Which battle was your favourite? 👇🏻

Thanks for the love Charles! Very fortunate to be a part of this battle! Goes to show... it's important to take every client seriously and aim for perfection because you never know if they are a viral KZfaqr!

Hi! I'm the third player. Thanks to the author and all the participants for the great collaboration! And that really is a pick, not a thumb)

" He nailed those ascending diminished chords at the end which are easy to miss ". Me, who doesn't understand music theory: " Yeah, dude he totally nailed those! "

Thanks for asking me to be a part of your video again Charles, everyone was awesome!! A pleasure to be included amongst so many amazing guitarists :)

Thank you so much for having me on board Charles, it's a pleasure to be featured in this, and it's really impressive how the prices don't make any sense in relation to the quality and musicality.

Thanks for having me dude!! 🎸 You rock

The first one was so dope he needs to up his price

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the opportunity! See you soon Charles!

Thanks Charles, for including me! It was an honor to be included with these great guitarists! I had a blast “sparring” with you & hope we can do it again! 🤥

Coming soon: 1 PRO Guitarist vs 7 PRO Bassist I can't wait

It's interesting how differently they deal with key changes. The 'song' structure is: 1. E minor/E phrygian bass part (silence for guitar solo) 2. F# minor blues pentatonic part (silence for guitar solo) 3. A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio, B-flat diminished seventh arpeggio, B major chord (with short silences in between) and E minor blues pentatonic ending lick. There's a challenge for guitar players to connect parts 1, 2 and 3. To create cohesive piece guitar part gotta somehow arrive from E minor key to F# minor. And then from F# minor to A-flat diminished seventh chord. So I got curious to see how every musician approached those key changes. For example, first dude (Ljfulks) just kinda reacts to bass guitar without thinking of key changes. Bass plays in Em, then guitar responds with E minor pentatonic lick which ends on root note (E) on strong beat without regard to F# minor bass part which begins in this moment. Same thing with his second solo: pure F# minor pentatonic ending on F# note. He's aware what goes before his solo but ignores what goes after. Gabriel Borza: kinda connects parts 1 and 2 by ending first solo with bend going from E to F#. Then he goes wild playing A7 arpeggios and then going to B minor pentatonic lick ending on B, which connects to A-flat diminished seventh smoothly. Nice. Jungle man connects 1 and 2 by plaing mainly E minor stuff but ending it with bold F# note, which sounds weird in E minor context but then bass starts playing in F# minor key and it all starts making new sense. Then he precedes A-flat diminished seventh just by playing atonal chromatic craziness. Well, why not, that works too. Davidmargalitad responds to Em part by D minor sounding lick ending it with A note. Weird, but at least that A makes sense in F# minor. Then he responds to F# minor part with... another D minor lick. Okay, that's definitely weird ) I kinda understand where first Dm lick came from: he took E, D and F from beginning of bass part and proceeded from that. But the second solo seems to be in Dm just because first one was in Dm (and because his guitar is tuned D standard). Sotomusic responds to Em part by starting with Em pentatonic, then outlining A major arpeggio (which is connected to F# minor) but then he ends with C-E-G-A-B phrase which theoretically is wrong way to precede F# minor pentatonic, but it works somehow. Then he plays strictly F# pentatonic but ends it with B note which connects to A-flat diminished seventh chord. Mathiaslunde starts with Em pentatonic but right before first key change he goes to F# minor pentatonic and ends phrase with F# note. Then he precedes A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio by ending second solo on A-flat. Smooth. Adamwardguitar does a lot of things in first solo (E phrygian dominant, Emajadd9 arpeggio, E mixolydian stuff) and ends it with G to Aflat bend. Whaat? Second solo is more traditional: he starts with F# minor pentatonic and then precedes bass A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio with his A-flat diminished seventh arpeggio.

"The best noise cancellation I've ever heard." But if you can't hear it, how can you hear it?

Now THAT is how to involve a sponsor without it being "ugh skip 30 seconds" Well done mate. +100

For musicians it’s easy to understand why the last guitarist delivered the best response, I was so happy to finally see someone play the parts stating the musical questions rather than just reacting to the responses from Charles

I can never remember the guy who played guitar for Jimmy Hendrix glad I’m not the only one.

Mathiaslunde was my favourite, bit of space in there to really feel the interaction. Good to see the return of Ludwig van Basshoven as well!

I believe Jungle man was tapping with his pick, not thumb

Charles, a tip for your videos. There is clipping noise when you switch audio clips. Given that audio is a feature of your videos may I suggest a method of removing this distortion? If you can rapidly (but not instantly) put a volume envelope on each audio track just before it ends it will "fade out" to zero. The clipping noise occurs even when you think the audio is silent but is not at zero at the end of a track (sometimes there is a DC bias to different audio clips - so if they all fade in from zero and fade out to zero then there's no step between). Effectively a clip from some audio to no audio is a square wave - and a square wave has many harmonics - which is why it is perceived so noisy.

What you are doing is amazing. Sharing your platform for other musicians? Giving them a place to shine in such a light hearted manner. I truly respect it and you. Thank you for being an awesome human and making the music community a better place.

Ah, I think I know what I'm gonna do these days

"I'm gonna leave him a generous tip" *tips 1379 %* *All the restaurant industry wants to know your location*

Seems Ludwig had forgotten he was wearing those airpods through the last decade of his life...

Hey, you're definitely right about the prominence of BASS! I will most certainly enjoy this series of musical battles!

It’s interesting that all of them chose to use distortion, and maybe that was what you were looking for. However, a jazz guitarist with a clean sound could have easily fit into the soundscape as well and would have been an interesting contrast.

The first guy was playing something musical, then we took a dip into 'complicated noise' until the $70 guy, then back into musical expression with the PRO's

The amount of talent in this world is mind boggling.

I don’t play bass but that news article hurt me

Honestly the first guy had the best tone and his playing blew the 4th guy out of the water . That heavy bluesy feel always gets me .

I love this guy. He is so incredibly british, I love it. The fact that he is also a bassist takes this guy up to a whole 'notha level!

Jungle Man wasn't tapping with his thumb. That was a pick tap.

Loved the battle, great work as always! Just a quick note. For whatever reason, on more than a few of your scene transitions, there is an obnoxious static pop that really detracts from your commentary. Just thought I would mention it because I didn't think it was intentional. Cheers!

I really REALLY liked the jungelman !!

As a bassist, you are pretty incredible. You have shown me a new perspective on playing which I will try to integrate into my own playing. 👍

Dude, you should make a series of this! Getting a bunch of different takes on a piece was really cool and makes me think more about how I could improve my own writing!

Sotomusic/the $73 recording was my favorite. He was the opener for the pro tier. Every note fit perfectly into place and felt like a well sized serving. 👌

The first one is actually so epic, i love his solos ! :) and the first in pro section was so peic too ! nice musicians :) But my favorite is the last one ! awesome tone, great choice of scales and phrases ! so epic :)

Honestly each and every one of them was amazing

The battles were great 🙏 Special applause for the Winston and Ludwig sketch 😁

Your stuff is really entertaining! Keep up the good work!

This video was absolutely amazing @CharlesBerthoud !!! Please do more of these!! My favourites were the second guy (some of his glissando was absolutely wild) and the last guy. So much talent in one video!!

If all bassists played like you they would get more respect

Some really bad audio clipping when transitioning between cuts, pops my speakers pretty bad. Awesome video otherwise.

These instrument "battles" are some of the most wonderful music vids on KZfaq. I can always watch more!

Of all the epic basslines I've heard you come up with, your 2nd phase is quite possibly the most auditorily satisfying thing I've heard in a long time.

Charles: bass is better than guitar Absolutely everyone else on earth: Nice 4 string guitar

Hello charles, i have beloved headphones too, i'm hearing a (at least 10) quick but jarring flickers in audio between some of your cuts. I thought my bran new headphones were broken lol it's a little distracting

A Fender guitar recently came into my possession and I began researching a little to start learning it, but ever since I have discovered this channel, I'm hooked on the bass and now plan to get one. Awesome channel!

Loved this Charles. All round entertaining vid. 💙👍

I’m gonna be honest. I’m not a musician and can’t even play but not that many people actually listened to Charles’ and tries to fit the mood

Cool, just arrived here from dave504. Do more battle, please. This is so awesome! I really feel the need to start playing an instrument, even though it will take 100 years to pass beginner level for me. Can't decide either Gabriel or Mathias as my favorite

Wow, dude. Thanks for including me in your battle) Awesome stuff, much appreciated!

Love this.

the beginning of that first "battle" sounded like part of Tenacious D's "Metal"

Oh wow i could watch these all day... Amazing stuff!!

Man it's so wholesome you get to showcase these amazing artists and even giving that generous tip which for sure gonna make the guy really happy. Keep these videos and the amazing content up, greatly enjoyed it.

Hey Charles, I became a fan of yours after the first battle with Davie504. Your musical ability is outstanding and really inspires me to get better on my instrument. Even though your skills are incredible, you stay humble and that inspires people to be better. Continue to do an amazing work! Love from everywhere.

You should do a collab with Brandon Ackers

Epic playing and entertainment, as always. Thank you for giving me something cool to watch on the first day of classes.

I am really digging these response videos. Very impressive

To be fair, you went easy on them Charles. You were playing at 10% level.

"His parts fit perfectly with mine" TWSS

the second-to-last one was definitely my favorite, but none of these hold a candle to charles's battle with nito. it's one of my favorite pieces of music to this day

You have never ceased to amaze me completely time well spent watching a great value for my time Charles. Thanks again 🎸

Jungle man sweeping like Malmsteen...

Ok the Jimi Hendrix thing was hilarious

@charlesberthoud that's not a "thumb" tap, it's a pick tapping. love your stuff, dude

hey dude Love the video! there are few audio pops between different shots of you talking especially around the 4 & 8 minute mark. other than that, brilliant video as always :)

Charles has the best sponsor segments, change my mind.

4:19 pretty sure, judging by his speed, he was tapping with his plectrum :)

Charles, I love your videos, I always watch your new ones! I especially love the classical pieces that you play. Your arrangements of them are spectacular! I would love to hear you do a bass arrangement of Liebestraum by Franz Liszt. I think you would find it both beautiful and technically challenging. Well, maybe not challenging for you LOL

I’m almost speechless. I’m just an ordinary guitarist- but you are amazing and not only a genius on bass, but you are funny intelligent and burns right through the screen. Fantastic idea. You deserve what ever you make off money

There is a snap in the end on evers 10 sec, maby can u lisen to it and fix it?

imo Jungle man was the best but everyone do something intresting

Ahhh love this shit. Thanks for making music fun, epic, and happy. I was smiling all the way through this whole video. Great job.

This video was awesome... there are so many incredible musicians everywhere 💪

23 dollar guy had such a weird picking technique! Kinda like EVHs trem picking

That “thumb tapping” was actually pick tapping

So Damn Sweet ! I think the pro level started for me with the seven bucks guy ! Amazing video as always ! I can’t wait to see the next one !!!

+1 for the clever sponsor ad! Adam and Brandon I think got where you were going and worked best with the theme.

Honestly the only one I really thought fit was Mathias Lunde's. He was the only one where the battle felt like you played of each other instead of trying to show of without considering what the bass played at all. The others felt like opera singers trying to do a rap battle.

I found a harmony on bass everytime i hear a sonh

You're a stud Charles. Always killing it.

Hey Charles, great video!! Nice battles !! Just one thing IMHO, I hear pops and clicks in every transition you make, just be careful with that because sometimes is very annoying. Besides that, your videos are awesome!

Why don't you put out a challenge against Steve Vai?

dude, in link is wrong video. too short !

Hi Charles, i'm a bassplayer, too, (not as good as You, but still), and You are truly Awesome, Thanks for all your amazing bassplaying videos - Long Live Bass! 👍🎶

Tough call! Can't argue with your choice of JLFulkes, but I have to say that mathiaslunde was really fun and made me smile. Some used a lot of reverb and some didn't - reverb made for quite a different conversation with the bass track.

He is going to have a lot of hate for tha opening.

A lot of guitarists sound like they were just playing riffs and not battling. Sotomusic was the best.

I love these videos!

04:20 - Tapping with the pick was the first way I learned to tap. So I only need to spend 10-15 years tapping to get as good as you? You're an inspiration

"jimi hendrix band" hmm... i wonder who that other member is, it wouldnt be jimi hendrix of course right?

"best noise cancellation I've ever heard"...hm

All battles are awesome 👏🏻

The opening riff kept making me think of Tenacious D’s « the Metal ». Great video, they were all really impressive!

Those guys are all technique and no melodic sense

There are too many guitarists. Next time try to battle other musical interments. Things like flute, recorder, harp, trumpet, banjo, double bass (that would be cool!) or even weird interments like: lyre, tablas, didgeridoo … you see.

My favorites were the first and the last!!! Bring them back, please!!!!

Noice. Quality stuff as always. I believe Charles held back to let the guitarists shine a little bit.