I Gave Him A $1500 BASS For This UNBELIEVABLE Solo

I challenged the internet to a BASS battle and the results were ridiculous... Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this!
Musicians in this video:
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Colin Sankey: / abassistnamedchops
Slap Kop: / @slapkopofficial
Aink: / @annaglaid
Enrico Mangherini: / riddickbass989
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Jaz Moss: / jazmoss
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[@CharlesBerthoud]

Which solo was your favourite? 👇🏻

[@melshuggah]

I liked number 7

[@melshuggah]

Tf

[@3cuber749]

@@melshuggah that is when you put finns into the work

[@riddickbass989]

Colin sankey s entry! 👌👌💯

[@RayKappo]

9.....mustard.

[@ColinSankeyBass]

Wow, I'm so honored to be in this video and to have been placed among the winners among such insanely skilled and gifted musicians! Thanks Charles for putting on this dope competition - super fun - congratz to everyone who participated, you all slayed.

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Congrats, your solo was awesome!

[@ColinSankeyBass]

@@CharlesBerthoud Thanks so much! 🍻

[@alessiopizzignach3878]

Great job man!! I knew u were going to be featured u did amazing -Eminem guy lol

[@ColinSankeyBass]

@@alessiopizzignach3878 Thanks man, you really killed it too! Cheers 🍻

[@MrAACharles]

You really killed it. Enjoyed that solo

[@danielrey4679]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all of you for your comments and good wishes! Means a lot to me knowing that even when some of you have your favorites, everyone is happy with my winning among several outstanding entries. MEANS A LOT TO ME! So humbled now! 😁 And thanks Charles for choosing me to win this. Epic bass battle now.? 😏😏😏 haha. Happy new year Charles, winners and everyone who got involved in this. THANK YOU! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

[@gabslap9262]

De latino a latino te digo que aparte de un feliz año nuevo, muchísimas felicidades por tu victoria, te lo mereces un montón, ese solo estuvo para romperse los dedos 🙌😎

[@medmac2112]

Can’t wait to see you play that BITE bass!!!

[@danielrey4679]

@@gabslap9262 Muchisimas gracias hermano! Me da mucho gusto que estes contento con mi participacion! Feliz año para ti tambien. 🔥🤘🏼😎🔥

[@danielrey4679]

@@medmac2112 I’m so excited to play that new bass. Already have an idea for the unboxing video! 😏 Happy new year man.

[@julienz2024]

your part was amazing!

[@DanBrill]

Wow, I don't even know how you'd pick a winner on this. All were incredible.

[@CharlesBerthoud]

It was really tough 😬

[@Butter-yb5by]

To hell with Georgia. 🐝 Lol cool to see a possible Fellow Georgian…

[@hobbyman2381]

Dan, I could only make your comment for sportsmanship sake. I feel like Daniel was a clear and concise winner on almost every metric. The rest were a good fight, but I don’t even know if i will ever even forget Daniel’s little feature in a random youtube video.

[@alessiopizzignach3878]

OMG!!! thank u Charles!! (I'm the emimen guy) congratulations to the winners, you deserve it, especially daniel u did an amazing job :) I'm already super super happy to have been featured :))))))

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for the great solo! Hope you're not offended by the Eminem comparison 🤣

[@alessiopizzignach3878]

@@CharlesBerthoudahah of course not :)

[@eaptan]

Charles is attracting the attention of the most serious musicians. They're all coming out of the woodwork for your challenges!

[@jacobcaron2280]

@@behindthen0thing525 and ever

[@jacobcaron2280]

@@behindthen0thing525 forever

[@jacobcaron2280]

@@behindthen0thing525 never

[@kwesilarbi]

What are you trying to say about Davie?😂

[@stephenpan9216]

Absolutely. The musicians battling Charles are amazing. My favorites were Colin Sankey and Daniel Rey. Colin with the groove, Daniel with insane technique.

[@MarcoZarco]

Thrilled to be included along with so many amazing players! Thanks, Charles!

[@ElValuador]

You definitely would win best name.

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for another original and awesome solo!

[@DimIsHigh]

I literally cheered out loud when I saw you, a Charles battle video is nowhere near complete without your appearance!

[@MarcoZarco]

@@DimIsHigh Wow, your comment made by day! Thanks so much!

[@healingdog364]

That was Just Awesome.

[@slapkopofficial]

Thank you so much Charles! 😊 It was a great experience. I wasn't expecting to be featured in your video after I saw the high level of some of the participants. Thanks! 🙏💥🤘

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for the great solo, loved it!

[@CrillerVids]

Dude you killed it! That melodic tapping part of yours was my favorite

[@slapkopofficial]

@@CrillerVids thanks man! Nice to hear that. 🙏

[@BabyThomas]

You're top 3 in my personal list. Great playing and tone! Cheers!

[@slapkopofficial]

@@BabyThomas Cool 😎, thanks🙏 love to hear that😀

[@PierPiras]

I’m so happy to be featured in this video Charles! Thanks a lot 😊🙏 Seeing the other submissions for your Challenge/Collab videos is always a great way to learn new things and being inspired. Congrats to all the winners and the players! 😎🎸🎸

[@jamesmelissawhite4807]

I thought yours was the best Pier great job. You always put out great stuff thanks for your dedication its inspiring.

[@mikemuday]

I thought you were #1, also. Your playing is always PRO level in all of the collabs and challenges!

[@isaacmarks31]

I liked your playing the most! 😊👍

[@yashpanchariya2248]

You were great 😘

[@drasgum]

I really enjoyed your playing, congrats !!!!

[@akuvuorela3094]

It was so fun to be a part of this contest. Congrats to Daniel definetly deserved it. I'll be waiting for more challenges in the future!

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for the amazing solo! 🔥

[@marnaehrech1223]

you were great!

[@RaatoHamse]

Äijä paino hyvin!!

[@Ahma000]

Kovaa settiä oli

[@davidurrutia7495]

Hyvä veto!

[@zanderzon]

Well done everyone! All the battles sounded awesome 🤩👏👏👏

[@dylanplayzmusic]

U r the greatest guitar player ever

[@gabslap9262]

We need other collab between you twooo

[@gabslap9262]

Wow seriously I didn't expect even to appear among the 12 haha, seriously thank you sooo much Charles, it has been an honor and I take this gift as a great motivation to continue learning about this great instrument 😁🙌

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for the awesome solo!!

[@AnnaGlaid]

Wow, it's nice to be in the video and hear your musicsl perception! Thank you, it was so exciting and fun! By the way, I got a lot of feedback about the combination of tapping and piano🎸🎹 a lot of people ask me to collaborate with you in some way! :) I would also like to congratulate the winners, it is an amazing combination of technique and musicality🎵

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for the video, it was really original! And yeah, bass tapping + piano can sound really beautiful together as you demonstrated 👌🏻

[@jk-76]

It blew most of us away

[@Cityz3nn]

I absolutely loved your entry, great job!

[@amebabrain6949]

actually yes...your entry was the most smooth and musicial. loved it

[@MarcG7424]

This was next level I loved it

[@merqury5]

The piano piece should get a collaboration as a price. That was beautiful. The nr 9 should get the bass in my opinion. All incredibly talented people.

[@riddickbass989]

Thank you Charles, always a pleasure to partecipate these contests! Happy holidays 🎁🙏💯

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Thanks for your awesome solo!! 🔥

[@williamderaspe822]

Definitly my favorite by far!

[@NoobieSnake]

You were my favorite, Enrico! Keep up the good work!

[@riddickbass989]

@@NoobieSnake super thx 😍

[@brianmills5302]

Enrico, you're due, brother, top 10 just isn't enough anymore, you WILL one of these shortly, too good not to. Another fantastic entry, thanks for sharing your talent, and you're very supportive of the others, which is very cool.

[@lambdaprog]

The piano cleverly changed the original harmony by inserting the right root notes within the bass playing.

[@nathanielwiens6364]

All bass technique aside (because there was plenty of talent on display here), Daniel's choice of adding harmonics at the beginning, and then the bend into dissonance/subsequent resolution while he was mean-mugging at 7:12 sealed it for me. Both musically brilliant and comically appropriate. Congrats to all!

[@pauljason7552]

That piano piece was brilliant :) ... great performances by all contestants and ya, I totally agree with Charles on 1st place

[@terracottapie6637]

@@behindthen0thing525 what

[@AB-ld1rp]

I totally expected n4 to get a bass with that performance

[@Libanass]

Wow the talent here is beyond insane, everyone is amazing! Daniel Rey is simply on another level 🥵 Congrats!

[@audioxplorer]

Everyone was great. Daniel killed it. But I need to hear a collab with you and Aink. Her piano juxtaposition to the bass was phenomenal

[@a.h.5966]

All of them were absolutely mind-blowing! Loved that Piano one too!! heres a list since every one of them deserve to be heard multiple times :) hope it helps - 0:51 Alessio Pizzignach 1:36 Colin Sankey

[@PWAAF]

Ji

[@brianbecher5781]

Marco Zarco broke my brain for a second!

[@MarcoZarco]

Ha! Achievement unlocked!

[@Laytar]

Congratulations to all the contestants! 🥳 Everyone did very cool.

[@Musock]

i'd like to thank my mom for buying me these socks On a more serious note, thanks for making this contest! It was fun to participate and share our music all together!

[@kevinjones5560]

Aink on piano was amazing…

[@AnnaGlaid]

thank you so much!

[@mgrocki]

YUUSSS!!! Daniel Rey is a SAVAGE!!!

[@Solemn_Kaizoku]

I love how Charles gives such positive feedback, and if any criticism is offered at all, it's positive. There was so much talent in this vid, but my top picks would've been... 1. Daniel Rey 2. Gabriel Alarcón 3. Aink 4. Colin Sankey / Pier Piras

[@Cityz3nn]

That piano player was absolutely incredible, soooo fun and musical

[@nabhium6088]

Wow! I'm so happy to have participated in this! The winners absolutely deserved and many of the people in this video (even non-winners) have received a sub from me. Good work, everyone :)

[@aloysiussnailchaser272]

What's so good about this is not just all the talent on show, which was phenomenal, but that we have a resource like KZbin that lets players like this learn from one another. There's no short cut to talent and practice, but being able to see what others can do is a great way to give you the impetus to raise your game.

[@medmac2112]

Congrats to everyone who was featured and to Daniel! You are all phenomenal musicians and should be extremely proud of yourselves! 👏 👏 👏

[@jerryhorton5708]

Oh my gosh! That was a masterclass in slap, tap, and harmonic sensibility. Every one of these folks deserve a prize

[@austenj4539]

I remember when bass players were referred to as being simply 'plonkers'. Now, they are utterly 'bonkers'. Charles [and so many others] teaching us to go 'From Plonkers to Bonkers'. Hurrah!

[@jvomkrieg]

That sweep tapping of Daniels was impeccable. Fair winner of the challenge, but so many top quality entries.

[@davedavem]

I would have given piano lady a prize. Like some piano picks or something...

[@kitsvn]

Shoutout to Marco for playing better slap bass with a digital jam stick than I can with my bass!

[@oseirabor1467]

Woooow! This is one hell of a battle. The standard is so high now. Everyone's music was top notch. Congratulations to Daniel. He had me off my seat.

[@ZephyrBassPiano]

he deserved it, that was an insane solo

[@mehhhh291]

Bro u didn’t even watch the whole video, the video came out 3 minutes ago lmao

[@ZephyrBassPiano]

@@mehhhh291 I went through the video and skipped some parts

[@mickywes3733]

Wow! Such talent!!! But, man Aink, tasteful, supportive, beautifully musical. That’s my winner.

[@K_v_B]

Wow the piano in #4 was so awesome. 3:18

[@n3ng069]

as a guitarist I gotta say, these bass solos are amazing, that immense groove that just forces me to bop my head to the rhythm, great playing as always

[@trevorberridge6079]

I would say, however good they are, you couldn't really name someone a winner if they're not actually playing an actual bass. Having said that, No8 Marco Zarco blew me away. I love how he translated the bass line to a midi wind instrument. And the sound was great. No9 Daniel Ray was amazing. Such a great range of technique and boy were those fingers fast. Just so you know, I wrote the previous comments before I watched you announce your winners list. Glad you agreed with my choice. Tough competition. That was a super talented bunch. Way beyond anything I can do, but I'm hoping to take leaps in the coming year.

[@johnnydingo8680]

Yay for Marco Zarco, he always looks cool and adds the unexpected.

[@anieena]

Congratulations to the winners and thanks for the opportunity, it was a great experience to be part of this challenge, I loved the support among all the musicians and I'm looking forward to other challenges in the future - definitely gonna join as well even though I'm not a bassist myself 😊

[@samba3403]

i like the singing sock puppets

[@TheFriendlyPsychopath]

I'm surprised, EVERYONE who participated in this video were extraordinary bassists! Fu*king awesome! 🙏

[@wilowwells]

Daniel’s sweeps are freaking nuts. What a beast.

[@JoshSaysStuff]

This was a RIDICULOUS battle and I loved every second of it. And the slap flute guy? My mind is absolutely blown!

[@JazMoss]

Thanks for doing this super fun contest and for including me in the video Charles! There were some ridiculously talented musicians and everyone sounded awesome! 🔥

[@BoogieBMWE34]

You have incredible slap rythmic quality playing, I havent heard anything like this from years. All guys hear are not even close to that how you do slap rythm with cosmic sounding precision including our loved Charles :) I am deeply shocked. In Poland still lives bass giant Krzysztof Ścieranski, your slap rhytm is very simmiliar to his huge rythm slap building. If you have time it is good to explore that guy, for all I see you can be pretty close to his harmony feeling. Few first examples :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iojSYqSPfqaWj6s kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJOyc2h8od-phdk kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ymqWWel95oabs kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYrNdoufbcdjY68

[@JazMoss]

@@BoogieBMWE34 ah nice appreciate that dude thanks for the kinda words! I’ll check out the links you posted. 😊

[@BoogieBMWE34]

@@JazMoss Hi Jaz, could you write me what equipment do you use for your sound ? I can see Jazz Bass fully maple, is that right ? how about chorus and amp or other devices?

[@JazMoss]

@@BoogieBMWE34 Yo! Yeah sure I was using my Fender Jazz Elite Bass & because I was on the road when I recorded this I didn't actually have my chorus pedal so I just used the chorus plugin within Logic pro X. And that was about it apart from a little bit of compression with the MXR bass compressor pedal. My bass was set passive and rolled a little bit towards the neck pickup for more of a fat P bass sound.I also boost around 350Hz as I find that's a great frequency to boost if you're trying to get the bass to stick out in the mix on small speakers (e.g phone speakers)

[@NightDocs]

Daniel Rey is from the bass universe. Christ alive his was B E A U T I F U L

[@YaroslavVoytovych]

Listening to the Jaz Moss a few dozen times - he sounds 1) a real base, 2) really innovative, 3) like noone else, and 4) like a sound of a new dream band.

[@theycallmeklee]

7:19 I haven't seen a lot of bass players sweep before, that was awesome!!

[@jeffd824]

Marco Zarco is an actual legend and we should all kneel before him.

[@MarcoZarco]

OMG! That made my year! We're all busting up at my house. But my wife just said "that's a little long to put on a t-shirt" ;-)

[@bassofnaas]

Huge congrats to the people who won and also got featured! Winners defo deserved what they got!

[@dethbygaming]

Also just wanna say "6 string short scale piccolo bass" sent me into another dimension, you are hilarious on top of being an amazing bassist.

[@Mattiieeee]

Congrats to everyone who participated and got featured! I too also participated and that was my first Bass Guitar Video ever. Hope to do more battles like this in the future. :)

[@ArtHoundStudio]

Congrats to everyone that got featured or won! Thanks Charles for the experience!

[@p.informatico1320]

I really love the way than Pier Piras plays...

[@derandrews]

This is FANTASTIC - really well done to everyone who got involved. Charles, love your enthusiasm and to all the musicians - amazing. Love it.

[@pathosis]

Had a feeling you'd pick Daniel Rey for the top spot. Those sweeps and taps were amazing. I personally found your 4th pick, Aink as my favorite of the lot. She offered a complimentary layer, while changing the mood of the piece. Quite lovely.

[@lashlarue7924]

Holy shit. All of these musicians == 🤯🤯🤯.

[@LoopConnection]

Sometimes I can't believe how many talented players there are in the world! Congrats to all!

[@jameswhite7997]

I could just watch/listen to this for days and not get bored of that riff and variety of interpretations. Just amazing.

[@bryanrabel5081]

My favorite part of all these videos is that you all bring musicians of all different levels together from every corner of the world. You all support, encourage and compliment each other regardless of skill level. It's an awesome display of humanity at its finest. And the bonus is that we get to listen to some amazing music and get directed to some crazy cool music on ALL their channels. Keep it up all of you and hats off to you guys who spend countless hours arranging these collabs!

[@candyhuo4192]

I really appreciate that you still make such good music in your videos, considering you've been a youtuber for long time!

[@ChrisBevanBass]

Daniel's comping is what really did it for me - crazy lines when he was soloing, but the bend/release and harmonics accompanying you were SO nice. Great stuff!

[@somerandomyoutubechannel5816]

I love channels like yours. It's always a push to get everyone to work harder at their instrument. Even when there are jokes involved, you guys who do channels like this encourage people to take on music and stick with it. You're doing an amazing thing. And, your original music is beautiful. Thanks for all you are doing!!!

[@JulianThursday13]

I loved Aink!

[@AnnaGlaid]

Thank you ^_^

[@JulianThursday13]

@@AnnaGlaid You're very welcome! 🎹

[@michaeladler3035]

Suggestion: In the next give away competition, instead of giving the prizes to the best players, give them to new musicians who's just started learning and don't yet have a good instrument to practice on! Help out up and coming musicians.

[@buskergirl]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@CharlesBerthoud]

I actually did a separate video some months ago where I gave a bass to a 10-year old boy who wanted to learn. I'll be trying to do those fairly regularly in addition to these competitions.

[@jonny555ive]

Charles, your community is absolutely amazing congratulations on having so many talented people follow you and your channel. I'm completely blown away at each and every one of them ❤️👍👍

[@blakebass1]

Really phenomenal stuff here, great contributions! Charles, your videos are inspirational and your generosity is remarkable. Not only are you rewarding players with merch, you are also providing a platform for them to be recognized and appreciated. Way to go. Also, CONGRATS on your recognition in the latest issue of Bass Player magazine. Nobody is more deserving. Keep up the great work!

[@TomoFromEarth]

The dude that won first place was legit insane.

[@alexr71]

Pier was absolute amazing!!

[@BWater-yq3jx]

1:50 What he did that no-one else really did except #3, was connect his 1st passage to his 2nd passage, without overplaying in Charles' section, in a very tasteful way, so it became his own piece, rather than just 2 unrelated responses. 😎👌

[@Imzadi]

Hands down my favorite on musicality.

[@u10ajf]

Just incredible, absolutely loved every millisecond! My favourite moment was the pianist surprising herself with how insanely brilliant she is!

[@immunok948]

Pier Piras was my favorite, not even close. This guy's truly gifted.

[@igortokarski9517]

3:18-3:48 You both should make a whole song like that. This sounds so lovely & beautiful

[@pergustafsson4136]

Totally agree! I would buy it in an instant!

[@midapiano]

Congratulations to Daniel and everyone who was featured! The level seems to be increasing every contest 😅. I'm a little sad to not have made it into the video, but I'm hopeful for next time!

[@medmac2112]

You did amazing bro! I’m sad I didn’t make it either, but I’m sure there will be a next time.

[@ArtHoundStudio]

Same bro! Im gonna try a bit harder next time too!

[@kanenomoja]

Just awesome - everyone!! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!! Loved every one!

[@setaside2]

This was top line musicianship, everywhere. It was whiplash inducing. Props to the pianist, though, I have to say. She fleshed out your composition in a way the rest simply couldn't. Still: zero complaints. Everyone was awesome.

[@MrStarchild3001]

All of them are extremely gifted musicians. Congrats to all! If I have to pick, I really liked the musicality of Slap Kop and Pier Piras (largely based on their harmonic and melodic choices).

[@-valkyrie-00]

You could create a new Casiopeia with that pianist.

[@chasegraham246]

"That's some really nice six-string short scale piccolo bass playing." 🦴🚀My ribs just joined the James Webb Space Telescope.

[@Serbofreak]

Picking a winner here is impossible. Absolutely awesome.

[@jedifromhell]

6:40 *C h a r l e s* On the serious note, everyone played extremely well, thanks for the great content!

[@waedi73]

This is epic, prize goes to everyone in the video fantastic musicians !

[@KMikeSavoy]

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate how uplifting you are. You keep it humble despite your phenomenal level of skill, and you aren't afraid to say when someone can improve something but never tear anybody down. It's nice to see. Just sayin.

[@MattyBombatsa]

This was super fun to watch. Congrats to all involved!

[@zeevshaff]

Damn… you guys are all mad talented

[@HyperXcube]

The hardest job must be having to chose between these absolute gods of Bass.

[@torepedersen4056]

I love that you let other players better than yourself shine on your channel. Super creds to the good players out there.

[@fernandinho6779]

Many thanks Charles for sharing not only your art but the art of other brilliant musicians too. This is art squared.

[@tadutaro]

😂😂😂 "I'm very glad Eminem decided to become a bassist"😂😂

[@alessiopizzignach3878]

:)

[@tadutaro]

@@alessiopizzignach3878 hey!! Buddy You did Great.

[@mikegaskin5542]

I'm scared that we're gonna find a better bassist than Charles in one of these competitions, and I don't think the world can handle that

[@domc2909]

I think we just did

[@ditmarvanbelle1061]

I'm seriously surprised by the sheer level of awesome quality playing on display here. I did not expect to see so many that could match/exceed his playing but I'm glad they did because in a weird way, it makes it seem more achievable now. Like, if I keep practicing 40 hours a day I should be getting near the ballpark in about 50 years or so. That's a dream I can at least aspire to.

[@samwillens3250]

@@ditmarvanbelle1061 😂😂😂

[@brianmills5302]

@@domc2909 🏆

[@matthewskillo5320]

Thanks for yet another awesome video, CB.

[@overshootcollapse4236]

thoses videos are the opportunity for me to discover the tons of energy and patience so many musicians spend to reach excellence. I know how this is gonna sound but : you give me hope ! thanx for the good vibes :)

[@niln5964]

Love all of them 😀 Funny how Gabriel managed to include some fragments of two (at least that's how many I noticed after the first time 😅) of the "hardest bass solos ever" most of us have discovered you through ☺

[@bobalhaoRS]

Cara... Só músico bom. Eu fui ouvindo e pensando "esse ganhou" aí vinha o próximo "tá, esse ganhou" e foi indo assim. Podia literalmente jogar o prêmio para cima e quem pegar ganhou.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

All of these musicians kick major ass. This is some mighty fine chops!

[@mrchoon2010]

You're actually making me laugh. Like, genuinely funny. Love it. And you're still the best bassist that ever existed