Pro Bassist Learns ROYAL BLOOD (figure it out) as FAST as possible

[@jerdure]

“Is he using a short scale” after hearing 8 seconds of the song. Scott is indeed the man (and Ian too)

[@Cobanaut04]

I love this series. Great song that throws up a few unusual challenges. You can tell Scott & Ian are just having so much fun with this, Ian probably more so.😂

[@scottsbasslessons]

He was! 😂

[@asmbrs]

The strange feeling that i got from this channel is ''-I am home". Cheers from Istanbul.

[@IanMartinAllison]

Welcome home ❤

[@LisaHarsh]

I’ve never heard of Royal Blood. I’m now a fan! Immediately looked them up and saw the live performance at last years Glastonbury. Holy crap he is a beast playing his Gretch. Thanks. More of this please.

[@itskennyjohnson]

I’ve been a fan of a Royal Blood for years, and you’re in for a good time!

[@thierry18]

I used to have a Gretsch in the same color as his, and it was AMAZING I sold it because I'm moving and decided to only keep a Spector and a P-bass. The Gretsch played just as well as my Spector but only cost $200. Now, as for his pedalboard- that's something I can't begin to afford lol

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@thierry18A micro pog, a whammy pedal and a tuner to use as a killswitch will get you 90% of the way there

[@danbuckingham5077]

The Glastonbury 2023 set of Royal Blood would absolutely be the one I'd recommend to a newcomer to the band, one of their best performances I've seen. Their latest album has certainly started to take a bit of a different step in direction, but it's still very very good (the first 2 albums for me are fantastic)

[@TannerGr8rix]

​@@jasondorsey7110 @thierry18 I have more than just a bass amp, so I use the effect out on my POG as a line splitter to get this sound. The octave up is on for the whole song, so I keep the pog on, sending the effect signal to a guitar amp with drive - then the bass signal can be muted with my tuner/the switch on my preamp pedal. Great if you have two amps and just want to play around with the Royal Blood sound, but not necessarily super flexible for anything else. 😅

[@cbakos222567]

Everyone who wears glasses appreciates the glasses check at 9:13

[@renedenengelsman8174]

Brilliant move, i know that one... usually goes wrong!

[@benink6521]

id love to see scott figure out some death from above 1979.

[@johndanielsaffold428]

I second this

[@kelsey7k]

yes pls....and really just DFA content in general 🤘

[@shaiotaku1369]

holy books would go great

[@saskscott26]

Black History Month

[@Neodude991]

Right On, Frankenstein would be fun!

[@TwoBadBassist]

I think Devine needs to learn YYZ by ear! A right of passage for all bassists!

[@jcx-200]

Like the format. Would be good to see more. A note though on this. You are right about signal being split. Rather than toggling the dry channel by cranking up the knob, you would have a dry out which you can mute with a tuner/kill switch going to a different amp, but the approach taken here works for single amp owners to an extent. The hammer on/pull off riffs are also all on the E string, with the one at the end using a +2 octave on the “guitar” channel.

[@jkodesigned]

It was amazing, but you should give us the Knower already. 😁

[@emiel7163]

Great video. Still would like to see Royal Blood return in an HX Stomp video where Ian has to make a patch to recreate the sound. Well done Scott! 💯

[@nickgotvyak5890]

Helix got some crazy good poly pitch shifts in last firmware updates. My bassist through the use of new "poly capo" (or something like that) basically can make a whole power chord or even the major/minor chord and it will sound good, and artifacts are minimal PS. I don't know HX Stomp that well but I think it might be limited for recreating a true Royal Blood rig (channel split to octaver+guitar amp and bass amp).

[@HermelJaworski]

@@nickgotvyak5890 yes, it would work better in the Helix Floor or LT which has double the processing power

[@LisaHarsh]

I’ve never heard of Royal Blood. I’m now a fan! Immediately looked them up and saw the live performance at last years Glastonbury. Holy crap he is a beast playing his Gretch. Thanks. More of this please.

[@henlofrens]

Man that timing on even that first part is insane, I have so much trouble getting that down, I can only do it slowly counting to 8 downstrokes and then up-down-up, then count to 7 and ending with an up. Mad props to these pro's just nailing it with relative ease.

[@MikeGuerr]

A coworker turned me on to Royal Blood about 6 years ago which prompted me to get any A/B/Y switch (EHX SwitchBlade) and a Micro POG. The A goes to my bass pedalboard and amp, and the B goes to my guitar pedalboard and amp. This rig opens up so many sonic possibilities!

[@danyomega1472]

@8:13 The Ian human capo Allison 😂

[@TheJimboe11]

Enjoyed that. I’m 100% sure Ian will have made a patch up on his HX Stomp for this 😜

[@PapaKiloProductions]

The pull offs part is actually played on the Low E using only the dry octave pedal, as well as the solo

[@The_Bassist46]

Omg, I love Royal Blood so much and absolutely love the fact you guys made a video on Mike Kerr

[@jimmymullins4106]

Should have been ‘Scott figures out royal blood

[@jimneumann6099]

that. was. f#%king amazing! and so nice to hear more than just jazz stuff

[@jonahaldrich4292]

Me and my band played this song at a high school pep rally because there was no guitarist, learning this on bass made me feel so cool. Even tho it’s pretty simple

[@Davidzinuhaha]

Those last jumps from Scott got me

[@andrewbaranyai463]

Freaking awesome video! Loved it and it sounded so cool during the full play through! Loving this video format

[@milovankovac1347]

Maybe do some Robert Trujillo from Infectious Grooves stuff!

[@richardharden4437]

Yes please, more of the fun, that was great.

[@TheEldorado1991]

Awesome video, that was so fun to watch and I've always been bewildered on how they get that iconic guitar tone from a BASS in Royal Blood!! Great job guys!!! Since Ian is up next I think he should try to learn just about any TOOL song. That would be very amusing to see how quick he (or Scott) could learn it on the fly, plus you guys have that awesome Wal bass to finally put to some use too ;-)

[@silvca3]

Havona by weather report :)

[@alexgourdikian1741]

We gotta have Scott try Ten Tonne Skeleton with effects that'd be a fun challenge.

[@thegabaghoul93]

Earthquake by Graham Central station would be crazy

[@luispereztasso]

Nice, now do Romantic Rights by DFA1979

[@ricardojmestre]

Yes please!

[@kristianwichmann9996]

Looks like a fun one to play!

[@devinebass]

Absolutely!

[@jakeallen4191]

Not even a bass player but I watch every one of these. I learn songs the same way and it's awesome to see you guys having fun with it.

[@NotFinancialAdviceRG]

I've been in a few shitty bands in the past, and it amazes me how many times they just expected me a learn a song i never heard of on the spot. I would always ask if i could learn it for next session and the weird looks they would give me. Like Jesus Christ, can i at least learn the song structure? No, just play along, You'll get it. Then the looks of disappointment when the bass sounded nothing close. So seeing this makes realize how fucking unrealistic muscians can be at times.

[@ricotrout13]

If you dudes want to sweat you should try to navigate through Maidens Milk by the Meat Puppets, or Great American Thunder Turkey by Red Rhodes

[@thomasdannegger]

Love this channel and this series of videos. How about the bass line to Stone Temple Pilots' "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" next? Robert DeLeo has some brilliant parts

[@joek81981]

Hey, I've got one for ya. Its one you know, but you probably don't know how crazy it is. Spiderwebs by No Doubt. Its hard and fun as heck. When Tony brings it home near the end, its so satisfying. Also, the next song "16" is just as fun but there's not much to it.

[@sinakaedwards2009]

Ian, you should have Scott try some Motley Crue from their self-titled album released I think in 94.

[@maxherron1376]

That is the best 12 minutes on the entire internet!!!

[@darrenwhite8157]

Yes please

[@rome8180]

That was impressive. This song seems to have a lot of subtle variations. Those would have tripped me up way more than any of the technical aspects. If I can make one minor critique, I thought there was too much low end in your tone. The way to make a bass sound like a guitar is remove a lot of low end and distort the mids and highs. I believe the Royal Blood bassist uses a bi-amp system, but the mix is tilted much more toward the "high frequency" amp. It's different than someone like Chris Wolstenholme, where the low end remains massive.

[@CRN8091]

That was cool as fuck!, thanks random KZbin algorithm!.gonna sub 🤙

[@WutWutWhaat]

Insert obligatory “Death From Above 1979 did it first” comment here.

[@fazziebear]

Insert obligatory comment about “insert obligatory” DFA1979 did it first comment here” comment here ✌️ we could get an infinite loop going

[@mjmason75]

Is this what music nerds do when they get together!? If so, count me in! 😉

[@axeade234]

I believe he splits the signal through a guitar amp and a bass amp

[@AndyBarkerBass]

You should check out Death From Above 1979 (arguably the influencers of Royal blood) and their song "blood on our hands again" for more distorted bass shenanigans

[@ricardojmestre]

Yes, Death from Above are way more interesting than Royal Blood

[@fazziebear]

Hell yeah, defo better than Royal Blood….punk vs pop

[@fazziebear]

Then there’s lightning bolt! A harder listen but still killer

[@IanMartinAllison]

8:21 rock lock ACHIEVED ✅

[@Anonymous-o6t6p]

Jesus christ that was fucking phenomenal holy hell amazing job scott!!!

[@jonastg912]

Andertons also did something like this years back, with sounds like. Man this is as cool. ❤

[@LeeboProductions]

Should have done Out of the Black...

[@TheJimboe11]

Ian Martin Allison. Best thing that’s ever happened SBL

[@JacobCohen1704]

"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who

[@nobiazcustomsinc5030]

I just saw Royal Blood a few weeks ago in south carolina opening for Queens of the Stone Age. EPIC show. Royal blood is SICK live. Super thick sound

[@tramai]

Since you guys are diving into Bass focused bands with no guitar maybe you should do one of these for Death From Above 1979's. I'd love to see either of you try to wrap your heads around anything off of You're A Woman, I'm A Machine. Jessie Keeler is my inspiration for playing bass! Bought an Armstrong and everything because of him.

[@fazziebear]

Great album, love the collab remixes off that album too

[@giulio_oldrati]

Amazing! More please!! These contents are becoming my favorites! Big respect from Italy!!

[@devinebass]

More to come!!

[@joshlawless1022]

Finally! I’ve been waiting for a Royal Blood video!!!

[@bassplayer1966]

The parts are pretty easy to visualize, octaves (or whatever interval that is), the effects are the key

[@dangracia7805]

That was fun! I'm amazed that just bass and drums can make all that sound.

[@SamBrockmann]

For the next song, I want Ian to play "Peace Sells" by Megadeth. 🤘🤯

[@scottsbasslessons]

Love it!

[@jordansavage8606]

Scott or Ian should learn U Can't Hold NO Groove (If You Ain't Got No Pocket)

[@devinebass]

😅😅😅

[@andrewpappas9311]

Mike Kerr has such a cool sound, especially since it’s just him like Ian said but I can still remember hearing this song for the first time and being absolutely blown away by his playing. He definitely has one of the coolest bass tones I’ve ever heard in modern rock, such an absolute badass

[@TheOriginalFIO]

I loved seeing them live

[@Macna333]

Love this format and I want lots more of it! Thank you

[@balgus82]

How about something from the Warning on one of these? Maybe Evolve or P.S.Y.C.H.O.T.I.C.

[@GonkHWWC]

Waited and still waiting for an episode of „bass albums that changed music“ featuring Royal Blood. Great that Ian brought this awesome band in here.

[@SamBrockmann]

You killed it! Great job! 🤘🤘🎸

[@Arrjay1144]

This would’ve been a level 11 difficulty using the concept: “We’ve cut out the bass track. You have freedom to come up with your own part. Go!”

[@dapsign]

LOVE Royal Blood! This was super fun!

[@yellownoiseclub]

more surpirsed you dont know this song already

[@radiozelaza]

I recorded some albums with bass only, although I multitracked and used different amp combinations for the "bass" and the "rhythm", as well as octaver for "solo" and "lead" parts. But it was a chore and I can't listen to these recordings nowadays ;)

[@charlescabellon]

ohhh yeah, actually for the Ehx Micro Pog you can use the effect out going straight to the guitar amp with distortion on it and the dry out going straight to the normal chain.😎

[@spiders267]

Yes! More of the learning songs! It’s so fun!

[@BrendanDufftronic]

That hand hold 😂😂

[@IanMartinAllison]

Rock lock 🤘🏼

[@BrendanDufftronic]

@@IanMartinAllison that makes it worse 😂😂

[@BrendanDufftronic]

But don't change

[@JustinGoran]

great tune! I've been trying to learn Honey Key Jamboree from Mirthkon, It's super funky but also challenging for me to learn, more complicated than I'm use to so I have been writing out the notation which has actually helped me pay more attention to what is going on in the parts! I highly suggest checking it out! or even more challenging, A Coven of Coyotes also from Mirthkon. Side note, curious how you choose songs for this segment (great segment btw, please continue it!), are you guys looking for popular/well known songs? or any song that appeals to you and feels like a challenge?

[@jeremymercer665]

I wish I could give this video 1000 likes. I love this series of videos and Royal Blood is one of my favourite bands. Well done SBL team!

[@devinebass]

Cheers for that, appreciate the warm words!

[@brendenhayes6099]

Ian’s reaction was exactly my reaction 😂 That was incredible! Give me more!

[@THEknightgamingOfficial]

try another royal blood song called "One Trick Pony". the lick at the end of the song goes insane

[@sonclearbrahman-ar1461]

A total blast watching you both in this format! Bravo 👏

[@TheChadPad]

Why don’t you do Those Damn Blue-Collared Tweakers by Primus?? I loved your Primus video! I’d love to see you do this one!

[@Si0506]

Must, MUST mUsT try to learn Kajagoogoo - Too Shy 80s pop, Nic Beggs LEGEND & seems a genuine nice guy. Please try to learn it (& it will be hilarious)!

[@BlackJackLopez]

Fun. A.F! And must admit, satisfactory watching a Master take on a song I learned some three years ago, if I do say so myself, ahem! Around 3:00: oh but we DO play it. No strange reason, it's just insanely good (and probably the easiest song of theirs). I was introduced to this song by a drummer, and honestly this was the reason we convinced our singer to join in our covers band. All this album is incredibly good! When I first heard it, I thought it was actually a Jack White song or something like that, it was the aforementioned drummer that told me that is 'just' a singing bassist and drums. Boom, mind blown. So, it has been in my setlist all this time, now with a third band; yes, I struggle still with the tone as all I have for effects is a Zoom B1, but every gig I play it is... freaking... bliss. To me, Mike Kerr represents the youth and still unknown versatility of the bass as an instrument, in search of more melodic bass lines; Mike Mills from R. E. M. was my first approach to that "goal". I always took as dogma that a bass is not to be played like a guitar, and okay, maybe not because the groove might suffer and we can't have that, but I think that making bass more melodic, without it stopping being "THE bass", might be the next step in the evolution of the instrument. Or, I'm delirious and know nothing 'cause I'm a bad bassist, I haven't decided yet. GREAT video!!!

[@elZyngaWTF]

Id be great if you guys find out how Mike actually plays it since he does no up picking and adding the fact that he uses two signals, a clean bass one and the other one with the pog, distorition etc. Would be great if you guys watch a video of him playing it live or something!

[@dimps86jl]

That was awesome. I love watching you guys learn that song. Overkill by motorhead I would love to see you guys learn next

[@syncopating_machinist]

Well done, guys! For a challenge, i would like to see Ian learn "Light years" by Janek Gwizdala. Just because it might be fun to see Ian struggling with Jazz fusion while Scott is watching from the side. And, I heard Janek and Ian have a collab album in the work. Cheers.

[@sportyeight7769]

I think that better than turning the knob, getting the dry signal split would work better : )

[@justinerb6975]

Awesome video! One of you need to learn the bass solo/intro to Ghosts by Big Wreck from the Live at the Suhr Factory Party 2015 video. It's crazy hard.

[@ftomasi]

I wasn't shure, but Scott finally figured it out

[@craighill3715]

Ha!😅 I see what you did there!👍🏼

[@ftomasi]

@@craighill3715 so, you're one of the good ones, congratulations.

[@matisslasenbergs5932]

A MUST LEARN- Troubles Coming by Royal Blood.

[@chrisggoodwin777]

In honor of the series and Independence Day, Ian should learn Stu Hamm's solo arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner as quickly as possible 😁🇺🇲🤘🎸

[@paulsummerside]

Great tune loved it. One tune I’d personally really like would be Dave Pegg from Fairport convention’s “ Level Pegging “

[@Naniamania3]

Tom Fowler passed away this week. A towering legend in the bass community. You should do a dedication to Tom leading into a retrospect of the genius stable of Zappa’s bass legends - Tom, Patrick O’Hearn, Scott Thunes, Art Barrow, Max Bennett, Dave Parlatto. R.I.P. Tom.

[@devinebass]

Thanks for the heads up there, Rest In Peace Tom

[@douglasennis7291]

Just saying... Do some JJ Burnel of the Stranglers c'mon now one of the all time greats 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Peaches 🍑 Down in the Sewer No More Heros 💯💯💯🤯

[@gabrielfranca6957]

❤❤❤❤

[@Vsko478]

Show "Buddy Guy in 1969 with Jack Bruce and Buddy Miles" youtube video to Scott to change his mind about Jack Bruce, it did mine :)

[@smulick1]

Great choice of song. Loved watching that! How about trying Muse's Hysteria? Would be a good finger workout. 😁

[@kantina4765]

Always struck me as a much less creative queens of the Stone Age rip off. Which isn’t the end of the world, there’s certainly worse bands to copy from.

[@woodywodehouse2081]

This was cool! Love this song. I think it would be cool to see one of you guys try a queens of the stone age track like ‘negative space’ or ‘I appear missing’.

[@edtroyer9380]

That was totally awesome. One of the most fun videos I’ve seen from you guys. I want more!

[@ryplay08]

You guys took your time getting to Royal Blood. I love these guys and I’m glad you guys are finally acknowledging them. You guys should do this series more.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Basically missed the entire wave of popularity for them lol

[@vi8799]

I constantly come across the same contradictory reviews about them, like they are cool and fun to play, but they are only suitable for training, children, for people with short hands, but in all other cases it is better to take a regular one. And constantly these strange smiles, as if it is a toy and not a tool. What is the issue with short basses?

[@BassRTA84]

Not bad considering the time spent. But tbf, Mikes style is just playing with very classic theory, so did expect it to come pretty easy to Scott 😬

[@MostMetalRowan]

Mike's bass is actually modified to have both bass and guitar pickups, or so I've heard!