"Setting Up your Bass Guitar" with Jeff Berlin featuring The Rithimic

[@Herehear49]

Thanks Jeff! I think you got the jump on all of us by being such a wiz on violin as a kid. Your chops and tasteful playing speak for themselves.

[@ANDRESLUNA1212]

Que expresión en el bajo impresionante. Un intérprete en realidad, hace hablar a ese bajo

[@tornmask7]

kudos to master bass player & music professor/instructor/teacher, mr. jeff berlin!

[@crazyjono666]

One of the best basses I've ever owned. Cort have done a fantastic job of building this bass. Had the pleasure of meeting the guys who helped deign this, Found out so much about this instrument.

[@jhonnydrucker4519]

Quel jeu quoi !!! Je le connais depuis longtemps mais en fait j en perds mes mots quand je l entends jouer ..quel funk quoi ...

[@willscarlett1000]

very good presentation Jeff, congratulations, all the information you have provided and the sound of the instrument, I have been motivated to buy a Cort rithimic, thanks

[@stephentesta9106]

great sounding bass. Oh course, killer lines too

[@crazyuncleduke9]

In total agreement. Set mine up exactly like Jeff does right down to the string gauge, minimal fret relief and choice of a Babicz bridge. They play like a dream and have heavenly tone.

[@1BassJohn]

crazyuncleduke9 That's awesome, how do you find it in a gig situation, enough punch and cut? Cheers, and all the best!

[@crazyuncleduke9]

Hello John, Thanks for the reply but I'm confused about your punch and cut question. Are you talking about tone? My comment was more to address the playability of my basses. I have a very light touch and prefer very low string action. Babicz bridges allow me to get the strings right where I like them. No sharp saddle height adjusting screws to dig into my hand when palm muting. Cheers.

[@RiccardoDamiani]

Amazing bass!!!! Super Jeff!

[@untiltheend2812]

Damn...What a beautiful bass!!! I must have one someday!!!

[@OrisLover]

Sounds beautiful....

[@juancpgo]

Watched him live last weekend :D

[@BassieMario]

I don't think there is a bass guitar where Jeff sounds horrible, it's an amazing bass player!

[@Herrieman]

Yeah Bassie

[@soundknight]

Wow, great player

[@franklindanielayalalimaco8335]

Sounds great

[@swangonzalez4797]

There is only one guy you can compare to the greatest bass player of all time. And that is Jeff.

[@vincentm4717]

That is a beautiful sweet tone. no ugly electronic distortion. And for a guy that does not slap nor use altered tunings or a 5 or 6 string jeff gets alot out of the bass using mostly fingerstyle playing. Im always watching his videos for inspiration because im an older fingerstyle player and its highy unlikely i will learn 2 hand tapping or any of the other styles ive mentioned. But i love my fretless!

[@SuperSquark]

Great Playing, Nice to know you can fix these things. He's trying to say its accurately built from odd bits of wood and gets no set up before it leaves the factory. Do they check the fret ends are smooth? Cort in the act of competing on price.

[@tonybp]

I've been looking for a bass that has low action and can have low tension on the strings in standard tuning, does this bass comply with this? Years ago a friend lent me his bass, no markings, old, a bit beat up but played beatifully. Minimal effort on pressing the strings on the board and a nice not too tight tension on the strings. Anyone has any suggestions or tips on bass models or ways I can achieve this?

[@ocean4315]

Jeff uses a very light gauge of strings. He says that he plays very lightly though in another video.

[@DisbyComics]

Nice.

[@rockersun]

ocean4315 round or flat wound ? nice tone!

[@Dapper_the_slapper]

I always thought Corts were the cheaper alternative for when you couldn't afford an Ibanez. But this bass sounds and looks pretty nice :)

[@Villagejonesy]

Well, depends WHICH Ibanez :) But that's the damned thing about Ibanezes

[@Dapper_the_slapper]

Villagejonesy true

[@Villagejonesy]

I played a $400 Ibanez for years, and didn't think too much of it. But Percy Jones plays a fretless Ibanez, and I love him greatly.

[@ryanchrisxp]

They used to be, but not any more. I just bought a Rithimic and it's a great bass with pro-level build and hardware.

[@thomaslee6754]

Legend

[@donwilson2191]

Hey JB, Deb says you look younger (grin), cheers from the Chuck

[@A6warzone]

Hey guys please make a video on vx 4x electric guitar.

[@ronbarzilai5705]

He looks like a total nerd without the beard, but fortunately it doesn't take away from his awesome playing abilities.

[@csgrinds]

Does a good job of selling that bass.

[@buckandotis]

sounds way better than the deans

[@willscarlett1000]

wow, jef berlins plays as god

[@JustusVidyo]

great sounding inSHtrument. lol

[@1964danielito]

where can I buy one of this bass?

[@markbass354]

Jeff this is s nice bass but why the two finishes , it looks odd.

[@anualero21]

What's the song that he plays in the first part?

[@nicksm7980]

Improvisation.

[@willscarlett1000]

where it is made?

[@jazz65]

Jeff, You get a very low action with no buzz because your bass has a 12" neck radius ... a very flat board. not because you dig light gauge strings. :-) actually bigger gauge strings permit you do get a better low action, because of the less amplitude of the string. i know this quite well because i'm one of these damn persons who love the jazz bass for its great tone but has to deal with a neck design and a neck radius that basically makes you mad. to get a low action with no buzz on a jazz bass it's impossible. it is like marriage ... you have to compromise ! ahahah

[@kahwigulum]

Can we get a video of just Jeff playing the song without all the talking? Thanks.

[@pleximanic]

What wood is the fretboard made of ?

[@counterpoint7963]

Fretboards are normally made of rosewood. It's the best. That's what they used for the Jeff Berlin Signature bass.

[@pleximanic]

Counterpoint Well I know I've built basses for 40 years, but it seemed unusually dark to be rosewood.

[@jsnhrv]

It could be a ebony fretboard. I have his original peavey palaedium sig bass from the 90's and the board is ebony. Nice bass!

[@jazzman1954]

Can you get this bass without the blood all over the top?? (I guess he practices too much)

[@MrSilver261]

why play one note when 4 dozen will do !

[@theonemodifier]

sounds thin.

[@VocasoGK]

i think its because mic'd Mark Bass Amp. not direct to the audio interface

[@morbidmanmusic]

He needs to not talk, and just play.

[@mrbo23]

For a Star like J.B. thats an enormous poor presentation. Is this Cort level?

[@bdubya7646]

I always thought Jeff Berlin was a technically accomplished Jaco wannabe.

[@nicksm7980]

You're ignorant fool, then.

[@bdubya7646]

Blah blah blah, Jeff Berlin......