Guitar Center Sessions: Billy Sheehan - Solo Bass Performance
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Bassist Billy Sheehan is known around the world for his prodigious technique and mind-boggling chops. He has toured and recorded with artists like David Lee Roth, Terry Bozio, Steve Vai, Denis Chambers, and Richie Kotzen, not to mention dazzling fans with his legendary band, Mr. Big.
Steve Vai + Billy Sheehan= The greatest performance you've ever seen.
Yeeeeeah
Add Peart to the mix
Absolutely. Eat em and Smile tour was epic.
G3 version yeeeah Liiike it🔥🔥
Billy with Bumblefoot for me !!! : D
Looks like a very gentle, down to earth man. In all the videos/clinics he keeps answering the usual questions without looking bored to death and always keeping the explanations entertaining. I really admire this.
I was in a band that opened for Mr Big years ago.
Shot the poop with Billy at the end of the night for a bit.
Let me tell you, I met a few people in the "biz"
He was one of the nicest, if not the nicest guy, you will ever come across in the industry.
Salt of the Earth..
(And you would be amazed how many appear to be so nice in front of the camera, they're just total assholes..
Down to earth? You think believing in Scientology is “down to earth”? Yikes.
His bass playing feels like freedom
+edscizorhands That’s one of the best ways to put it.
Billy has created his own sound and mastered bass through doing so. Nails the harmonics as well.. Perfect expression by bending the strings too!
Being a bassist myself he always inspires me to practice. Great guy and legend on the 4 strings,!!
It's like Yngwie Malmsteen out of control and with only 4 strings.
+Kenjh71 Got news for you, He was Yngwie before Yngwie was Yngwie
Billy Sheehan is the best bass player on Earth and that's what Vai said...anyone who listened to Mr.Big agrees with that too...i just LOVE the way he plays bass no matter if Vai, Gilbert, Kotzen or any other musician plays-jamms with him
I was the warm up band many times for Billy Sheehan Talas in NY back in early 80s still the best bass player I have ever seen just amazing 👏
Tremendous skill ALWAYS has musical merit. This is a lifetime devoted to an instrument. Yes...He IS God on bass.
@David Zedner. A long time ago, I saw him in concert with David Lee Roth And Steve Vai. For a short time, DLR formed a band with these guys after he left Van Halen.
A lot of people are saying "OMG THURRS NO FEEL TO DA BASS SOLO", well he isn't trying to be groovy. This is just him showing off. Nothing more. Calm the fuck down, folks.
Your all jealous!!! I know I am!!! Who can blow their wod with all kinds of super fast different licks and changes on the bass for 7:00 minutes?? Not you wankers posting!! Outstanding Mr. Sheehan!!! You have been the one to watch for 30 years!! Thank you!
Wow! Insert Jaw drop here. I love his bass playing,he's such a class act also.
PAY YOU RESPECTS PEOPLE!!! THIS RIGHT HERE IS A BASS GUITAR LEGEND!!!!!!
Billy has played & traded licks w/ my 2 favorite guitarists: Steve Vai & Paul Gilbert and held his own! He is phenominal and such a cool guy!
ele é fera demais...ele tem o estilo dele...abriu o territorio dele no mundo do baixo, só ele pisa, só ele sabe!Solo incrivel
Well, you have to take into consideration what a solo really is. It's a very self indulgent thing. Some people (especially the more tech players) look at it more "because i can" rather than how musical it is. It's your time to express yourself through your chosen medium, here it is a bass.
This video was altered, Billy has 10 fingers on his fret hand. Someone used effects to remove the other 6, so we only see 4.
LOL. I had to go back and see it again. I think he did...
Couldn't agree more. Billy's solo's are like drum solos! I've always said that? Is it fantastic and catchy to listen to? No. Is it a perfect showcase of his mad chops? Hell yes,
His technique is just perfect. What a beast...
Amazing!! Billy is bad ass!
my word!!
one of the most amazing bassists of the decade.
Atu Oma Try the past 4 decades
@@user-hk7hz9cn7v man this comment is 9 years old!... but still couldn't agree with you more haha
@SJ9495 He played with Vai, with Satriani and many others. With Paul Gilbert he played in Mr Big and he was also the bassist of the legendary G3 tours around Satriani/Vai... most inspiring fellow.
it was something supernatural for me...
amazing
now that's what you called music freedom!
Because they do not have the distribution rights to do so, some other company that DOES sell Hartke probably signed a contract for the distribution rights in the area.
This is totally bad ass! Billy Sheehan is a bass god!
no wonder why hes in the same band as paul gilbert, HOLY SHIT!!!!
Amazing Amazing Amazing x 100000
Where's the tab? ... Ok no
They compare Billy to God but it isn't fair, he is no Billy Sheehan.
Fyre Hawk He doesn't need to be because He created him. Smh, why would The Creator need to show proof that He's Better? Doesn't make since.
christian henry The joke... the joke...
This video is surprisingly inspirational, after watching this I now have something to really work toward.
~Just wow!
Es una bestia del bajo...
S O R P R E N D E N T E
He is a beast of the bass...
A W E S O M E
Craziest stuff by Billy Sheehan so far. :P :P :P
First time I heard billy let loose.....holy Jesus, what a monster!
simply a god ...............
Just watching this video is making my fingers tired :P
Sheehan = God
Kangen dia datang ke jakarta dan bandung lagi😀, billy sy tunggu kembali😀😀😀
Luki, yukii, yhuki, yhookie, zeaukie, zoo-zeau...
Fine, ever.
Jeesus miten hyvää tavaraa!
I salute u SIR BELLY SHEEHAN
That pinky...
Lucas Huff - you beat me to it, lol!!
Anyone who has to share the stage with Mr. Paul Gilbert is a God in my book.
best bass player ever
No, you're going to use this as motivation for practicing every day so you too can get there.
I'm done. I give up on bass
Billy has made alot of us feel the same. But we have to keep in perspective, he has been doing this since the 1970s. I mean hard at it.
This inspires me to try ....
Check out the stereo Hartke rig .... He is the master, why not learn from him?
Final boss of "Bass Hero"
I'm borrowing those licks @ 0:35. Ripping those double stops in forths.
Like the term: "if you take licks from 1 person, it's plagiarism, if you take licks from many players, it's research" 😉
Bass. Wizard.
He enjoys it. It's fun to him, and people just happen to enjoy listening, so he does it for them. He gets to be a kid and do what's fun and get money, I'd do it too lol
Maybe because that is what people expects and what Billy gets paid to do. After all he has built a career around that. I personally get bored after 10 seconds of those solos, but I love his attitude and personality. And he surely has GREAT advises for new players.
Now I know what means the term: "Love at first sight."
dam bill and flea are my fav bassists
"...but that just makes it all the more confusing why he needs to do this."
It could be just because it's fun.
He is the best bass player ever
I agree 💯
Ohh, makes sense. Thanks
Love this, but I'm still a die hard Entwistle and Cliff Burton fan for groove and speed.
He's a full orchestra!
Holy shit I didn't know this was the guy that toured with Steve Vai. He's a total hoss!
❤
I love how people listen to solo's from mad scientists of technique like this and expect them to play slow, soulful solo's, when it's obvious that the players are getting PAID TO WANK AWAY!
If you were getting paid to goof off at something you were damned good at and loved to do, your solo's would be no different.
@suihkubad well yea! and he'll continue forward through next decade as he did :D
@Zavaga15 He did. Search "Steve Vai - Jiboom"
I agree that stuff like this isn't exactly listening material, but having those chops can't hurt, in case a real song calls for something tough. Besides, it _is_ impressive, and while 7 minutes of nonstop shredding is a bit much, a short display is still great.
Peart's can be musical. Heck with his newer like $1,000,000 set, he has a whole jazz hornline with him with the midi triggers n such.
Tem um punhado de guitarristas que não fazem isso nem na guitarra! muito virtuoso.
Verdade!!!
I've always wondered why Guitar Center doesn't sell Hartke..
Dios creo al mundo en 6 días y el 7mo dia se dedico a enseñarle a tocar el bajo a Billy sheehan
Ahi te equivocas,billy sheehan es dios
@spinner1208 i second the brown note
MY BASS GOD
didnt he play with steve vai?
are those 2 outputs for his guitar? never seen that before. anyone know what that's for?
One for highs, one for lows, each pickup is on a separate channel...
what neck pickups does he use?? and what bridge pickups?
@SJ9495 I Think He Play With Paul Gilbert
Oh, how I love comments like yours. It gives me something to laugh about after a long day. The ONLY thing he didn't do was to actually set it on fire. He's not amped up at a concert hall with 20,000 screaming fans pumped full of an adrenalinic musical high and pouring his soul out every 32nd note at a time, he's in freakin' Guitar Center, cramming 40 years of various bass techniques into a 7 minute improv solo. Keep practicing your 1-2 hours a day and get back with me in about 30 years.
en lo unico que me parezco a billy tocando es que tambien puedo hacerlo con gorra...
I'd love to see the look on the guys face that asked him to play the root note
Wow
It’s kind of chilly anyway. Think I’m gonna burn my bass.
Intro part reminded me a lot of my hero, Cliff Burton.
@SJ9495 Ok Thanks
4.19 blew my mind!!! Bet his fingers have seen blood many a time!
Why are people giving this man so much shit for doing what he does best?
Look at his pinky when he uses his third finger...
It's moving just as fast as all the other fingers, but it's just in the air...
@XiXGuitarDemonXiX lol yeah, but he's playing bass like you said..
Goddamn!!
@alixcho One for each pickup
@MannyBlue65 oh wow, i hadn't even thought about that lol. oh well, free advertising for Sam Ash, which just happens to be directly across the street from the Guitar Center i shop at...ironic huh?
imagine how strong his grip must be, it takes serious finger strength to tap on a bass with low distortion
"For a while"?
He likes to, that's why:)
Do You Think He'd Accept A Request From Me For Him To Be My Bassist?
DLC Legendary Difficulty
Yeah, but can he play "A Hard Day's Night" !! Lol : D
What's not musical about his playing? Yeah, it's not rhythmic or has melody like traditional solos, but I find that what Billy plays is superb nonetheless. He's breaking outside the mold and plays what he feels, not what he should. IMO, he's taking music back to the root of it's definition in terms of art, the outpouring of self-expression. Sure music theory can teach you how to create and form music, but nothing can teach you how to feel and express it but your own love for it.
why does he have 2 wires going into his guitar?
2:54 ... raw speed