How to Sound Like...Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers

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  • Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
  • AMP The Bass Player shows you how to get Flea's tone using inexpensive and easy-to-find gear
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    Featured gear:
    Zoom B1X FOUR Multi-Effects Bass Guitar Pedal:
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    Sterling by Music Man StingRay Electric Bass:
    www.zzounds.com/a--3970972/te...
    Squier Classic Vibe '70s Jazz Electric Bass:
    www.zzounds.com/a--3970972/it...
    We make a small commission on any product purchased through our affiliate links. If you would like to support The Bass Channel on your next gear purchase, whether it be strings, cables, picks, or the gear in this video, check out zZounds! Using our link doesn’t cost you anything extra but it helps us quite a bit. Thank you!
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    Download the Flea Zoom patch on Patreon: / ampthebassplayer
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    Subscribe to AMP's personal channel: / @ampthebassplayer
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    Follow AMP on Instagram: / ampthebassplayer
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    Chapters
    0:00 - Intro
    0:39 - Flea's Gear
    2:32 - Flea Tone on a budget
    3:11 - The Zoom patch explained
    4:10 - Let's play some Flea lines
    7:51 - Rewards for the patient
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    #HTSL

КОМЕНТАРІ • 82

  • @patrickhunter
    @patrickhunter 2 роки тому +67

    "The tone is in the hands, gear doesn't matter and we're all gonna die..."
    The perfect quote for my upcoming tramp stamp tattoo!!!

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому +3

      Better than "live laugh love" I guess! lol

    • @TheJordiguardia
      @TheJordiguardia 2 роки тому +1

      the same as you Patrick!!! you really sound good in every review you make!!!!

  • @t.j.meechan682
    @t.j.meechan682 2 роки тому +49

    Flea and Claypool are the two main bassists that made me want to play. Really enjoyed the video.

    • @Trygvar13
      @Trygvar13 2 роки тому +5

      For me it was Steve Harris, Geezer Butler and Geddy Lee. I never really liked Red Hot Chilly Peppers but I don appreciate his skills.

    • @stevenvalenti3722
      @stevenvalenti3722 2 роки тому +1

      Gotta love Steve , Geddy and Geezer🤘🍺

    • @IndyCoasterCreator
      @IndyCoasterCreator 2 роки тому +1

      Same man, Primus and Chili Peppers have been my favorite bands for a few years now and especially claypool inspired me to start playing bass

    • @somedude5414
      @somedude5414 2 роки тому +1

      "It's Flea and Claypool with the Morning Zoo, right here on KAOS-FM." :P

  • @ttb4456
    @ttb4456 2 роки тому +34

    I would love a version like this for Rex Brown in both PanterA and on the second DOWN album! Great content guys, love it!

  • @mattiasjp
    @mattiasjp 2 роки тому +10

    Flea played a fair bit of Spector NS2 and Wal basses in the studio in the early years. BloodSugarSexMagic is almost entirely recorded with a four string Wal and a five string Stingray.

  • @acardozo
    @acardozo 2 роки тому +4

    Another cool video by AMP! Great job!

  • @Therealchuckbailey
    @Therealchuckbailey 2 роки тому +5

    Man I love these videos! Great job man!

  • @ileutur6863
    @ileutur6863 2 роки тому +32

    Flea sounded infinitely better with the wal and stingray than with any of those modulus, fleabass and now fenders.

  • @jim3541
    @jim3541 2 роки тому +9

    Great video man , you get very very close to fleas old sound with the sterling . The envelope filter effect you're running is also great with the overdrive. Flea actually plays the around the world verse with his finger just an fyi , it does sound cool slapped though albeit much harder to do the fills.

  • @thefrogger6507
    @thefrogger6507 2 роки тому +4

    Good to see our boi featured on a big name channel, and on a Flea video no less

  • @joshbeast8599
    @joshbeast8599 2 роки тому +3

    This was just awesome!!😁

  • @user-je8dl5dm9p
    @user-je8dl5dm9p Рік тому

    AMP you're such a sneaky good bass player. I've been watching u here and your channel a few years. And you're always consistent. I love 🦞 and 🐂 and Jonny Dibble. I know u guys are all friendly all so different. A quad of amazing men period

  • @FranckyBassLines
    @FranckyBassLines 2 роки тому +4

    Excellent ! Thank you !!!

  • @destroyer28100
    @destroyer28100 2 роки тому +3

    Was surprised to see amp here, follow him on tiktok 😂

  • @davedixon2167
    @davedixon2167 2 роки тому +14

    That 410 cabsim really does change the tone quite drastically from the comp+head alone! Sounds like you had to re-EQ a little between that and some of the initial samples?

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому +3

      The patch building process is a very holistic thing. Lots of nip and tuck as you go along. The clips I showed are just where everything ended up. I didn't realize how much that cab was doing until I was pretty far along into building it.

  • @jefferyryan7232
    @jefferyryan7232 23 дні тому

    Great video!!! Thanks! How do I become a channel member to watch the other members only videos?

  • @jaredbossart4038
    @jaredbossart4038 Рік тому

    Solid video! I would be interested in a video exploring Al Cisnero's sound!

  • @liozeon643
    @liozeon643 2 роки тому +2

    Always enjoy these videos. Next one I like to see is Justin Chancellor.

  • @overbeekaudio3808
    @overbeekaudio3808 2 роки тому +2

    Loving this video! For his amps dont matter statement, I wonder if he's sending a direct signal to FOH before his amps?

  • @bassimprovjams3772
    @bassimprovjams3772 2 роки тому +2

    Wanna sound like Flea? Grab a stingray or a MM pickup in the “sweet spot” and a J on the side
    I’m the same way a stingray or a MM pickup is my sound, with at times the Darkglass Xultra
    You nailed his “around the World” intro tone for sure!! Nice!

  • @bradaudition
    @bradaudition 2 роки тому +4

    Don't apologize for the Classic Vibe. Those things are SOLID!

    • @Lord_Verminaard
      @Lord_Verminaard 2 роки тому

      Thought it sounded better than the Stingray myself!

  • @franciscosoutullo8401
    @franciscosoutullo8401 Рік тому

    Llevo tiempo buscando patchs para ese pedal, estoy empezando y quiero los sonidos de RHCP, Faith No More, Infectius Groove, entre otros.
    Muchas gracias por el aporte, lo haces genial. ya tienes un seguidor mas!!!

  • @paulwilliams6959
    @paulwilliams6959 2 роки тому +5

    Had that noisey odb-3 on my board for years... so glad I upgraded to the source audio aftershock!

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому

      As soon as I can get my hands on the Boss ODB-3, I want to shoot it out against the Zoom's version and see how they compare.

    • @davedixon2167
      @davedixon2167 2 роки тому +1

      I still love the ol ODB - gain way down and mix at like 9-10:00 is a nice crunchy addition

    • @ileutur6863
      @ileutur6863 2 роки тому +1

      The odb was my first pedal and damn I spent years trying to make it sound good. As soon as I switched to darkglass my sound transformed

    • @paulwilliams6959
      @paulwilliams6959 2 роки тому +1

      @@ampthebassplayer id send you mine, but I modded it with the wampler suggestions from his .pdf he used to sell... and with radio shack parts... yep, im old!

    • @SeeSawMassacre
      @SeeSawMassacre 2 роки тому

      @@davedixon2167 I'm right there with ya- i don't think i'll ever replace mine. I've got it set up the same as you described and it sounds fantastic in a mix (new or dead strings), and it records great. I saw the bassist from Easy Action (John Brannon's band) play through one and he sounded incredible. It brings this warm, ampegy grind to my sound- tons of character.

  • @AnaObscura
    @AnaObscura Рік тому

    great vid🖤 it would be even more perf if the sterling pickup was rewired in parallel like a stingray. zingy fresh strings and parallel pickups give it that super bright clarityy

  • @fakeaxie5940
    @fakeaxie5940 Рік тому

    Nice one of my fave bassist

  • @Z4blA
    @Z4blA 2 роки тому +4

    consider making a Cliff Burton video! That would be amazing

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому

      Way ahead of you!
      ua-cam.com/video/SzTmEe84SFA/v-deo.html

    • @bassimprovjams3772
      @bassimprovjams3772 2 роки тому

      “Which Bass” “Alfie” already covered a very extensive video dedicated to Cliff!!

    • @Z4blA
      @Z4blA 2 роки тому

      @@bassimprovjams3772 Yeah I've seen it a long time ago, but there weren't any amp setting or something explaining how to really sound like Cliff. It was more gear related

  • @3020AlexA
    @3020AlexA 2 роки тому +3

    You forget to mention his attack when playing finger style - he often hits them strings pretty hard

  • @carloszagal1934
    @carloszagal1934 2 роки тому

    love the series! do Justin Chancellor!

  • @gondelio
    @gondelio 2 роки тому +2

    🎶🎵🎶Psycho, Sir Psycho, yeah! ... he's the man that I met one time... 🎵🎶🎵

  • @fakeaxie5940
    @fakeaxie5940 Рік тому

    Where can i download the settings on how to sound like flea.ty. btw good slapping bro

  • @user-my7fj4hq5f
    @user-my7fj4hq5f 6 місяців тому

    how did the cabinet sound that different? i dont have zoom.. can i mimic that with just a EQ setting?

  • @siomairice1127
    @siomairice1127 Рік тому

    I am looking for options. I've been looking for options to get a modern metal clank clank tone. Darkglass is very expensive, so my options are zoom B1x4, or Demon FX A3k

  • @ivan-yy7sn
    @ivan-yy7sn 2 роки тому +1

    hello there! how did u simulate gk cabs?

  • @xero_2003
    @xero_2003 4 місяці тому

    Definitely need to redo Peter hook. In particular do his live sound, the wobbly chorus and the reverb

  • @fakeaxie5940
    @fakeaxie5940 Рік тому

    How can i download on how to sound like flea

  • @nicolasaraistrujak208
    @nicolasaraistrujak208 2 роки тому +1

    Id like to know how you set the Compressor settings, thanks

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому +1

      The exact settings are on my Patreon page here: www.patreon.com/posts/htsl-flea-from-67566600?

  • @jacobejt7944
    @jacobejt7944 8 місяців тому

    I’m struggling to find the bass od on my zoom, is it one I have to upload onto it

  • @fonkamex
    @fonkamex Рік тому

    Flea said in an interview he used an Alembic Epic exclusively for recording in the early days. He uses Stingrays in live only situations.

  • @zeenedin9013
    @zeenedin9013 7 місяців тому

    You have a lot of forearm movement when slapping. It doesn't matter if you slap like Flea with the thumb down or parallel to the strings it's always just a rotation of your wrist. And that rotation improves if you have your thumb further away from your index finger.
    I started slapping the Flea way and managed to copy his style really good but he has a unique ability to slap the bass that is not for every one. And when practising in the sitting position it doesn't feel that comfortable, so this is where i started practising the classic way of slapping and man this is so much more comfortable.

  • @mrteenieweenie3356
    @mrteenieweenie3356 Рік тому +1

    Cant forget a spector and a wal

  • @choccyf1850
    @choccyf1850 4 дні тому

    no way we both have the sqme squire p bass and a musicman but my musicman is black

  • @DarthRoedy
    @DarthRoedy 2 роки тому

    Do how to sound like David ellefson next?

  • @stevenvalenti3722
    @stevenvalenti3722 2 роки тому +2

    Flea is great and I've always liked his playing and the old Chile Peppers. I've been playing bass for 16 years now and have always played with my fingers. But I don't slap. I'm more of a Steve Harris style of player.🤘

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому

      I am also not much of a slapper (if you couldn't tell), but it's definitely worth learning at least a little bit!

  • @geddeeee
    @geddeeee 2 роки тому +3

    That Squier Jazz fingerboard is filthy.... Clean it FFS!!!!

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому +1

      But then It'll lose it's mojo®!

    • @petougao
      @petougao 2 роки тому +1

      The funk is in the...surviving finger infection

  • @sirwalter2374
    @sirwalter2374 2 роки тому

    Can you do Krist Novoselic next?

  • @michaelreyes9997
    @michaelreyes9997 2 роки тому +2

    How to sound like flea?!
    Go heavy on the basics😉
    like heavy on the octaves

  • @DanielYance
    @DanielYance 2 роки тому +2

    Please, how to sound like Mark Hoppus and Pete wentz (Even manía álbum).

  • @michaelblaney4461
    @michaelblaney4461 2 роки тому +1

    What I learned from this is....... Find your own sound 😊

    • @ampthebassplayer
      @ampthebassplayer 2 роки тому +3

      Sometimes by studying other players, you find your own voice. :)

  • @andreasdeutinger7319
    @andreasdeutinger7319 2 роки тому

    i like flea as a player. and his sound on the records. but his sound on the live shows, live recordings or live tapes is not really good.

    • @acekkkkkk
      @acekkkkkk 2 роки тому

      For me it is kind of exactly the opposite

  • @benbugohit
    @benbugohit Місяць тому

    Good work ! Sorry but i find the zoom od ugly. Much trebble noise

  • @elulaliolalo3705
    @elulaliolalo3705 2 роки тому +1

    La pulga rocks!!!!🙄🙄

  • @markbass354
    @markbass354 2 роки тому +2

    I NEED BASS

  • @federicomhff8915
    @federicomhff8915 7 місяців тому

    sorry but it doesnt sound like flea, and let me tell you that even flea doesnt sound like flea anymore. He needs to get back to modulus, thats the most powerfull sound ever!

  • @Feesh6
    @Feesh6 Рік тому

    OVERDRIVE!!! NOT FUZZ!!