The MIND-BLOWING bass technique of Bubby Lewis!

[@Davivd2]

He makes the craziest licks look effortless. This is out of this world.

[@shodapad07]

Discovering new Bassist is a blessing. And him confirming MTD - a brand I only got to know barely two months ago is also beautiful ❤.

[@judecarpenter2990]

What an incredibly beautiful bass. And his sound is very similar to ThunderCat is technique as well

[@ebertmahon8939]

Using flat wounds eliminates quite a bit of finger noise. The lack of finger noise gives his chordal playing a clear mellow sound. Hats off to the great James Jamerson for being noticed for using flat wounds like Bubby using here.

[@MrBassflute]

They’re actually nylon/plastic tape with a resin core.

[@ebertmahon8939]

@@MrBassflute Thanks for the clarification.

[@aizins3420]

@@MrBassflute the bass he uses in this video has flats on

[@acinooet9503]

It s good choice if you re not playing slap

[@dannygold2882]

@@MrBassflute not in this video, he says it at 2:15. All but two of his basses have nylon, this is one of 2 with flats

[@JackTheRabbitMusic]

IDK who this dude is, but I like him a lot. I always tell folks the point of practice is to eliminate the awareness of the tool, and get into a flow state. This guy pretty much is the final boss.

[@visog]

What a monster player! Nice lines too. Love his tone.

[@jamesdavid4147]

I've watched Bubby over the years and he's grown so well. Love this!

[@pierrojules]

Terrific! I don't call that practicing. I call that simply playing what comes through your mind.

[@stefvb2032]

“I just”…just like that ! ❤🎉

[@battlekat4]

Love that MTD he has some nice ones in his collection

[@BassGod1225]

Seems like a well adjusted young man. Being great at what you do while also remaining humble is awesome.

[@christophercooper7467]

Perfect tone

[@thomasball7026]

Brother Is Blazing 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@WaxDat8800]

Some crazy licks in there!

[@mattmeyers403]

Bubby is a gift!

[@andrewelledge2814]

What a beautiful musical mind.

[@isaachgbeis]

For me one of the best in the world

[@ramonpooser2434]

I’m amazed, and I look forward to more playing in the future because, context…

[@GuyVogel]

Great job! You can see that you're a non-judgmental young man who loves all people and they see that. Keep your positive attitude and remember all we can do is stay in motion. The only thing we have to be mindful of is making sure we're going in the right direction. I have a question about your bass. What kind of bass are you playing and what model? Thumbs up.

[@confustled]

Looks like an MTD Super 5, though the knobs (at least) on his one are different so it might be slightly customized or a different Super 5 variation.

[@BubbyLewis]

Wow I never seen this video.. awesome memories 🤙🏽

[@tomcopsonjr9463]

Always inspiring, humble, and doing the work.

[@joshjones9749]

Most good bass players I would say have about half the "spider" movement going on with the left hand. Seeing Bubby play live, for the first time I saw a bass player play with full spider movement 100 percent of the time. Perfect technique.

[@rogerleemeyzindi2979]

Simply AMAZING!

[@TheSavedOne21]

He makes it look so easy. 😊

[@keenanjacobs9949]

Im always looking for content like this with Bubby this is amazing.??is there perhaps more this kinda videos of Bubby?

[@ericsearcy8939]

@@keenanjacobs9949 yes! U should check out his jam session with the great “Alex Acuna”!!!

[@pangeaproxima3681]

2:50 _...the only way you can progress is if you do something that's not easy for you..._ some people don't understand that, mind-blowing techique, yeah.

[@kengagnon6192]

Nice chordal playing 👍

[@alanoffer]

Those flat wounds sound great with his style of playing ,

[@gospelphilomath]

love his dexterity.

[@rawhead66]

Yeah...I like to shred my bass too....No speed limits here in Germoney....Jazz , Hardcore or Metal.....I" ll ride with it ...Thanks God for giving us the bass ....!

[@kerrywilliams5086]

That's a beautiful bass. An MTD 535 USA "Super 5", Black Cherry Burst / Chechen. Retails around $7000.00 and I want one!

[@JasonWright-mc6dz]

WOAHHH!!! Whew 🥵

[@baitswrldwide]

HOLY MOLY what a player! This guy’s tough!!! Hahaha I don’t know if I could ever play like that. But I better get to practicing hahah!! This guys taking all our gigs hahahah wow stellar

[@jimmywembo2167]

Maestro

[@haphappablap7684]

Madness

[@mjmorgan-maloosefingers9135]

you are amazing 🎉

[@1234drums]

Sooo cool 😎

[@vegasfest]

My Best Too You Bubby …. Hope to see you soon

[@ChristiandeMesones]

What a great lesson ❤

[@peterjanjanin9883]

It's interesting that he's playing flatwounds now

[@sherlock4791]

For quick stuff and "kinda soloing" its actually really good Sounds tight and not overpowering zing

[@discobassgroove]

It’s a testament to his right hand articulation. Playing those chords and lines with that level of clarity is so sick

[@Ilovereharm]

He said in this video that he has flats since 2005

[@kuramobay2445]

I love it when people who are not known for playing music come together to sing each others praises for their speed and technique. Like speed and technique alone are what make great music.

[@KirillAfonin]

It’s amusing to see people in comments desperately looking for shortcuts: “low action! short scale! flatwounds!”

[@Wizz15]

It’s obviously the double fretwrap that’s the secret.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Do you like guys like Ralphe Armstrong? ( bass solo on Egocentric Molecules ) or Jeff Berlin? Your playing reminds me of these 2 Monsters of Bass. oNe LovE from NYC

[@pthesmith]

🤯🤯🤯

[@heirling25]

🤯

[@ernestporee3697]

This brother is legit ! No playing Hulu hoops with your bass ,no can’t tell it’s a bass sound? The problem that has happened is none of these are playing on any so called hit songs ? The people that play on hit songs or top bands don’t get the attention that non hit players get? You remember songs not solos for most people, but if you can do all types of tricks then you’re the best? It’s unfortunate that this is the issue now ? James Jameson ,Paul McCarty, Verdine White, Bernard Edwards , Marcus Miller , Sting ,Geddy Lee , and Jaco Pastorius ! Have played on many hit recordings and can do a lot of the things that the show guys do , but they are song makers or help the song. I hope this young man gets with a top notch band and then we could hear his full potential.

[@bubbylewis1376]

😌 which genre would you like to hear? I'd say its about 18 hit songs on the radio right now that you can listen to.. let me know if you need links

[@ernestporee3697]

@bubbylewis1376 with you playing ? Great !

[@BubbyLewis]

@@ernestporee3697yeah I’d be happy to send.. you sounded so certain about your claim regarding “tricks” and stuff lol.. have you ever stopped to think maybe, just maybe,,, you’re not aware of everything that’s actually out there.. maybe you don’t understand everything musically either right?

[@BubbyLewis]

@@ernestporee3697also.. you’d do yourself a massive favor and miss out on embarrassment if you at least research whoever you decide to troll.. it actually takes less time than what it took for you to type out that comment 😌.. a quick google is all it takes.. with the same internet that you use to troll

[@timalan5376]

The young man is good.

[@natemickens88]

Sometimes playing with speed is not as fun listening to like it use to be bc everyone does it now.

[@bubbylewis1376]

would love to check out your stuff

[@sifrank7492]

Name please

[@Gorlung]

When you have one fretwrap, it just becomes very easy for you, and you attach the second one

[@michaelanderson4265]

💯

[@relaxjack2249]

This man hunts wolves and leopards too

[@oliviermonge6377]

Une technique et une virtuosité incroyable, c'est des heures de travail et de souffrance. Mais est ce que c'est beau finalement, est ce que cela sert la musique ? Pour les initiés, sûrement. Pour les gens simples c'est juste une suite de notes qui n'ont pas de connexion entre elles. La performance pour la performance n'est pas toujours de la musique.

[@christophegragnic8681]

Je ne pense pas qu'il cherche la performance pour la performance mais à exprimer les notes qui lui viennent. Et pour suivre son imagination il faut une technique très poussée. Si tu n'entends pas de lien entre ses notes, lui l'entend.

[@oliviermonge6377]

@@christophegragnic8681 ben , j'espère pour lui. L'important c'est qu'il se fasse plaisir. Moi j'admire l'instrumentiste pas le musicien. Ce qu'il fait ne me parle pas, c'est "juste" incroyablement rapide et bien exécuté , pour autant je ne pense pas supporter un concert de ce style. Le goût appartient à chacun.

[@christophegragnic8681]

@@oliviermonge6377 Tu parles de quel concert? Là c’est vrai que dans une interview il balance des phrases dont on pourrait se lasser si c’était la même chose pdt une heure, mais j’imagine qu’il est assez demandé en tant que bassiste pour accompagner dans un rôle de bassiste.

[@oliviermonge6377]

@@christophegragnic8681 je sais pas,je le connais pas mais rares sont les bassistes gorgés de technique faisant preuve de sobriété sur scène. Comme quand tu fais de la salle tu te mets le petit pantalon moulant et le débardeur invraisemblable ! Tu rentabilises!!

[@bubbylewis1376]

so is this music to you?😌

[@tomsisson660]

I WISH I had his fingers. Tom Sisson

[@chopstickdinikdik4469]

Check how far apart those strings are from each other.

[@vincenth.anderson2017]

Good Lord.

[@kevingray7360]

😳

[@richardcolemanjr3749]

Jaco would be proud

[@edjefferson9175]

Noticed his thumbs bend backwards like Jaco.....

[@sammadden5540]

Thundercat owes a lot of his sound to bubbly

[@ajkendall2748]

Have you ever heard of Richard Bona? Bubby reminds me of him.

[@cursedswordsman]

other way around

[@ericsearcy8939]

Thundercats sound Is largely a derivative of Stanley Clarke, not Bubby Lewis😁

[@vintagemusiccollection904]

Bobby Lewis and Thundercat "Sound AND Style" Is coming from Stanley Clarke.......

[@pastoo25]

​@@vintagemusiccollection904 Richard Bona, buddy, Richard Bona

[@johnnyfreeman1018]

Dude loves his fur apparently....good player though

[@neilwilliams4420]

Great, but can he write a song

[@bubbylewis1376]

would you like to hear one of my originals or someone i've worked with who's on the billboard chart? i'd be happy to send a links.. i assume thats what poeple use to determine worth nowadays right? lol its always the ones that CANT that talk the most...

[@neilwilliams4420]

@@bubbylewis1376 I’m in a band and we’ve written hundreds of songs, if you can that is great 👌

[@mamadouba5619]

You do only solos?

[@bubbylewis1376]

need links to other stuff? what genres are you interested in?😌 you determine that off a video? one video?? lol

[@azaryd]

Talented bassist, and is he wearing a vest made from a badger? LOL

[@Elevenbravo_ABN]

I like it. I have a faux fur coat myself.

[@azaryd]

@@Elevenbravo_ABN nice. if i could pull off the look i would.. :)

[@PetriJuuhansson-wh4zp]

Its easy when playing just random chromatic notes

[@bubbylewis1376]

gotta train your ear to hear the chord changes.. to the mediocre ear, it sounds like chromatic stuff.. but to someone that understands harmony and melody, its lots of colors.. just gotta keep practicing and you can get there 😃🤙🏽

[@sherlock4791]

Real man use 3 gruvgear

[@Theworkingbassplayer76]

Nice sound , but keep your wrist bent like that and I’ll talk to you when you’re 50 😢

[@leonidmakogon3673]

ЭТО НЕ БАС !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ЭТО ГОЛАЯ ТЕХНИКА.... ДЛЯ ТЕХНИЧЕСКИХ ЗАЧЕТОВ... - НО ЭТО НЕ БАС !!!!!!!!!!!!! И НЕ БАСИСТ ! НАУЧИСЬ ИГРАТЬ ЧЕТВЕТРНЫЕ ЗВУКИ НА СИЛЬНЫЕ ДОЛИ ! ПО ОДНОЙ НОТЕ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ЭТО - ОТВРАТИТЕЛЬНО !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! И ТАК НИКТО НЕ БУДЕТ ИГРАТЬ С ГРУППОЙ ИЛИ ОРКЕСТРОМ ! ТЫ ВООБЩЕ - ПОНИМАЕШЬ СЛОВО БАСС ???... ЗНАЧЕНИЕ ЭТОГОО ПОНЯТИЯ ? ЭТО - НИЗ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ЭТО ФУНДАМЕНТ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ЭТО ОСНОВА !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! А НЕ ТОТ УЖАС ЧТО ТЫ НАИГРАЛ.... ТУТ НЕТ ОСНОВЫ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... ЭТО ВООБЩЕ И БЛИЗКО НЕ БАС !... THIS IS NOT A BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS BARE TECHNIQUE.... FOR TECHNICAL CREDITS... - BUT THIS IS NOT A BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND NOT A BASS PLAYER! LEARN TO PLAY FOUR-NOTE SOUNDS ON STRONGER BEATS! ONE NOTE AT A TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND NO ONE WILL PLAY WITH A BAND ORCHESTRA LIKE THIS! DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND THE WORD BASS???... THE MEANING OF THIS CONCEPT? THIS IS THE BOTTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE FOUNDATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE BASIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND NOT THAT HORROR THAT YOU PLAYED.... THERE IS NO BASE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... THIS IS NOT A BASS AT ALL!...

[@MrSpeedygrooves]

Bruh wtf

[@marcf2895]

Short scale for sure.

[@bubbylewis1376]

35' actually

[@marcf2895]

@@bubbylewis1376Nice! You make it look easy. Great technique and tone!

[@norsangkelsang7939]

it sounds like nothing in particular.

[@Derberber3]

Are you a guitar-player? I can hear no rhythm and no groove. Just speed.

[@BubbyLewis]

What genres of music do you listen to? I’d be happy to send some stuff.. it’s common that this stuff flys way over people’s head..

[@bepivisintainer2975]

incredible technique. yet....sounds really really boring and farty. .

[@BubbyLewis]

Can you do it?😌

[@selladore]

so many notes yet completely atonal...

[@michaelmarler7016]

You know, I thought the same thing. Well nearly. I thought can he play a musical passage that fast. We'll he didn't so...

[@bubbylewis1376]

or your ears are just mediocre.. thats usually the cultprit for people on social media.. they cant do it themseves so they try and sound like music proffessors with corny hater comments lol.. i'd love to hear you play 😌

[@bubbylewis1376]

@@michaelmarler7016 i'd love to hear you play.. got any videos of your playing?😌

[@selladore]

@@bubbylewis1376 technique is impressive, but notes are random. It's a nice technical display, but it's not music.

[@bubbylewis1376]

@@selladore OR,,, you could just tell the truth😌.. you don't know what's happening.. and definitely can't play it... so the only other option is to claim its atonal or random lol?? nah just be grown up about it and tell the truth.. 😂🤷🏽‍♂ its no harm in not being able to understand or do something that somebody else does.. the fact that there are others that can make sense of it and do thins similar,, should let you know that its something real.. just gotta tell the truth my guy 🤙🏽

[@ARTCOURT1]

speak to mutch american chitt

[@daveydoodle1916]

Don’t forget low action is there

[@Steve-mp7by]

Capos? bruh..

[@philmastro]

They're not capos, they're fretwraps, they help prevent unfretted strings from ringing out.

[@Steve-mp7by]

@@philmastro umm you're suppose to use the other fingers to prevent that. You'll have to pardon me I'm a bass genius

[@tiltil9442]

​@@Steve-mp7by 🤡

[@swiftymcgarnagle4567]

@@Steve-mp7by many famous players much better than you use fret wraps as well

[@Steve-mp7by]

@@RafalLabuda777 I never said he sucked. Also yes, I'm a bass genius

[@Bibblebabbler]

Waffle fingers 9000