Transcending Traditional Bass with Billy Sheehan - GearFest 2019
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Itâs amazing that Billy just gets better and better as he gets older. Thereâs more depth and musicality to his playing; itâs not so much âlook at meâ scales and acrobatics. Heâs got the chops so why not use them, but theyâre more in service of the art.
I've been watching a lot of Billy Sheehan videos lately, and I am impressed by how kind and genuine this man is. He's the type of guy you'd want to have as a mentor or even a neighbor.
My favorite bass player, and truly a phenomenal person and musician!
While not my favorite player he is definitely a powerhouse and force of nature. His playing with Steve Vai on âEat Em And Smileâ especially the song âElephant Gunâ is face melting metal.
You're Eddie's counterpart in the bass world. R.I.P. Eddie. You're the bass version of Eddie. You're the lone king now
for me, the best bass player alive. none has ever demonstrated the true potential of a 4-string bass. billy sheehan has showed the world that you don't need 5 strings nor 6 strings to produce those notes ... all you need is a 4 string bass ......
Golden, just golden. This. Is. The. Guy. He is the bass player exemplified. What an honor it is to watch a musician has this amount FUN out of his craft. Masterful.
Mans a true original. Not cookie cutter and has his own thing going on. Hes got the technique, tone and swagger
I think it is impossible to not like Mr Sheehan. I could listen to him talk about music and gear for hours! Best bassplayer in my opinion!
Billy is a living legend.
Yes, and lets wish him many more long, happy,, heathy years more!!! Long live Billy, and respect!!
I've seen a lot of interviews with Billy Sheehan. For whatever reason I am not familiar with his body of work. However, I think this guy is a truly great person. It seems to always shine through. Maybe he wasn't always this authentic but as an older guy, he is now.
Came to hear about his Yamaha stayed for the whole video, I could listen to Billy talk for hours, nothing but a class act,a true professional but comes down to a personal level, thank you Sweetwater & Billy for a great interview
i could listen to this man for hours
If you dream it, you can make it happen! Great guy with amazing talent and chops. I remember watching his vhs instructional video when I first started playing bass and it helped me a lotđđ€đ»
Me too. That video had a lot of practical advice I still use to this day. Love it...
Lucky enough to go to Bass Player Live in 2015 and I had a chance to meet Billy Sheehan and he exactly the same person in person. Amazing career obviously, but much more impressed with the man himself.
Goose bumps man hands down best bassist to ever lived.. love you man
Im falling in love with his personality
Not only the GOAT in the rock n roll bass world, but also the nicest human being. He is Billy Sheehan! â€ïžâ€ïžđđŒđđŒ
Thanks so much Mr Sheehan and Sweetwater for allowing us to see this.
It's one of those beautiful occasions where someone with a MASSIVE amount of talent is even more humble and grateful than he is talented. I love this guy.
Super nice guy and would be hard to find someone more committed to the instrument than Billy is.
Man, He's a great storyteller đđ»
Total class actđđ shows you where talent can take youđđđđ
*casually sweep picking bass... 1:01
Crazy this,my two passions are bass playing and fishing.....Love this guy and his immense talent and the tales of his career he chose as a kid.
Fishing AND playing:You must really like BASS
Inspiring. What a great human being. Thanks for sharing.
Nothing again Mike but imagine if Billy had joined Van Halen. Definitely my favorite rock bassist. And about as nice as anybody could possibly be.
Ending comments were so inspiring. Much love and respect Billy.
Used to see Billy play in Rochester, NY clubs in the mid-late 70's in various bands. Monster player then as he is now and a down to earth guy.
Billy is a monster of a bass player. I absolutely love what he says between 22:02-23:18
The Great Billy Sheehan
Hey Billy...Man..You got to be the best bassist ever...Everything you do is soo amazing..So happy your still active...Happy jamming..đ€đ€đ€
Well spoken, killer bass player, show man, Mr Big icon mr Billy Sheehan.
Billy is soooo awesome!
Probably the greatest rock bass player of all time. Great guy aswell.
Met him in Indianapolis on the B3X tour with Stu Hamm and Jeff Berlin. Such a cool down to earth dude. Love his Cosmic Troubadour CD and his playing is fairly unique and phenomenal. Really dig the super group he's in currently. They really found a place for his sound to really fit in too!!
A few days ago, I kept saying "Billy" like gizmo and now CZcams shows me a bunch of Billy Sheehan vids. At least they didn't send me Billie Ellish vidz.
Thank you SW / BS/ AV folks! Fantastic chat from a legend. Thank you for sharing - cheers!
One of my favorite players and has played with 3 of my fav drummers...
Billy doing Billy what more could one want!
My hero!
Best saund was been the rose hamelion, and red bases.
Thank you Sheehan!
The first time I saw Billy playing live with Mr Big at Velodromo Anoeta in San Sebastian , with Aerosmith , never a musician impact me in that way !!
Billy still one of the niciest guy in the biz!!! Amazing
this is "bass"ically awesome.
arjan snijder Man why you gotta go lower the tone with puns?!? đđđ
@@SeagoGuitarist :p. lower tone XD.
I don't like the way he plays but man I love him as a human being. He's so kind and he's a HUUUUGE musical culture.
Sheehan is a once in lifetime musician as a bassist, very few can claim such stature, & he has all respect from me! Except! I'm the same age, nowhere near his talent & abilities, but, I grew up when bass was actually bass, SVT with a touch of harmonic distortion, enough to grow cajones, but not so distorted that it sounded like a few of your tens in your SVT cabs were busted. But that's me, guess I'm now living in a distorted world that loves the "breakup". Now, haters, show yourselves. All respects to Billy. Tone, like music, is entirely subjective, isn't it, & I'm not a fanboy like many are, & I don't flock to the latest scenes or opinions. Billy is a phenomenal talent, but, I still enjoy a thundering bass tone, not distortion. :)
Great stuff. Billy Rocks!
love this guy thanks Billy
Awesome presentation! Thank you for sharing.
I was in the crowd!!
geekguitars so was i
I saw him and David Lee Roth years ago and man did he jam
Ooohh Billy!! (Cable Guy voice)
Sheesh what a legend
Rode out the Northridge quake in Toluca Lake. After I turned off the gas mains it was sure nice having Roy Arndts, the retired welder next door, with his array of lights set up in the front yard. I helped set up the table for the two big coffeepots. Generators can be useful.
Love Billy!
Billy is a true gentleman
This was a great video, I really enjoyed it
OMG, that B bend!!!!!!! 4:45 !!!!!
Holy crap Billy Sheehan wears his hats like me! Maybe one day Iâll play bass like him. Lol
Awesome
Awesome! As always
Even though you could see where the Orvis story was going, I still laughed and teared up. I'm going fishing now.
One day Iâll own a high end Yamaha bass probably a bb I love that bass but the one Iâm after is 2k$ plus itâs gonna be like buying my American elite jazz bass again but will be worth it
Damn it that was Awesome! TFS enjoyed it!
Your work with niacin is amazing man you can do jazz billy
THE IS STEVE VAI IN THE BASS BILLY FANTASTIC EXPECTACULAR THE BESTTTT...
Would've been great, had Sweetwater furnished a lapel, or headset mic for Billy.
I was there!
Wow I hear alot of cliff burton in his playing
Funny.
@@TheChipMcDonald what was I suppose to say I hear a lot of Billy Sheehan in cliff burton's playing?
@@hellfire8883 Billy was playing long before Cliff and has said that he is not familiar with Cliff's playing. It's perfectly possible that you hear some similarities, but Billy was in no way influenced by Cliff.
@@qdaveq6597 Yea obviously billy has been around longer than cliff. I was simply saying I hear similarities in both of their playings. But i was not insinuating that billy was influenced by cliff. If anything it would be the other way around. So Its possible cliff was influenced by billy but who knows. Regardless I just hear some similarities in their playing styles.
@@hellfire8883 Nice one, got it.
The Sound on that stage must have been quite good. Do anybody else see those kickdrum heads moving when he hits the strings ?
I would almost rather listen to him talk than play.
38:44 as a bass player from Malaysia, I'm not quite sure.... should I laugh or should I cry?
Talis high speed on ice
FUZZBUCKER! YEAH BOI!
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im only here for the shred! lol
This guy kicks serious ass on bass. Here's a sample(@2:35) during his tour with Steve Vail. czcams.com/video/4AVXax5AXOA/video.html
Why isn't Billy playing in Metallica
He would scare them away. Les Claypool did.. haha
@@lames_jahey9734 I was surprised by the fact that Robert took the job but then It's such an easy gig to have easy money and endorsement opportunities for equipment I mean wow easy who can't over an Em or Emaj 7th cord the hole time
Actually listen to Mike Portnoy Billy Paul Gilbert Gary Cherone doing a Who tribute....donât know why The Who didnât go after him.
I have an idea for a band with 2 bass players, a drummer, a percussionist & 5 part vocal harmonies...
Hahaha!
Never heard of Gallien Krueger ????????? Dang! Just sad but would love to hook him up to GK! Par Excellance player extrordianaire!!!!
Zenu approves
so does your mommy
I'm no fan of Scientology, and Billy certainly isn't evangelical about it, but he's consistently one of the sweetest, most humble rock musicians around. Scientology is a borderline criminal organization and the source of a lot of suffering (like many religions, hell, like many hierarchical organizations, period), but if he finds comfort in his faith and if it has anything to do with his easy-going, generous personality, well, more power to him.
Whole lotta notes...note Olympics...
Billy goes to great lengths to not go to a 5 string bass
Lost me when you said Line 6... just kidding haha.
He shreeeeds that poor bass
Any bass would be honored to be shredded by him! Consider it dying in a Viking battle I guess?
Christopher Taylor Oh yeah it wasnât a negative thing. I would love to be that bass haha
I can play like you. So much you will want to here me play. My name is jaymz myers I'm 52. Years young. I will meet you in person. Asap. I'm in oregon right now.
Billy here! Iâm sorry, I just saw this comment. Are you still in Oregon?
He should play guitar instead
That poor bass
Start off by making a bunch of useless noise...