If you reply like this on hate comments... I have to write one myself. :D Bass is just a * instrument! You can not even play Rachmaninovs Prelude in C Sharp Minor on it! :P

Glad you addressed them definitely bass deserves respect ✊

Look at it from the other aspect, you have garnered enough fame that you have earned your very own Trolls, and I commend thee for that.

You handled those comments, with grace and facts! 👌 Great content!

You cannot *Blur* the fact that they are just *Girls* *&* *Boys...*

Muhahaha 😈

A video of you doing anything on bass would be super cool.

MWAHHAHAHAHA

That's a contract breach. I want my soul back now.

Epic Choice!!!!

For sure. You're frustratingly good.

As a drummer, I'm mind-blown that people accept drum solos more than bass solos. I mean, aren't we mainly supposed to hold down a groove in a band aswell? I love a good drum solo, but let's face it - bass is a far more melodic instrument. Oh, and of course Charles is a monster of a player and also very tasteful!

Absolutely!

Agreed !

I wouldn't even be able to come close to his level pf skill on guitar, I'm not even dreaming about it, this dude is mind-blowingly amazing, can't even describe it, it should be impossible or illegal to be this good, love watching him, he's amazing, people are probably jealous, I'm just proud I live on the same planet as him, at the same time, and that i can hear his ungodly playing.

Not all old men wear diapers. Some just crap themselves. haha

"Polymath". I love that word.

Wow now I want to hear a chainsaw solo 🤣

TRIANGLE SOLO

Drum solo? Hahahaha

@@CharlesBerthoud you should try Jackyl - The Lumberjack then. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d5tio5ybyJPLf6M.html

@@CharlesBerthoud that would sound so sick

Exactly! I'm a saxophonist and play songs that people sung originally then people say sing and really my saxophone is my voice. Music is music.

I totally agree. Imagine a life so crappy that you sit and send those kinds of comments to someone you don't even know. I'm not a musician, but I know great music and this is it!

Please pin this comment. This is absolutely true and any of us musicians should agree at least on that point.

So very true! It's like they fear that your 16-bar improv will somehow invalidate their painstakingly-practiced Eddie Van Halen pastiche I play banjo and bass because that's my comfort zone. Six strings? I just can't wrap my head around that! I'm happy holding up others by holding down the rhythm. And if there's a place where I can do more than just 4/4 tonic & subtonic I guess it could be called a "solo", but I always just thought of it as an extended flourish, like sprinkles on a donut Let the flash-kids be flashy. They've earned it. Me, I prefer that grin from the drummer when we gots that groove a-goin'. In that moment I'm Bill Wyman and they're Charlie Watts, and there's no better feeling

Call them a slow time signature 'cause they'll only ever be 1/16th as good ;)

If you were half as good as Charles you’d be really good.

Mate, I’d settle for 1/4 as talented!

Berthoud has no talent, either as a composer or as an interpreter. He is just show-off.

​@@alvarogabrielaguirregarin3933I wanna see you play

Definitely

I see them everytime on youtube, some people are just braindead to be honest i dont know

More like deaf people

They are the failed bassists who picked up guitar after

@@THEREALCAPTAINDREAD Yeah, the ammount of projection done there is inherent

Great point. Why are they watching?

Was going to say the same thing. Some people can't just congratulate someone for being good at something. Some people are petty and treacherous, and just want to tear everyone down below their level.

All of the haters' comments are valid to some extent. Yes, the guy is quite obviously misusing a guitar as a portable "piano surrogate" - he's literally PRESSING KEYS on the imaginary keyboard he projects onto the fretboard. Yes, no one else in the world does that. Yes, it's a useless skill for real-life rock bands, since no one in a real band will tolerate those lengthy and intricate solos, or any kind of individualistic showing-off, for that matter. In other worlds, Charles is a postmodern, Vanessa-Maeish VIOLINIST in denial, considering himself a metallist rocknrolla dude while doing mostly shades of Well-Tempered Clavier. Also, the phrase "solo bass" sounds wrong, because in 95% of those solos, some sort of drums are heard, so it's DUET bass. Without the beat, the bass guitar always sounds forlorn and drab, no matter how amazing the talent playing it is. Same is true for all string instruments (fiddle, cello, contrabass) - all except the acoustic guitar, which can sometimes produce passable standalone music. There used to be an instrument called KEYTAR - a piano keyboard worn like a guitar, and I think Charles is trying to use an actual guitar IN THAT SAME WAY - that is, to fingertip himself through fancy PIANO STUFF without having to lug any kind of actual piano around. Also without the stigma of the nerdiness always associated with pianists. Still, quite likely the best guitarist on youtube - or even best _musician._ On a side note: why doesn't Charles have the creepy long fingernails which ALL OF the other youtube GUITARISTS have? Looking at those fingernails is enough to turn 99% of aspiring musicians off guitar-playing, yet somehow a guy has achieved insane proficiency WITHOUT them dorky nails? What?!!

​​@@goodkinomankolyaevgrafov6412he's a bassist? Not a guitarist. Also tapping is a super common technique any rock and metal, and it is nothing like playing a piano. Also, long solos are extremely common in rock and metal, although they more often go to the guitarist, the bass can definitely play a solo too. Also, solo bass doesn't mean only the bass is playing, it means it's the focus. What a weird pseudo intelligent comment. This comment makes zero sense and shows a misunderstanding of basically everything it talks about.

Wait so you were playing a show every few days that’s actually crazy. I really hope your not lying because that’s cool lol

@@steakfilly5199 Nope no lying here! It would vary, I would average about 5-6 shows a week. When I first moved to Nashville, the street called Broadway where all the honky tonks are, had between them about 10 stages. With 1-4 shows a day, each show 3-4 hours long. When I left 21 years later, there were roughly 40 stages lol. You can literally play every day all day if you want to. My last year playing before covid shut everything down and I moved back home I played 423 shows.

@@jackhartford521 that’s crazy dude I wish I had the time to do that

I don't think he's losing any sleep dude

Lies. 21 years in Nashville, you've probably done over 5000 shows mate (hugs, joking around with you, must be special and fun to gig there, always wanted to).

I'm going to pile on the hate and agree!

One more here on the hate.

Thats too much, you just sound cringy and sad without friends

@@gustavoo3886 Tf?

Ahh dude I love your comment homie good shit

so you are saying that bassists arent musicians? you disgust me

? Music is all rules! You don't have to follow them, but they do exist.

@davidm1992 music isn't absolutely rules, just see CharlesBerthud deal with it

They’re jealous

They're jealous of non tone deaf people

People who say he's a failed guitarist are probably just failed guitarists themselves xD

They are jealous. Just ignore the 0.0000% of the haters there not even worth it.

I don't know if you're ironic. Or maybe you studied music at college.

I think the same thing everytime I play (or try to play) Fur Elise on piano. Lmfao 🎹

I'm trying to imagine playing it on an upright. Wish I had one to give it a shot...lol

Right!,…..you get it!

On bass .... AWESOME

and some of them have a point - it's a mixed bag. be careful of your emotions and jumping to the 'hater' category - it might be beyond your own experience to apply that to all comments.

Yep, people like to talk shit when they're jealous for some reason

Hi Didn't expect you here

Spot on, Lucas.

What he said - Some sounded like they're mad he can play circles around them on a base, then do the same thing on a an electric guitar and piano. What can you say. He's worked hard and he's gifted

I mean this dudes channel IMO is great for me as a bass player. It is inspiring for me watching this guy lol.

Don't tell yourself you can't. Tell yourself you haven't learned yet. If you think you can't, you will never be able to. I have been playing bass for over 40 years and don't match Charles in soloing...yet. I've picked up a few good ideas from listening to him. It's changed the way I approach soloing.

NEver say you can't... Do or do not, there is no try.

@@sheilaolfieway1885 Didn't Kermit the Frog say that? I remember it being green. (kidding!)

That Yoda advice is some of the dumbest advice ever given. When it comes to musical instruments, of course there’s “try”. Try over and over, and then try some more. New licks, new skills, muscle memory. You have to master each little piece to get a complex phrase, and you have to do it over and over. Then, when you have mastered that little piece, explore it, modify it, change it…then again. In music - there is nothing but “try”.

@@Stalicone In order to try, you have to do.

I dont like your youtube comment. Only people who like the same comments as me should be allowed to comment.

@@letsgojake.4078 I don't like your face, only people with the same face as me should be allowed to have faces

When it comes to surgery, I am a huge fan of gatekeeping and "elite" doctors with the skills to get in and out without killing the patient, but the awesome thing in music is nobody dies from people doing it however they want!

@David Singleton well, you should probably come across bassists like victor wooten, but imo Charles is the best bassist on youtube and probably one of the best in the world.

@@avipatel7947 Davie 504 is pretty equal, I guess that given my hard rock background it is obvious that Davie relates on my ears a bit more.

@@suparosc02 Votum separatum on that. I came to Charles through Davie, and Charles is about only musician I listen to regularily. Except myself. But that seems to be inevitable being a player.

@@suparosc02 fair enough

@@suparosc02 I have to disagree on that. Davie504 is a really good bassist, but I don’t get the feeling of being one of the best in the world from him. You can hear as he struggles with some techniques or timing in some of his plays. Charles’ playing is crisp and gives a more refined feeing I hear in little to no other bassists. Charles is definitely more skilled. Maybe try listening to other good bassists then go back to Davie504. People tend to overrate him cuz he has a large platform, is very funny and many other people rate him. He deserves recognition, but I don’t think that justifies placing him on the same level as Charles. When going into listening to Davie’s plays, forget his skits and listen to the sound.

ME TOOOOOOO!🤘

ME THREEEEEEEEE! 🤘

Me Foooooouuuuur!!

Favorite part

ME FIVEEEE

I agree

You'd hire him and let him do all the work? At least you should play with him as a supporting instrument.

@@andrewdeac5577 Oh, I'd stab in the odd chord. Between sups of beer.

You could do some stand up comedy between sets cuz you are funny. You had me laughing anyway.

I played in a band when I lived in Germany, and we wouldn't go on stage without a beer! The singer even played a beer bottle lead tuning it ever lower sip by sip!

I’m the bassist in my band and I would be happy for them if Charles joined 😅

Some people are so unhappy with their own failures they will find any reason to hate another's success.

@@MikeWmusic10 yep, instead of just working harder and getting better they spend time being annoying fucks and hating on people who actually put effort to get better at something

I know right. They have a negative IQ

Literal smooth brains I swear to god.

I was thinking the same thing.

Strangely enough, I get it. I saw G3 many moons ago with Joe, Steve, and a very young Kenny Wayne Sheppard. When they closed the show with “Going Down” and did their cuttin’ heads thing, it was blatantly obvious that KWS was head and shoulders above the other 2 when it came to going with the flow even though he was also clearly nowhere near as good technically. I’m not saying this is the case with Charles, I’m just saying it’s a real thing and I understand how someone could say it.

Same. They think just because he solos on KZfaq on his channel that he would do the same in bands constantly and randomly

Oh I don't know about second voice, sometimes his bass actually talks better than he does! 😉

"Well that's an electric bass, it's just a dumbed-down guitar so of course you _manage_ to play a solo on it, but on a *real* bass you could nev-" Bottesini wants a word with you.

@InotFad3away : Nearly spit out a beer I was drinking when I read that. Thanks for the chuckle.

I now am searching youtube for tuba solos

as both a tuba and bass player... I completely agree. I love jamming out with those instruments

I'm trying to think what other things are like that...Like if you start drawing and are told pencils are only for writing. It's like bass *wouldn't* have happened without bands, so it's natural to think bass is only part of a band (and the front man is boss and what he says goes). Like I took up delivering Shakespeare monologues once, because there's a magic in making them sound conversational instead of overblown--People assumed I was doing it to be in a play, part of a theatre troupe, so would discourage anything that might not work with the usual format. So there's that, assuming no one would do anything except for a job, jobs that are already out there and well-known, maybe that's where a lot of this comes from.

Hey Charles, maybe giving Jeremy a lesson on bass virtuoso would make good content for a video :)

thats odd, i have been playing bass since i was 12 too

They just can't think outside the box

They can probably play instruments they are just jealous because they can only play a one note bass line

Charles slaps more G strings than a porn star in Van Nuys

Catherina, that is generally my thought on it. Some watch a video or learn a chord and think themselves experts.

100% can’t play instruments well

There are many more of them, then hate comments.

Yh, the hate is a sign that you’re doing well”

Not true. This comment sucks and so does Charlie.. Everything sucks and so do you if you're reading this. Everything is bad and you need to know it.

Good news guys, my balls finally dropped just now and I don't need to leave hateful comments on the internet anymore. Sorry for my previous actions!

@@csquared4538 good boi

You can do it!! When you relearn be sure to post some videos of you playing!

If you really like the bass then I'm 100% sure you will be able to come back and your passion is what will help you sky-rocket no matter what your age is. Good luck man I'm rooting for you!

That is a life goal. I haven’t played bass for 20 years too. You motivated me to play again.

Get a looper and play with yourself. 😇

50 now, played bass from 14 to about 25 and quit to be there for my kids (was either sleeping, working, or gone doing band stuff). Youngest got to high school age and a lil voice started whisperin. Step one was picking up a cheap acoustic bass and putting it in the living room next to the TV and computer desk. Even if just for a few min here and there, with it out I was grabbing it to mess with it. Step two is playing with someone/something else. I essentially forced an old friend to dust off his old guitar and play with me. Sounded mauling at first, but was fun to have someone to play with. Other jam along options exist here on You Tube if you search "drum track XXX bpm", "bass jam track" or something similar. Working on learning songs from your favorite bands also a great option. I favor open jam formats to playing along with covers as i think jams teach you a bit more about what your fret board options are. Obviously working on covers is super valuable if a cover band is a goal of yours. Step one (actually start playing again) and step two (jam with other people when you can and/or along with music) can be indefinite, until you have your chops back, or until you have a decent "set" list of covers you know. It actually took me a lot less time to get back to where I was as a kid than I thought it was going to, and by adding actual music theory to the mix this round I'm a much better overall musician. Step three was getting back into a band. I got lucky (bass player keeping my seat warm left right when i started looking) and hooked up with some amazing musicians in my age range. With that band for about 3 years now. My oldest say we are the Webster definition of a dad band, and I would have to agree, but I'm having a blast with music again! Definitely a zillion times better bass player now than I was as a kid (though there are pieces i wrote as a kid that are still challenging to play now, go figure). As one formerly retired bass player to another; It's never too late! You got this, just gotta WANT it while also having the patience to keep at it for for the long game. It's gonna be a several year project.

Envy, pure and simple. The green eyed monster.

The problem is that they arent musicians and are jealous of his talent lmao

Either an extreme case on envy or complete and utter trolling

Joe Dart does this every day

It can definitely be done, it's just difficult to pull off, rare, and unusual which leads some people to believe it's wrong.

These type of comments usually come from over enthusiastic beginners whom have little to no experience. Watch a few videos, learn a song or two and think they're great. Hear some musicians poking fun at each other and take it as real criticism. And this goes for pretty much any field or area of knowledge. Those whom know the least tend to over arrogantly act the most confident.

Hell so did Les. 🤘🏻

While they have guitars, Thin Lizzy and Chili Peppers are bass lead bands as well.

Dreams are for people with imagination. If you think most people have any imagination at all, you GROSSLY overestimate your species. Most people are mindless drones and wouldn't be anything else if they were born into a family of billionaires.

It is strange to try and make music, something that's all about creative expression, so restricted.

Right!

I always agree with you Laytar Laybass

I feel you man, some people like the treble sounds and some people prefer the bass sounds

Yeah honestly, I play guitar and I have no clue why people think the sudden change in pitch sounds good

Agree. He is probably the best bassist I've ever heard too, and I played 50 years. Playing melody along with the bottom is something most of even the most technically gifted players don't master.

A lot of people ("purists"?) would reply: "NO WAY! WHAT ABOUT VICTOR WOOTEN? WHAT ABOUT JACO? JACO WAS THE BEST EVER, NEVER TO BE SURPASSED!!!". Those are just ridiculous statements really. They indicate an idolatry of a past (or even current) great, but refuse the potential that something can be taken further and built upon. To loosely paraphrase a quote: "This gentleman stands on the shoulders of the greats that came before him". And I agree that he's probably the most capable, and creative bassist I've ever heard in my 58 years. But that doesn't diminish Jaco, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Berlin, etc., etc. one bit. The "who's the best" argument I've heard (usually about guitarists) since the 70's in high school has always seemed dumb. Above a certain level, it's usually difficult (and just time wasting) to distinguish. Yes, when a Mozart, Allan Holdsworth, or Chris Thile comes along, their unparalleled genius usually needs to be acknowledged, but for the rest of us mere mortals, "the highest mountain peaks around the world don't really differ vastly in elevation". They're all (mountains and musicians) way the hell up there and mind-blowing in their majesty. Just my unsolicited more-than-2-cents on a topic semi-related to the preceding comments...🙂

Charles is definitely the most talented... He's educated in music and all the greats before him would probably honestly say he's the best.

There are some amazing bassists in technical death metal But you rarely see them these days (They are doing other stuff)

@@azmanabdula Dominic Lapointe is a fuckin phenom, for sure.

"Single notes on a deep guitar" Perfect description. As a drummer, I found that guitarists playing bass without actually learning bass first didn't hit the strings hard enough to sound good, muted everything (which sounds awful on bass) and had no idea how to play in sync with me.

@@HorologicRannygazoo Bass is a melodic drums and drums is a rythmic bass.

As an experienced guitarist, I have to say that recording bass and learning to do it properly has been extremely challenging and has pushed me to pay a lot more attention to tons of details in my guitar playing I previously wasn't even conscious of.

I'm play the guitar cuz I suck ass at bass.

totally. precisely true man

🤣🤜🏼🤛🏼Nuff said,Tuxedo bruh

I lost it when he shouted that then jumped to the solo 😆😂

That's almost EXACTLY the same process I had with him! The thing that won me over was that he made me laugh a LOT on his "15 types of bass players" video. I think I've been several of those guys in my 35 years playing bass.

Bass is easy if all you do is plonk plonk plonk plonk... Then get uspet if anyone dares to show you up. Jealousy is all these haters are full of (Well, maybe not all they're full of, eh?).

Well it is unless you get into slap. Especially if you are a classical guitarist and you are used to alternate picking to the rhythm. Good groove and dynamic and good note choices are a must for a professional musician so leave them atta the equation.

I think bass is more physically demanding since the strings are thicker and the neck is longer. Gotta have good forearm strength to do all the things Charles does.

Most elitist, with most things, are people who aren't actually that competent or knowledgeable in the task or field.

More like trolls ....attention seeking.

I straight up didn't know what bass was capable of until I started watching this channel. ...but then again, I never thought basses couldn't solo.

They don't understand a very basic concept of modern music: you may not always be able to hear the bass in the mix, but you will always hear when the bass isn't in the mix.

It blows the smoke out of the water

Well, there is that 1 little unwritten rule that you have to enjoy yourself playing whatever you want to play. If you like it, somebody else probably will too.;)

Well there is good old Fever from Peggy Lee, a simple bass line which carries the song. So I most definitely see no problem.

I find this very unlikelly to happen unless your friends guests all musicians. As someone who stumbled there by youtube algorith and watched like 15 videos , i would definitelly not manage to differentiate between the bass and a guitar by looks only. Probably by sound too.

I'm a bassist too (not professional but I'm in a band and I also play piano,guitar, and drums) and I wish I was half as good as him

Yup. Haters just love to hate things…I’m of the belief it’s die to jealousy.

🤜🏼🤛🏼

I made that choice before I came across Charles, but this cements my decision 😂

LMAOOOOOOO

*sad wonderwall noises*

...he decided to go to something easier: he left a hate comment...

Guitar is just as hard as bass wtf

Joe Dart: Hold both my beers

"Leave That Thing Alone", enough said.

That one was a real classic 🤣

Victor Wooten, Marcus miller, Mark King, Billie Sheehan, Michael Manring, Jaco Pastorius, Wojtek pilichowski, flea, John entwistle, Larry Graham, les claypool, Stanley Clarke: You have to hold our beers also!

🤜🏼🤛🏼AND CHRIS SQUIRE LES CLAYPOOL RYAN MARTYNIE JOHN MYUNG GREG LAKE PETER THOMPSON-STEWART JACO PASTORIUS CLIFF BURTON JOEY DeMAIO STUART HAMM BILLY SHEEHAN TONY LEVIN AND the list could go on&on haters gonna hate sad tossers 🍻🍻🍻🍻

he isn't compelled to respond to the haters, he is dunking on them.

YES!!

ain't that the truth.

People that didn't understand the sheer genius of Charles are the same people who put Gucci gang as top 10 best song ever

They made him money with this response, plus pushed his algo with comments.

funny, ive never played bass and he makes me wanna play bass :)

The BASS HATE bassplayers are confronted with is appalling. Even as a vocalizing concert flutiste I have never been exposed to such degrees of musical hate!

@@PaulaBean Because few people learn how to play it, more stigma is created because bass players are always needed. I kinda see bass players similarly to healers/tanks in WoW or video games in general. There’s a only a few of them compared to damage dealers and they get flamed for not doing something right. Idk I just think it’s kinda funny how people keep insulting bassists and then complain that there’s too few of them.