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..
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
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.
@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.
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!
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.
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,
@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.
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
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" 😉
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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?
soy bajista y siempre he admirado a billy sheehan,tremenda tecnica de ambas manos,tremendo bajista,estuve en una de sus clinics,pero sus solos nunca me llegan a transmitir algo,es como si le pegaran un cable de alta tension por detras cuando va hacer un solo,es mi humilde opinion.saludos.
You are right. It's for separating "hight end" and "low end" apart. (P-style pick-up in the middle and the EB1-style pick-up in the neck). So he can play any effect via 'high-end pick-up', like distortion, chorus and so on, while maintaining a solid clean base level 'bass and foundation' via the 'low-end pick-up'. You get nice distortion and whatsoever withouth disturbing the clean solid bass sound. That's what makes his sound so solid and yet so articulate. Ver yhard to hear in the video, but it's there.
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.
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
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,!!
His bass playing feels like freedom
+edscizorhands That’s one of the best ways to put it.
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 👏
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
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.
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.
PAY YOU RESPECTS PEOPLE!!! THIS RIGHT HERE IS A BASS GUITAR LEGEND!!!!!!
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
one of the most amazing bassists of the decade.
Atu Oma Try the past 4 decades
@@マシュードーラン man this comment is 9 years old!... but still couldn't agree with you more haha
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!
His technique is just perfect. What a beast...
Wow! Insert Jaw drop here. I love his bass playing,he's such a class act also.
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 is surprisingly inspirational, after watching this I now have something to really work toward.
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!
Amazing!! Billy is bad ass!
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,
it was something supernatural for me...
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
now that's what you called music freedom!
This is totally bad ass! Billy Sheehan is a bass god!
Amazing Amazing Amazing x 100000
my word!!
First time I heard billy let loose.....holy Jesus, what a monster!
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...
~Just wow!
LOL. I had to go back and see it again. I think he did...
no wonder why hes in the same band as paul gilbert, HOLY SHIT!!!!
simply a god ...............
amazing
@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.
Jeesus miten hyvää tavaraa!
I salute u SIR BELLY SHEEHAN
Just watching this video is making my fingers tired :P
Sheehan = God
best bass player ever
Craziest stuff by Billy Sheehan so far. :P :P :P
No, you're going to use this as motivation for practicing every day so you too can get there.
Fine, ever.
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
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" 😉
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 video was altered, Billy has 10 fingers on his fret hand. Someone used effects to remove the other 6, so we only see 4.
Anyone who has to share the stage with Mr. Paul Gilbert is a God in my book.
❤
Final boss of "Bass Hero"
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
Kangen dia datang ke jakarta dan bandung lagi😀, billy sy tunggu kembali😀😀😀
Luki, yukii, yhuki, yhookie, zeaukie, zoo-zeau...
MY BASS GOD
Ohh, makes sense. Thanks
Bass. Wizard.
Where's the tab? ... Ok no
dam bill and flea are my fav bassists
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?
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.
That pinky...
Lucas Huff - you beat me to it, lol!!
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.
Love this, but I'm still a die hard Entwistle and Cliff Burton fan for groove and speed.
Holy shit I didn't know this was the guy that toured with Steve Vai. He's a total hoss!
Now I know what means the term: "Love at first sight."
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.
Goddamn!!
"...but that just makes it all the more confusing why he needs to do this."
It could be just because it's fun.
Why are people giving this man so much shit for doing what he does best?
Wow
He's a full orchestra!
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.
He is the best bass player ever
I agree 💯
@suihkubad well yea! and he'll continue forward through next decade as he did :D
I'd love to see the look on the guys face that asked him to play the root note
@spinner1208 i second the brown note
Tem um punhado de guitarristas que não fazem isso nem na guitarra! muito virtuoso.
Verdade!!!
4.19 blew my mind!!! Bet his fingers have seen blood many a time!
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...
I've always wondered why Guitar Center doesn't sell Hartke..
what neck pickups does he use?? and what bridge pickups?
@Zavaga15 He did. Search "Steve Vai - Jiboom"
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
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.
Intro part reminded me a lot of my hero, Cliff Burton.
imagine how strong his grip must be, it takes serious finger strength to tap on a bass with low distortion
DLC Legendary Difficulty
It’s kind of chilly anyway. Think I’m gonna burn my bass.
didnt he play with steve vai?
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...
Is it okay to say he's fabulous yet I imagined that's how a vacuum cleaner sounds like to a dog
@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?
He likes to, that's why:)
soy bajista y siempre he admirado a billy sheehan,tremenda tecnica de ambas manos,tremendo bajista,estuve en una de sus clinics,pero sus solos nunca me llegan a transmitir algo,es como si le pegaran un cable de alta tension por detras cuando va hacer un solo,es mi humilde opinion.saludos.
snappin necks
@SJ9495 I Think He Play With Paul Gilbert
Fucking outrageous. Can someone explain the dual inputs to me? Like I'm assuming it's one per pickup but why?
You are right. It's for separating "hight end" and "low end" apart. (P-style pick-up in the middle and the EB1-style pick-up in the neck). So he can play any effect via 'high-end pick-up', like distortion, chorus and so on, while maintaining a solid clean base level 'bass and foundation' via the 'low-end pick-up'. You get nice distortion and whatsoever withouth disturbing the clean solid bass sound. That's what makes his sound so solid and yet so articulate. Ver yhard to hear in the video, but it's there.
Do You Think He'd Accept A Request From Me For Him To Be My Bassist?
I liked the fast part.
@SJ9495 Ok Thanks
Yeah, but can he play "A Hard Day's Night" !! Lol : D
en lo unico que me parezco a billy tocando es que tambien puedo hacerlo con gorra...
Shred Bass at it finast