Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his signature Precision Bass

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Green Day Mike Dirnt talks about the first Fender bass he ever got, and the bass that roars - his Squier® by Fender® signature Precision Bass.
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@timPrime666 11 жыл бұрын

No one in Green Day really ages. But Mike looked like 50 since he was 20

@saintjimmy8240 6 жыл бұрын

Tomber666 mmmmm no

@brockthompson_ 6 жыл бұрын

Tomber666 No he doesn't xD he looks his age.

@webbskul 4 жыл бұрын

So he doesn't age

@borgir9817 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like 47 when he is 32 lol

@krishivkaran5337 3 жыл бұрын

Fast forward to 2021 and now look at Trè Cool lmao

@thisisAB 12 жыл бұрын

This just shows Mike Dirnt's versatility as a bass player. He's not just some lazy ex-guitar player who thinks he can play bass, he actually knows what he's doing and he makes sure every bassline he writes kicks ass.

@glimpus 10 жыл бұрын

Under-rated bassist.

@DaddyDinkus 10 жыл бұрын

Best bassist in punk rock i agree hes totally underated

@LukeyPooky 10 жыл бұрын

tacokiss3 That could be argued with the bass player in Rancid though. Listen to the song Detroit by them and the song Maxwell Murder. Maxwell Murder has a bass solo, as well, which is pretty cool. You can't really judge who's the best though, because Mike Dirnt plays such simple bass lines in Green Day songs when Rancid's bassist does faster and more complex ones. But based on this video and some other interviews, Dirnt seems to be a really amazing bass player. Until they get into a room together and have a bass-off, there's really no judging on who's the best!

@glimpus 10 жыл бұрын

Lars from Rancid is a sick bassist, probably the best in punk. Maybe followed by Fat Mike. Skinny Mike (as in Dirnt) isn't as good as them, but he has his own style where he manages to make things funky from within the rhythmic confines of punk (fast) rock. His live bass line for Paper Lanterns is funky as hell and the whole song is based on (essentially) straight 16th notes. As a drummer I appreciate that kind of thing.

@dzietrupy 10 жыл бұрын

glimpus Lars is not bass player in Rancid, You are talking about MATT FUCKIN FREEMAN! I loved and love green day but i've gotta say this. Matt Is the best bass player in the world

@glimpus 9 жыл бұрын

My bad.

@MrDeadhead83 12 жыл бұрын

He's a better bass player than given credit for

@TheTomRich 12 жыл бұрын

In 1994 I bought my first bass after renting a couple. I was ten years old, bought it with the money I saved from delivering newspapers. I used to get home from school, go right to my room and play along with Dookie. This had a huge influence on my playing and Mike Dirnt will always be one of my biggest bass inspirations.

@nathanbraswell7673 10 жыл бұрын

Drinking game: every time he says solid take a shot

@sarahwalter7198 6 жыл бұрын

Nathan Braswell he only said solid 3 times that's a pretty weak drinking game.

@CameraRollFilms 11 жыл бұрын

I just want some action so gimme MIKE DIRNT!

@UnPodcastFalso 3 жыл бұрын

Like a Chinese drama and conspiracy It’s the death of a nuclear family staring up at you

@d-raycitypunk5447 5 жыл бұрын

P basses rock Mike is one of the greats People say flea is the greatest bassist ever well mike is equally if not better in my opinion . Mike and fender basses equal great combo

@borgir9817 4 жыл бұрын

Flea is still best bassist

@joesmith4045 3 жыл бұрын

Both overrated of where talkin bout solid and complex basslines look to Steve Harris.

@joakobm60 3 жыл бұрын

Ok ok i do think mike is a great player, but flea It’s a whole different level

@groovymoviestudio327 3 жыл бұрын

You can not compare Flea and Mike

@luckypunk4784 2 жыл бұрын

Victor. Wooten. Easy

@squid-boy4178 3 жыл бұрын

I want to hear more from Mike he's really fun to listen to

@digthemusicman483 7 жыл бұрын

John Paul Jones and Mike Dirnt are my two favorite bassists, however different their styles!

@dingendoen3991 7 жыл бұрын

they have one of those signature p-basses in my music classroom

@GreenToMe2000 5 жыл бұрын

Steal it

@Da_Swifta 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@francoaranda6499 4 жыл бұрын

Steal it

@snotsoad 4 жыл бұрын

Jona Dronkert id steal it

@jery3385 4 жыл бұрын

I'd buy it from the school.

@royjamesbrown56 3 жыл бұрын

I own this exact model second hand, and it is a powerhouse!!!! Just as Mike says here, the pickups are hot and loud. Recently had it worked on to adjust the neck and action, and slapped flat wounds on it, and it sounds amazing.

@georgespringer3897 3 ай бұрын

It’s true!! I have 3 of them, one of the Squiers and 2 of the Fenders and wildly the Squier was SO hot compared to the Fender ones. I A-B-C’d them all with each other and to even get a clear signal between the 3 on the recording I had to turn down my output volume to the interface

@lale.guitar 4 жыл бұрын

He plays the bass part of “Reject” (Nimrod, 1997) at 1:29... love it!

@Joelster-og4pf Жыл бұрын

I love Reject. Glad he played did a tiny snippet of that. Very underrated.

@DaylonWynn 14 жыл бұрын

Mike is an amazing player. He's really what got me into playing bass 3 years ago,and he's my biggest inspiration. I could see him making his own solo album later on in life. He'd be like sting was. They even have the same signature bass "model" hahaha :P

@AndrewKonkey 7 жыл бұрын

bassists I enjoy listening to overall:Geddy Lee- sheer musicianship and tone Finger style:John Enthwistle-listen to any of his side stuff, plus all that classic Who pick style: Mike Dirnt and Dustin Davidson (August Burns Red) Mike Dirnt for groovy bass lines and helping accentuate Billie's playing Dustin Davidson for being the anchor and undertone for modern metal mastery Slap bass: Les Claypool and Flea Les Claypool-Just listen to anything Primus Flea-any questions?!?

@SIMOHEAPS 10 жыл бұрын

Iv got this bass, its a keeper, amazing tone and feels great to play, and really does sound like a Monster!! lol

@samuelmanjon4243 11 жыл бұрын

Mike Dirnt slapping! I want more of this!

@joenutsforfree 13 жыл бұрын

I have NEVER even touched a bass but i am sooooo getting this bass!!

@AnAngryMosher 13 жыл бұрын

YOU SIR, INSPIRED ME TO PLAY BASS! YOU ARE A LEGEND, YOU HELPED ME FIND A WAY TO EXPRESS MYSELF AND FIT IN, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU MIKE DIRNT!

@saraautio5693 3 ай бұрын

Ok so Mike is the person that inspired me to learn bass. The one I got is a sunburst squire p bass. Just found out his first bass was a sunburst p bass and he plays squires. I could not be happier with this discovery :)

@KristyStarling 14 жыл бұрын

People, don't judge Mike, or his bass. Just watch the interview (: My opinion: Mike is awesome

@adammarchese2690 12 жыл бұрын

Mike Dirnt looks hot in this one...

@TheGoldenRivet 12 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Mike!!! From Latvia, Golden Rivet band :)

@TheCanadianEuro 9 жыл бұрын

MY EVERYTHING

@PigmyRhino 9 жыл бұрын

He plays Reject at 1:28 :D

@schrammx6577 6 жыл бұрын

PigmyRhino o

@surike 6 жыл бұрын

Of Nimrod

@SumofUsTV 13 жыл бұрын

Mike Dirnt is a way better bassist than people makes him out to be. He's just amazing!

@Jigsaw6677 11 жыл бұрын

Watching this video just makes me wanna pick up a bass and learn to play

@valeria_carci 14 жыл бұрын

love mike and love this interview

@user-el1mw9pq1u 11 жыл бұрын

Mike Dirnt!!

@LoveGreenDay96 14 жыл бұрын

0:55 Love it!!

@zzsquier183 12 жыл бұрын

I'll be getting this bass pretty soon. It's only $249 on Amazon, and what makes me more happy is that I'm a huge Squier fan :)

@Lasaration 12 жыл бұрын

this bass looks like a really long neck! How can a bass like gthis make such a loverly low sound? Great design! DL. X

@allghilliedup21 11 жыл бұрын

his signature precision bass grew on me. And I saw a Squier version of it yesterday. I might get it

@Beginnerbassman 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome bassist and bass

@Docas633 14 жыл бұрын

sick slapping at the ending

@montster13 12 жыл бұрын

i never get sick of this video, watch it time and time agan and always smiling when he talks :D

@malakianenjoyer1397 5 жыл бұрын

hiS CHUCKLES ARE SO CUTE AND PURE I LOVE HIM HE’S LITERALLY MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION AND I LOVE H.I M

@ListenZara 11 жыл бұрын

i have this bass and i love it. Have played many others but nothing beats it.

@jflores85 14 жыл бұрын

damn i want this bass even more now. They have the strat style pbass for the same price, but i like the body type, the custom star, the tone, and i dig mike's bass lines.

@capperz412 12 жыл бұрын

I love his little laugh at 3:08 lol

@SIMOHEAPS 12 жыл бұрын

my mike D p-bass is on the way from the us, cant frickin WAIT :)

@the_laybacks 12 жыл бұрын

He ltilts the bass up/down a total of 20 times

@Katabatic44 12 жыл бұрын

I never said it was the best, just amazing

@Lunaluna11000 11 жыл бұрын

Mike is so damn talented! And that bass is absolutely beautiful!!

@RubberNinjaPwn 12 жыл бұрын

what i like about him is he never brags about how good he is, he just plays.

@RubberNinjaPwn 14 жыл бұрын

I have that bass but in the white color. It's so amazing!

@nowaytooslow 13 жыл бұрын

He is the reason why I just bought my first bass today.

@bassharmonica1 12 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I totaly agree with him on the Telebass thing. That's why I bought one, and with a single coil, not the split humbuckers.

@derKleine92 13 жыл бұрын

I saw his first bass yesterday in Berlin at the HARD ROCK CAFE. It's so beaten up!

@KeithRikard 13 жыл бұрын

I've got an Fender American Standard Precision bass, and it sounds 100% like Mike Dirnt's Telecaster/Precision bass. :-) I love Precision and Telecaster Basses!!

@Alexscotthk 13 жыл бұрын

Thank You Mike!!!!!! I got one of these, and it is awesome!!!!!!

@JordanHigginsGuitar 14 жыл бұрын

Mike is actully a kick-ass bass player, he should make some bass solos like he used to like in Longview,Chump,Welcome to paradise and the song from insomniac stuart & the ave

@eekleefeld 12 жыл бұрын

Looking at the specs of this bass, both the Fender-Mexico and Squier versions, it surprises me that Fender isn't prominently advertising its best feature: The neck profile, and nut width, are essentially right between a thicker/wider Precision Bass and a thinner/narrower Jazz Bass. I own a different bass with a similar kind of neck - and it feels perfect.

@astroash 3 жыл бұрын

Legend

@bastardgear8 13 жыл бұрын

he's a great bassist but I really appreciate bassists who don't use a pick more. but I can see he can play with his thumb too and Green Day does have badass bass lines

@oanamii 13 жыл бұрын

i really like him, it's amazing and i love his face at 2:47 LOL XD

@22cibe 13 жыл бұрын

man , theres no better bass player .... hes awesome

@shwosho1337 3 жыл бұрын

damn this got in my recommendations i didnt thought it was 11 years ago

@Samuelity1 14 жыл бұрын

I love the little laughs he makes like at 3:10

@SIMOHEAPS 11 жыл бұрын

Got one of those Basses, worth every god danm penny!

@7credible 11 жыл бұрын

Mike should slap on some Green Day songs.

@1thess523 12 жыл бұрын

He played a Gibson Ripper for a while, I didn't see him play a Fender till he played with Screeching Weasel if i'm not mistaken

@allghilliedup21 11 жыл бұрын

I don't like Green Day, but Mike Dirnt was one of my influences growing up. The only reason I use a pick for bass. Other than that, I use Geddy LEe technique

@LaWLF4iL 12 жыл бұрын

mike is fucking amazing. all of green day is.

@xbox9341 11 жыл бұрын

getting it for christmas

@NikoBellic_1978 2 ай бұрын

really?

@alexzues5711 4 жыл бұрын

the way he talks and laughs reminds me of Max Headroom

@Errock95 14 жыл бұрын

this man..... invited me on stage at there concert

@BWFC1995 11 жыл бұрын

More artists should do videos like this, anyone agree?

@LorensoYakub 11 жыл бұрын

Drinking game: drink every time Mike says "solid"

@alexjbyun 14 жыл бұрын

Holy shit??!?!?! Why doesnt he play some damn bass solos out with green day???? Come on dude! I didnt know he was this shit awesome!

@bassharmonica1 13 жыл бұрын

@SecretSpyAgent12 hes saying "cuttaways", which are contours in the body that make it more comfortable to play, because telebasses like the one i bought are "slabs" and have no contours, so, from the way he plays, the side of the bass would digging into his arm.

@cheeseperson03 14 жыл бұрын

hes my favourite bassist

@DoubleTen95 11 жыл бұрын

He needs to use the bass line at 1:28 in a Green Day song!!!

@zedricquick6793 Жыл бұрын

That's Reject. It's on Nimrod

@Billiewhat13 14 жыл бұрын

Damn...He's the best bass player you can find...and I like the harmonics at the start.

@Jimmymillmo 12 жыл бұрын

Even though in early videos for like longview and what not, he used his Gibson G3 in the videos, but he used a precision bass for every album from dookie to Uno, Dos, Tre (to be released)

@VictorAvinashSinha 12 жыл бұрын

the best bassist in the world for me

@GamerMan57 13 жыл бұрын

@leonoff89 because tre broke the G-3 (not the grabber but pickups aside its 100% the same) during the nimrod era. and so then they went out to get a replacement for it and he got a 60's p-bass, and then they became his favorite bass. before the signature model was designed he would mostly play old p-basses (usually 60's) that he changed the pickups in (to seymour duncan antiquity p bass pickups), and would put a badass II bridge on

@RoryJoe 11 жыл бұрын

Then do it! Great instrument, lots of fun to learn.

@charizardmaster13 7 жыл бұрын

i dont get why hoppus makes best bassists lists dirnt blows him out the fucking water

@GdICEFIREwolf007Batm 14 жыл бұрын

I didn't know a SQUIRE was his signature bass until I saw this vid I already owned a squire bass special, it surprised me he used a squire, that's so fuckn' cool man

@Snelly918 14 жыл бұрын

He's REALLY good. Probally best bass player right now

@thisisAB 14 жыл бұрын

Mike is fucking amazing.

@miisterjm 11 жыл бұрын

Proud To BE A Squeir User :D

@LucDaRocka1 12 жыл бұрын

3:24 MIKE DIRNT SLAPS DA BASS?!?! HOLY SHIT!!!

@paradigmshiftz7 6 жыл бұрын

I really like the fingerboard design for some reason

@JacquelineLava 12 жыл бұрын

Love how it was a gift from Billie

@robertogreenday 12 жыл бұрын

The best bass player in the story and an amazing solo at 1:29

@GeneralRandom1 13 жыл бұрын

im so glad that he plays a squier p bass and not the fender version of it :) £500 for his signature edition, have to get it :D

@kimdenandre 11 жыл бұрын

i like the sound, and i like it heavy

@bigpapicarter 12 жыл бұрын

Im not a bassist... but im a guitarist... im gonna buy this damn bass

@Yakazas 12 жыл бұрын

Either way he has a custom shop Fender lol. And I must say , some of the higher end Squiers actually sound incredible

@mrpoig123 11 жыл бұрын

Im thinking about getting one of these

@leonoff89 13 жыл бұрын

@GamerMan57 yea youre right he did have g3 not a grabber i watched some old greenday clips and payed attention to the pups which points to a g3 lol wierd that i didnt notice that before

@JordanHigginsGuitar 14 жыл бұрын

mike is pretty awesome at slapping