1:28 has got to be the most thoughtful and dynamic walking bass line I've ever heard. Kudos to Manring

I think his bass is tuned in OMFG

You never see a guy thats as happy to jus play as mike manring.

Awesome! This clip is very underrated. It's almost the best part of the entire DVD from Bass Day '98 if you ask me. It's an arrangement of Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" btw.

A true musician !!! Not only a bass player!!! His musicality is insane!!!

I am totally taking a Master class in august taught by this guy!!!! so pumped

Technique, tone, dynamics. Pretty much knocked it out of the park

Manring is amazing

I hear Manring says about his music: Why does it have to be so difficult? He's just telling one joke after another and having a good time! It's so funny! : )

@HandMane I've only seen him and Victor Wooten do that before. By bringing the string off the fretboard like that, he actually bends the string over the pickup instead of a fret. Essentially, he's using the pickup as a fret, thus extending his range and giving him one super high note where, hypothetically, a fret would be if the neck was longer.

Michael Manring is from another planet. If I had another two lifetimes to practice I couldn't do what this guy does.

Why does video only have 100,000 likes? This man is a fucking beast.

mike might be the best ever, true mastery

looove the sound on that bass.

Really cool, A master, I can say this with no doubs.

He's covering Stanley Turrentine's classic tune, "Sugar". Nicely done.

Monster tone! Love it

I met Michael before a gig back in the late 1980's at Yoshi's in Oakland. A very nice man and a great bass player.

Love that “(Leo) kottke smile” at the end. Meaning, I just melted your face and you want more!

Great Manring! a awesome version of this song!!

I wish I could be as good as he is on the bass...... that song here is .. magnificent

2:14 Watch the mic!!

@bassist3788 I love how he kind of quickly moves his head a couple of times afterwards to make it look like he was just still really into it :-)

Some of the more complex chords ive ever heard from 4 string bass ! plus that groove

really good!

awesome!

very cool Michael!

One of the best, he was a Jaco' student..

soooooo sweet

great bass player, great bass line, great shoes 1:38 :)

that is definitely the OMFG tuning!!

perfect

@XxKoGzxX Yeah, the 80s, music at its peak.

at about 5:03 he starts going tech death on that shit lol

Okay, so that was simply f**king awesome. Should I quit playing bass now, or should I watch it again first?

feelings and feelings

@etretr Thanks man

@leonoff89 my friend builds these guitars at zon,Joe makes Michael's basses by his own specifications,specially made for him.

@bittynigga Manring never plays the same thing twice. Been to see him 4 times last week here in Ireland. And everytime he just got better. At the end of the day he is touring the world with his spectacular music. Jealous? UP THE RA!

3:35 i like the way he's laughing when he returns to the first riff :P

that thing with the string pull down @3:11 is cool

I love his facial expressions. It's like he's making love to the instrument.

Azúcar!!!!! = )

@giunny96 "Sugar" by Stanley Turrentine.

I went from a Billy Sheehan video to here... There really is no comparison . Fret-wanking vs this...pure soul.

@bassist3788 I love how he kind of quickly moves his head a couple of times afterwards to make it look like he was just really into it and that he didnt hit his head on it :P :-)

@dlittle2468 A flamboyant one.

@MapexRG I foudn the feel of tiny, light bases to be pretty keen. But then, i enver cared what my bass looked like..

@FocusedLucidity Yeah, he was all like "thonk!"

A Stan Turrentine tune if I am not mistaken. Or I think he at least played it on one of his CTI releases

Manring！！！！！！！

A complete ghost. Great player.

@MrMeddled Here man, you're very well read, insightful and clearly know what you're talking about. It is a FACT that the bass cannot be played in any way other then a supporting role, I mean come on who gives a damn about people's taste and what they enjoy? It's what we think that's right! It isn't possible that his clear enjoyment is coming across as smugness to the uneducated, that's not possible at all. Anyway, enough with the sarcasm. Irregardless of your age, you are clearly a child. Smile.

k bkn

he is right that kind of things you hear in techdeat alot

Fucking Superb!

que barbaro che

How many different basses does this guy have? I mean, all of them put together are probably worth than the one I have!

It's shit like this that makes it so hard for me to decide on jazz guitar or bass for my degree....

OH MY GOSH IT'S SUGAR. Sorry, I had a fanboy moment. I think I saw this like 7 years ago (different video obviously) and didn't even play guitar yet, let alone jazz. Now I jam on this daily. Lol. What a coincidence.

alguien puede decirme en q disco encuentro esta tema?

@Flemmingdoerken ya i know what u saying ppl ask for more fast and flashy stuff when they shoud go for maybe de basics and things that are well made and good for the ear like this one good solo and tapping stuff xD

sarpado como tira los armonicos en el minuto 3:00

somebody knows what he's doing in 3:12?? sounds awesome

Manthing takes a Bass Solo

Close... it's "Sugar" ;-)

can some one tell me where find the studio version of this song?

Its called Sweet

@craigdamage ....oooops...too early in the a.m....I meant "don't SWEAT it"....need coffee.

Charles Berthoud should try this one

Themes name ? Please

wow didnt know zon makes headless basses

Who can possibly dislike sugar?? common open your damm ears!!! 9 dislikes thats bullshit lol

That bass sounds amazing but then again look who's playing it....

at 5:26, i noticed the bass didnt have a head... =P

@bassmachine666 John Patitucci

Yup Michael and David Sanborn would make A good team.....

I hated the idea of active pickups until I saw this

What's the name of the song?

o Kenny G toca baixo eu não sabia hehehehehe

@crayZtaco7 LoL!

looks like mel b from bo selecta good bassist

why am i the only person who finds it hilerious that his last name is MAN RING :')

@MrMeddled OMG! its mark hoppus, the bass player from blink 182!!1!!! What are you doing on youtube???

@UhMysteryGuest Uh, bass IS hard. We don't all just sit around and play root notes with an 8th note pattern. If you think bass is easy, pick up a bass and try and play YYZ right off the bat, anything by Jaco, or anything by Primus. Guarantee you'll look at the bass differently after that.

Practice, play and rehearse for hours, days, weeks...after that much time I asure you will have found the 'best' wrist position, at least for you. The goal really is for you to find a position that enables you to play for hours without getting yourself harmed.

The : did you get this face 3:34

Is this just in a pentatonic/blues scale?

@fnuggie don't sweet it,dude...I was just trying to be silly. Can't be denied though...I bet Manring can play a mean classical guitar.

Kenny G finally found an instrument he can play in tune with.

good call bitty,

what kind of bass is that

Is that a Riverhead bass?

@MapexRG I hate headless basses

He looks like Pat Metheny if he played bass

i think its called sugar

"FUCK YOU MICROPHONE!"

7 people who watched this were bald and jealous of his glorious mane...

LOL!!!!

This is some tasteful shit. (notice the irony in that) ;D