Playing metal on a METAL fretless bass sounds MEGA HEAVY

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10 ай бұрын

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@CharlesBerthoud 10 ай бұрын

Use code CHARLESBERTHOUD50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at bit.ly/3wD2rhP

@ChrisSche 10 ай бұрын

Love Factor! I eat it everyday. Makes life easier

@Typical.Anomaly 10 ай бұрын

Tell Factor to give you a raise. I actually watched the ad. I'm a cook by profession so I'll have to pass but... I WATCHED AND ENJOYED A KZfaq AD. ✌💗🤘

@kevinwhite6176 10 ай бұрын

@@Typical.Anomaly I love to cook and Factor75 is the kind of thing I'd scoff at normally - what a waste of money, it's not even like hello fresh (who owns them), it's just like supposedly healthy TV dinners at a premium! Well, the premium isn't so big after the latest round of pandemiflation, and their food ranges from fine to "actually legitimately look forward to eating it" good, and it's probably made me eat more vegetables than I've ever eaten in my life otherwise. I've been using them for several years and have no intention of stopping.

@BassRTA84 10 ай бұрын

Hey Charles. I was wondering what level Patron is needed to access the bass lessons videos? Have been home practicing bass for around 10yrs, but been stuck in a rut the last couple.. So would love access to something new to focus on learning and get me out of this rut.

@misterghee1 10 ай бұрын

Oh Charles get beer bottlecaps 4 pick there great on all but nylon😅😊

@dark11demon11 10 ай бұрын

missing plugin was the most epic part

@CharlesBerthoud 10 ай бұрын

My favourite part too, I do love a surprise 🤣

@LucaGaetanoAlboreto 10 ай бұрын

Could be the track name

@Sanguira 10 ай бұрын

Factor beat box was my favorite

@cmstudios11 10 ай бұрын

it happens to everyone. im a pro video editor and ive seen it show up on a final export for client delivery and shit my pants. thank god i sent it out late night and got up early am to fix it. good times.@@CharlesBerthoud

@user-cj8de7up2u 10 ай бұрын

A lot of people have found these missing?? hope we all find our plug ins soon, so empty without them. why wasnt that on the news? plugin theft is a serious crime.

@RC32Smiths01 10 ай бұрын

Slap Bass with that level of distortion genuinely gives me chills. Also seeing metal played with literal metal fretboards is a truly poetic touch. Cheers man!

@gustavskavacs9991 10 ай бұрын

I'd listen to this on Spotify. Gives me a little bit of playing god vibes

@casualpequod6054 10 ай бұрын

@@gustavskavacs9991 If you dig this, you should check out The Omnific. It's two bassists and a drummer and their sound is very similar. They go hard!

@TheBanana93 10 ай бұрын

Listen to nuclear power trio man! if you like this you will love them!

@element-dh9dx 10 ай бұрын

Lol distortion ?. It's funny because Charles and Davie don't give a crap and will slap anything, I am the same. I have a Fender BG29 from the late 1990's, love it play it all the time short scale acoustic, great to grab and play and I keep it out of the case on a floor stand. I think I payed 590$ before tax, way back in the 1990's, so like 650$ out the door. It's not a Kingman, much different overall. It does suck going from 30 to 34 scale, but whatever not horrible. The wood is sort of bowed by the bridge area now, makes the action high.

@BodaciousH 10 ай бұрын

This will STEEL the number one spot on metal charts. You don’t need to fret. It’s right in that NECK of the woods

@dngrouscrgo 10 ай бұрын

I’m starting to PICKUP a running trend in this comment

@HoodedOlive 10 ай бұрын

Honestly it’s so self explanatory it’s just frankly BASSic

@Killerean 10 ай бұрын

PUNtastic!

@bentownsend4017 10 ай бұрын

@@Killerean the new pun extension for your bass

@reubentester3332 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Dad

@billkramme5443 10 ай бұрын

Evil Bass Riff sounds like it's channeling Dream Theater's Stream of Consciousness and I gotta say it's doing the work.

@bauul. 10 ай бұрын

It definitely sounds a lot like Stream of Consciousness!

@kanewills9604 10 ай бұрын

1000% Was looking for this comment haha

@ji604 10 ай бұрын

4:01

@benallen7403 10 ай бұрын

Man, I knew that there was something there. I was clicking through clips of Liquid Tension Experiment tracks trying to figure it out. Nice job!

@cgnefarious5785 10 ай бұрын

It was impossible not to notice the similarity. Amazing song and the theme fits well here as well.

@clivity8718 10 ай бұрын

you are truly one of the few bassists in the WORLD that can create natural and artifical harmonics so PERFECTLY. Your harmonics and association with the melody is truly awe-inspiring.

@Zeth-bass 10 ай бұрын

I’d say he’s the best bassist in the internet rn

@mjmason75 10 ай бұрын

@@Zeth-bass Oh yeah, I agree. I think Charles and Victor Wooten are debatably the two best best players ever!

@Zeth-bass 10 ай бұрын

@@mjmason75 faxx

@LageYouTube 10 ай бұрын

@@mjmason75If not the best bassists, at least best lead bassists.

@MaxSxB 10 ай бұрын

My favorite part is when the plugin is missing EDIT : That sponsor part was awesome, the way "instruments" add up progressively... Amazing ! The first 5mn of the video are cool too I guess

@lucya9212 10 ай бұрын

yo cant believe hes making so many metal bass videos, im really enjoying these and i hope he continues making more

@lapidations 10 ай бұрын

Let's be honest, this guy is one of the highest quality musicians-players alive.

@thiagosarraf7265 10 ай бұрын

Totally true

@Yumari-Mai 10 ай бұрын

I'm absolutely loving the stream of metal arrangements from you recently, your compositions are superb and don't go overboard IMO. They hit hard while keeping a nice flowing melody. Also the use of harmonics is so masterful, you're a guru of technique! Keep it up!

@Bassoid 10 ай бұрын

What an incredible squeeze you make out of that fretless 6 string, it's already amazing but you make it even more alienlike with the tone and the execution ! Crazy good as always Charles, I had to instantly re-listen 3 times in a row !.

@husjon 10 ай бұрын

Awesome

@AlexisRoucourt 10 ай бұрын

Obscura had legendary fretless bass on earlier records 👌

@janneheikkila3913 10 ай бұрын

Lets add First Fragment here. Some nice latin influence mixed with neo-classical melodies and riffs, with Forest LaPointes delicious fretless work.

@jamespeterson1630 8 ай бұрын

@@AlexisRoucourt JPT is ijnhumanly good. The fuckin reason I picked up fretless and never went back. Not to mention Hannes is the best songwriter the genre has ever seen imo

@TheGamingEevee8 10 ай бұрын

Nice song sounds awesome, love the missing plugin part.

@monkeybarmonkeyman 10 ай бұрын

Clearly a top three contender of your tunes, this song. As frantic as some parts all they fit together very harmoniously. Great one, Charles.

@neillobo5231 10 ай бұрын

Now, I just need a whole album like this. Also, do a whole album with Marcin Patrzalek. That would be fire. 🔥

@xavierestrada5676 10 ай бұрын

Charles does his crazy magic again!🔥 Listening to you as you brainstorm your creation from scratch is more satisfying than any finished product being put out lately. And your playing is just amazing. Thank you for this gift to the musical world

@eamonahern7495 10 ай бұрын

Just goes to show that Death was the perfect metal band back in the day. Steve DiGiorgio's fretless bass work on the Individual Thought Patterns album and a cloud formation intro to the instrumental track "Cosmic Sea" on the Human album, which features a bass solo from Steve DiGiorgio.

@FarmerHatBeard 10 ай бұрын

I came here to mention Steve DiGiorgio, and I'm glad he's already been mentioned!!!

@DstrtdMnd 2 ай бұрын

@@FarmerHatBeardsame

@estebanquesadas.4983 10 ай бұрын

Charles is becoming a complete one man band now , truly remarkable and very impressive . Thanks for the amazing music and all the effort you put in making these videos for us to enjoy .

@thegodofpez 10 ай бұрын

*I get a notification of a new Charles video, everything else can wait.*

@CharlesBerthoud 10 ай бұрын

That's a good rule for life 👍🏻

@thegodofpez 10 ай бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoud🤟🍻

@joenorsworthy 10 ай бұрын

@@CharlesBerthoud if your wife also does this, you are a lucky man! 😰😎

@mmmmsoup1964 10 ай бұрын

You know it's nice to hear something else than just the open E over and over again. Also, do you dare to tackle the Chapman stick?

@dankymatters838 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see someone using missing plugin. That one is my favorite.

@TLguitar 10 ай бұрын

Much better sounding than Found Plugin, in my opinion.

@Lovell93 10 ай бұрын

Omg okay I thought something was wrong with my computer lmfao

@burninglime9579 10 ай бұрын

I dream of the day when Charles uploads all his originals to Spotify.

@MaydupNem 10 ай бұрын

I think they're all on patron, so you could download all of them for probably a dollar

@JoeGarofaloII 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I'm glad he's actually showing us his process of composing these songs now too. I got a 5 string recently that's actually a lefty that someone flipped to right but it sounds amazing and it works well for tapping so I started playing around with that thanks to Charles' inspiration 👍

@polain8425 10 ай бұрын

The 7.Evil bass riff at 4:01 is a part from "Stream of consciousness" 's riff by Dream Theater

@LosferWerds 10 ай бұрын

I love it, it's almost "Castelvania: Symphony of the Night" boss fight-esque. I could never though, the fingerprints on the metal fretboard would driver me insane.

@cooldebt 10 ай бұрын

Oooh, that made me think what if The Consouls did a collab with Charles for some epic vgm jazz 👀

@gregmoldovan5921 10 ай бұрын

Was part 7 from Dream Theater's Stream of Consciousness! Definitely sounds reminiscent of that if not a total call-out to it.

@rikard8386 10 ай бұрын

very similar, nice touch

@bearcrimes 10 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing then I went and checked. Both songs have that riff come in around the 4:00 min mark, might just be coincidence, but if not a very cool nod.

@gregmoldovan5921 10 ай бұрын

@@bearcrimes I didn't realize that they both happened at the same time! When I first heard it, I couldn't remember the song, so I stopped the vid and imagined through the very lengthy solo until I got back to the main melody. Basically took me 4 extra minutes to figure out what song that was!

@baraharonovich2926 10 ай бұрын

Man this was fantastic. One of my favorite Charles compositions so far. That fretless bass solo was freaking awesome.

@XribbleQuebec 10 ай бұрын

Everything about this is soo good! You're an excellent musician and you will inspire many generations!

@OffbeatDooter 10 ай бұрын

Very strong Dream Theater vibes from this one :)

@facemash 10 ай бұрын

One of the bits is literally a Dream Theater riff.

@jsan2548 10 ай бұрын

Really dig the use of spoken word in the second song. Not enough musicians are willing to take that kind of chance.

@marchamill 10 ай бұрын

Magnificent job. I can listen a full album with that kind of energy. Ty for sharing your talent.

@sudam-ericka1234 10 ай бұрын

The more you merge into the sound and become one with it, you begin to find music in the simplest things and make them complex. Each video is more than enjoyable hypnotism. Without a doubt the soul vibrates. Thanks for sharing!

@patrickwilliamson29 10 ай бұрын

Love that dream theater riff you chucked in there, that fretless bass sounds awesome man

@willn.8057 10 ай бұрын

Right! I knew I heard stream of consciousness in part #7 :D Awesome tip of the hat by Charles as always

@LucaGaetanoAlboreto 10 ай бұрын

Do we all agree that this song has to be named "Missing Plugin", right? Great video man!

@wheelsmcgee9770 9 ай бұрын

This is some of the most AMAZING STUFF I HAVE HEARD IN A VERY LONG TIME LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY.

@minipily1841 10 ай бұрын

ever since ur new studio your videos have been getting so much better!

@stevesullivan8405 10 ай бұрын

Love this! By the way, Dominic LaPointe of First Fragment and Beyond Creation is keeping the fretless bass on the map, my man. My previous bass teacher. Killer musician and human.

@GazerPlur420 10 ай бұрын

I still listen/watch Forest videos weekly and I am not even a bass player. He is just that damn good.

@emanueleusai10 10 ай бұрын

Actually a lot of technical death metal/neoclassica metal bands use fretless bass. Nice job Charles🔥

@Quebster 10 ай бұрын

Dude, your ability to make the sponsor messages entertaining and worthy of watching is an amazing and under appreciated talent in and of itself. 👏 👏

@FictionCautious 9 ай бұрын

It's cloud metal from the famous manga "Yo koka is ok in the spring" Gotta love those factory meal beat that the factory delivers together with the meal itself.

@johanfredin 10 ай бұрын

Fretless Dream Theater does not sound bad at all. Rock on!

@MinteyXF 10 ай бұрын

This is flawless and I can only imagine how you got this good. Improvising seems like it comes naturally for you. Also I have a request: If Sultans of Swing was the hardest song in the world

@cooldebt 10 ай бұрын

💯 Yes please!

@avalerionbass 10 ай бұрын

I dig the build walkthrough format! Nice change of pace from the normal grip and rip it videos.

@aronhellsten3372 10 ай бұрын

i love this metal series, so cool music your creating :D

@joenorsworthy 10 ай бұрын

Who needs plug-ins? Awesome!

@chinatosinthiti3076 10 ай бұрын

I hear some Dream Theater's Stream of Consciousness, it's pretty sneaky. Great job Charles!

@sammybowker7823 10 ай бұрын

love seeing stuff like this, keep it up!

@marinojunior9176 10 ай бұрын

What an incredible sound, how much creativity my brother, Inexplicable

@davidmelton7268 10 ай бұрын

Perfectly balanced tune! Serious prog metal, but doesn't make me feel like I'm flunking a math test! lol Great work, as always!!!

@zer0hex 10 ай бұрын

Great song, I'd call it Missing plugin

@PhoebusAmoebus 8 ай бұрын

Dude that opening melody is slick af and lives rent-free in my head now. Hearing it done first with harmonics and then in picked in the upper register of the instrument was freaking dope.

@ericberthoud490 10 ай бұрын

Love the harmonics in particular!

@jamiebonsall430 10 ай бұрын

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@ltousch 10 ай бұрын

If this level of quality would be usual in the metal world, I would definitively listen to metal more often!

@Bacopa68 10 ай бұрын

As Fricker says, it's really the lack of expressive singing that has killed metal.

@christianhildalgo 10 ай бұрын

Give Archspire a listen. Masterfully written and the bassist is insane

@venari13 10 ай бұрын

youre a massive inspiration charles, thank you

@ejmazzi1499 27 күн бұрын

Drum programming, especially in the intro, is brilliant. This man is like Jaco, not physically the best at drums, but sure as heck good at composing them!

@mentox6592 10 ай бұрын

missing plugin

@sandro9677 10 ай бұрын

Great as always

@fedepia84 10 ай бұрын

I can't stress enough how this video is. The sensations are , , !!! You are Charles! 🔥

@arturchmielewski5044 10 ай бұрын

Now this is what Davie misses - your creativity and talent for creating music. You're both crazy good technical bassists, but you have the edge when it comes to creatong music. LOVE IT !!!!!

@chris_scott 10 ай бұрын

@davie504, are you taking this?

@arturchmielewski5044 10 ай бұрын

@@chris_scott exactly @davie504 :) please prove me wrong and create sth. like Charlse's impossible bass solo which was then made into full track ;)

@lifeezane3526 10 ай бұрын

Modern metal has a lot of fretless bass! Beyond creation, first fragment, the faceless…

@kaysmith4016 10 ай бұрын

Love Beyond Creation

@NeoArmstrongJetArmstrongCannon 10 ай бұрын

Haken's Aquarius is probably my metal album with fretless bass.

@cooltechnician 10 ай бұрын

Even Entheos put some great fretless riffs on this last album, Evan Brewer was playing on the studio for them

@akalichamp7030 10 ай бұрын

@@NeoArmstrongJetArmstrongCannon Aquarius has fretless bass? Actually, now that you mention it, I don't know how I didn't notice, it's literally right there in your face on Sun. Love to see another Haken fan out there btw, what an incredible band.

@zenlightenedmusiccenter349 10 ай бұрын

Amazing as always!

@jamesbates629 10 ай бұрын

It was a nice metal song the SS fretless definitely is the sound of future for metal. I also thought the sponsor spot was fun since you added a song to it. Always amazing thanks Charles.

@PorkRoll_F3 10 ай бұрын

Why wasn't this song titled "Missing Plugin?" That's the real question...

@desertfox3860 10 ай бұрын

Truly amazing! Thanks for sharing!

@eatmyfishy 10 ай бұрын

amazing bass song as usual charles!

@brechtdhaese7813 10 ай бұрын

I loved 6 and 8, definitely spiced up my morning, thanks for that

@tonq7670 10 ай бұрын

the tone work is astonishing and perfect timing, as always. A-grade

@INDAmedia 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Good luck finding your plugins ;)

@andflyaway 10 ай бұрын

Sick stuff! Thanks for keeping it metal af!

@MichaelBillerbeck 10 ай бұрын

I am not a bass player, but I enjoy watching the videos. They are so motivating, they make me want to learn bass. I know that I do not have the time. It „looks easy“ but I know that this is because of spending a lot of time and efficiency in practicing - I am pretty confident in saying that it is pretty much more time than I spare for practicing. 😅 I am ok with playing saxophone, and I know I could be better if I would practice much more and more efficiently. Playing a musical instrument is joy. I also think that I can learn from bass players for saxophone, especially for baritone saxophone. Thank you for the music. 😉

@DriversFromHere 10 ай бұрын

I have to finally give it to you!!!! You are an awesome musician!!!

@jesseweigel8397 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure how this is possible but with every successive video Charles makes I think, this video can't be topped! And then he goes and tops it with the next video

@cooldebt 10 ай бұрын

💯 and also The Consouls live vgm jazz Radio streams

@Traumglanz 10 ай бұрын

The amount of practise Charles put into bass is inspiring.

@darkshadowii4765 10 ай бұрын

Outstanding as always! 🤘😎🤘

@Kickbasser 10 ай бұрын

Unreal!! Well done Charles 👍👍👍

@jeremyhodges9480 10 ай бұрын

Man how do you put that all together, insane and awesome!

@Kommisar_Lutter 10 ай бұрын

Amazing work, as always! I wonder how that crushing bass riff would sound on fretless 😊

@Sian_Brimms 10 ай бұрын

I love your compositions

@therealbahamut 10 ай бұрын

Patrick: "Is microwave an instrument?" Charles: "Yes, Patrick, microwave is an instrument."

@LostHate 10 ай бұрын

Epic as always

@WinterSon91 10 ай бұрын

Another banger, thank you!

@christopheschrich 10 ай бұрын

Of course!! Metal & fretless bass is an awesome combination!!!

@BagpipeBanc 7 ай бұрын

wow, these riff are really nice, I like the sound of your fretless bass

@hunterhatfield7157 10 ай бұрын

I've always wanted to see what Charles would do with a Chapman's Stick/Bass

@Risen907 10 ай бұрын

That song was so good man great work

@Dynas85_ 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the stream of consciousness charles. Also hot damn that was driving me insane trying to figure where I'd heard that riff before.

@EvaFuji 10 ай бұрын

Love your content and your music. I would like to see an in depth analysis on how you make your songs.

@willtheelectrician8184 10 ай бұрын

This dude has a touch of the divine!

@adamadeptus3686 10 ай бұрын

You are so amazing on fretless, Charles. Any tips for improving accuracy to avoid going out of tune on fretless? That's the main fretless problem I struggle with.

@Ing.eliasgonzalez 10 ай бұрын

I need this in my Spotify playlist NOW!!!!

@rcmakingtracks18 10 ай бұрын

Keep doing what your doing Charles. Epic...

@davidturner1709 10 ай бұрын

This was an amazing song, I love how dream theatery it is. It’s very majestic

@bukhlz 10 ай бұрын

I remember when I was 16, I listened to like two Jeff Schmidt songs and watched some Zander Zon videos and immediately bought piccolo strings. I never did quite figure out how to use them effectively, but damn did I have a lot of fun until I broke a string then went back to bass strings lol Might be time to give it another go

@pedjailic782 10 ай бұрын

Impressive musicianship CB. Admirably entertaining commercial plugs, bravo.

@geraq0 10 ай бұрын

Amazing! This would fit so well as a boss theme in a videogame!

@SilverFlair2006 10 ай бұрын

I like how you break down what your doing to create the song. I enjoy watching that process. And what an amazing finishing product! Suggestion: How about a bass version of Bach’s Solfeggietto in C Minor?