You've never heard a bass guitar do THIS!

[@lalutheriedepatriceblanc7481]

Now that you've found a crossbow, you can throw away your old slingshot.

[@thesagebrushkid1]

But it’s ICONIC!!!

[@Keith-rk4td]

Or maybe just a annoying electric kazoo 😂

[@MrBobPilarski]

Always have a backup 😂 he needs an ankle holster

[@gotomychanneltoseemyname]

This should be top comment😅

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

The Crossbow is a great name for a model...

[@zappasmoustache23]

Thanks for playing my favourite damned song. I’ve had a crap day and that really cheered me up.

[@CreativeWarrior-]

I want you to give it to Les Claypool and watch him GO NUTS with it!!!

[@FoxxoFox]

I have made an instrument that's kinda like this but with a banjo buddy and I play it with a bow And I have always wanted to here Les play it

[@CreativeWarrior-]

@@FoxxoFox Oh yeah!!! Les would LOVE that!! TWANG!!!!!!!!!

[@JonWebb-dd7hh]

His double thumb plus bendies, lawd jeebus

[@RulgertGhostalker]

oh, you beat me to it.

[@shakehousecircusrecords]

somehow i dont even think THAT guy could play this Bass Abomination

[@uacce]

WHAT A WAY TO START A VIDEO

[@Yosomono]

He's a genius.

[@lpclassic60]

This thing was practically MADE to play "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed.

[@ArchieOnEarth]

Indeed. But could both parts be played at once? I guess bend one string up while returning a pre-bent string to pitch.

[@Fl4ppers]

@@ArchieOnEarth Nah he'd have to double track it like the original recording.

[@jacobh9344]

Herbie Flowers (the bassist Walk on the Wild Side) passed away very recently 😢

[@loflobro]

“Wherever I Lay My Hat” would be a great candidate too.

[@opinionshurt2905]

I wonder if Charles Beartooth is gonna try this out

[@Krunchtastic727]

Davie would be a good choice too

[@flashcassette]

Cheers for the shout-out Danny! Cassette's have nearly sold out already. Keep up the great work! ⚡📼

[@uxartmusicvideo-andphotogr2043]

Any Primus song would be suitable for that bending note bass. For example "My name is mud"

[@bveracka]

Yeah but "My Name is Mud" has slapping and hammer-ons (and offs), so I don't think it'd be possible to play it on the Mindbender. Carl Thompson had retrofitted a tremolo into Les' main 4-string, and that's how he was able to play the intro to that song (and a few other solos from that era of Primus). Apologies if I sound like a snooty turd; not tryin' to be! 👍🙂

[@uxartmusicvideo-andphotogr2043]

@@bveracka your are correct. But Primus is wacky and rhythmical so bending fits wery well also like slapping. Also whamola bass stick is mostly bending notes beside hitting with stick.

[@chrisswan1170]

​@@bverackayou sure about that? Because I'm almost certain he plays one of his 6 string rainbow basses on that track. None of those had a tremolo. It sounds the way it does because those 6 strings were fretless.

[@bveracka]

@@chrisswan1170 I know exactly what you're talking about, and no, I'm not sure. There used to be a website with all the Carl Thompson basses he played, and which songs and time periods he used them. Sadly it's been defunct/404'ed for years. You may be right! I do know that his 4-string fretted Carl Thompson bass with the tremolo / whammy bar was used on the tour for the album. There's also video of him playing the song on that 4-string live (tuned B-E-A-D), but in the music video he plays the rainbow bass. Another possibility is that the song is double-tracked with two different basses; there's distortion on the bass in the opening part, but the verses are very dry. The timbre of the bass on the recording makes it hard to tell whether he's using a fretless or a fretted bass, but since he acquired the famous and beautiful rainbow bass just before recording that album, it's likely he used it for the song. Anyways, yes, I'm a geek. /huge rant (lol)

[@thesaltytrio2521]

Please Danny consider doing more videos like this that are longer than shorts

[@cannz9134]

Anthrax, sound of white noise was brilliant

[@waxblue]

Probably one of their best 🤘🏻

[@bloblablah7409]

That bass looks like the type of bass the covenant from Halo would play

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

hell yes. thanks

[@motorbrads]

Superb!! Proper Paul Gray style . This is the stuff ! This is what we want .

[@gorbishshnoris]

That thing would be nasty for some Primus

[@olivierguerin3455]

Danny you impress me so much with your imagination and creativity.

[@jazzman0173]

Great Scott imitation 😂

[@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x]

That was Scott's face and voice, where was the imitation?

[@sqh-breds3173]

I really appreciate the transition out of the intro into the music showcase, small detail but feels very professional. Love to see you improving your already great craft!

[@Dubsteppah]

The Damned. One of my favorite bands ever. thanks for that.

[@wbfaulk]

Other instruments played (in part) by changing tension of a fixed length string: Pedal steel Guitar with B-bender or similar Koto It occurs to me that this is actually very much like a minimized koto.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Thanks! I reference the koto and others in the patent. It is essentially a dramatic improvement on all of those instruments. The Mindbender allows over an octave and a half range on a single string without changing hand position. I've actually done a couple B-bender installs myself!

[@hhhieronymusbotch]

Play some eastern style riffs on it. Use one or two strings as a drone and then one or two others to play a riff over the top of it. (A bit like what some of the better nu-metal bassists do...hello System of a Down)

[@MonsterJuiced]

Use a slide bar on it, and a pick. Second idea: use the lower area where the first 3 frets would be and give us a beefy korn type riff with gradual bends

[@Nakkiteline]

that mindbender bass is actually pretty darn cool. i'm glad it landed on your hands, Danny.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Thank you! We are glad as well!!

[@Nakkiteline]

@@MEGACORPEarthDivision oh you're the dude! you were hilarious as well haha! just what i expected from a dude who makes a bass named mindbender! 😂 no but seriously that bass can make legendary content in hands of YT bassists, i'm probably not alone saying that i would love to see it in Berthoud's hands eventually as well, after mr. Sapko eventually has had his way with it. hopefully it's still only a mindbender after that, god knows how bent one can be after Danny touches something for a while. Cheers from Finland! 😎🇫🇮

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

@@Nakkiteline Haha! Thank you and I agree with pretty much all of that! But there are more Mindbenders. Danny has #13 of the "Origin" series production line.

[@Nakkiteline]

@@MEGACORPEarthDivision ah, that's great to hear! it's such an instrument that one off wouldn't do justice to it :)

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

@@Nakkiteline Thank you! The one offs are a bit out of the norm comparatively!

[@escargotomy]

Amazing Grace comes immediately to mind. U2: With or Without You maybe. Audioslave: Like A Stone. And...yeah, Cliffs of Dover (EJ). That's enough to get you started.

[@DC_Prox]

The control needed to stay on pitch when there's so much variation available is impressive, it vaguely reminds me of that metal band in the 80s that used a chainsaw as an instrument.

[@frippfink]

That was Jackyl and I believe they used something to alter the pitch of that chainsaw to make it into a solo

[@scotttaxdal5297]

WOW! That's a game changer! I was looking at the body and wondered if those were rollers. It sounds like a slide guitar, but a BEHS! Brilliant!

[@ChaoSJino]

It seems kind of similar to the Japanese KOTO instrument, so I suggest trying on some finger picks and seeing if anything koto-esque springs to mind... I think there was a youtuber who did rock covers on a koto, so... look for ideas and inspirations there?

[@ratman262]

Was gonna say it's essentially a bass koto, could probably get some sitar-esque sounds as well. Would have some interesting applications in a prog rock band.

[@aridwaveriffs]

Cheers for the shoutout bud! In hindsight sending you the shirt with a swear word on the front and our name on the back was probably poor self promo, we truly are dipsticks…

[@JLeppert]

The songs you have on bandcamp are very good.

[@0002keap]

The fun kind of dipsticks.

[@aridwaveriffs]

@@JLeppert Thanks! Our bandcamp has been neglected in recent years, our spotify etc are much more up-to-date. We actually have some new stuff coming out very soon!

[@HeyNostradamus]

​@@aridwaveriffs Aaah yes, the classic "10 years ago it was way easier to just use Bandcamp, but now Spotify is cheap and easy" we know that one. Still need to get my old stuff onto Spotify.

[@Sstivers90]

The intro to Queens “Millionaires Waltz “ has a siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick bass line

[@jordanbfromsk5191]

I've been following Danny through KZbin shorts, one of my favorite and I just happen to find a full length video in my feed. I'm sold, love this, started smiling and ended up with a smile throughout the whole video. The blues rock was absolute bliss. I don't always hit likes on KZbin but you got me. 👍

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

So good

[@anthonyprice5596]

That instrument lends itself to the intro to " wherever I lay my " by Paul Young. Pino paladino played it on a fretless Fender precision but those slides are iconic.

[@mightyV444]

I admit that the highlight for _me_ in this video was the The Damned segment with the cool Yamaha SG in it 😁

[@iamaraindog385]

I freakin' love it!!!!! "London Calling" would be an excellent candidate...

[@anarchords1905]

Suggestoid: Winona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus. Good luckster.

[@shimtest]

Saucerful of Secrets, the bass and guitar parts

[@Anonymous-o6t6p]

I’d love to see him possibly try harmonics on there, bends harmonics sounds super fun

[@klasewiberg]

Danny, you actually made music with this, respect!

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Its more intuituve than it looks! Danny had only had it about a month and got it down pretty good!

[@jonnysnakes5417]

(Anesthesia) pulling teeth, do it danny , do it for cliff

[@NeonLee23]

man ive had my mindbender for a few weeks and im in love with it

[@Theanthill216]

I can see this for a charles berthound kind of player who can hit all the octaves of a song on their own. Obviously it could be a “slide bass” but there is much more to unlock than that imo.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Excellent input

[@iler859]

Obviously a DJENT Instrument

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

definitely djent kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYCcYZ99qr-FkK8si=GKA_ykF-5UAR4x3s

[@grahamehadden4320]

Try walk on the wild side as its a mix of bass guitar and double bass played by the leg end that was Herbie Flowers

[@BurtGivens]

Ok my mind has been warped by this madness

[@namastezen3300]

Thank you. Good luck with that. I'll be interested in hearing what you come up with.

[@lucasmorton5449]

It's crazy I just learned of the existence of these last night, and this morning, Danny posts a video about them "twilightzone intro"

[@Partybob1]

Always fun! Thanks DANNY

[@QueerChangling]

ok unironically i think seven nation army would sound pretty fantastic on it

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

It does that one well, we did it some as practice at UCCS

[@Shane_Bozelie]

Tool - Schizm on that bass would be sick

[@smallshrimpin6939]

The bass thing could be cool as a slide bass, for softer country or folk

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

I love playing old slide country on them. They have the full upper range of a guitar as well!

[@koreyfreemanofficial]

New skill unlocked: lip reading! Loved the intro danny😂

[@kingfishstevens2087]

I’d like to hear attempts at any of the following songs on that behs: Love Cats or Let’s Go To Bed -The Cure Paradigm Shift -Liquid Tension Experiment Heart Shaped Box -Nirvana When I’m Cleaning Windows-George Formby

[@tomgreen876]

Thats one saucy Behs, id love to hear the bassline to Too Sweet - Hozier on it

[@popsfitch7938]

Wow thank you soooooo much. You just were able to take me back to Laurel Canyon in 1969 (I think) when I took a pull on the magic wine bottle and lent my EB-3 to an English guy named Nod who preformed a song called star fish with his mate Dex for I think it was two days. So far out man. I love you man. Thanks again for the trip. Sincerely, Pops fitch

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

My dad still plays his DB4 he got around that time when he was playing all over the bay area on his Japanese Bass-VI I have now

[@projectplus4036]

Great vid Danny! New fear unlocked of strange goblins sneaking around dealing out justice with powerful slingshots.

[@Scottuz]

You have to be one of the best finds on YT lately Danny, I love your content, and BEHS playing

[@chrisswan1170]

Seems like something Les Claypool would feel right at home with.

[@darkcommission]

I vote for Lemmy's bass solo from 'Orgone Accumulator' (Hawkwind). Good luck 😛

[@samhaines8228]

Good call! Love that tune

[@mcarp555]

Danny, there's only one thing for the Mindbender: Sir Duke. You can thank me later.

[@belindamiller8796]

Your work on this really shows!

[@unclemick-synths]

3:00 love those speakers - very 60s sci-fi 👽

[@g-pa-Rok-n-Tok]

With great power come's great responsibility 🤘

[@davidduff5123]

Love your blues rock!! I find myself perking up when I see my daily recommendation of Danny Sapko. It really is a great way to start the day.

[@the_pieces_fit]

[@pedrogbass]

"in the shoooulder" 😂 that's exactly like he talks

[@rescuetoaster76]

Amazing instrument!!

[@stevencooper564]

That thing could play some great doom/stoner rock bass riffs.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Thanks! We do a lot of that over on the MEGACORP channel, like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foargaWqrdiCZtE

[@evilroy1000]

Take a walk on the wild side

[@leithmark959]

I gave u a 👍 for the choice, but I’ll pass on the walk. Thanks anyway.

[@glitchtulsa3429]

The concept is kind of along the lines of a high-tech washtub bass, in that you have the ability to both fret it and bend the strings to change the notes--country makes sense, but I'm curious as to what happens when you walk into it without a forethought goal, and simply let it control where the playing goes. I definitely want to hear more of this. It's an interesting concept.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Thanks for your input! There is no fretting possible though, the rollers limit the sound to the lower string area. And I'm with you on diving in without intent, always a fun ride!

[@BINO1986]

I really think the mindbender would sound a lot better if covered in whipped cream. I'll run from the slingshot now.

[@megume2499]

i feel like this bass is the kinda bass you'd find in some rock band in the star wars universe or some other sci-fi alien stuff

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Good eye. MEGACORP has brought this to Earth for the #MindbenderAwakening

[@megume2499]

@@MEGACORPEarthDivision what planet is this fancy instrument from?

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

@@megume2499 the pulse from the Mindbender is a beat from the heart of the ultiverse itself. While the Mindbender "Origin" model Danny has originated on Earth, the code perhaps existed at the crux of creation.

[@megume2499]

@@MEGACORPEarthDivision truly fascinating. Fascinating indeed.

[@scrumpeldwarf]

Starts at 2:06

[@Kitty_Cosmic]

Thank you

[@AAAA-lt9hq]

I was more shocked by seeing Danny without a hat than by this bass.

[@eltorpedo67]

go look at his really old vids from like 9 years ago

[@dcflake5645]

Don't worry the person who hit Scott's Bass Lessons was not oily. Wasn't Danny Sapko

[@BegoneJonah]

Nashville Teens: "Tobacco Road." Video on KZbin.

[@AugustThor438]

You actually look human sized behind that tiny drumkit

[@mattfountaine1389]

Danny’s a short dude? I never really payed that close attention lol

[@1337million]

I mean the ultimate challenge on this behs would be the Sir Duke run

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

I do things like that when practicing. It definitely responds differently, creates some wild sounds doing that!

[@Elay3Z]

4:17 it`s Blitzkrieg Bop?

[@danielatherton1631]

It's a way to effortlessly get that drunk feel QOTSA fans are looking for

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

that is certainly in its range of function!!

[@chikennuggies]

day 96 asking for Radio Active Chicken Heads' behs tone 🐔

[@thefrogger6507]

That mindbender thing could play some wicked pearl jam, it's like a fretless but even crazier

[@jakezonis17]

Video starts at 2:29

[@johnboyce1916]

I reckon the mindbender should be used to create a soundtrack for a short sci fi animation “Captain Danny and the Spaceship Sapko “

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

agreed and will support this @dannysapko

[@Isaacsasmrchannel]

Good call on the bluesy stuff, totally had a ZZ Top vibe

[@MarsHottentot]

This is a noise rock machine! Some extreme post-punk with a touch of old school industrial menace is called for!

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

hell yes

[@JV-rx3ov]

I don’t know why, but I lost it at “…he kicked me in the noots.” 😂

[@liecht]

Should be included in Tony Levin's gear...that thing is so Crimsonesque

[@spikester-yy2lf]

Tommy The Cat would be amazing on that

[@Johnny_Mad-Eye]

Iron Maiden - The Trooper Metallica - anesthesia (pulling teeth) Muse - Hysteria

[@HaigApelian]

I could see that behs fitting in well with Queens of the Stoneage Cool video

[@haydenhudleston3738]

I think it's a good candidate to cover some Les Claypool lines

[@RobScenity]

I think 'Watchin the Detectives' would sound MassCool on that behs

[@stevethe1362]

more than a feeling

[@slobberkissintl3548]

The guy from Lightning Bolt would really wail on that funny bendy bass

[@slobberkissintl3548]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX-9eJV6Z5hpnNksi=_pUvVB2W9BCnh2re

[@loflobro]

“Wherever I Lay My Hat” would be perfect for this bass.

[@toastedbreadmanjr.1656]

i fucking love this channel lmfao

[@wizrom3046]

Seriously, it is suited to music where you might slide slowly from one note to the next, with some time to stabilise at the correct note pitch. So tailor the music to the instrument. Maybe a rythmic picking of an open string (in the key of the song) with the bending string(s) slowly working a melody.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

You nailed it. I do a lot of that very thing on them myself

[@reijerwildeman9705]

The bendy sound reminds me of a tea chest bass.

[@merman1974]

Spirit in the Sky

[@stuartrogers776]

If I might be so bold as to suggest Planet Caravan, Black Sabbath, your move Sapko!!!!

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

I do a little Sabbath here in a demo! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvZdoupf7ljZq8

[@RakastaaKissa]

Play some Thundercat on The Mindbender! I feel like that’s what it’s truly made for.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

yeahs!

[@Chamomileable]

While the Mindbender is still just only slightly above a novelty, I think it's the kind of project that will be developed into a really neat and desirable instrument.

[@MEGACORPEarthDivision]

Thank you! After almost 2 decades of development and a patent, we are getting there!

[@MajorMinor1970]

Nice to hear Wait for the Blackout! You could do an entire series on Behs players who have been in The Damned. Captain Sensible was superb but often gets overlooked because of his chessey pop career and move to lead guitar but they had the outstanding Paul Gray (back in the band at the moment), Algy Ward (RIP), Bryn Merrick (who thumped them through much of their Goth revival period, RIP), Lemmy (RIP again) did a brief stint with them and the lovely Patricia Morrison also featured. Such Behs talent!