Rush - YYZ Fretless Bass Cover

Rush - Yyz [Fretless Bass Cover]
Equipment:
Erkan Sızarlar Custom Fretless Bass
Seymour Duncan SMB 5D Pickup (Parallel)
Passive Electronics
GHS Pressurewound Strings
Focusrite Scarlett Solo

[@tedpertzborn1480]

Your intonation and technical skills are very obviously the result of countless hours of working to be a kickass bassist, and you've nailed it, mate. This is an amazing video, and you are a brilliant bassist.

[@caryd67]

That may be the tightest cover of a Geddy bass line I’ve ever heard… and you did it on a 5 string fretless. 🫡Bravo and well done.

[@joelanderson_t]

This sounds better with a fretless bass than the original, great job! #SlappedLike

[@EvilSean62]

indeed the fretless adds voice to the notes also the chords are a %$&£@# to intonate also the cleanliness of the playing is inspiring

[@Daddy53751]

Love it! When I decided to get comfortable with fretless I put everything else away and played fretless ONLY for 1 year. I played everything from Maiden to Metallica, and I discovered that fretless has a sound and feel all it’s own, especially on “non fretless” music. Nowadays, I still play with 4, 5 & 6 string fretted basses, as I’m getting up towards 50 years on bass, but I find myself grabbing the fretless way more often. Bravo to you young man, you know exactly what I’m talking about!🤘🏻

[@spookerz35]

Simply amazing! It's almost like Geddy and Jaco morphed into one

[@JamesMoore-un3cu]

The more I watch these (mostly) young people play/copy these incredible pieces of music from yesteryear, it makes me wonder, what music will we/they be covering in 30 years from now, when there hasn't been any incredible music out for DECADES by that point? We won't have had a wealth of musical influences from which to draw upon? SCARY thought.

[@dragostego]

there is great music all the time, when it comes to the technical bands like polyphia are very popular with young people today. Watch any of the covers of Clay Gobers bass parts, they are intense.

[@BassMan-wr3lq]

Cleanest quality cover video I've seen so far, thank you so much for not moving around as well, makes it MUCH easier to read the neck. Thankfully I played standup bass for a year 20yrs ago and I have a good clue of what's going on. My dyslexia makes tabs difficult and I definitely can't read sheet music, and this one's not easy by ear. But it just got easier to pick up on my regular bass, thank you sir 🤘

[@Stark202]

02:51 - 03:19 - I liked this part, it was the only break I could reproduce😂

[@MrAlanshieff]

Really enjoyed that thanks. As a song I've learned up to a point, but never perfected, you've inspired me to go back and do a thorough job. You played everything almost note for note, but you couldn't resist doing that slide up, close to the end😜

[@egemenoztamaz8821]

Hahaha nice catch :)

[@yektapamuk2775]

abi napmışın valla yüzümde gülümseme oldu entonasyon teknik manyak bişeysin abi ecnebilere taş çıkarmışın

[@MrAlanshieff]

Tona and playing are really awesome. Your right hand precision is inspiring and i think you use 3 fingers on the right hand Lovely job.

[@endilactic3510]

You are so very fantastic and really inspiring :)

[@jagpanzer16]

WOW!!!! Simply AWESOME!!!!

[@DIEGOMIRAGLIA]

Molto molto bella la tua versione e per giunta precisa e abbellita, complimenti

[@funnysecksnumber6998]

o slidelar, o hızlı fingerstyle, o sessiz notalar, o temiz disiplinli perdeleme tekniği, o entonasyon... çok rahat çok profesyonel.

[@jdclearways8784]

Clearly, that took a lot of hours and dedication to get that under your fingers - well done!

[@CaseyIE]

Perfect tonality. I'm amazed.

[@029132]

Nice and tight.

[@Hennersbass]

After 25 years of playing bass, I'm taking order of my first fretless today. After seeing this however, I think I might immediately give up and send it back 😂

[@MiroDražić]

0:34 expected john the fisherman to start playing

[@berniespy]

Hahahaha I think the same everytime

[@mattetor6726]

I cant stop listening to the solo part! It is so good on fretless!

[@RealKingChief]

WOAH - This was really great!

[@adamwhite7895]

as this was first song I picked to learn bass with, I know it intimately after 3 years (and 6 Rush concerts). but your technique is amazing, flawless alternating right fingers, but raking as geddy does. amazing.

[@berniespy]

I love this cover so much. My only complaint is the title not being “YYZ”

[@egemenoztamaz8821]

You're right, fixed it!

[@M4RCM0NT31R0]

This is giving me Sean Malone vibes 🔥

[@mlk090964]

Really great! Thank you

[@pedroseco4293]

Felicitaciones!!!! Excelente por la tremenda interpretación de este temazo yyz que tocaste con ttoda la garra....muy bién tocado

[@cessationofconsumerism]

Incredible

[@bassvibe1039]

ne yaptın abi sen, harika olmuş tebrikler !!!

[@fgs2732]

Amazing!! Play it isolated without the music. Love to hear your tone

[@jacoballison503]

Excellent

[@brianmills5302]

I'm completely blown away, brother, not only spot on with the notes, but also the nuances of the notes. Gonna check out some more of your channel, if this is any indication then I'll be busy listening for some time!! Bravo!

[@grahamebell7505]

Your intonation skills are breathtaking Sir! Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@_angel.exp_]

Damn I was just thinking I’d wanted to learn this on fretless the other day You killed it!!

[@nicodanger13]

Holy shit!!

[@garyblakemore7236]

Very, very cool 😎

[@razzorxx99]

You are an Amazing Incredible Bass Player and Musician !!

[@kaganozdemir4332]

Eline sağlık ustam

[@threeforty7]

Fantastic playing and love the P-Nut-style SD pickups and placement

[@jackmanganmusic]

Wow!

[@RomainMadar]

Ha this song is really great and you did a pretty good job! Your tone is nice! 😎 Liked and subscribed! 🤘🍻

[@bassplayer9634]

Super🔥🔥🔥Kazak bauyrynan salem!!!

[@ridvankahraman7944]

Real skill right here.

[@rushrocks88]

Wow, I have never seen yyz done on a fretless. Sounds pretty cool. You nailed the bass part for sure. I recently did my own cover of YYZ but I cheated and used frets 😛

[@Johnny.1965]

I have a washburn fretless and after a while it all becomes muscle memory.

[@yeetus7285]

This is fucking amazing

[@chrisfierro8573]

Great playing that bass tone is nice! Love playing my fretless.

[@evandales]

A really nice, funky interpretation of the original! Tight, and with lots of energy :)

[@evandales]

I'm wondering if you might be interested in working together on something?? I do a lot of jazz funk stuff.....

[@mattetor6726]

This is so TOTALLY AWESOME!

[@mauriciosoares8163]

Parabéns pelo vídeo, muito legal! Escolheu muito bem a música de uma das maiores bandas do mundo

[@Howardo8]

You gotta be kiddin me! 😃

[@christianschardt1055]

So well done.

[@Cool7Songs]

Killer

[@rupertprior6923]

Nice that's hard enough to play on a normal bass great skills

[@garaughty]

Awesome performance on this Egemen !

[@wackyruss]

Sounds like PRIMUS playing RUSH.

[@fletchermetten9926]

Damn fin job, my man!!

[@fletchermetten9926]

8 months later..... Still FIRE!

[@tsubatch]

Excellent!! amazing cover!

[@lawrenceferro8078]

Big respect man. Really great playing. 💯

[@babs70]

ye ok, have to say thats fucking good

[@ugurylmaz144]

Mükemmel entonasyon 👏👏

[@fantasticvoyageofficial4102]

Wow porca puttana holy shit, you killed it!💣💥💯🤟👊💪

[@concernedliberal4453]

Soooo much better on fretless!

[@briankimzey6519]

Holy shit.. practice much??? GREAT PLAYING DUDE!!!!

[@martinjones9993]

Awesome tone!

[@cinarlegrand]

elinize saglik 🔥🤘

[@ginge5018]

Very nicely done.

[@ronnielozano2698]

Bad ass

[@zakschenck1443]

Sick cover! What camera is that??

[@cartermartin6284]

😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@marcmoretti2502]

Man Geddy should have played this on a fretless; sounds incredible!

[@IgnisIban]

Sound really cool! Amazing tone and execution, what scale if your bass?

[@egemenoztamaz8821]

Thanks, it's 34.

[@Michael-kx2bn]

Man, you nailed and on an unlined fretless?!

[@hobbit40plus]

👍🙂

[@therethere2p2e5]

abi fretsiz bassta nasıl harmonic basabiliyoruz ?

[@egemenoztamaz8821]

Yine aynı bölgelerde aslında harmonikler perdeliden pek bir farkı yok. Bunda harmonikten sonra slide falan da yapabiliyorsun ama bir güzelliği perde olmadığından.

[@rmacdlol]

Awesome, I wonder how do fretless basses work? are they any different than one with frets? I'm considering getting one but might not if it's too much of a hassle to play compared to my regular bass

[@_angel.exp_]

a little adjusting playing “on” where the frets would be totally different vibe and feel that I much prefer

[@briank326]

The frets are the thin metal bars you see on the neck of regular electric guitars and basses. They are placed in the exact places you need to produce a certain note, so it doesn't really matter where you exactly you press your finger, you'll always get exactly the same note. If you don't have frets then you don't have that guide anymore. You put your finger exactly where the fret would be and you get your note in tune, but if you place it slightly forward or behind, you'll sound slightly sharp or flat. So you need to have your ears and your muscle memory really well honed in order to not sound like a complete mess. The upside is that you get that sweet, mellow tone and if you ever feel like playing around with alternative systems like middle eastern scales or 24TET, you don't need to modify your instrument at all, just learn where you need to place your fingers. I have only played around with them a few times and am still considering whether I should defret my own bass. But yes, it's quite tricky to get the notes consistently right. It doesn't sound as egregious as trying to play violin(which is another fretless instrument), but if you're playing to a track or with other people you can definitely feel you're constantly getting out of tune and it gets quite frustrating

[@rmacdlol]

@@briank326 About waht I thought, thanks for clearing up. Think I'll reconsider another time, I still wanna try one for sure though.

[@ostros]

How is this even possible to play YYZ on fretless?

[@bonjovi2757]

I didn't know Colin Kaepernick played bass, much less had a YT channel???

[@tanksgameing8507]

Why do you need so many strings