Mike Kerr of Royal Blood | Fender Presents

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Mike Kerr of Royal Blood | Fender Presents | Fender

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Watch as Mike Kerr of Royal Blood talks to Fender about his journey, how he approaches writing riffs, his amps, gear, and the creative process at large.
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@fender 6 жыл бұрын

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@Deaf_Notes 6 жыл бұрын

Fender please make this a signature bass I wanna buy it :)

@Om4rM 5 жыл бұрын

Pleaaaaaaaaaaaase make this bass !!!!!

@sanjitprasad2644 3 жыл бұрын

@@Deaf_Notes 🙏 to g

@sanjitprasad2644 3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@sanjitprasad2644 3 жыл бұрын

⬛🤎🤍🤍🤎🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

@davidtheguitarman 2 жыл бұрын

His bass tone is probably the most rich and badass I've ever heard.

@gerardovaldezmusic4917 Жыл бұрын

Listen to death from above 1979, trust me. Its a duo too and they play drum and bass, the bass sound sick!

@kimyjo 6 жыл бұрын

The “Lights Out” bass solo, said by the man himself, it was the most difficult to perform at first and yet it’s the most iconic part of that song for damn sure. - Also that Orange Jaguar is like sex on lava.

@jery3385 3 жыл бұрын

It's not really that hard to play,but it's still catchy.

@kimyjo 3 жыл бұрын

Je Ry Lol, I was referring and quoting Mike when he first created the bass solo. Watch the video dude. And talk to Mike about it, not me dude, I wasn’t the one who said this. (Man, I actually forgot about this comment lul. What a flashback!)

@jery3385 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimyjo I know,I was just stating an opinion. And glad to give you mild nostalgia.

@jadeforestnz 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimyjo yo, cool to see someone still on the same youtube account 2 years later

@kimyjo 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadeforestnz Why the hell not lol?! Got no problem with it!

@thewomanwithnohead 6 жыл бұрын

OKAY, we get it, nice innovative bass, NOW SELL IT TO US PLEASE.

@AngelPerez-dw8ou 5 жыл бұрын

For real

@ML-nj4qi 5 жыл бұрын

There is nothing innovative about that bass...Mike is basically saying playing Bass is easier than guitar.

@pzjay241 5 жыл бұрын

M L what are you talking about

@DelScully 4 жыл бұрын

Still waiting too :(

@Cityloud 4 жыл бұрын

Sell It? I want a giveaway haha

@AeromatterYT 6 жыл бұрын

I'd left my bass for ages from making slow progress, but hearing Mike talk about lining up his interest with his ability level is actually really encouraging. Started practicing again today :D

@brianhuynh1985 6 жыл бұрын

Fender/Squier will give us a hundred signature P basses that are nothing more than different color schemes but won’t give us the Mike Kerr signature Jaguar or Starcaster. Which will be something original and Something us bass players have been asking for!

@rightbackich213 5 жыл бұрын

@@ML-nj4qi why not?

@barrycreed9886 5 жыл бұрын

M L and who are you? A washed up bassist or washed up guitarist? Let’s hear your music please?

@Andy-uf8jq 5 жыл бұрын

@@ML-nj4qi washed up, yet making 6 figure sums in a successful band. Who are you?

@Rikkii2 4 жыл бұрын

@@ML-nj4qi I've played bass for 6 years now. Experimented with every sound I can try. Mike Kerr is a killer bassist, who says using a bass to make guitar sounds isn't how you play bass? It's an instrument for fuck's sake if you try and limit yourself to the "norms" how can you be unique? honestly people like you make me so disappointed in the music community.

@kanedgytheguy8105 3 жыл бұрын

Dude Nate Mendel's pbass is literally a red pbass with a fancy pickup and is $150 above standard price

@dragon7590 5 жыл бұрын

Heaviest sounding rock duo in. a while. For just 2 guys it's a wall of sound.

@coleporter1501 5 жыл бұрын

dragon7590 you should check out the Cold Stares

@cameronlong59 6 жыл бұрын

Make the mike kerr signature bass

@harrypalmer5452 6 жыл бұрын

I’m just saying, a Mike Kerr Signature Jaguar bass would be pretty cool

@ollydyer3082 6 жыл бұрын

Inspired by Muse. Absolute legend.

@carlosfelipebenitezperez7951 5 жыл бұрын

Mmm no, muse sucks, RB are great.

@cristian19perez93 5 жыл бұрын

@@carlosfelipebenitezperez7951 you don't know what are you saying

@PunkingtonGrunge 5 жыл бұрын

@@carlosfelipebenitezperez7951 couldn't agree more, muse should be learning how to make good shit from royal blood

@216Numbskull 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there's many influences in RB. One, I do know and Mike would tell you himself is the "White Stripes", or any other band Jack's jamming with this week. He big on Jack White!

@haavard9227 5 жыл бұрын

@Carlos Felipe Benitez Perez you're a moron lol

@Alisonflynn328 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see my favorite band blowing up. Rock on!!

@DevinCLott 6 жыл бұрын

Fender we need a Mike Kerr signature ASAP. Everyone would buy it and it would be amazing

@Lisogarcia 6 жыл бұрын

they r definitely into muse but hearing that directly from mike is amazing!! Muse is my favourite band and you just simply can't not love royal blood!!

@Alfie02 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot love them??

@jakesmith-bs4jd Жыл бұрын

I saw Muse live in Milton Keynes and Royal Blood were supporting them. Amazing night :)

@ER04040 6 жыл бұрын

I love how Mike was mentioning this GS he can't do. That makes him feel so much more human and real

@Tcflohr 6 жыл бұрын

These guys put on such an incredible show.

@JoshFryer 6 жыл бұрын

That orange bass is my favorite bass, period. I saw him play it at Bonnaroo last year and it sounded, and looked, amazing! 🤘

@ruinouseffigy8308 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same sound for every other color

@JoshFryer 6 жыл бұрын

Assuming they all have the same electronics. Maybe they don't. Maybe they are modded. Maybe they do. We'll never know.

@garmen- 2 жыл бұрын

@@ruinouseffigy8308 yeah but it looks cooler

@batshitmasterplan 2 жыл бұрын

The new black and gold one that he’s been playing on tour recently is fucking amazing!!

@matdemaz 6 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, Royal Blood are great. 👍

@mikecantreed 6 жыл бұрын

demazphantom *is

@robertkim679 6 жыл бұрын

mikecantreed *are

@geraldfriend256 Жыл бұрын

* be

@LuciferianStrings 5 жыл бұрын

im just glad his parents didnt name him nick

@laotzu7179 4 жыл бұрын

For every second it took you to think up that joke you should slap yourself in the face.

@GERPITO3000 4 жыл бұрын

@@laotzu7179 k

@noize7899 4 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@elmattbo2540 4 жыл бұрын

Or Wayne.

@brycekamin 4 жыл бұрын

Or Steve

@saulmendiola9564 6 жыл бұрын

Old bass Gretch cries

@BaBaBaBenny 6 жыл бұрын

Gretsch are owned by Fender, so it's no loss to them haha.

@charlieb8735 8 ай бұрын

Pretty damn humble. The man may not play the most technically impossible stuff but the coordination to play and sing both parts with nothing to hide behind is a different type of mastery. I’m sure talent is an element of it but I’m very confident the care put into constructing and time spent practicing these songs is where he sets himself apart. Royal Blood, Bloc Party and Muse have long been my inspiration to build my independence between simultaneous vocal and instrumental parts. Absolutely removed the excuse of “no one can/does do that” and I’m thankful that they did

@MrGunwitch 6 ай бұрын

It's not just playing and singing it's also the extensive foot pedals with zero margin for error. The amount this guy takes on his shoulders is unreal, just a natural performer.

@philusschwiftikus 5 жыл бұрын

„Use Fuzz a lot and got Really into Muse“ i like this guy

@marioesquivel883 6 жыл бұрын

You fender guys should start making the costum made mike kerr bassses, i would love to have another jaguar but with a big ass humbucker!

@joshgreene8219 3 жыл бұрын

that tone he gets when hes playing the solo part from lights out is amazing lol how does he get that sound what kind of fuzz is that?

@filthyminds9039 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what fuzz pedal he uses for it but he uses an auto wah during the solo also

@Deaf_Notes 3 жыл бұрын

It's a Zvex Mastotron fuzz, people have taken pictures of his pedal board during concerts

@CWarrren 2 жыл бұрын

Zvex mastotron, with auto wah and pitch shift. Closest I’ve come to replicating it is with mastotron, pitchfork at +1 octave 50% blend and a JHS foot fuzz v2 with a boss AW-3 with both vowels at 25% and decay at max

@Nergal_Slayer 3 жыл бұрын

The Lights out solo is so fulcong sexy. Thanks Mike and Ben.

@westex245 6 жыл бұрын

He is so gorgeous

@Charlieeee468 3 жыл бұрын

I just had an assignment to submit an inspirational video for school and I chose this

@jyc000 6 жыл бұрын

Looove his talking voice

@xSGTxPEPPERx 4 жыл бұрын

“I look at other guitarists pedal boards and that’s three times what I have.” *Shows multi effect unit* Oh.

@jmelara324 4 жыл бұрын

That’s not a multi effects unit... it’s a switcher FOR his pedals

@AntonioOliveira-em4cd 5 жыл бұрын

Niiice! I didn’t know he changed his basses! Congrats Fender his a genius, he NEEDS to be a Fender player forever!

@danielnicholson921 6 жыл бұрын

Y’all HAVE to make a Mike Kerr signature bass now. PLEASE I BEG YOU DO IT

@BiggJohn96 6 жыл бұрын

The way he plays would make Lemmy Kilmister proud.

@ML-nj4qi 5 жыл бұрын

No it wouldn't...Don't you compare a TRUE bass player to this Poser.

@RomainCNC 3 жыл бұрын

Okay it has been almost 3 years : now make it official with a signature model!

@TacoDraws 3 жыл бұрын

Such a raw sound. Fucking love it.

@rylandcook5301 6 жыл бұрын

Never clicked on a notification so fast.

@nanaslittlebreadboy3750 6 жыл бұрын

Please make a signature model of the orange jaguar bass

@johnjoseph4293 6 жыл бұрын

Why aren’t these available to the public. I needs that orange one

@harrypalmer5452 5 жыл бұрын

Almost been a year since this video came out. Still waiting on the signature jaguar bass Fender

@DroneCorpse 6 жыл бұрын

Love Royal blood. I just wish they didn't play Lights Out as slow though ☹️

@elZyngaWTF 6 жыл бұрын

Agree. And not only Lights Out, they do that with some other songs.

@josuepon0318 6 жыл бұрын

It's cause it's hard to play songs and sing if you're playing note per note and he hasn't fully mastered that skill yet but I still love it

@elZyngaWTF 6 жыл бұрын

So why does he make something in the studio that he won't be able to do later in live?

@szynkus18 6 жыл бұрын

elZyngaWTF eerrm...because he can record every single track separetly?

@elZyngaWTF 6 жыл бұрын

szynkus18 Thats what I mean. Why he does things that aren't playable live?

@RatFurnis 5 жыл бұрын

Mike Fender Kerr of Royal Fender Blood Fender presents FenderFender

@shnibzzz 6 жыл бұрын

Saw them play love with Queens of the Stone Age back in Sept. That Orange Jag was GORGEOUS

@maxmastersonsound 5 жыл бұрын

MAKE A SIGNATURE BASS!! They’re different and really cool and something us bassists really like

@solidsnakejake185 6 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how no one on KZfaq has been able to match his tone. They get close but it never sounds as good as his

@aletupapi2794 6 жыл бұрын

mike kerr el mejor bajista del mundo

@mattclark1278 9 ай бұрын

Saw them just last night. Insane.

@TaylorWheeler 6 жыл бұрын

Gotta love fender basses

@vascofrancisco9903 6 жыл бұрын

You are the new mood RB

@headkickko609 3 жыл бұрын

Wow from MMA to Music. God bless this man.

@praisethezaza 6 жыл бұрын

He is awesome 😍🤘❤

@MarkKusha1 6 жыл бұрын

I kinda miss his Gretsch

@user-tk4gp2dy8i 6 жыл бұрын

ThePustulioFoolio i agree

@rylandcook5301 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah but you gotta admit, some of those custom Jag basses are hella sexy.

@jonasgubagaras5245 6 жыл бұрын

Its still fender owned lol

@tomjenkins8151 5 жыл бұрын

I always like to think that mike kerr listened to motorhead growing up

@evanmcginty5533 6 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for them to announce a signature bass rip

@AR1xRUSHY 6 жыл бұрын

Fender needs to make a signature model of one those basses. Maybe the orange Jaguar

@StarCousins 6 жыл бұрын

Mike ker is a beautiful angel

@TheTeleporter101 6 жыл бұрын

Make a god damn signature for this dude!!!

@jonasjanssen1074 3 жыл бұрын

1:36

@julianbaldwin6992 6 жыл бұрын

My interests line up with my ability.

@L3Gutierrez 6 жыл бұрын

That white Jaguar tho

@MoreSoNowThanEver 6 жыл бұрын

You guys did it wrong. It's supposed to say "and get the bass" at the end with a photo of that white and gold Jag.

@ryanllewellyn3472 Жыл бұрын

Amazing tone, amazing band! 🔥

@simonilett998 3 жыл бұрын

White Stripes + Wolfmother had a cheeky one night stand in a hotel room....9 months later out popped Royal Blood🤘🤗🤣....You guys kick ass👍🇦🇺

@dhbcsh8720 6 жыл бұрын

BASS😍😍😍

@lvl5charmander 6 жыл бұрын

anyone else find that they were subbed without ever knowing this channel existed?

@leonardoburnettrosel2645 6 жыл бұрын

Eres mi bajista favorito contemporaneo pero eso no te quita la caramechero que llevas

@dimiaraujo90 4 жыл бұрын

Come on, Fender, we're just waiting for a Squier (affordable) version of his Bass (or any Mustang with humbuckers, and those beautiful inlays)

@loganmacmaster3717 6 жыл бұрын

If i dont hear that i can buy a Mike Kerr signature bass im gonna be pissed.

@pennywiseRJ 6 жыл бұрын

his fender starcaster had the best tone ever!!!

@muriloaltobelli2524 5 жыл бұрын

Fender rhodes is the way

@AqilKamaludin 5 жыл бұрын

I’m just gonna say, that was a pretty sick edit.

@donfunk3447 6 жыл бұрын

Genio, la rompieron en Lolla Argentina 🔥

@mauriciomacedo8130 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Fender, would you allow me to take this beautiful documentary subtitle in my language and post it on my personal channel? Thank you

@insertname8999 6 жыл бұрын

As much as i love the fenders are cool, i love that old gretsch he had

@srmuffin4210 6 жыл бұрын

💟💓ROYAL BLOOD💟

@waynegram8907 4 жыл бұрын

What guitar string gauges is Mike Kerr using on his bass?

@MrShadowofthewind 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, those are some loose strings huh.

@MrShadowofthewind 6 жыл бұрын

Siôn Tate Set the saddles further back, problem solved.

@Viper-dz2kw 6 жыл бұрын

MrShadowofthewind I think he likes them loose like that, it looks super heavy and it feels badass

@awsomenes459 6 жыл бұрын

it's due to the frame rate of the camera and the vibration of the strings it's probably not actually that floppy

@mikeydesignssilkscreen473 6 жыл бұрын

This and it's a short scale bass, drop tuning with guitar strings. At least the bottom two.

@gabrieladdison 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not actually that floppy it’s because of the cameras

@Unholygamewinner 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for that bass fender 👁👄👁 cmon!

@starkindifference9715 6 жыл бұрын

YESS, BEST VIDEO EVER!!!

@ChristianVBlue3 4 жыл бұрын

0:41 Hipster Motorhead

@elijahleighton1390 6 жыл бұрын

Whens he gonna make that orange one a signature!

@SM-ev1yg 5 жыл бұрын

I’m just here cause he’s really cute

@rad8racket 6 жыл бұрын

I fucking love playing bass

@denotdeniot311 6 жыл бұрын

I really want to see his pedalboard.

@gonewiththewind8072 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff

@3goCh0sis 4 жыл бұрын

When you cry to yourself because you realize that the closest we'll ever get to this is the Squier Jaguar bass

@Deaf_Notes 4 жыл бұрын

And even that has been discontinued now :(

@3goCh0sis 4 жыл бұрын

@@Deaf_Notes damn, I was considering buying one lmao

@Sayajin3321 3 жыл бұрын

There is a new one closer to his, it comes in black and blue.

@leolapulga6784 6 жыл бұрын

How come he hasn't seemed to have picked up a Bass VI...? I'd imagine it'd be perfect!

@isamaserati 2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@dylancross4050 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@agungandy836 5 жыл бұрын

He remind me of Peter Quill

@himadribhakta7948 6 жыл бұрын

However great they maybe they still need to work on their lyrics - it's not upto the mark (Not a diss , just constructive criticism for one of favourite bands of last few years)

@boldandbrash5214 6 жыл бұрын

Angel Wing i agree with you, however the best of there lyrics is almost good enough to make up for the really generic lyrics 😂

@bjurd2 6 жыл бұрын

I think Ten Tonne Skeleton has some bomb ass lyric writing in it honestly, but yea I totally agree, a lot of the lyrics between songs are really samey, tho I dont want to judge cause im sure I can't do any better

@iqbalmuhammad2920 3 ай бұрын

0:29 when Muse inspired young artist

@mamadhamster4170 4 жыл бұрын

What bass is that?

@Deaf_Notes 4 жыл бұрын

It's a short scale jaguar bass with a wide range bass humbucker and a mini humbucker but fender doesn't sell them

@kaeldlr2018 4 жыл бұрын

Mike Kerr sopignature bass pls.

@ManosRK 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm violating the "unwritten rules" of KZfaq channels but is there any LEGIT video/s out there of him showing his rig ?!

@ManosRK 6 жыл бұрын

I REALLY wanna know how he gets his 'I can clearly hear a guitar in the mix but there's not any in there...SUCKAH!' :p -sound!!!!

@greyonyt 6 жыл бұрын

well, ive tried to investigate this throughout a couple of months, there are a few "Fan Made" pedal or amp setups that get there. But LEGIT LEGIT he just gives ints here and there. I know he uses a POG, the cromatic tuner, some fuzz and overdrive pedals, and a wah wah, oh and a compressor. That should do.

@ManosRK 6 жыл бұрын

_ Ribary_ Sounds like a plan, I'll look into it!! Thank you!!!!! :)