Flea and Chad Smith Jam at NAMM 2009

[@monkeychunkey]

In the book Scar Tissue, When they first picked up chad, he audtioned and out of all the drummers they auditioned, chad was actually challenging flea to funk even harder : O. THESE TWO WERE MADE FOR EACHOTHER!! sweetness.

[@Tandunic]

Flea is the best and the guy who filmed this is the second best! Plus Chad Smith is simply unbelievable..

[@wayne1515]

im a drummer . and i say fela is awsome the bass slap and pop it the end was awsome . chad smiths owns

[@DavidCaraccio]

Yeah! Thanks for showing me this video man ;)

[@Alefirth]

absolutely amazing. It just goes to show that when the rhythm section compliments each other the groove it produces is nothing short of phenomenal....

[@scottmerkle-py7ww]

Seen flea in 85, jack irons was on the drums then, top notch in his own right, but these two have had something special since what 1990? Dang!! Epic

[@CarlEngman]

Thank you for this video! The first one where you can actually hear the bass^^

[@whoknows8580]

we all know flea .. but chad is so underated drumer

[@nikklazz]

I think the video on youtube of this but from behind Chad is from the dude you can see with a camera on the opposite side ^^...I just love to listen to these guys jam...they're awesome!

[@bridgetgidget72]

beautiful!! i could listen to this all day long!! ^.^

[@squibcake505]

Thanks man! I really had to push my way up there!

[@yoyoyoson]

the best bass improvisor ive ever seen..

[@Benayrsty]

best video of the namm jam ive seen yet. 5*

[@fleaargento]

Great video man! excellent sound quality!!!!

[@bulba1395]

that wuld b such a badass song

[@BassistBill1988]

These two are Gods. Oh man, if I could play off the top of my head like that...

[@wayne1515]

best drummer ever i started playing couse of chad smith . i would like to jam with him and flea

[@DynastyLang]

you can hear the bass so well in this video.

[@hendrixbr4d]

this is a way better view and sound :) the bass is way clearer on this one :D thankyou!:P

[@jensbond93]

they are rocking out! why arent anyone else doing it with them?!?!

[@squibcake505]

I know! Such a crazy experience!

[@jensbond93]

best version, you can really hear flea!

[@ICSizemore]

groovin like no other

[@Joshualbatross]

Incredible tone for a 400 dollar bass. Flea is so cool, he really cares about the music.

[@DavidCaraccio]

The part around 7:45 is beautiful!

[@Johagorn]

No, he changes it several times... from A to Em and then to B Major; something like when he passes from harmonic stuff and then right into popping and slapping funk. :)

[@Chr_07]

i want this to hit stores and musiciansfriend already u can pre order them though. i want a blue one

[@Smazmania]

I was wondering what his new bass range would sound like, they sound better than I was expecting :) Cheers!

[@TheDaveman3000]

best bassist in the world in my opinion

[@beerandpluggers]

Cool man. I wanna get one but there isnt a distributor in Australia

[@noodle654]

Wow...much better capture in this. The new FleaBass sounds really good...it reminds a lot of the Modulus sound. Anybody know pickups are going to be used in the bass?

[@askedenseje]

The harmonic stuff flea did around the beginning should be made to a song on the new album!!

[@philipthemanlovell]

total ownage by both of these amazing musicians

[@beerandpluggers]

ah cool, yeah i picked a and Em, but no idea a bout B major, cheers

[@Doop636]

@1pigdog1 All that aside, Flea has been an inspiration for any aspiring bassist. his style and abilities remain at the top of the charts even to this day, Flea is a legend.

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

04:46 RHCP - Never Mind

[@FunkyStoo]

this is the definition of Rythm section.

[@santadude91]

hey go to the fleabass homepage...now you can hear a very long basssolo :-D

[@3bassclef]

See, Chad even has a wall in front of him, so he won't zap anyone with his awesome drumming powers XD.

[@HighOffChiliMagik]

haha holy shit ur so close to him man (8-) cant wait to see wut the Chilis come back with. i hear Nevermind somwer around 4:40 haha.

[@riveron14]

i prefer the other video where the camera is next to chad...

[@gk3278]

please explain to me how you are standing this close

[@santadude91]

chad sait they will make music together around october in an interview with the q magazine :-D i hve ordered the fleabass...the same like flea :-D

[@mikelovestacos]

the jam rift at 1:25 is sick

4:45 - RHCP - Nevermind :)

[@simonthegoalie]

how do flea play those little parts at 6:33 and 6:37? Amazing jam!!!!!

[@brutussmithicus]

best thing the chillis have done since One Hot Minute in 1995 :-D

[@BassistNumber2587]

im sure the bass will sound amazing when he runs it through his Gallien Krueger rig :P

[@isoptija]

@1pigdog1 its just a mistake with chords omg!

[@JordanHigginsGuitar]

funkiest team going anyone else think

[@santadude91]

so mit dir kann ich ja deutsch sprechen :-D habe gerade mal bei thomann angefragt, bei denen kommt der bass mitte juli und wird 444euro kosten...der shortscale 399euro falls du ein zwerg bist ;-)

[@beerandpluggers]

Yeah col, they reckon that second hand gear is usually better tonally, my bass is a cheapy and the dude who sold me it lost out man, its worth way more than he gave it to me for i reckon.

[@omnitron1234]

i suppose he wanted to make it as playable as possible with the lowest production cost possible at the same time.

[@ez0rz]

at 3:02 it sound like a californication jam live

[@santadude91]

399$ for shortscale 499$ for longscale flea play the longscale...so incredible tone for 500$ :-P

[@cursedswordsman]

4:42 Nevermind?

[@beerandpluggers]

would ya buy one if they looked cool ?

[@santadude91]

this vid is cool...you can hear the bass much better cause the other camguy is next to chad and you're next to flea :-D 100*

[@beerandpluggers]

Really ? i reckon the flea Bass looks sick, especialy the the blue and orange bass he has here.

[@santadude91]

he plays two strings on the same time...

[@kkyyllee1994]

4:42 WE'RE THE RED HOT... CHILI PEPPERS! nevermind bass line (:

[@santadude91]

yes but the modulus fleabass cost 3000$...the just 500$

[@grt05]

when is it gonna be released? Is it worldwide? Or just the states?

[@jensbond93]

Lol i meant like moving your body intensivly.

[@santadude91]

i know...but play two strings at the same time ist easier to understand for guys who don't play bass :-D

[@MusicManStingray1989]

Apache rose was a 4 string tune

[@MightySaxKid]

Impossible. Watch Funky Monks (The Movie) and see that he is playing a Musicman StingRay5

[@beerandpluggers]

LOL< the whole jam is a build up to NeverMind at 4:45

[@beerandpluggers]

haha cool, i havent seen a musicman SUB, What are they, i mean, what stykle of music are they good for? please Funk. lol. Bugger, Maybe Flea will design a more practicla looking bass.

[@grt05]

What bass is that?

[@beerandpluggers]

Is the Jam the same key all the way through ?

[@fitnessisgood4u]

@shanghaiKISS02 Theyve got practice pads on them, thats why they suck

[@richi6006]

O.o

[@santadude91]

flea never play 5 strings...i'm sure he dropped the E String

[@simonthegoalie]

sorry... 6:32 ad 6:36

[@chup1ladas]

it was ok

[@dlaz64]

great stuff but hold the freakin camera stady :S

[@JordanHigginsGuitar]

no flea only plays 4 strings sorry

[@TakakiNakamura]

hahahahah chad looks so uncomfortable on that kit

[@santadude91]

yes...flea can play a 50$ bass and the bass would sound great :-D but i think this a really good bass for this ltittle price :-P

[@santadude91]

no...but i think the picksups are not the best cause the bass is very cheap (499$) but the bass sound very good :-D

[@beerandpluggers]

ah well fair enough, it does sounds good though. Hopeuly its not just cause flea is playing it.

[@1pigdog1]

@stevenMCtowelyey umad?

[@santadude91]

no...just 4 strings

[@Xtra227]

ever heard of funky monks? bass is a 5 string

[@karnivoool]

yeah hope they realise there last album wasnt as great and get back into the funkyness - blood sugar sex magic

[@1pigdog1]

@stevenMCtowelyey You are raged, I win.

[@1pigdog1]

00:38 flea loses time. Thats what years of drugs and a lack of musical education does to you.

[@QuicheSpaghetti]

Not particularly impressed by Flea this time around! Chad was ridiculous though.

[@1pigdog1]

@stevenMCtowelyey You're, not your.... Go back to school.