Kai Eckhardt - Bass Solo

Bass: Kai Eckhardt, ( www.kaizone.com ).

[@Kunstdesfechtens]

Kai's one of the unsung heroes of the bass. Not enough people are aware of his playing.

[@AlexKalicinski]

This guy was my mentor. Never have I learned so much in 108 days

[@soundslikeben]

I second that!

[@DISMISSED375]

WHEN ? WHERE ? HOW ? AND HOW MUCH ?

[@KnowKnot]

i cannot breathe. that's the most, um, melodic? harmonic? stretched???? (i don't even know what to way). i guess it's just one of the absolute goodest slap solos i've ever heard. maybe THE best...

[@jeremymccall3737]

I took lessons from him! Kai is amazing, and he has an knowledge of the mapping of the bass that makes him the best improvisationalist I know.

[@ralphmoore7343]

Eins der besten Basssoli die ich kenne, genial. So gut wäre ich auch gern

[@jasecole]

this trio live at Royal Festival hall is a great album

[@QueAwkwardNoises]

Eckhardt is just an awesome yet evil sounding name! Awesome!

[@babekcologne]

wegen dieses videos hab ich mir heute einen bass zugelegt^^

[@Vpmatt]

Amazing.

[@llafutaal]

NICE, NICE, NICE, I´m a fan of JOHN MCLAUGHLIN TRIO and Kai is a finese bass player. His solos are so beautiful! UPLOAD MORE PLEASE!

[@Silvos90]

PERFECT TECNIQUE!!!

[@legacy92tw]

SLAP HARMONY!!! WOOW

[@mangolassi_.]

Saw him with Torsten De Winkel about a year ago. Just amazing.

[@trappedsoul7]

incredible skill level

[@markee2006]

What the fuck! thats some of the most tastiest slapping i'v ever seen man!i don't think i want to play the bass after seeing that.

[@kaleoching]

Fabelhaft! Chi und Creativity! Gefaellt mir sehr!

[@angelc.4422]

I would kill for a transcription of this solo. Absolutely incredible.

[@momentaufnahmetrio]

KillerSound!Great!

[@BassByTheBay]

Damn, Kai, beat that thing!

[@theluckymanfrom]

Amazing and very tasteful!

[@reimass9244]

The bass sound, Shack, the concept of solo, the endurance and the fluidity, the longest and musically the best slap solo I can remember. Kai played fretless beautifully with that band also. Too bad he doesn't use that instrument anymore. His recent playing and the tone was such a disappointment. Obviously something happened to him. Don't know what but this no longer exist.

[@Denisbassman]

The bass in this video is not a Schak, but a Clover Slapper

[@danielerickson4893]

How does this have 244k views but only 1.3k likes (0.5% of the views), and only 135 comments?

[@leeblessed6643]

Muito feraaaaa !!!!!! Amazon!!!! Is very good !!!! Congratulations in solo a bass

[@cesarromo1]

that was great! really inspiring...

[@CliffHuxtableSweater]

2:33-2:53...W...T...H... remember a buddy of mine in boston used to tell me about this dude back in the late 90s.

[@DAIO12345]

OMG!!! TOOOOO GOOD!!!!

[@helenerammant1039]

New band is even sicker. Awesome player.

[@rlbrett]

This monster bass player recorded and performed with Vital Information for a time. It's worth looking up and listening to.

[@Haxzilog]

i really wish i know how to play bass and guitar holy shit i find awesomeness and coolness in the rhythm

[@hellmonja]

sweet heaven! this makes me wanna try and play bass again. only missing in this set is a good jazz drummer...

[@thecool9]

wow,never heard of this guy.. awesome...

[@wolfencopter]

Awesome! I came looking for what I was lookin for and I found more... The middle of this bass solo is the beginning to a song called Babaluwaiye on the album Fiafiaga (Celebration)by Steve Smith and Vital Information.... For years I wanted to see who was playing that bass line.. Now all I have to do is track down that old Stanley Clarke instructional video with the smooth slappin and my bass quest is over..... or has it just begun? TY youtube people

[@GUILLYMILLER]

IMPRESIONANTE

[@Arjunashanti]

Excellent...

[@GeddyLeesNoseHair]

Good GOD man!!!!!!!! Un f'ing believable!!!

[@skuphan]

freaking great I can't wait to see him with garaj mahal at camp barefoot this year.

[@8lacKhawKtheRIPPER]

also das ist wirkllich geil ! extrem guter Bassspieler Auch wenn seine Bassgitarre bischen gewöhnungsbedürftig aussieht ;P

[@TheTumadre3]

MAESTRO!!!!:)

[@etpslick100]

I was never a fan of headless basses but that particular one sounds incredible. Plus Kai's a excellent player. Awesome solo!! Have some of his work with Vital Information. I believe that bass is a clover model. They make great basses. 

[@stefanocosimetti2969]

No is a Schack carbon 5

[@etpslick100]

@@stefanocosimetti2969 Yeah I found that out a month after that. That a great bass. He started making basses again.😌🎶👍🏾

[@stefanocosimetti2969]

@@etpslick100 yes he started again the son Nico. I had a schack made by the father in the 90' a unique 5. Then another made by Nico 10 years ago. Both 36'' scale and with basstech pu.

[@etpslick100]

@@stefanocosimetti2969 Wow! Cool! I’m trying to see if Schack has a U.S dealer.

[@stefanocosimetti2969]

@@etpslick100 i really dont think so. Is a small and amazing laboratory near Frankfurt. I visite it in 2011. He build and send instruments all around the world. But just contact Nico on his website and for sure he will deliver worldwide.

[@MrRuiz67]

great

[@Wuei108]

Formidable.

[@edscizorhands]

Hes making the " I gotta take a shit" face

[@NickRatto]

Where may this be today it’s 2023-24 is this still

[@Suavestmanalive]

I've never been this impressed... about anything O.o how is he doing this???

[@kuyaferds8715]

Bro that’s nice composition

[@negrobazz]

exactly !!

[@TheOneCleanHippy]

fucking rediculously talented

[@RegAgainstTheMachine]

that King tone doeee jesus

[@markee2006]

I believe i already posted on this video but i have to say it again this is some of the tastiest slapping i'v seen in a while.

[@georgsufraz6664]

super!!!

[@javiertrivino3295]

Los 5 mejores bajistas de la historia del Rock: -Tony Levin -Jim Kale -Mel Schacher -John Einwistle -Kai Eckhardt

[@duncanambrose206]

Tony Levin is so underrated! Especially with King Crimson. Fantastic stuff!

[@pzwumk20]

@TheBrennil Es kommt auf so viele Faktoren od Voraussetzungen daß die Aussage "Bass z:B sei leichter zu spielen als Gitarre " kann nur von Laien od. Musiker mit sehr wenig Basiswissen stammen. Jedes Instrument hat seine Eigenschaften die einem gefallen oder nicht. Du kannst ja Jahre lang Bass spielen, Gitarre endecken und erst dann feststellen dass du als Musiker viel besser mit deren Eigenschaften harmonierst und entsprechend schneller erlernen. So'n Vergleich sollte nie gemacht werden

[@Groovy26407]

Flea is excellent in what hes been playing,which is much more simpler that what kai is been playing.Of course Kai,is even more technical,but it s better if we dont judge by solos,but by what they play in songs.anw that s just my opinion:O

[@PYRAMIDSOVERSAND]

he plays grat , is really awesome , !=91 verry cool playing

[@ToterAlterMann666]

@TheBrennil naja ich spiele bass und konnte an einem tag mit der gitarre von mweinem freund spielen,da konnte ich schon nen song spielen,kein esonders schwerer aber ein song halt.hat er mir beigebracht. sry für schlechte satzstellung habe nur eine hand frei denn ich spiele gerade e-bass.

[@djfossie]

bass und gitarre sind 2 unterschiedliche instrumente das kann man nicht vergleichen und man kann auch nicht sagen dass den meisten leuten unterbewusst der bass am besten gefällt das ist doch auch schwachsinn...aber der bass ist ein wichtiges instrument und lieder ohne bass wären nicht mehr die gleichen wie mit da würde etwas fehlen und das würde man auch merken ich würde sagen gitarre und bass sind beide gleich schwer eben auf ihre jeweilige art!

[@stubhead]

What's that on his thumb? It's a blue band of... plastic? Maybe a cut-down thumbpick? Sure would come in handy, I get bloody if I try the Wooten upstrokes.

[@MusicMySelf1]

@babekcologne Headlessbässe sind so geil^^

[@matambale]

Since you recognize good playing, keep playing!

[@naonzz5942]

Wow this video was from 2007

[@voncoolio]

SICCKKK!!

[@R0b1zzle137]

My point.

[@g.luca.b]

I feel something of Mark King in his style. Or is it the other way around?

[@romaneberle]

very good idea :)

[@Zager-recap]

WOW....

[@Meteorotaki]

0:38 , sounds like the intro bass from the song "scarred" by Dream Theater, which is a bass riff I love !

[@JoshGecko]

His thoughts the entire time: "Can't... HANDLE... ALL THIS FUNK"

[@Xidentals]

Ohne einen guten Bass geht in der Musik überhaupt garnix. Der Bass ist das Salz in der Suppe. Also Respekt vor einem Bassist jeglicher Art. Was alle Musiker tun müssen ist üben. Keiner wird als Könner geboren, die Finger müssen erstmal lange lange lange bluten, denn einfach zu erlernen ist kein Instrument. Der Unterschied besteht am Ende nur darin, wie man seine Instrument beherrscht.

[@williambrady382]

dang....

[@JohnGwan]

:-) Awesome... I think he looks a little like Obama.. that's a really nice bass... nice sounding... i am taking notes.. wow,,

[@xbass3]

Kai Eckhardt - Bass Solo

[@Dyshof]

Is this a Schack bass?

[@Squillary]

Real Deal? Maybe, maybe not. But at 22 he's going at it. See myspace dot com/feraudhadrien and listen to Remeurs and Highjacked. Very Jaco-like. He's also on McLaughlin's Industrial Zen and touring US in September with JMcL and 4th Dimention.

[@christam24]

epic face - epic face - epic face JIZZ IN MY PANTS xD awesome solo is awesome btw

[@onzkicg]

lol 😂 nice! If I’m not watching, I would assume 2 bassist, one is slapping a rhythm in background other one is doing some flamenco’ish chords.

[@selva2938]

Ele foi o baixista do Michael Jackson tbm?

[@Haxzilog]

wasuuu hahahaha nag comment ^.^

[@paride061]

oh kai...

[@marcoyanez5874]

I don't like the slap technique on the bass except when I listen to Victor Wooten, he is so musical even slapping

[@careunderfire]

sag mal ist kai eckhardt iwie deutscher abstammung so halb oder warum der deutsche name? weißte das?

[@llafutaal]

it´s a gem! the impressionante whole show here: google videos: "john mclaughlin trio stuttgart 89"

[@R0b1zzle137]

What does Flea got on that?

[@gammypage]

he look like stanley jordan!

[@Keyman101Freak]

wie geil ich möcht meinen bass in die hand nehmen und spielen

[@flemsgin]

@ stonetoaster Solche Gitarren/Bässe nennt man Headless Bässe/Gitarren

[@zachkai3129]

i might be a student of his soon

[@dazza42UK]

Anyone know what bass he's playing? Love that tone.

[@thehighlandercompanyrecord8028]

clover slapper.

[@nerdlinger92]

well if you like this then you should check out mark king

[@KingNero2006]

Also ich kann in der diskusion nur djfossie zustimmen. Bass und gitarre haben halt andere schwerpunkte. Gitarristen spielen halt viel Accorde und Soli, Bassisten Spielen eine groovige Bassline oder Slappen. Jedes der beiden instrumente hat spieltechnicken die schwer zu meistern sind. Sei es das Solospiel oder das Slappen. Wichtig ist doch das Zusammenspiel der Beiden Insturmente. Ein solo ist nur so gut wie seine Begleitung und ein Groovieges lied nützt nichts ohne die passende Bassline.

[@Haxzilog]

dancing fingers

[@thilolinger]

@lenny042,hättest du ahnung vom bass spielen würdest du nicht so eine scheiße schreiben!

[@FOVoid]

@GenGemuese kann ich dir nur zustimmen

[@noinwe]

How is that your comment is about Feraud who's not in this video & not Kai Eckhardt. This brotha is in a class all by himself. Feraud is a good bassist, but he's not even on this cats level. What Feraud does, a whole lot of cats can do. you won't find many cats out there that can duplicate Eckhardts style.

[@OnklHagen]

was meinst du mit dem scheiß kommi?

[@Kwintreepler]

Bass solo..XD..BASS..^^....Hallo???..Allein die Überlegeung..^^..BAss solo^^

[@ekathe85]

This model of bass hasn't any, you put the end of the string that has the little ball at the end of the neck, the other end goes on the bridge and there are the tuning instruments, floyd rose-like ones, I guess. Guitars and basses like this have been around since the 80's, I always thought they looked like crap.

[@RockBrosUnited]

Was ist das für ein Bass? What kind of bass is this?

[@michelbrebsom9846]

"Slapper" from German bass builder Clover.

[@thejazzbass76]

wow,this is really good!! but on the other hand,it shows that Victor Loerincz is playing from an other galaxie....

[@AlexBilodeauMusic]

I belive Mclaughlin is going to be touring with bassist Hadrien Feraud not Kai Eckhardt. s'all good though.

[@Brunomacias89]

This might had already been asked. what kind of bass is that?

[@michelbrebsom9846]

"Slapper" from German bass builder Clover.

[@Brunomacias89]

@@michelbrebsom9846 12 years later. Thank you very much!