Fretless Bass with Reverb & Double Stops

[@charlesplays9765]

I've listened to this video 4 times. Beyond all your awesome musical skills, you also manage to convey strong feelings and vibes. Thank you for sharing all your videos. Best, Charles

[@PB-ok1nm]

I just got my wisdom teeth out and am currently lying on my couch in pain, but this really brightened my day, thank you!

[@Sunlineish]

What an absolute pleasure to watch. I play flute by the way.

[@horrifyinggelatinousblob]

this is fucking amazing. im sitting in my office and you're taking me on a space ship to bass land

[@dnasiliev6110]

This is real power to create beautiful image directly to your soul by slicing brain with notes. Music began to fly over logic. Bravo! Have a good flight!

[@ZZaGGrrUzz]

I really like your way of playing fretless bass, it's awesome

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Really appreciate the kind words Taras! Thanks for dropping by!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I would love to know if you have any special technique for making it sound as though you’ve got .21-fret range instead of just 20, Remco.

[@bellchattin]

@@Shred_The_Weapon I think just cause he’s already playing decently high up on the fretboard so when he ever so often goes up to very high notes it makes them sound higher than they are, at least that’s what I think

[@caglarseri1922]

This melody is not boring at all. I enjoy watching the video.

[@taniel946]

I absolutely love the way you play, the melodies that you come up with are just beautiful.

[@itskatrinabebe]

Obsessed with your videos

[@andyholmes1507]

Remco is love, Remco is life

[@bellchattin]

Aren’t we all

[@mikesorbassguitar]

This is one of my favorite solo bass videos on KZbin. I can listen to this all day.

[@terrinobill]

My fave groove lab sesh so far

[@r1358-w9t]

i was waiting for an upright bass video.. Totally satisfied though, great video man!!

[@bellchattin]

Ha, would love to see that

[@Dolanian1492]

Beautiful! This is what I will strive to sound like too. Can't get enough of your playing Remco:)

[@Spotifist]

I enjoy all your tunes but this one in particular I really appreciate. Thank you!

[@leandro6151]

You make the fretless sound so bloody awesome. Now I need to get one

[@luisarnoldo5844]

Like this is my today's birthday song... liked your style!

[@cplbeanz1701]

You have done it, yet again. Bravo, My good man. Since i discovered your channel, I picked up a fretless without fear and have been playing "outside the box" more and more. Now I see endless possibilities ahead...For this, I thank you.

[@fredditoro2967]

This is magic

[@MaurizioFerrandini]

Really a fantastic hand!!! it's rare for me to listen a bassist with so much interest....great man! YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I’m a guitar player by trade, although I thought I was going to be a bass player when I began learning to play guitar. That was during the winter of 1995. It wasn’t until the following year that I bought my first bass guitar. I’ve always wanted to have at least one fretless model, but because of my slapping style I was discouraged. Even Victor Wooten doesn’t slap on his fretless models. If I knew of an artist like you, Remco, I would have rebelled and gone forward attempting to make every bass guitar I’ve owned fretless.

[@intrepidtraveler6889]

Hands down...you are the baddest bass player I have heard in a long time. Incredible work!

[@mikesorbassguitar]

This is absolutely awesome. Wonderful.

[@riverbanks9936]

indeed a true style of your own. wonderful to listen to.

[@zeinrahman5364]

Such a unique style and sound. Major props!

[@away69]

Brilliant! Such a peaceful tune...

[@ayac4384]

Majestic Remco, great melody!

[@MyanmarMediaLight]

You're Amazing Bassist .. i really love your Funk Rock Bass Solos

[@Jutop42]

absolutely beautiful! i could listen to this for hours

[@cptnspicywiener]

Thank you for playing the way you play. I'm getting a fretless bass soon because of you. Thank you very much please keep making videos

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Hearing that means a lot to me you know :) Thanks for telling me, let me know if you'll ever need some advice on the fretless Ricky, I'd gladly help you out! Cheers!

[@cptnspicywiener]

Remco do you think you can make a video about you coating your fretless so you can put roundwounds on it and show the whole process?

[@tyunderwood5334]

This is great. Sooooo expressive

[@northernlightbander]

beautiful!! Thank you!! Love your playin'!!

[@boshway2870]

And this is why I get excited every time I see a new upload from you lol

[@MegaWallaceR]

sublime stuff

[@RaySareth]

I've been watch your videos for a long time , thanks a lot !

[@alessandrovisco1859]

really happy u came back, Remco. whe missed u

[@GalleryBones]

Damn that's great, could listen to remco all day long !

[@SpirytusBedis]

Nice - and great job on the double stops. I find them really difficult to do on a fretless and have them be in tune!

[@markbass354]

Remco very nice as always , Thanks. I just got a P bas and it's like holding a 2x4 with the thick neck but I like the extra space on the fretboard. My Fender Jazz seems to be lacking space on the fretboard after playing this P bass. It seems my fingers fit the P bass better.

[@smk33321]

Amazing video as always

[@sonorstudio1]

Yes Remco is a continius player !

[@incomadevelopment6282]

i need to keep watching this video to try and map the tab XD i love alot of these, especially your solo bass improvision with your 5, using slap bass.

[@Olegzyan]

ethereal sound!

[@robertej09]

I don't know anything about playing bass other than that you're amazing at it haha. Keep up the great work!

[@MrKredski]

Beautiful.

[@Gabrielmartinez-ol4gk]

When you play it reminds me of jaco. Nice work man!

[@sillylilkoala]

I had a very similar Fender Fretless Jazz bass...makes me miss it! Had to sell it unfortunately

[@artu-hnrq]

Excelent, you've returned.

[@mikesorbassguitar]

Nothing sounds better than a well played fretless bass. I need to spend more time on mine. I'm interested to know where you set your EBS Multicomp and reverb for this piece. Thanks!

[@theelectrichobo829]

again you are kicking ass dude!

[@leeroytheguitarist]

Love this riff my friend. You are like a combination of John Fruiscante and Flea.

[@joeykelly9359]

Amazing!

[@NetoReynoso]

It's awesome the way you play fretless bass :D I'm considering buy Squier's VM 77' Jazz Bass, or Squier's VM Fretless Jazz Bass. But I can't decide yet. I LOVE fretless sound, but also love slap. What would you recommend me? Your opinion can help me A LOT :D

[@funkblaster4205]

so good

[@dstrats]

Awesome!

[@giobass3938]

Very chill

[@robertsensat6985]

What a boost for Fender. Is that a Player series Groove Dog? It's the hands. Lol

[@2Ursos1]

Dont know why but i feel like im on a beach lol.

[@MrKredski]

Same here! I could even hear the waves...

[@ermitanyohermit3603]

+MrKredski wow. i thought i was the only one getting that vibes.

[@MrKredski]

Definitely not. :)

[@SixDasher]

Harmonics from the double stops give that Hawaiian feeling, like the Beach Boys.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

It is like a pedal steel performance down an octave.

[@zillathegorilla]

great playing and i LOVE your tone! is that little bit of breakup coming from the compressor??

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Thanks a lot man! Yeah I dialed in some gain on the compressor, the bass has some growl from itself as well :) Cheers for stopping by!

[@juliomolina28]

Hermoso y extremamente bello.

[@sonic7184]

Hey Remco, what makes the tone of fretless basses so different from regular basses, is it simply the lack of frets? Because that "Mwah" sound you're speaking of doesn't occur on regular basses.

[@jamessakimae9655]

it is simply because of lack of frets without the fret being there you get the mwah by just doing slight vibratos which takes the note a bit higher and also a bit lower

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

I second what James said & like to add that the tone & vibration coming from just your fingertips as opposed to a fret, generates different physics as well, even when using no vibrato at all. Frets give different dynamics, with it's pros & cons, it's better for bending & tapping & for example trills aren't even possible without frets. But the abscence of frets open up a lot of great possibilities like vibrato, clean slides (also with harmonics!), the emotional depth that "mwah" can give & basically just the total freedom of expression which I've come to love so much on this instrument :) Thanks for dropping by guys!

[@MrPies32]

Yay new video!

[@eyeofbass]

Title: Sunny Melancholy These are awesome --> remcohendriks.bandcamp.com/album/groove-a-holic

[@goytaguy1410]

Hay budy, you are great!

[@sunner222]

excelent, as always =]

[@AgesAgo]

Where have you been this whole time? You're like a god.

[@ironfloppy]

Gusto musicale infinito !

[@solsquinox]

The intro is like a sweet homage to White Knuckle Ride by Jamiroquai

[@김도형-o2e]

Reminds me of Steve Bailey, which is nice.

[@vinigretzky97]

The bass almost sounds like a sitar on certain notes. Are you using very low action or is it the plucking technique?

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Yeah the action is pretty low on this bass, when I pluck a bit more fierce it gives that bite to the tone :) The coating on the fingerboard in combination with roundwound strings helps to get that vibration as well. Thanks for dropping by Vin!

[@alekbaublis]

+Remco's Groove Lab won't roundwound strings eat at the fretless fingerboard though?

[@vinigretzky97]

Alek Baublis Not Remco but I use roundwounds on my fretless (without fingerboard coating, bare rosewood) and yes you will be able to see the marks after only a week of playing but until you will actually have to do the first sanding will take many months of heavy playing (definitely more than a year). Because the strings will eat more into the wood if you don't have coating, you get a bit more "mwah" but less (sitar like) overtones and treble (like in this video).

[@vinigretzky97]

***** Thanks for the info. What sound do you get on that bass when you play the strings more "traditionally"? So digging into the string and landing on the one above it instead of plucking away from the strings

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

When playing regular fingerstyle I get a standard, clean J bass sound. I've set the action on the verge of total clean vibration of the strings when playing at the bridge pickup or more gently at the neck pup & when I dig in a bit deeper I can get that attack of the strings resonating against the fingerboard. Most of my basses are set up this way action-wise, so I can switch the tone & attack with the intensity of the plucking hand :)

[@MrCaptainSquibbles]

New video!!

[@starwars2078]

Was this inspired by anything? It's very familiar sounding.

[@freddykbass]

Dig it man!!!

[@TheVigilantes15]

very talented! why not a bass jam with reverb, flanger and chorus?

[@hayden2356]

That was sweet. Wish there was a tab so I could try to learn lol

[@estebangonzalezgutierrez6607]

Hi. What are your influences?? Greetings from Chile

[@AlbertoGuerreroCobos]

ey Remco! do you have a band? I'd like to hear it, it has to be so good.

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Hey Alberto! I'm not in a fixed band at the moment, just doing freelance gigs. Any serious offer is welcome, I'm willing to travel :) Here's a link to some band stuff on bandcamp: jacuzzisunset.bandcamp.com/album/liquid-dreams

[@alexespejel9942]

Your right hand fingers look like a spider. You're awesome!!!!

[@sylvestertinkler7247]

A Espejel Does have long fingers doesnt he !

[@6Pagan6hate6]

Pretty nice tune buddy :)

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Thanks a lot Tomas! Glad you're digging it :)

[@6Pagan6hate6]

***** I always enjoy your vids man :)

[@izzy1349]

The intro kinda sounds like the piano in welcome to the black parade

[@senorallen9938]

What kind of camera and audio software do you use?

[@senorallen9938]

Nevermind on audio software, read the description after I asked

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

I use a JVC Everio camera. Yeah I record in Cubase, my audio interface is a Focusrite Saffire pro 24 & I usually record the bass with an EBS Microbass II DI straight into the Focusrite. I do the mastering in Cubase as well with iZotope Ozone 4. Thanks for dropping by!

[@Murgins]

What does double stops even mean?

[@lt6144]

+Mr Jamshack root and 3rd or flat 3rd on top

[@ashitakazphiroute2868]

What a nice indie prog rock sound!

[@livexx100]

At what tuning are you playing? :)

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Standard tuning :)

[@Joebyron72]

Standard tune? Great vid!

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Yes it's in standard tuning, thanks!

[@XratedsupraX]

Wann machst du wieder mal so "Dope Groove Funky Slap Stuff" nochmal? Viele Grüsse aus Aachen...

[@elquesopodrido]

When did you change the channels name? .-.

[@RudyG]

Top

[@picolete]

I don't know why but Pat Metheny always comes to my mind when i hear this video

[@silverdroid]

That's because Jaco did Bright Sized Life.

[@vaughangilligan2000]

What strings are you using?

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

I'm using Ernie Ball super slinkys.

[@vaughangilligan2000]

Rounds or flats?

[@RemcosGrooveLab]

Rounds :)

[@vaughangilligan2000]

Thanks for answering! Great jam by the way! :)

[@dalcon555]

teach me!

[@Ramansdo3s]

You could be fooled into thinking you were listening to someone playing electric sitar. It's almost as if there's a Pat Metheny-style vibe going on somewhere. That's a good thing though!

[@sandropodda3575]

😀👏👏👏👍🤟

[@jorgicio]

Anyone heard Tracy Chapman?

[@manusharte1160]

Jorgicio I did!

[@eyeofbass]

This video answers the question, "why play a fretless bass?"

[@bulkbogan4320]

Filthy

[@andygoonxx]

You play awesome and I love your riffs.. but for this, get a guitar