How Glenn Fricker REALLY Feels About Bass

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[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

I'm a bass player. I certainly don't play bass like a frustrated guitarist, but I do often play a guitar like a frustrated bass player......which makes me a below average guitarist....but what separates me from all the other below average guitarists..... *I know when not to play*

[@constanzar.2523]

Chris Wilson Not many people can do that these days.

[@riffdude]

You are so right. It's so important for a all musicians to know where they don't have to play or to play a break (silence) the right way without ringing and other noise.

[@anthonymazzone980]

Chris Wilson just play slap on guitar.

[@baguetteboi1065]

True. I myself virtually all the time am below average unless it's downpicking and spider riffs

[@2xoliverontwitch592]

I'm the same way

[@НиколаТурудић]

You just calmed Glenn, thought that was impossible haha

[@Butts666]

it's almost bizarre to see the perma-angry man right next to the perma-chill (permafrost?) one

[@НиколаТурудић]

Michael Hodil II Слаба вајда хах

[@seanoconnor5730]

Matthew Andrews he has the rage of an Irish man.

[@Puistokemisti]

oh shit it's Glenn "Fucking" Fricker

[@carlosmatos9848]

Lol, I bet that's the first time he's ever heard that!

[@mirkecWii]

"Most bass players are a fail at everything" jesus christ what did I do to deserve this kind of hate

[@tedraven9214]

Glenn just wants to hate bass players. When he praises one or two bass players, it's just an alibi to say 'Look, I don't hate bass players per se'. In all the bands I've played so far (as keyboarder), the bass players were the best musicians (which is one reason I started to play bass), while only two of all the guitarists I played with did know the songs and had been able to play them. I'd change Glenn's statement into 'Glenn is a fail at almost everything. And as every weak mind he was looking for someone else to blame and found the bass players'. He's a bit like a fascist who's blaming foreigners for the self made misery. After all these years of studio work he still has to do a crappy job for a living (his own statement in at least one of his YT videos). I bet his behaviour against musicians is the main reason for it. Others are his inflexibility and the lack of service. A good mixing technician does timing and sound corrections, while Glenn refuses to do it (again, his own statement). He even dictates musicians with which equipment (not) to record (and again, his own statement). Simply unprofessional.

[@TheShadowblast123]

He's been around for over a decade and in his recording experience the most frustrating person to record has mostly been the bass player. If you're a good bass player you understand how destructive a bad bass player could be in a live situation, now imagine how bad that'd be in a recording situation when you're trying to get your best sound possible

[@tedraven9214]

@@TheShadowblast123 "He's been around for over a decade and in his recording experience the most frustrating person to record has mostly been the bass player." I'm a musician since more than thirty years and record since about twenty-five years and the most frustrating person to play and record has never been the bass player but the guitarist while the least frustrating one always was the bass player. And you know what: I don't spam YT with how useless guitarists are because I am fully aware that there are more bad than good musicians on any instrument. "If you're a good bass player you understand how destructive a bad bass player could be in a live situation" If you're a good musician you understand how destructive ANY musician could be in a live or recording situation. I experienced singers, guitarists, drummers and even myself as keyboarder and background singer ruining a new song when lacking concentration.

[@TheShadowblast123]

@@tedraven9214 I wasn't going to respond because comment sections are more often cancerous than they are enjoyable, but I'm rolling the dice today. As for the different experiences, He's a metal focused producer. It seems to be the case that the bass player is the dolt of the metal scene where as the guitar player is the dolt of the jazz scene, but different locations and genre's could warp perception. When I say the bass is destructive, I mean minor technique issues could lead to huge headaches. If you don't properly mute the strings, everyone's going to hear it. A sax player didn't articulate the start of the marcato note in his phrase with a "D" but with a "T" attack, no one is probably going to hear that. I agree anyone can fuck up the groove, but I believe that the room for error is much lower and the amount the error is noticed is much more on bass guitar (case in point, tyler doesn't mute strings) One point to consider is that Glenn has an acquired taste of humor. He talks crap about bass players because most of them don't realize how important and awesome their instrument is (in metal bands that get formed where the 3rd guitarist could hardly read tab and the drummer barely keeps time and the lead guitarist is the only one with some skill so on and so forth). And without doubt has he made people that would be the previously mentioned and made them realize they could and should be doing better. Maybe not the best method but it's his.

[@tedraven9214]

​@@TheShadowblast123 Just a simple calculation: Let's say Glenn had ten bands of the slightly below average size of four musicians. And let's say each band had one bassist. For the first band the chances that the bassist is the only bad musician in the band are at 25 percent (100 % divided by the four musicians). The chances that in the second band again the bassist of all people is the only bad musician are at 6.25 percent (the previous 25 % divided by the four musicians in the second band). The chances that in 10 bands it is always the bassist being the bad musician are at 0.0001 percent. This number prevents me from believing what Glenn says about bassists. Not to forget: Probably he had many more bands in his studio than only ten.

[@lewisbirkett4428]

that bass is stupid, where can I buy one

[@metalfox146]

Lewis Birkett if you got about $4,900 theres one on reverb.com lol

[@wr3ncher]

Waffle Lord Ha!

[@stewartross13]

It's a Warwick Buzzard worthless boy

[@jamesc9691]

You don't even know the fidelity and growl of a warwick

[@DerAykac]

@@jamesc9691 And you can´t even see its head. what idiot painted that?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Thanks for having me on the show, Tyler! It was really cool hanging out with you at #guitcon, and I hope to see you at NAMM!

[@myewgul]

SpectreSoundStudios Fuck you Glenn ;)

[@virnalinebrida-sunga7748]

Bass is lif

[@brendensixxx7860]

Random Glenn Fucker meme

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

Raphaël Côté sorry, no. But if that's your thing, no judgement. Best of luck with Grindr!

[@raphaelcote3577]

SpectreSoundStudios Dude, if only what you are saying would be true but no, you just keep judging bass players instead of saying true facts, stop asking yourself why people hate you.

[@sakehump7536]

Clearly he’s used to heavy metal bassists / bands who rely on their guitarist. Other bands who rely on a bass for direction will be much more professional.

[@simonr7097]

Playing bass in a metal band is often boring. Mostly you just play the same riff as the guitar (root note where the guitar plays a power chord) but you don't get to play cool solos and impress the chicks. The mix engineer has no interest in you and your sound, besides filling the gap in low frequencies under the guitar. Unsurprisingly that doesn't attract talented bass players. Now there are some bands that go beyond that, but they are the exception.

[@quentinortiz4837]

@@simonr7097 in order to be the exception, you have to break the norm or be a very very skilled bass player like Cliff Burton, Lemmy, Steve Harris or Geezer Butler

[@willonglet391]

@@quentinortiz4837 my thought exactly, just look at the bassist from Tool. You make the music special, not the instrument you do it with

[@Tekkerue]

If you are prejudiced against bass players, does that make you "bassist"? 😏

[@neonbelly4]

bassistic ballistic

[@Blaze22F]

*Mate are you high?*

[@ZorroTheWevile]

Jet lag is a hell of a drug

[@JC-nq9fb]

Dude im high af and was wondering that

[@jerryreichelderfer747]

I was so thinking the same thing.

[@bryansergot9025]

Add to this one lol. Tyler has that eye that felloe stoners can usually spot. His mannerisms as well. Could be a character but im not so sure.

[@HankCScorpio]

Tyler reminds me of the girls who pretended to be drunk at parties... sheesh

[@camerontheseagull3040]

take a shot every time glenn scratches his nose

[@michaelnatsariym3690]

Cocaines a help of a drug

[@m_e_h6874]

challenge accepted

[@JanderVK]

Do a line of coke every time Glenn scratches his nose or flips his hair.

[@Sheehy223]

AA is about to get a lot more members

[@chet7219]

F U C K I N G W A S T E D

[@timworley3235]

glenn fricker was my inspiration to pick up the bass. after hearing his experiences with bass players, im trying to do the opposite of what he hates. so i dont just learn my parts, i learn what the guitars are doing and what the drums are doing and alter my part to fit with them! im learning my theory, and i never try to hide in the mix!

[@perpetualgrimace]

Way to be 👍

[@fluffhead1623]

More power to ya man

[@thomasledesma4439]

Thanks for not being a douche like %80 of the bass players

[@benstephens34]

Well yeah that's what you're supposed to do. EVERY member of an ensemble is supposed to do that. Doesn't matter what instrument you play. Music is the most exciting when you do that and thus feed off each other.

[@justleo2956]

Same

[@timothygoode8217]

0:13 Mission failed. We'll get him next time.

[@figeon]

Hiding guitar players? Oh man have I lived those in jazz band. I'm the bass player and I was ALWAYS on my shit. The guitarist never learned his sheets, didn't know how to play. I was on point. What Glenn is missing is that it isn't bass players that are the problem, it's shitty guitarists that think they can play bass. Like he said, When you give a bass to a crappy guitarist, you get a crappy bassist. 95% of bassists in amateur metal bands wanted to be guitarists. Do you know why they were given bass? Because they didn't practice, weren't motivated and don't know their songs, hence, they weren't good enough for guitar, and bass gets all the crappy "musicians".

[@thefakedeal]

Felken no shit sherlock

[@absurdistcat]

It's a good point that isn't obvious to the casual observer, and many hobbyists too.

[@gl3110]

I know everyone has differnt tastes...but that bass guitar looks god awful.

[@trevorganoe748]

Cliff Burton is going to strike this guy with lightning from heaven.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Cliff Burton played Bass like it was a guitar so technically he was crap at playing Bass.

[@trevorganoe748]

First off, who cares? He still played the instrument incredibly well. Second, he was also very good at keeping the groove in the song. So yes, he was good at more traditional bass playing as well as playing lead, and that, my friend, is amazing.

[@arthurfranklin9315]

John Entwistle himself: "I don't like to be called a bassist. I prefer to be called a bass guitarist because I can do anything a lead guitarist does." A bit dated of an attitude, but I like that that people like he and Cliff achieved acclaim for not playing standard bass lines all the time. Also, Cliff had some secret ideas that were beyond what most rock and metal guitarists do as well. I learned that when figuring out how to play the intro to Damage Inc live.

[@mislavdomlija5189]

Ellefson > burton

[@dufftheduff7335]

Why? he knew his shit so he had no reason to be butthurt.

[@stimpsonjcat26]

Funny, I play bass in a metal band and they always tell me to turn it down at practice. No hiding for me. I was the only one in my last band that made it through every song first time when recording. I sounded great until the guy doing the recording made the bass disappear. along with all the dynamic range of the recording!

[@AssortedBits]

Jason Newsted? Is that you?

[@mechajaraxxus3510]

We're doing One by Metallica at the moment and the bass line is practically nonexistent.

[@Atlas65]

hahaha, thinking the same thing.

[@Atlas65]

You are either Jason Newstead or your bandmates are listening to Metallica, mainly the Justice album.

[@some1jones]

Glenn "perfect face for radio" Fricker

[@thomasledesma4439]

Ori >face >radio Wait

[@JG-ux7of]

Glenn proves that long hair can sometimes make you look less cool.

[@damone70]

@@JG-ux7of Hahahaha... so true.

[@bassman5123]

Yeah, he grew it long at an early age in an effort to get laid, but it still hasn't paid off! (not even once)

[@bgamervideo2714]

Yeah haha its so funny to make jokes abot someones looks...

[@philippkramer6116]

No offense, but did the two of you share blunt before shooting?^^ You come across a little... slurry and slooow and Glenn is incredibly calm, measured on his usual temper, tone and speed. I don't know, maybe I just see ghosts in shadows but I watch both your videos, especially yours, frequently. And something is weirdly different in this one. Not that I think that's important or bad... I was just wondering.^^

[@HeyZeus096]

Philipp Kramer Tyler seems super jetlagged or something. They might just both be a little tired!

[@tomholton235]

I think Tyler is doing his bassist impression

[@thomasledesma4439]

They're high as fuck

[@MormNacDonald5]

Who cares

[@devilhacker2064]

Its called two anti social people trying not to embarrass themselves in front of each other

[@stepheneickhoff4953]

I'm sorry that Glenn, apparently, never played with a good bass player. Or at least, an average bass player that was a good musician. Sounds bitter. Glenn, show me on this doll where the bass player touched you.

[@RekhaSharma-hy9bi]

That 'Pretending to play guitar' reminds me of your Taylor Swift video.

[@kimmokyla-laaso4443]

When we did our first EP our guitarists (me being one of them) had some problems with the songs. Our bassist tho. He played all four songs in a row. One take each.

[@lewisbirkett4428]

well there's not really much to most basslines

[@constanzar.2523]

Lewis Birkett Playing with feel, that is what's most important. Not many people can do that these days.

[@dartheternal4078]

Onko teillä siks EP valmiina?

[@gabe61willys]

Was in the studio watching a friends technical death metal band track, the drummer messed up on one of the songs pretty bad but instead of fixing it did a couple bars of improvised stuff. No body really noticed until the guitars tried to track and we sat there for an hour watching them try and blunder through the part. My buddy's turn came up to track the bass and he did all four songs, one take each. The engineers jaw was hanging open. The guys a beast

[@kimmokyla-laaso4443]

mitä tarkoitat?

[@Kurt1969]

I have been learning how to play bass, specifically without a pick... listening to players like Louis Johnson, etc. I believe Bass guitar is just as difficult as guitar if not more. Plus it really teaches you rhythm.

[@bigboiGRIFF]

Oh definitely I play guitar but you give me a bass and I have no clue how to play it right cuz I'd play it like a guitar

[@GenericUrbanism]

@@bigboiGRIFF would you use a pick? Louis Johnson was a beast.

[@crashwebb4715]

Has Glenn ever seen Davie504? I think he would enjoy him regardless of his beliefs.

[@TheShadowblast123]

He hates shit bass players that are the 3rd guitar rejects of bands that are barely starting off that he has to record, not actualy musicians

[@argie9914]

@@TheShadowblast123 he can play fast, that doesn't mean he's a musician.

[@TheShadowblast123]

@@argie9914 Yes, but yes, so thank you for yes.

[@argie9914]

@@TheShadowblast123 if it's for his virtuosity and "le epic slap b a s s ss s s xdddd", I'd take Les Claypool, Jaco Pastorius or Marcus Miller any day over him, though they didn't upload le funne maymays.

[@TheShadowblast123]

@@argie9914 yes, and yes, so thank you for yes

[@brogoram]

i dont understand why the hate towards glenn. If u know u are good bass player, then u will know Glenn is not talking about u. He said all those thing due to his experience recording hundreds hours of different bands. He never said those things to all bass players.

[@da_schnitzel]

Glenn​ "Best hair in the game" fricker

[@TheShinyShow]

His figure reminds me of a melon.

[@meowtherainbowx4163]

Rulethony Twotano

[@da_schnitzel]

Linethony Sixtano

[@meowtherainbowx4163]

Cupthony Mictano

[@josephnunes8464]

its a wig I bet

[@MrShenanigans28]

His "hate" for bass players isn't really hate, it's more tough love. Like he said he loves bass and it an absolutely essential instrument in every form of music. But most other time the people who play bass don't try hard enough and he's had bad experiences with them. A great bass player makes the difference, if you're a bass player in a band, take that shit seriously.

[@kaedeschulz5422]

I most be a super human... Because i can hear the bass in most metal recordings.

[@rajdeepganguli2274]

Glenn "fuckin go away" Fricker

[@D-Man_Jam]

_"In a Metal situation, the guitarist takes up so much bandwidth, no one can hear the bass anyway."_ That's in Extreme metal. And in bands where the bass is turned down in the mix. Many Metal bands I can think of, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, or Dio for example have the bass actually turned up to a decent amount. And it doesn't matter how much distortion is on the guitars, the bass rings through easily. You just have to turn it up.

[@kyleolin3566]

I learned how to play guitar by playing bass. It got me out of the lead guitar mentality, and I found out I'm actually a pretty decent at rhythm. I can play some lead stuff, but bass and rhythm are where it's at for me!

[@c_vanwyk99]

Kyle Olin same here I️ stink at lead playing

[@kyleolin3566]

Caleb V.W. Nothing wrong with that. We wouldn't have quite as instrumentally amazing bands if it weren't for the Malcolm Youngs, James Hetfields, and Geezer Butlers of the world

[@c_vanwyk99]

Couldn’t agree more

[@c_vanwyk99]

I’d consider my style a mixture of well...obviously my own but also Stephen carpenter of the deftones, a little bit of Misha from Periphery, Rebea Massaad from Dorje and Toska and a few others but you get the basic gist...I’m obviously a rhythm guitarist with hints of technical stuff here and there

[@c_vanwyk99]

I️ might have spelled Rabea’s name wrong...oops

[@longdongsilver9714]

Being a bass player who writes my bands songs I only have one thing to say to Glenn You’re right, fuck those lazy bass players who give us a bad name

[@mpasistasyalanci]

Me as a producer: ''can you edit this?" - ''fuck no just play your part right", me as a bass player '' ok now can you edit this?.... pleaseeeee!". True story happened the same day and i was laughing with myself

[@wolfwarren6376]

“I don’t know how to sum your channel up in one word.” I can, dude. Yelling. Just, yelling.

[@theinfamoustuba]

Here's my perspective as a bass player for many years in different bands: guitar players, who are often the primary song writers in a band, do not take the necessary time to teach songs to the rest of the band. They will play a riff or complicated section maybe three times and expect everyone else to know it perfectly. Also, they are very prone to wasting rehearsal time. Rehearsals are often just running songs from start to finish without stopping to work trouble spots. Then they will look at the poor bass player (or the second guitarist) like they're an asshole because they can't learn the song. All the while ignoring the fact that the wrote the freaking song or riff and have been working it for weeks or maybe even months to get it clean, perfect, and memorized. (But they still don't know what key it's in, have no idea what chords they're using, and you're lucky if they know the time signature if it's not 4/4) To cut time in the studio, make more of rehearsal time, and just be a tighter group, "band leaders" need to take responsibility for the time of their fellow musicians and stop expecting their bandmates to be mind readers. Run stuff slowly so people can follow it. Tighten transitions by working just that part of the song over and over. Etc. And.... A LOT of guitar players have an absolute shit sense of time. Not that anyone is still reading this comment, but let's not forget that many exceptional bassists have played on very old strings and gotten great tones- James Jamerson and John Taylor come immediately to mind. Not every band or song requires the bright twangy sound of new strings, which I personally hate.

[@kingbugs3558]

Yes....I've been through this. When they expect you to walk in and pick up something they've worked on for a year in a matter of hours. I can pick something up rather quickly, but I need time to make everything fit in just right and come up with an actual bass line, instead of just playing exactly what the guitar plays (honestly, you can't always do that, it is a different instrument after all). What really pisses me off is guitarists not knowing what key they are playing when they are using some unusual inverted chord or something, then bitching when you have to figure it out without them while they blast through it at top speed.

[@bigboiGRIFF]

Well luckily I'm not one of those asshole lead guitarist I'm actually teaching my friends how to play stuff and what not

[@alexrobertson9875]

The worst is when they change a chord without telling anyone and all of a sudden your bass line clashes

[@jakelajoie6879]

Glenn says that he, for the large majority, works with metal so when he says you need new strings… he means METAL bassists need new strings because metal always sounds better with new bass strings.

[@theinfamoustuba]

@@jakelajoie6879 bringing up the past dude!! Haha... I've since changed my thoughts on bass strings because if your strings are new, you have a much larger spectrum of sound to work with. With new strings, if you don't like the high end string sound, it can always be rolled back and eq'ed out. With dead strings, there is no way to put those highs back in if you want them. However, to expand on my thoughts from the past- the attitudes of recording metal have produced a bland sameness in sound over the genre. You have use a specific amp (SVT) or plugin, you have to eq the bass a specific way, you have to mix it in a certain manner, or you're WRONG, a heretic, and a stupid hack. These strongly held beliefs really stifle creativity, and are often based upon exclusionary attitudes- attitudes that were born out of the philosophy that bass can't or shouldn't stand out in a mix or have a dynamic role in songs and arrangements.

[@extravirginoliveoil2]

Glenn Fricker : "Most of the bass players are a fail at everything" *Davie504 wanted to know your location

[@sharktooth5000]

Thanks to turn me on to Glenn's Channel, Stupid Musicians txt is Hilarious!

[@ferox965]

as a bass player, I practice, know the material and prepare. The shock that my clients Express at me actually being prepared and giving a shit proves Glenn is right.

[@responsibleparty]

I think the guy on the right needs to reduce his Xanax dosage.

[@maxgreen9967]

adderall and lithium have their own show

[@pAWNproductionsDE]

Glen talks about what makes a great bass player, but has done very little with what makes a great bass TONE. I've heard too many great records that could've been amazing if they didn't have a vague low-frequency passing as the bass guitar

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Dude, everybody knows the failed guitarists all become studio engineers.

[@nicholas3534]

Tyler looks like the sandman from marvel, well he should while wearing that shirt enter sandman

[@jakelajoie6879]

I think glenns point in his talking is something I totally agree with. Guitar players who give up and settle with bass are gonna be shitty bassists. The good bassists are THE BASSISTS the ones who dont just see their instrument as guitar but 2 less strings so its easier haha. If your gonna play bass. Dont be the backup with the big guitar, BE THE FUCKING BASS PLAYER

[@misterauctor7353]

Like Geddy Lee for example.

[@0777coco]

That Bass just looks horrendous tho.

[@TheShadowblast123]

don't shit talk my wife

[@freeradicalpanda]

There’s another BIG reason so many rock and metal bassists suck; you get what you give. In metal the bass is naturally less audible in the mix, especially with megalomaniacal guitarist, which often turns away good players, so you’re often stuck with a failed guitarist or ‘that friend who owns a bass’. That’s well known at this point, but when you put a sucky player in the corner with the volume way down and you don’t work on the bass parts as a band, guess what; come recording time, the bass sounds like shit. The bassist has the responsibility for learning the instrument sure, but what can you really expect from a failed guitarist or a lazy amateur who wants to play at being in a band? The bass is a brutally difficult instrument to master, so while it might be fun for metal heads to rag on incompetent bass players, the good ones gravitate towards musicians that are actually appreciative of a good bassist. If the bass got treated with more respect in metal, you’d have fewer shitheads playing. You get what you give.

[@Teejel]

Saying “I went to Berkeley” is just how you justify musician failure 101

[@GordonHeaney]

Great call out to Tony Franklin, what a trio of musicians Blue Murder were. Most underrated bass player for my money, Geezer Butler. What great bass lines.

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

one of a major problems today and for many years to many guitarist want to sound and play like someone else.it's to simple to sound and play something that has already been done and played by someone else and it most certainly doesn't show your talent as a individual all you're doing is mimicking someone elses style tone playing and song..when I see someone play lets say a Van halen song I say great you can do a Van halen song now lets hear something of you're something original that comes from you and most of the time they can't they have nothing to call their own sad really what shows your real talent is what you have done your own original music not copying something that has already been done by someone else..Music is a win you have a great channel keep up the great work

[@chrissinatra1217]

The old The Chariot bassist is great. He could definitely play great and has great riffs in their songs. But during concerts. He definitely was NOT playing. Lol. He would flip the bass upside down and pretend to play it. It’s great tho. Love it

[@ryanmccoy3311]

hey we bass players dont hate, i mean look at what instrument we chose HAHA. If you want respect as a bass player these days, u just have to make at least one body part move and grove... oh yea... and slap and tap, and pluck with 3 fingers like berton and 4 like robert, and gallop, and tap, and pinch harmonics like jaco and play frettless, and play cello like stanley and victor, and a double bass like garry karr and a uke bass like my teacher john ferarra lol and i forgot you gotta have a alembic, or a fedora, or a earnie ball, or rickenbaker .......jkjkjkjk but hell yea ill consider anyone a basses no matter how they do it, as long as its on a bass guitar haha. I mean what do people consider lemmy, gene, ellefson, squire bobby vega, mel schacher, john deacon, the wall of sound phil bomb lesh lol, mike gordon 🌵, fucking water rogers, jeff ament, waylon jennings, bill black, no billy cox but played bass like a bass noel redding etc etc...

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

Ha ha, yeah theyre pretty high...

[@Noobshire]

Guitarists playing bass? Get thee to Adam Neeley for a roasting. I tried out the over-distorted, squashed compression bass method mentioned by Glenn - the bass pops out much more without muddying the mix.

[@bjrnespeseth8515]

Bobby vega, John Paul Jones, Carol Kaye. Players who use both pick and fingers to great effect. ;)

[@manny75586]

I was in a band where I did all 10 songs in 11 total takes on bass (one track had a harmonized bass part). After an hour of the guitarist bumblefucking through 1 track, I recorded his remaining parts on guitar in under 90 minutes (solos included). Incompetence doesn't care which instrument you play.

[@bigboiGRIFF]

Bassist ore on their own level compared to guitarists like most arrogant asshole guitarist think bass is sooo easy but hecks new I play guitar and I picked up a bass and it's like a completely new instrument. Just because it it has four strings dont mean nothing it ain't easier than guitar I'll tell you that much

[@lazzRussell]

Guitcon brought Musicians on KZbin together. BTW Glenn Fricker is a badass! Tyler cool as always

[@xtremegamer5336]

There's a pretty awesome video of Billy Sheehan on Produce Like A Pro's channel.

[@gearhound8395]

When you look up the word "douchenozzle" in a dictionary there's a picture of Glenn Fricker next to it

[@Bldyiii]

how do you make a guitar players play quiet? put sheet music in front of them?

[@fahadhc]

such a buzzfeed title haha

[@totallyfrozen]

This revealed nothing. This was more just a bunch of shout outs and plugs for upcoming stuff. Glen still thinks that bassists are hacks. Can’t believe I spent 9 minutes of my life watching this.

[@ranrjbneztnarf8932]

Gojira 101: Bass

[@yeesenchai]

As a guitar player, I totally think bass player on average knows a lot more of music theory than the average guitarist. I was stuck in a rut for quite a while on guitar until I stumbled on bass videos and the theory they learnt as basic stuff and that totally glued together the random stuff that I already knew on guitar.

[@yukayukayuii]

I've only been playing bass for a year, so he'd hate me.

[@ILoveBurgerzz]

Great people at Berkeley? Nice joke

[@GuitarBoi]

Tyler is hiighhhhh

[@fartvader84yearsago8]

Alex Webster's bass is the only bass that matters.

[@sanitytheorist8221]

My favorite thing Glenn said in this video: "In metal, if you have a weak bass tone, you have a weak guitar tone." I find it awesome that he mentioned this. Been noticing lately that I've actually been finding prog rock albums like Fragile by Yes heavier than a lot of metal lately, for having such huge, driving basslines that enhance everything around them. I'm biased, being a bassist, but there's definitely a very strong drive to bass signals that electric guitars can't ever reach. Animals as Leaders used to octave down the rhythm guitars to try to create a bass tone, but the electronics simply aren't as meaty. Given the influence of bands like Obscura and Testament's strong return lately, I'm really hoping it'll inspire more bassists to truly make bold, thick grooves in the coming years. Beyond Creation proved that there's a very real audience for bass led metal. Hell, I listened to them for a while despite thinking the rest was rather poorly mixed/mastered....that's how much an awesome bassist can take a band to greatness.

[@EmilKleinGearAndBeer]

The way this guy speaks makes me think of when I'm watching a movie and the internet is shit. He stopped every 5 seconds to think about the next thing to say. Glenn was too patient!

[@Redn87]

Right On!!! Sounds like you just have crappy musicians you play with. I’m the shit at bass and my bass lines are better than most guitar players I hear.

[@TheGeekFactor]

4:05 ... my first bass amp was hooked up to a 18” speaker cabinet. I shook the whole house with my first band. I (unlike some bass players) am not a guitar player. I am a bass player first.

[@No_words011]

John enwhistle One of my all time favorite bassist ✌️😎✌️

[@joelawson33]

I just quit a band with a guitar player that was hiding like dude was talking about. Those two guys played guitar and I was on drums. I told one dude to get on bass and the other guy stayed on guitar. As soon as the one dude went to bass, the "guitar player" didn't know whether scratch his watch or wind his ass. I walked out on both those damn fools.

[@GeraldSmallbear]

Dear guitarist who think they can play bass: You can’t. Regards, everybody.

[@mastertrey4683]

Some of them who started out on bass and actually propered practice muting and right hand technique know how to play bass.

[@Morgan3000]

Where can I get that bass dude

[@scraic1356]

Man what's so bad about bass

[@leshreddur]

Oh man this dude is actually falling into Glenn's category of dumb bass players.

[@zenobass5925]

Steve digiorgio, Jeroen paul thesseling, Nick schiendzielos, Jared Smith, Ryan Martinie, Adam Neely, Alex Webster, Victor wooten, Steve Bailey... ...just a few that know their stuff.

[@Jermusicislife84]

Da fuck? 4:49 It was like Glenn was looking right at me.........and thinking "Fuck You Jeremy" LMAO

[@Snavels]

Started as a Jazz Bass Player, Never understood Glenns concerns because Jazz musicians are more tightly wound, then I delved into metal and saw exactly what Glenn hates.

[@skidmarks4783]

Can you collect disability for being a bassist?

[@timmywysong]

I don't know what planet Glenn is from, but the bass player in the band I'm in is kickass, and so are a lot of others, as well . And spares no expense on his equipment(top of the line only) . And is a kickass mixing engineer on top of that, and working closely with Maor Appelbaum, as well . I mean, what about John Moyer(bass player) from Disturbed, and so on ? You are just spreading negative bs among the music community, always talking down bass players or drummers or something stupid like that, GLENN, not you Music is Win . Everyone in the band is important, people mess up sometimes or something, but that could be a guitar player, drummer, bass player, vocalist, mixing engineer, mastering engineer and so on . You really should be a bit more considerate though, Glenn . You are a public figure that's gaining a "bad rap", just sayin' . Music is Win, I grew up just 60 miles north of you, in Clarksville, TN (assuming you live in Nashville) . Cheers !!

[@Microtonal_Cats]

Q. What's the difference between an average bass player and a great bass player? A. 5 IQ points and a compressor.

[@chiptrippyfox6106]

As a guitar player Ive been more and more thinking about switching to bass to benefit my band (currently just myself and another guitar player) I love playing guitar.. A lot. But I also love love love making music with people and almost like an MMORPG I am willing to switch roles to rock that raid; ya know?

[@srvthesheep4682]

Should get glen on the podcast

[@corysantana6171]

So Glenn Fricker doesn't hate all bass players.......just metal/hardcore/grindcore bass players lol

[@keifersimple6010]

Tyler's guitar playing is bluesy and soulful and I love it ......... Tyler's speaking cadence is likes he's high as fuck and searching for the next word

[@dimpstyler6142]

I've been lucky and have played with some great bass players. I've had bigger problems with drummers that dont understand dynamics and play loud as fuck and have shit cymbals that ring for a decade. Once you have a good drummer though...dont let em go. Especially if...holy fuck...you can play with a click. Musically marry the fuck if they can sing harmony and lead too. Proposed to our drummer now with a paiste fast crash haha

[@druidmeats]

Holy christ i cannot take my eyes off that bass dude. It’s fucking beautiful WHERE can I get one???? i... i fucking love it!!!

[@stringbenderbb]

Guitar is dead for me...switched to bass...a former serious guitarist. (no joke). Most non-musicians prefer the sound of a bass compared to a distorted scratchy guitar. I am pretty good at guitar...pretty much suck on bass, I got more compliments as a bassist in 2 years, than as a shred guitarist in 30!! years. Maybe my chose was wrong in the first place. Bass in metal is boring as fuck generally, if the guitarist writes the bass parts...if this applies to you as a guitarist. The bass has to emancipate in metal. If you listen to a band like Jinjer you realize, that a good bass p;layer is so much more valuable than a second guitarist...soundwise.

[@JG-ux7of]

Glen is basically The Simpsons Comic Book Guy. He comes across as bitter and jaded and mad at the world for not being born Vince Neil and has directed all of his anger and frustration towards bass players. I've never met a Bass player in a band who didn't have his own amp, showed up to recording not knowing the songs or was a failed anything. My experience with Bass Players is they're usually pretty good guitar players and drummers. They also seem to be the most knowledgeable when it comes to Music Theory. Ask the average guitar player to run through all of the modes and they typically dont know them. They typically know major and minor scales and major and minor pentatonic scales and that's about it. Every Bass player Ive played with knows their modes and has a strong understanding of music theory. Guitar players learn chords that bass players dont but alot of what they learn is from playing other people's songs. Now I don't play Metal so maybe Bass players in the Metal scene are typically that shitty. I couldn't imagine listening to Metal and loving Metal and dreaming of being a Metal Bass God. Mainly because Bass isn't really heard as the angry long haired middleaged dork said, you cant really hear bass and it just becomes part of the guitar sound. So I can imagine someone who wants to be in a Metal band but doesn't want to put the work in to get good could hide out in a Metal band just strumming root notes. When I was 20 I played in a band where we couldn't find a bass player so the plan was for me to play bass until we could find one. I bought an amp and borrowed my uncle's bass and took lessons. I learned more about music theory and mastered modes because my bass teacher was a pro. For the life of that band I played bass. I even upgraded my amp and bought a Musicman Stingray bass that I still own today. I later switched back to guitar but it was mainly because I was writing and had specific guitar melodies and rhythms in my head that I wanted. All of my bass players were great musicians and could play a little of everything. I have a ton of respect for bass players.

[@bassman5123]

The reason why this long-haired nerd hates bass players is that most "bass players" are just converted guitar players rather than true bassists. Bass is one of the hardest instruments to sound good at and thus, most people suck at it. For example, think about how much easier it is for a guitarist to impress non-musicians than it is for a bassist. Any clown can learn to strum a few guitar chords cleanly and impress the average Joe (especially if he or she can sing decently at the same time). But it's much harder to do that on the bass. This is because it's a linear instrument not really meant for chords (at least not originally) but rather single-note lines. And the fact that chords sound muddy when played in the low register (When I want to play chords, I often employ Victor Wooten's method of splitting the root note and higher notes of the chord to make them sound much more beautiful) Plus, singing while playing the bass is much harder to do than it is on guitar because with most songs the bass doesn't usually start right on top of the beat. However, most guitarists have very poor timing when compared to REAL bass players!

[@wesleywheeler7891]

Fuck Glenn making me actually WANTING to get good at bass? Like...the fuck dude? Lol love this guy.

[@mcswordfish]

The young lad on the bass here generally knows what he's supposed to play - kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3mtfX-PjNqMeac Any suggestion that he's a relative of mine is based purely on circumstantial evidence, hearsay, and vicious rumour.

[@constructivecritique4049]

Wow. Nice fucking paint job on that Buzzard. I'm 50 years-old. Am I too old for a bass like that?

[@RiverOfBlacklights]

The only reason Ben Franklin here is pissed about bass players is cause one probably ran away with his girlfriend decades ago and he hasn't been able to get over it. The guy just seems overly bitter against most bass players (especially on his channel) and he hides his bitterness behind his excuses of them not knowing the songs or not playing properly. Time to let go of all that "ass hurt" that's been flowing through you since the 60's Ben. Time to deal and move on...

[@vonbleak101]

He 100% does not hate bass players - He hates people being unprepared and wasting time - the rest is just a giant 'in joke' dudes... If you actually watch him he makes it all pretty clear and talks about heaps of bass players he likes - jeez

[@williamwinn948]

i live near berklee college i dated a girl that went there in the early 2000s amazing on the skin flute.

[@tammichenard1024]

Congrats, that is very close to humor.

[@Rayja3]

Woah he’s gonna work with Warren Huart!?? He worked on Aerosmith’s stuff, the fray, some Adele & much more. I’m jey

[@WELaird]

im a bass player for over 20 years and i HATE bass players!! like glenn says, if they know it and can make it through the end...ok we got a solid one, but every damn bass player wants to slap and flea shit. bass is a backbone. as long as your playing it right, and back the guitars thats what i like...