Atlas_Mohler]

Porcupine tree has the happiest bassist ever

[@pedrocaetano5032]

As the "Downstroke everything, no exceptions" guy, I can confirm I make those same exact expressions while playing

[@chanchaniceman]

Isn’t “the happy bassist” mark hoppus during the early days of Blink 😂

[@foxprinslife1517]

i have the first one

[@dingleberryhandpump802]

"Tried for guitar, but didn't make it" 😂

[@lukebaker6740]

2:08 was the …And Justice For All bass