Steve Bailey jams at the NAMM show in 1996,

Steve playing some six string fretless bass at the Anaheim NAMM show in '96.

[@bb_lz9790]

I once saw Steve performing with Victor Wooten. After the show, I bought some CDs and wanted to ask Steve to sign his for a friend of mine who is a fretless bass monster in his own right. Steve had left and was headed to the bus or something. I was bummed, but someone in the crew called him and he came back just to see me (and sign the CD). I was flattered!!!

[@mattharriss3835]

I bought that Bass (or one like it :)) from Steve in 1996 at he NAMM show in Nashville, TN.... still play it to this day.

[@patrickr12342]

He is a magican on the bass! I love his fretles tunes, like this. There is so much going on in 5 min!!! That is a virtuoso, 100%! This slides are heavenly played.

[@josephalvaro5244]

The intonation,the double stops,the harmonics and harmonic slides.This is an absolute master at work here folks and it's 28 years ago.Amazing!

[@mattfoley6082]

I've been playing 40 years and I'll never play like this in another 40 years. He's on his own level.

[@floydpattersonii4996]

:05 - It wdv been the honor of my life to shake the hand of Steve Bailey. The hands that play this instrument so gracefully. He is absolutely amazing. 6 strings and fretless. How in the hell does he know where he's going without frets. I always thought it was a helluva gift to play a fretless

[@niljr6433]

Incrível como a sonoridade dele é característica. Muito bom!

[@Raging.Geekazoid]

2:20 and 3:00 OMFG. It's like his ancestors have been playing fretless bass for millions of years and the locations of notes on the neck are hardwired into his DNA. 😶

[@MrBassflute]

Wow. Just amazing. Well done, Steve. And he’s a lovely, helpful person and a fine teacher.

[@chipsonsteroids]

I couldn't play like that even in my dreams...

[@LloydMajor]

Great tone!

[@charlescrisp2814]

this man is an awesome bass player wow.He has his own unique style and all those harmonics are just amazing well done Steve

[@tornoutlaw]

I remember downloading videos of him and Victor playing together before the youtube days. Today we can stream 4k-recordings for hours and get recommendations. In those days we read something in specialized magazines and had to look for some filesharing opportunities and wait half a day to watch a 10min clip.

[@stretch8390]

How time flies!

[@FractalGaze37]

Blown away by his style. How the hell is he doing all those harmonics.

[@thomasdinkelspiel1098]

Search for his instructional video here kn KZbin. He breaks it down nicely.

[@danielhicks4826]

Artificial Harmonic full chords! nuts man.

[@harrisonstephens1835]

Sorry I’m a few years late, but basically if you hold down a note with one finger, it becomes a new fundamental to apply harmonics to with another finger. He is doing this with multiple notes at a time to produce full chords of harmonics that aren’t necessarily limited to the fundamentals of the open strings.

[@harrisonstephens1835]

Guitar players will often do this by quickly picking and then touching the string with the thumb of their right hand, however this is a lot less precise if you’re trying to get a specific note, and a lot harder on the bass if you don’t have a pick.

[@triv33]

Some Damn fine playin'!

[@АлексейРозенбаум]

Обожаю его. А уж его дуэт с Вутеном это вообще космос.

[@StevieVman1]

Bailey is fucking sick

[@baixobd17]

Um dos melhores do mundo,mestre dos harmônicos artificiais!

[@billymays495]

Oui j’adore le harmonicos artificiais

[@billymays495]

So boss with it

[@Liam6guy]

Im gonna go ahead an burn my bass now

[@normg2242]

In spite of all that technique, he never forgot to keep it melodious!

[@ironrangerw6r1]

Dang I thought he was sitting in a chair at first. Didnt realize he was that short. But boy does he have skills

[@martydurlam]

Unbelievable

[@slavamikhailyuk3198]

Grand musicien

[@bassman7248]

Well that's clasical guit6ar technic he is using .. Tremolo thechinc , actualy he is playing clasic guitar on bass.

[@thomasdinkelspiel1098]

He's such a youngin' here! Already godlike though...

[@nram3930]

Actually unreal, those artificial harmonics are so clean.

[@CitizenKang]

Harmonic king!

[@dallmo]

4:59 an interesting touch on "stairway to heaven"

[@zyupan7050]

He did this for the Berklee concert too we were all laughing hard, and he took the mic said “hey kids, you can’t find another one who can play this on a 6 string fretless”

[@aaronfrank9649]

Musical chops. Nice.

[@isaiasrivera9302]

Wow!!!

[@michaelsadler5096]

Some people are just made for that kind of playing

[@celeolgo]

So beautiful

[@francisconeiracampos69]

Wow

[@osvaldodelapenavelasquez4880]

Is that a song or just improvisation? It sound neat... Even more in that aria 6 string fretless.

[@tommasociolinii]

A monster.

[@jscottfischer]

Hes an alien. Change my mind.

[@sunlightevidence4359]

Gawddang absolute master.. shit man if you haven’t tried playing fretless try it. It will open your mind.

[@UroboricNate]

Is this something he wrote or is it a pure jam? Any rehearsal?

[@nike292]

Génial.

[@jorgetorres7545]

1:48 TOM CRUISE AL ACECHO

[@user-em7ts5yg7z]

Woww

[@cascanicoff5763]

😳😳😳😮😯😲😵‍💫😵‍💫😵😵 That's all I have to say

[@altam10]

What brand is that bass?

[@DoctorStormin]

aria pro II steve bailey model

[@jorgetorres7545]

0:47

[@nifbahatin144]

he is playing music .. totally

[@dzre2087]

WHY ISN'T HE FAMOUS?

[@umpygoodness2369]

some of his playing is great! (can't say that about most musicians, who are 99% Clones & Drones)

[@mauricionestorguzmanzenten2947]

U saw TM Stevens?

[@DharmaMidget]

Umm, what?

[@isaacwilliams9919]

He kind of already is

[@danielhicks4826]

He is fairly "famous" at least in the context of renowned elite bass players goes, but not huge or anything no just how it is for most.

[@jorgetorres7545]

0:58 TOM CRUISE ESPIANDO

[@sampowellmusic]

Fantastic but it makes me feel drunk at times

[@ifgwelf]

King of false harmonics

[@hoompaloompaa]

He shouldve played guitar instead.

[@DrewElGringasho]

😂😂😂 whooooosh

[@TheLogander]

Some people just prefer the sound of a bass.

[@johnnyfreeman1018]

Not really....the bass approach is much more interesting....and being a fretless there is really no limitations.....

[@milesdust3465]

He may be a great guy and so on, but he should stick to a 4-string fretless. His intonation sucks and all off these glissandos? Marcus Miller is not a upright player, but he played double bass on "Night Music", and it is fortgetable, because it did not sound well with Slim Gailard. The electric fretless is a different thing, and he is very careful using it. This is just unbearable.

[@yankton4529]

Honestly cannot tell if you’re joking. If you aren’t then I have no clue what you’re talking about, intonation sounds excellent here.

[@martindoll5884]

Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for your review and comments that not a living soul in Earth, Heaven or Hell asked you for. We will make sure to ask your opinion from now on about videos that obviously you have no idea what is going on but want to make your self feel self important.

[@jorgetorres7545]

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