Metal Guitarist Tries Learning Bass

[@NikNocturnal]

*Slap... Like*

[@kionicxnm]

oh no

[@janocronismo]

Call the police...

[@MerkMacheen]

This guy is the RUSSIAN BAGS UNDER EYES GUY!!!

[@MerkMacheen]

Slap like!?! How about I slap you

[@rhcpss4]

Done sir. Would you like anything else?

[@BaenaCarcosa]

Rule #1 - Just play the same thing, but lower

[@NikNocturnal]

Exactly

[@ryancozzolino7832]

Rule #2 - djent

[@SamsonTheMaid]

Wait, there's something more then just zeros?

[@apoplexiamusic]

then you will be able to play it easier on guitar!

[@TheDeadmandillon]

/\This 100%

[@disturbiafromthebay]

We all secretly enjoy it when we pick up a bass and start playing it.

[@NikNocturnal]

NO....

[@xTakami]

@@NikNocturnal Can confirm

[@mauricemotors8207]

@@NikNocturnal Don’t feel bad I can’t play guitar or bass 😂😂😂

[@johnbilicki913]

As a bass player, its no secret, gotta love my low end

[@quinnmitchel4075]

No. Not secretly. Im a guitarist and I love the bass

[@thceif533]

5:03 Davie's face reflecting off the bass is something of poetry

[@Florin_A]

Haha I saw that too :)))

[@shikarifox4337]

Sorry, ruined the 69 likes...

[@AoifenicLir]

Davie503 confirmed?

[@natsugineo6695]

You should've put 5:04

[@thceif533]

@@natsugineo6695 OH SHIT BRUHHHHH I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT NOTICE THAT

[@MyRealityIsProof]

Show bassists the respect they deserve by programming the bass parts in.

[@NikNocturnal]

I tried, they didn't seem to like it

[@ghastlyshimmer]

EZBass is so good that the band Dragged Under programmed their bass even though they already tracked the bass.

[@pingukid726]

@@ghastlyshimmer that's actually mad dude😂😂

[@dropsnooze5274]

@@ghastlyshimmer Jesus, the bass Player had family

[@olonix4780]

I got the reference lmao

[@advaitpetiwale9596]

"Question: What if I can't read music? Nik: None of us can, don't worry about it." Boy, that just gave me hope.

[@NikNocturnal]

I gotchu dw

[@mechwarrior5727]

High key recommend learning sheet music though, it can really open up certain things, though you don't need to be a sight reading god

[@irvinpornias9773]

Do more bass

[@stevec6427]

Only one member of the band I'm in can read music and has a degree in music. He sits at the back and hits stuff

[@TheNeonParadox]

I've been a bassist for over 20 years, and I never bothered to learn to read music. On the rare occasion I can't play by ear or trial and error, there is always online tablature.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Davie504 would be proud of Nik

[@Bengalfella]

Why r u every where

[@toyrobotarmy3482]

@@Bengalfella bro, there are loads of guys without mustaches

[@stronk9760]

@@Bengalfella lol cringe

[@peeps2265]

Le Monke Titan

[@Freakenfishzilla]

No he wouldn't. Pick is illegal, you must slapp.

[@Samael_Morningstar666]

Nik: Okay!... Bass is kinda cool! Every guitarist ever: It’s treason then

[@NikNocturnal]

^^^^

[@koppie4609]

Bass is superior😎

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

@@koppie4609 no

[@sonagaming2125]

@@koppie4609 agree

[@NocteAeternus]

And their name was treason

[@treymartin6466]

How ironic you release this the day Mudvayne announces their reunion.

[@NikNocturnal]

Brr Brr Deng

[@hubr5827]

@@NikNocturnal BR BR DENG my uncles the guitarist lol

[@Cash_Bright39]

@@hubr5827 who is yoir uncle?

[@blender3935]

@@Cash_Bright39 the guitarist, dummy

[@NihonNoMajin]

Don't lie to me D: !!!

[@raven_esque]

Nik having a crisis over the existence of da bass for 8 minutes

[@NikNocturnal]

Basically

[@anjaklemmer4139]

Come on, that was a perfect opportunity for “bassically” :D

[@nachoolivera6046]

you should see adam neely's video on how to play bass for guitarists, really good

[@foamytony3291]

Ichika is the one man I know that can be ridiculously technical, while still being melodic. He makes me want to quit any instrument I try. With Davie, I can at least laugh while crying, but Ickika has no mercy

[@SlyHikari03]

Yup.

[@gobelin1807]

you should listen to "ayumu - death note" then

[@Siraj-123-q5p]

like I swear he'll make me quit even the triangle some day

[@noboru5138]

Bernth too

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

Charles Berthoud is just like Ichika Nito, except on Bass. Check out his solo piccolo works, like Highland Dream or The Last ride

[@syaifulmubarok6748]

Davie in the next few days : " i chalenge you to bass battle NOW "

[@NikNocturnal]

I'm down

[@mikajegou7106]

@@NikNocturnal Then chug battle.

[@Yats6417]

"I don't think knowing Beethoven's hair color is gonna help me shred harder" -Nik Nocturnal (2021)

[@NikNocturnal]

Can confirm, it did not make me shred harder

[@shikarifox4337]

@@NikNocturnal What was the answer?

[@tyrantking9362]

@3:53 "None of us can, don't worry about it." THE. F...ING. TRUTH!

[@haydengripesmanecrisp1434]

as a bassist this was hilarious to watch

[@paradoesntcare7275]

picking up bass as my first string instrument its always been weird. All of my guitarist friends would just pick up my bass and just start to shred but it is awesome and really informative that people realize its a totally different skill set, and guitarists and bassists alike realize its its not just as simple as playing guitar with less strings and bassists knowing guitar isn't just bass with more strings. They have their own skill set and their own place in the band/setup

[@TheColognican51213]

What I realised when switching from the guitar to the bass guitar was, that it's helpful to have your mind set up completely new and forget about the guitar skill whatsoever, except for the pick - I am used to it and makes the attack just next level... -, otherwise you actually just look and sound lost! A bass guitar appears similar, which it is in some way, but the approach playing along to a song is absolutely different! Check the clip of Glen from SpectreSound!!!

[@kushagrakishore627]

6:03 don't worry nik you are not alone, ichika makes everyone feel like a beginner

[@NikNocturnal]

Very true

[@systolic410]

I like that every guitar player that picks up a bass sounds exactly like a guitar player playing a bass.

[@wiztek1197]

Learning from Davie is a bad idea You'll get checkmated real quick Learning from ichika is worse

[@NikNocturnal]

Both super slappers

[@ThisMonky300ZX]

Don't forget charles.

[@jun813]

Charles berthoud is better

[@Vexnatos]

>You'll get checkmated real quick Not if I force a stalemate

[@gavinaltman8577]

@@NikNocturnal along wit nikiii boi

[@williamtindol8503]

His reactions to the guys who are fucking amazing at Bass is priceless

[@justinnorth4952]

“Oh I’m bad at everything” right at the end hit home, I felt that hard 😭

[@NikNocturnal]

I feel it hard

[@shr3dl0rd17]

After Mudvayne announced them reuniting you had to brr brr deng

[@NikNocturnal]

^^^

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

Wait wat? Mudvayne's reuniting? Holy hell

[@shr3dl0rd17]

@@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage yeah, they announced it yesterday

[@EpiphoneShredzzzzz]

That's an obligatory Dig cover. Close the poll

[@jacketyt6992]

*freeze frame* "Yup, that's me, you're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

[@NikNocturnal]

^^ Yup

[@Trent2002W]

I know what this is referencing but I don't exactly

[@adrianjohnson2282]

@@Trent2002W pretty sure it's a tiktok thing, but it's great that you can do that with literally any point in this video ^^

[@Trent2002W]

@@adrianjohnson2282 I'm a dumbass its spiderman 1 I've seen that movie so many times idk how I forgot

[@benturtl9076]

I genuinely wanna see more of this

[@NikNocturnal]

:D

[@franbian]

The day has finally came

[@NikNocturnal]

Scary day

[@airconditioningunit9777]

today on meme monday: nik seems to have gone insane

[@NikNocturnal]

:D

[@ACIDS531]

Seems?

[@joshgraham2456]

As a bassist I absolutely love watching guitars try and learn bass. Good work my guy! Keep it up

[@B_assMan.Archive]

Nik: 4:48 I, a bassist: _"I have achieved my goal, I can now finally die in peace."_

[@Foobymaster1]

We need guitar and bass covers now.

[@NikNocturnal]

:O

[@juneauserds24]

@@NikNocturnal up master Nik 🤘

[@Engineer_Heathen]

This was surprisingly entertaining. Love the bass.

[@NikNocturnal]

Thank you :D

[@sovieticreaper9674]

6:15 - Here's the brr brr deng, we know you came for it

[@danielseale9636]

I like the part when he did the Brr Brr Deng

[@NikNocturnal]

Mudvayne is back too :D

[@Chaosdude341]

I very much enjoy this "Metal Guitarist Tries" series. I support multiple parts where you're actually improving and working on areas (like reading sheet music, playing another instrument, etc.).

[@Shiroar]

Best to just think of Ichika as a robot god and not compare yourself to him. Guy played beautifully on a harp after one month. Anyway I much enjoy watching you decide to skip the basics and then freak out at the super advanced stuff. Keep it coming! 😂

[@NikNocturnal]

ok

[@leonardowronski6171]

Even Nik feels like quit guitar because of Ichika so why am I even trying to play it?

[@NikNocturnal]

Ichika is too good

[@CPurdiePlays]

This made my day. You had me laughing so hard. Not that it matters, but I respect you even more now. So many guitar players think that there is nothing to playing the bass and it's easier than guitar. Maybe in some aspects, but you just showed it's not always the case. As a bassist, thank you for putting out this video.

[@jakemode]

5:01 davies reflection in the bass holy shit 🤣

[@techhy_]

7:32 wtf that riff is badass I typically do my riffs something like that, and that's just my sorta riffing taken to the max and I love it

[@viniciusleaoa]

4:45 PLEASE don't let Bradley Hall find out that it's possible to sweep on a bass!!!

[@NikNocturnal]

Oh no

[@Blueeyedramblings]

"Ok, so bass might not be a conspiracy, it might be real" - One of my favorite lines I've heard in a long time, ha!!! As a guitarist, I love how bass came second in behind guitar in every "how to" search hahah

[@davidmonterroza6665]

Yeah bro. You are now ready for a bass battle with Davie

[@NikNocturnal]

I will do

[@Nomnia]

Fucking lost it at "ichika already makes me want to quit guitar, this is illegal!"

[@dominicakadragun3103]

“There’s just so much wood!” - Nik 2021

[@NikNocturnal]

True

[@muertuusdei-gratia573]

There was much innuendo in this vid. ✌✌👍👎

[@metalheaddd97]

It really finally came; slap that bass!

[@NikNocturnal]

Slapping has been initiated

[@Mosh0722]

4:48. On behalf of all guitarists, you are banished. Treason is not accepted

[@HarptoHeart69]

I know why!!?? 🤦‍♂️😥

[@SauliSlays]

Who is this?

[@Vyrus-1980]

As a bassist who had to go the opposite route thanks to pandemic reality, having to learn to play guitar to continue making music in this solo at home musician world, it was nice seeing your exploration. :) I feel ya on the distance in string spacing and the general size difference giving you crap when switching over. Trying to play guitar I feel like I'm holding some ukelele tinker toy that's gonna break if I play slightly aggressively and trying to make chords on guitar feels like I have to compress and shrink my hand into this tiny little claw in order to not overshoot the fret I'm aiming for by a full octave. xD Always enjoy your "tries to learn" videos dude, entertaining stuff. P.S. OH BTW, about making chords on bass, yes you absolutely can however as you saw because of the lower fundamental frequencies it will sound like muddy crap without tweaking your EQ and technique a bit. Larger chordal intervals helps in order to spread out the frequencies along with using basic two-note "cheater chords" (as I call them) instead of the full-on chord shape. Oh, and go ahead and use a pick bro. 1mm is a good all around size for bass on the quick. There's still a bunch of the old boomer mentality out there about "Bassist only use ______" but you can completely ignore all that crap. Lemmy, Chancellor, Squire, Bobby Vega, etc. All pickers, all legends.

[@rybo0072]

The moment you realise the bass is waaaaay harder than playing the guitar and actually more fun.

[@nofoxgiven6561]

Having started on guitar and moved onto bass myself, I have extra joy seeing guitarists try bass

[@joeyyexist9738]

"I'm not impressed by your performance."- Davie504

[@NikNocturnal]

Same

[@parousia8423]

Is this a GSP reference?

[@AdamManley7]

Davie504 be judging from the video AND the reflection in the bass

[@clappedtrim2319]

finally, you learn a real instrument

[@icannotcomeupwithanything4609]

😂

[@cryptic3420]

“And 10 other jokes to tell your friends”

[@HarptoHeart69]

No...🤦‍♂️

[@HarptoHeart69]

@@cryptic3420 😂😂😂😂

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

Did you flush your brain down the toilet or something?...

[@Kiaran249]

Nik just went insane from playing bass

[@NikNocturnal]

I did

[@jon-paulchartier8856]

I'm a bass player and I love how you spotlight how different the two instruments are. thank you.

[@thefairchildbros.9184]

2:32 Teenage boys in the morning.

[@senorpeebo2360]

Now Nik has *no right* to shit talk bassists. 😈

[@Kotajohns]

"I'm a pro at plucking now...cuz the dude showed me how to finger the bass" "Video will be demonitized" Killed me 🤣🤣💀

[@yellowsaurus4895]

The way he tried to strum the tritone in the br br deng instead of popping was so precious

[@hbabycakes]

In the thumbnail I saw Davie, then I saw Nik, then I couldn't help but click.

[@NikNocturnal]

Same

[@shunedits6155]

6:25 yessssss he played it

[@owengavel4523]

omg please do more bass videos this was amazing lmao

[@NikNocturnal]

Ok

[@DannyJB1993]

I just got a 5 string schecter stilleto. Sounds like heaven. Feels like a dream

[@michaelvangeert3213]

'there's just so much wood' That's what she said

[@stefandinus7701]

Seeing the opposite end of me, where someone is in pain from slap and comfortable with a pick is weird. Pick feels like I'm trying to shake hands with a cat

[@gabrielpadua3568]

"So many knobs i fell like a DJ" lol

[@gabriel.m6423]

2:32 yes nik, there is just so much wood

[@brysonnickles9122]

I have feared this day for a long time

[@NikNocturnal]

So have I...

[@NolanHolladay]

this is literally the best/funniest guitar video I've watched yet! thank you for openly sharing your journey with us! 🙏🏼

[@zeta7583]

welcome to the club, you cant leave because we get very sad when people do

[@yoffo_]

4:57 he is in... EVERY Bass!

[@rxpapi]

1:50 Marty spotted

[@PolarityMetal]

1:30 new Royal Blood sounds amazing

[@lombrespike09]

When you realize how to make distorted tones on bass, you never want to go back to guitar again

[@CodyKeltner]

Nik: bass is cool Me who plays both guitar and bass: it is very cool indeed mr nocturnal

[@zanderwimpee8773]

He’s finally turning to the Dark Side.😈😈😈

[@NRDwho]

Wait. "Dark Side?" Is this a reference to Finnish entry in that annual European song contest?

[@zanderwimpee8773]

@@NRDwho Kinda, it’s mainly a Star Wars reference but since guitarist and Bassist are jokingly enemies, so he’s turning to the Dark Side

[@celinosegundo1572]

the tuning of a 5-string bass is B,E,A,D,G

[@th3.c1ph3r3r]

next episode: Nik attempts to John Myung the bass

[@villusive]

i love how he's a begginer and has a Stingray Special

[@alunrhydderch1786]

In all fairness to davie, he's become a meme but he's a killer bass player. Credit to nik, thought you killed it there 👌

[@SaurusSineater]

1:39 Me - "Kinda sounds like Doom Soundtrack..." Nik - "GARBAGE" Me - "Oh... :("

[@RonnieCanMusic]

Never been this early to a Nik video, but here I am. 🤠🤠⌛️

[@NikNocturnal]

Thank you for being here :D

[@liamryan6177]

never thought i would see Nathan in a nik video and im so happy I have

[@NihonNoMajin]

"Where am I suppose to learn? HYROGLYPHICS?!"- Nik 2021

[@NikNocturnal]

It's hard to learn those

[@tylercady3985]

Funny that you posted this just after I ordered my first bass. And that it popped up in my recommended the day it shows up.

[@Perezdoesstuff]

Davie watching this would be EPIC

[@NikNocturnal]

I agree

[@christophermiller5433]

This is the first time I actually knew more than Nik on a topic! And was immediately depressed but also intrigued

[@t3hgir]

My two cents (because I've done the same thing) is that buying a 5 string as your first bass presents an extra challenge in terms of muting that low B. I'm learning that muting is essential to bass playing. Having to mute that extra string might not seem like much to us extended range guitarists but it's still an extra string.

[@SunnyAyyy]

it's so funny how he went from sounding like a complete beginner when picking with his fingers at the end and then he went to shredding riffs with the pick and sounding like a badass loll

[@kennethhealon21]

I really want to learn bass. This is exactly how I imagine my learning curve 😂 “fuck it, gunna just use a pick”

[@NikNocturnal]

^^^^^^ Pick is OP

[@kennethhealon21]

@@NikNocturnal thanks dad

[@auto1nfanticid3]

7:20 hes good enough to be the front man for primus

[@steampunkenie9807]

8:00 - Heard of Animals as Leaders?

[@Gsr_automotive]

Watching Nik learn base is the highlight of my week

[@c.l.8213]

Bass > Guitar

[@funkaforfan]

"OKAY STEVEN" This just killed me for some reason.

[@jegarver21]

Can you play chords on a bass? Ew! Love it!

[@NikNocturnal]

Chords are always scary

[@jegarver21]

Just djent my man.

[@Geegs]

Fuckin loved the video, but I do have a couple points of note if you ever plan to revisit to make it easier on you: 1. That specific bass has one pickup and it's not ideal for placing your thumb. Resting it on the B string between the pickup and neck will be easier for finger style. 2. While scooping the mids on guitar is perfectly acceptable (and sometimes even encouraged) a significant portion of the overtones for bass are in the mids (between 200-500 hz especially). Using your guitar's amplification settings is a *sin* 3. Since the space between frets on a bass is about 33% larger, using your ring finger is a pretty big uh-oh in the first 7 to 10 frets depending on your hand size and spread. You'll start aching pretty quick if you don't just use your pinky. 4. Davie is God, slap that like button 5. For slaps and pops, use the knuckle on the outside of your thumb, but you don't need to slam the string. Just a little love tap. You probably will hurt your knuckle if you go right in trying to smite that B string. Popping is a lot easier since you just lift the string and let it go like a bow and arrow. 6. Chords aren't super important on bass, but the shapes are. It's really tough to find nice chords on bass since the mids can get kinda muddy very quickly. Major 7 chords are pretty easy to sound nice. But mostly just getting those shapes can reduce movement (because it's a good bit harder to shift up and down as easily as a guitar) 7. Have a nice day :) 8. (This is just for any guitarist wondering about bass) Bass is not easier than guitar. It's a different instrument. It's like asking if a Tuba is easier than Trumpet. They appear very similar, and might even sound similar, but they play completely differently. It's easy to get caught up in the memes of it all, but your knowledge of guitar only goes so far to playing bass. You can't just grab a bass and a pick and assume you're the next Flea. You're starting from just the beginning of intermediate bass play. Finger style, finger gallops, finger picking, slapping, popping, and a bunch of other stuff either don't work like they do on guitar, or don't exist on guitar. Much love, A bassist

[@maxalaintwo3578]

5:03 DaDavie

[@mortusdominus]

"Wait, why do I get a video, how do I tune a guitar in bass tuning, before I get how to tune a bass?" Welcome to bass.

[@outsidethepanels]

5:02 Davie become bass

[@NikNocturnal]

He is all of bass

[@mattwhatley93]

I like that I just heard y’all talk about playing bass on the Get Tucked podcast the other day.

[@amrikcrow3573]

Released 2 minutes ago, already 25 comments. 😂

[@NikNocturnal]

People had to instantly tell me to slappa da bass

[@jamesryanhodges]

I fully support more bass vids! Fire & the Flames future video!