Metal Guitarist Tries Learning Bass

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • After 15 years of playing breakdowns on guitar... I attempt to slappa da bass
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  • @NikNocturnal
    @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +4295

    *Slap... Like*

    • @kionicxnm
      @kionicxnm 3 года назад +17

      oh no

    • @janocronismo
      @janocronismo 3 года назад +31

      Call the police...

    • @MerkMacheen
      @MerkMacheen 3 года назад +10

      This guy is the RUSSIAN BAGS UNDER EYES GUY!!!

    • @MerkMacheen
      @MerkMacheen 3 года назад +1

      Slap like!?! How about I slap you

    • @rhcpss4
      @rhcpss4 3 года назад

      Done sir. Would you like anything else?

  • @BaenaCarcosa
    @BaenaCarcosa 3 года назад +4124

    Rule #1 - Just play the same thing, but lower

  • @disturbiafromthebay
    @disturbiafromthebay 3 года назад +2759

    We all secretly enjoy it when we pick up a bass and start playing it.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +391

      NO....

    • @xTakami
      @xTakami 3 года назад +32

      @@NikNocturnal Can confirm

    • @mauricemotors8207
      @mauricemotors8207 3 года назад +35

      @@NikNocturnal Don’t feel bad I can’t play guitar or bass 😂😂😂

    • @johnbilicki913
      @johnbilicki913 3 года назад +49

      As a bass player, its no secret, gotta love my low end

    • @qsounds595
      @qsounds595 3 года назад +40

      No. Not secretly. Im a guitarist and I love the bass

  • @thceif533
    @thceif533 3 года назад +1056

    5:03 Davie's face reflecting off the bass is something of poetry

    • @Florin_A
      @Florin_A 3 года назад +16

      Haha I saw that too :)))

    • @shikarifox4337
      @shikarifox4337 3 года назад +7

      Sorry, ruined the 69 likes...

    • @AoifenicLir
      @AoifenicLir 3 года назад +5

      Davie503 confirmed?

    • @natsugineo6695
      @natsugineo6695 3 года назад +21

      You should've put 5:04

    • @thceif533
      @thceif533 3 года назад +11

      @@natsugineo6695 OH SHIT BRUHHHHH I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT NOTICE THAT

  • @MyRealityIsProof
    @MyRealityIsProof 3 года назад +1390

    Show bassists the respect they deserve by programming the bass parts in.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +238

      I tried, they didn't seem to like it

    • @ghastlyshimmer
      @ghastlyshimmer 3 года назад +33

      EZBass is so good that the band Dragged Under programmed their bass even though they already tracked the bass.

    • @pingukid726
      @pingukid726 3 года назад +7

      @@ghastlyshimmer that's actually mad dude😂😂

    • @dropsnooze5274
      @dropsnooze5274 3 года назад +7

      @@ghastlyshimmer Jesus, the bass Player had family

    • @olonix4780
      @olonix4780 3 года назад +1

      I got the reference lmao

  • @advaitpetiwale9596
    @advaitpetiwale9596 3 года назад +604

    "Question: What if I can't read music?
    Nik: None of us can, don't worry about it."
    Boy, that just gave me hope.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +79

      I gotchu dw

    • @mechwarrior5727
      @mechwarrior5727 3 года назад +16

      High key recommend learning sheet music though, it can really open up certain things, though you don't need to be a sight reading god

    • @irvinpornias9773
      @irvinpornias9773 3 года назад +5

      Do more bass

    • @stevec6427
      @stevec6427 3 года назад +9

      Only one member of the band I'm in can read music and has a degree in music. He sits at the back and hits stuff

    • @TheNeonParadox
      @TheNeonParadox 3 года назад +7

      I've been a bassist for over 20 years, and I never bothered to learn to read music. On the rare occasion I can't play by ear or trial and error, there is always online tablature.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +2104

    Davie504 would be proud of Nik

    • @Bengalfella
      @Bengalfella 3 года назад +29

      Why r u every where

    • @toyrobotarmy3482
      @toyrobotarmy3482 3 года назад +31

      @@Bengalfella bro, there are loads of guys without mustaches

    • @stronk9760
      @stronk9760 3 года назад +4

      @@Bengalfella lol cringe

    • @peeps2265
      @peeps2265 3 года назад +1

      Le Monke Titan

    • @Freakenfishzilla
      @Freakenfishzilla 3 года назад +15

      No he wouldn't. Pick is illegal, you must slapp.

  • @The_Jacksons_1644
    @The_Jacksons_1644 3 года назад +681

    Nik: Okay!... Bass is kinda cool!
    Every guitarist ever: It’s treason then

  • @treymartin6466
    @treymartin6466 3 года назад +738

    How ironic you release this the day Mudvayne announces their reunion.

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +280

      Brr Brr Deng

    • @hubr5827
      @hubr5827 3 года назад +21

      @@NikNocturnal BR BR DENG my uncles the guitarist lol

    • @Cash_Bright39
      @Cash_Bright39 3 года назад +4

      @@hubr5827 who is yoir uncle?

    • @blender3935
      @blender3935 3 года назад +22

      @@Cash_Bright39 the guitarist, dummy

    • @NihonNoMajin
      @NihonNoMajin 3 года назад +1

      Don't lie to me D: !!!

  • @raven_esque
    @raven_esque 3 года назад +577

    Nik having a crisis over the existence of da bass for 8 minutes

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +66

      Basically

    • @anjaklemmer4139
      @anjaklemmer4139 3 года назад +30

      Come on, that was a perfect opportunity for “bassically” :D

    • @nachoolivera6046
      @nachoolivera6046 3 года назад

      you should see adam neely's video on how to play bass for guitarists, really good

  • @syaifulmubarok6748
    @syaifulmubarok6748 3 года назад +226

    Davie in the next few days : " i chalenge you to bass battle NOW "

  • @foamytony3291
    @foamytony3291 3 года назад +278

    Ichika is the one man I know that can be ridiculously technical, while still being melodic. He makes me want to quit any instrument I try. With Davie, I can at least laugh while crying, but Ickika has no mercy

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 3 года назад +4

      Yup.

    • @gobelin1807
      @gobelin1807 3 года назад +6

      you should listen to "ayumu - death note" then

    • @Siraj-123-q5p
      @Siraj-123-q5p 2 года назад +4

      like I swear he'll make me quit even the triangle some day

    • @noboru5138
      @noboru5138 2 года назад +4

      Bernth too

    • @TheDiamondBladeHD
      @TheDiamondBladeHD Год назад +6

      Charles Berthoud is just like Ichika Nito, except on Bass. Check out his solo piccolo works, like Highland Dream or The Last ride

  • @systolic410
    @systolic410 3 года назад +50

    I like that every guitar player that picks up a bass sounds exactly like a guitar player playing a bass.

  • @Yats6417
    @Yats6417 3 года назад +236

    "I don't think knowing Beethoven's hair color is gonna help me shred harder"
    -Nik Nocturnal (2021)

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +42

      Can confirm, it did not make me shred harder

    • @shikarifox4337
      @shikarifox4337 3 года назад +4

      @@NikNocturnal What was the answer?

  • @williamtindol8503
    @williamtindol8503 3 года назад +75

    His reactions to the guys who are fucking amazing at Bass is priceless

  • @justinnorth4952
    @justinnorth4952 3 года назад +65

    “Oh I’m bad at everything” right at the end hit home, I felt that hard 😭

  • @wiztek1197
    @wiztek1197 3 года назад +703

    Learning from Davie is a bad idea
    You'll get checkmated real quick
    Learning from ichika is worse

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +93

      Both super slappers

    • @ThisMonky300ZX
      @ThisMonky300ZX 3 года назад +20

      Don't forget charles.

    • @jun813
      @jun813 3 года назад +13

      Charles berthoud is better

    • @Vexnatos
      @Vexnatos 3 года назад +6

      >You'll get checkmated real quick
      Not if I force a stalemate

    • @gavinaltman8577
      @gavinaltman8577 3 года назад

      @@NikNocturnal along wit nikiii boi

  • @kushagrakishore627
    @kushagrakishore627 3 года назад +105

    6:03 don't worry nik you are not alone, ichika makes everyone feel like a beginner

  • @haydengripesmanecrisp1434
    @haydengripesmanecrisp1434 3 года назад +149

    as a bassist this was hilarious to watch

  • @tyrantking9362
    @tyrantking9362 2 года назад +6

    @3:53
    "None of us can, don't worry about it."
    THE. F...ING. TRUTH!

  • @shr3dl0rd17
    @shr3dl0rd17 3 года назад +257

    After Mudvayne announced them reuniting you had to brr brr deng

  • @benturtl9076
    @benturtl9076 3 года назад +121

    I genuinely wanna see more of this

  • @paradoesntcare7275
    @paradoesntcare7275 2 года назад +53

    picking up bass as my first string instrument its always been weird. All of my guitarist friends would just pick up my bass and just start to shred but it is awesome and really informative that people realize its a totally different skill set, and guitarists and bassists alike realize its its not just as simple as playing guitar with less strings and bassists knowing guitar isn't just bass with more strings. They have their own skill set and their own place in the band/setup

    • @TheColognican51213
      @TheColognican51213 4 месяца назад

      What I realised when switching from the guitar to the bass guitar was, that it's helpful to have your mind set up completely new and forget about the guitar skill whatsoever, except for the pick - I am used to it and makes the attack just next level... -, otherwise you actually just look and sound lost! A bass guitar appears similar, which it is in some way, but the approach playing along to a song is absolutely different! Check the clip of Glen from SpectreSound!!!

  • @jacketyt6992
    @jacketyt6992 3 года назад +130

    *freeze frame* "Yup, that's me, you're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +19

      ^^ Yup

    • @Trent2002W
      @Trent2002W 3 года назад +1

      I know what this is referencing but I don't exactly

    • @adrianjohnson2282
      @adrianjohnson2282 3 года назад

      @@Trent2002W pretty sure it's a tiktok thing, but it's great that you can do that with literally any point in this video ^^

    • @Trent2002W
      @Trent2002W 3 года назад +1

      @@adrianjohnson2282 I'm a dumbass its spiderman 1 I've seen that movie so many times idk how I forgot

  • @franbian
    @franbian 3 года назад +71

    The day has finally came

  • @airconditioningunit9777
    @airconditioningunit9777 3 года назад +273

    today on meme monday: nik seems to have gone insane

  • @joshgraham2456
    @joshgraham2456 3 года назад +18

    As a bassist I absolutely love watching guitars try and learn bass. Good work my guy! Keep it up

  • @B_assMan.Archive
    @B_assMan.Archive 3 года назад +28

    Nik: 4:48
    I, a bassist: _"I have achieved my goal, I can now finally die in peace."_

  • @Engineer_Heathen
    @Engineer_Heathen 3 года назад +72

    This was surprisingly entertaining. Love the bass.

  • @Chaosdude341
    @Chaosdude341 3 года назад +15

    I very much enjoy this "Metal Guitarist Tries" series. I support multiple parts where you're actually improving and working on areas (like reading sheet music, playing another instrument, etc.).

  • @sovieticreaper9674
    @sovieticreaper9674 3 года назад +6

    6:15 - Here's the brr brr deng, we know you came for it

  • @Foobymaster1
    @Foobymaster1 3 года назад +115

    We need guitar and bass covers now.

  • @danielseale9636
    @danielseale9636 3 года назад +32

    I like the part when he did the Brr Brr Deng

  • @leonardowronski6171
    @leonardowronski6171 3 года назад +40

    Even Nik feels like quit guitar because of Ichika so why am I even trying to play it?

  • @joeyyexist9738
    @joeyyexist9738 3 года назад +292

    "I'm not impressed by your performance."- Davie504

    • @NikNocturnal
      @NikNocturnal  3 года назад +54

      Same

    • @parousia8423
      @parousia8423 3 года назад +3

      Is this a GSP reference?

    • @AdamManley7
      @AdamManley7 3 года назад +2

      Davie504 be judging from the video AND the reflection in the bass

  • @CPurdiePlays
    @CPurdiePlays 3 года назад +9

    This made my day. You had me laughing so hard. Not that it matters, but I respect you even more now. So many guitar players think that there is nothing to playing the bass and it's easier than guitar. Maybe in some aspects, but you just showed it's not always the case. As a bassist, thank you for putting out this video.

  • @Blueeyedramblings
    @Blueeyedramblings 3 года назад +4

    "Ok, so bass might not be a conspiracy, it might be real" - One of my favorite lines I've heard in a long time, ha!!! As a guitarist, I love how bass came second in behind guitar in every "how to" search hahah

  • @Shiroar
    @Shiroar 3 года назад +25

    Best to just think of Ichika as a robot god and not compare yourself to him. Guy played beautifully on a harp after one month.
    Anyway I much enjoy watching you decide to skip the basics and then freak out at the super advanced stuff. Keep it coming! 😂

  • @davidmonterroza6665
    @davidmonterroza6665 3 года назад +81

    Yeah bro. You are now ready for a bass battle with Davie

  • @stefandinus7701
    @stefandinus7701 2 года назад +2

    Seeing the opposite end of me, where someone is in pain from slap and comfortable with a pick is weird.
    Pick feels like I'm trying to shake hands with a cat

  • @Nomnia
    @Nomnia 3 года назад +7

    Fucking lost it at "ichika already makes me want to quit guitar, this is illegal!"

  • @techhy_
    @techhy_ 3 года назад

    7:32 wtf
    that riff is badass
    I typically do my riffs something like that, and that's just my sorta riffing taken to the max and I love it

  • @rybo0072
    @rybo0072 3 года назад +11

    The moment you realise the bass is waaaaay harder than playing the guitar and actually more fun.

  • @nofoxgiven6561
    @nofoxgiven6561 3 года назад +1

    Having started on guitar and moved onto bass myself, I have extra joy seeing guitarists try bass

  • @clappedtrim2319
    @clappedtrim2319 3 года назад +150

    finally, you learn a real instrument

  • @NolanHolladay
    @NolanHolladay 11 месяцев назад

    this is literally the best/funniest guitar video I've watched yet! thank you for openly sharing your journey with us! 🙏🏼

  • @Vyrus-1980
    @Vyrus-1980 3 года назад +3

    As a bassist who had to go the opposite route thanks to pandemic reality, having to learn to play guitar to continue making music in this solo at home musician world, it was nice seeing your exploration. :) I feel ya on the distance in string spacing and the general size difference giving you crap when switching over. Trying to play guitar I feel like I'm holding some ukelele tinker toy that's gonna break if I play slightly aggressively and trying to make chords on guitar feels like I have to compress and shrink my hand into this tiny little claw in order to not overshoot the fret I'm aiming for by a full octave. xD
    Always enjoy your "tries to learn" videos dude, entertaining stuff.
    P.S. OH BTW, about making chords on bass, yes you absolutely can however as you saw because of the lower fundamental frequencies it will sound like muddy crap without tweaking your EQ and technique a bit. Larger chordal intervals helps in order to spread out the frequencies along with using basic two-note "cheater chords" (as I call them) instead of the full-on chord shape. Oh, and go ahead and use a pick bro. 1mm is a good all around size for bass on the quick. There's still a bunch of the old boomer mentality out there about "Bassist only use ______" but you can completely ignore all that crap. Lemmy, Chancellor, Squire, Bobby Vega, etc. All pickers, all legends.

  • @viniciusleaoa
    @viniciusleaoa 3 года назад +61

    4:45 PLEASE don't let Bradley Hall find out that it's possible to sweep on a bass!!!

  • @jakemode
    @jakemode 3 года назад +15

    5:01 davies reflection in the bass holy shit 🤣

  • @metalheaddd97
    @metalheaddd97 3 года назад +14

    It really finally came; slap that bass!

  • @Kiaran249
    @Kiaran249 3 года назад +11

    Nik just went insane from playing bass

  • @jon-paulchartier8856
    @jon-paulchartier8856 3 года назад +1

    I'm a bass player and I love how you spotlight how different the two instruments are. thank you.

  • @dominicakadragun3103
    @dominicakadragun3103 3 года назад +43

    “There’s just so much wood!” - Nik 2021

  • @yellowsaurus4895
    @yellowsaurus4895 3 года назад

    The way he tried to strum the tritone in the br br deng instead of popping was so precious

  • @hbabycakes
    @hbabycakes 3 года назад +33

    In the thumbnail I saw Davie, then I saw Nik, then I couldn't help but click.

  • @owengavel4523
    @owengavel4523 3 года назад +11

    omg please do more bass videos this was amazing lmao

  • @Mosh0722
    @Mosh0722 3 года назад +5

    4:48. On behalf of all guitarists, you are banished. Treason is not accepted

  • @tylercady3985
    @tylercady3985 3 года назад

    Funny that you posted this just after I ordered my first bass. And that it popped up in my recommended the day it shows up.

  • @Kotajohns
    @Kotajohns 3 года назад +8

    "I'm a pro at plucking now...cuz the dude showed me how to finger the bass"
    "Video will be demonitized"
    Killed me 🤣🤣💀

  • @zeta7583
    @zeta7583 3 года назад +3

    welcome to the club, you cant leave because we get very sad when people do

  • @gabrielpadua3568
    @gabrielpadua3568 3 года назад +4

    "So many knobs i fell like a DJ" lol

  • @christophermiller5433
    @christophermiller5433 3 года назад

    This is the first time I actually knew more than Nik on a topic! And was immediately depressed but also intrigued

  • @senorpeebo2360
    @senorpeebo2360 3 года назад +16

    Now Nik has *no right* to shit talk bassists. 😈

  • @mattwhatley93
    @mattwhatley93 3 года назад

    I like that I just heard y’all talk about playing bass on the Get Tucked podcast the other day.

  • @thefairchildbros.9184
    @thefairchildbros.9184 2 года назад +5

    2:32 Teenage boys in the morning.

  • @liamryan6177
    @liamryan6177 3 года назад

    never thought i would see Nathan in a nik video and im so happy I have

  • @michaelvangeert3213
    @michaelvangeert3213 3 года назад +5

    'there's just so much wood'
    That's what she said

  • @CodyKeltner
    @CodyKeltner 2 года назад +1

    Nik: bass is cool
    Me who plays both guitar and bass: it is very cool indeed mr nocturnal

  • @shunedits6155
    @shunedits6155 3 года назад +5

    6:25 yessssss he played it

  • @DannyJB1993
    @DannyJB1993 3 года назад +2

    I just got a 5 string schecter stilleto. Sounds like heaven. Feels like a dream

  • @brysonnickles9122
    @brysonnickles9122 3 года назад +8

    I have feared this day for a long time

  • @Vulcanwoman
    @Vulcanwoman 2 года назад

    Nik: Bass is cool
    Guitarists: So you have chosen death.

  • @lombrespike09
    @lombrespike09 3 года назад +14

    When you realize how to make distorted tones on bass, you never want to go back to guitar again

  • @vitorusso7086
    @vitorusso7086 3 года назад

    This has to be the most entertaining BASS video in RUclips history!!!

  • @th3.c1ph3r3r
    @th3.c1ph3r3r 3 года назад +5

    next episode: Nik attempts to John Myung the bass

  • @Gsr_automotive
    @Gsr_automotive Год назад

    Watching Nik learn base is the highlight of my week

  • @alunrhydderch1786
    @alunrhydderch1786 3 года назад +3

    In all fairness to davie, he's become a meme but he's a killer bass player. Credit to nik, thought you killed it there 👌

  • @SunnyAyyy
    @SunnyAyyy 3 года назад +1

    it's so funny how he went from sounding like a complete beginner when picking with his fingers at the end and then he went to shredding riffs with the pick and sounding like a badass loll

  • @zanderwimpee8773
    @zanderwimpee8773 3 года назад +29

    He’s finally turning to the Dark Side.😈😈😈

    • @NRDwho
      @NRDwho 3 года назад

      Wait. "Dark Side?" Is this a reference to Finnish entry in that annual European song contest?

    • @zanderwimpee8773
      @zanderwimpee8773 3 года назад

      @@NRDwho Kinda, it’s mainly a Star Wars reference but since guitarist and Bassist are jokingly enemies, so he’s turning to the Dark Side

  • @patheticambush
    @patheticambush 3 года назад

    Because of you I bought my first guitar ltd m 50 mat black cant wait to starting playing

  • @RonnieCanMusic
    @RonnieCanMusic 3 года назад +5

    Never been this early to a Nik video, but here I am. 🤠🤠⌛️

  • @tomyork3583
    @tomyork3583 3 года назад

    Glad it didn't take long for you to get a video up.

  • @rxpapi
    @rxpapi 3 года назад +4

    1:50 Marty spotted

  • @jamesryanhodges
    @jamesryanhodges 3 года назад

    I fully support more bass vids! Fire & the Flames future video!

  • @kennethhealon21
    @kennethhealon21 3 года назад +4

    I really want to learn bass. This is exactly how I imagine my learning curve 😂 “fuck it, gunna just use a pick”

  • @PolarityMetal
    @PolarityMetal 3 года назад +1

    1:30 new Royal Blood sounds amazing

  • @NihonNoMajin
    @NihonNoMajin 3 года назад +3

    "Where am I suppose to learn? HYROGLYPHICS?!"- Nik 2021

  • @user-io9pt2it5x
    @user-io9pt2it5x 3 года назад +1

    I really enjoyed your beginning on the bass! When i started playing bass, it was much worse! You know, you had some knowledge at your beginning behind the bass, i hadn't! So good job for the first time!😁👍🏼

  • @c.l.8213
    @c.l.8213 2 года назад +3

    Bass > Guitar

  • @gabriel.m6423
    @gabriel.m6423 2 года назад +1

    2:32 yes nik, there is just so much wood

  • @jegarver21
    @jegarver21 3 года назад +8

    Can you play chords on a bass? Ew! Love it!

  • @funkaforfan
    @funkaforfan 3 года назад +1

    "OKAY STEVEN" This just killed me for some reason.

  • @Perezdoesstuff
    @Perezdoesstuff 3 года назад +19

    Davie watching this would be EPIC

  • @antonsanders3926
    @antonsanders3926 3 года назад

    This made me so happy. You have a new subscriber.

  • @jam_northstar6912
    @jam_northstar6912 3 года назад +3

    1:30 I thought it was tool

  • @mortusdominus
    @mortusdominus 3 года назад +2

    "Wait, why do I get a video, how do I tune a guitar in bass tuning, before I get how to tune a bass?" Welcome to bass.

  • @steampunkenie9807
    @steampunkenie9807 3 года назад +3

    8:00 - Heard of Animals as Leaders?

  • @puffin20
    @puffin20 3 года назад

    When you put that distortion on the Bass, it kinda reminded me of Lemmy. RIP Legend!

  • @nickshepley2566
    @nickshepley2566 3 года назад +3

    How’d you just write the heaviest bass line ever like it’s heavier than the bass itself

  • @DariiaPlaysMusic
    @DariiaPlaysMusic 3 года назад

    Opened this thinking “well this has gotta be good” and I wasn’t disappointed lol