I hear about 12.51836% Justin Chancellor influence. Love the bass, LOVE the low B! I play a lot of Fretless basses and that’s the only way I can play any microtonal notes... but I guess being a Fretless they are all microtonal... keep up the good work, mate! From a fellow thumper from the arrogant colony! (America).
No questions at the moment. I just wanted to thank you and all of the band for sharing so much of your creative processes and sharing these videos with us. Thanks for all the great music during these shitty times.
It's so good to see you make mistakes. Seeing you're "only human" will help many rookie bass players build up their confidence. You don't need a 100% flawless execution every time kids, EVEN Lucas from King Gizzard fucks up!
Thank you so much for this Lucas. You and the band were the reason why I started playing bass. Do you have any advice with regards to locking in with drums? Is it just from loads of practice or is there something else to it?
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard how deep do I need to stare is it just like a simple “we’re in synch” thing or do I need to stare right into their soul and imagine the two of us settling down and starting a family?
Hilarious at 4:50 when Lukey says he’s gonna plays a song and he says “what’s it called?” And he’s struggling to remember what it’s called. And the answer is literally KGLW 🤣😂🤣
I loved that :D I can't remember half of my band's song titles because they go through name changes a lot and most of the time they're just "the new one" :S
Hi Lucas! Great to hear you talk about stuff, thanks for doing this! I seem to have a recollection of Zac Eccles making a blue fretless bass for you, did you ever use it with Gizz or do you have other plans for it? Cheers from Ukraine x
I don't know if you're still reading the comments but, as a bass player, the bass lines you play are seriously some of my favorite lines to play. Please keep it up with the awesome music!
Cheers Luke. Thanks for indicating the time signature changes. LW had 7/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 9/8, 11/8!!! that I can remember. Apart from bass skills you need a good memory. Ps: 21/8 counted in 8s and 9s! Hahaha
Only finding this now, but damn, hearing it isolated like this really makes it apparent just how rich and meaty this bass sound is. It also heavily contributed to my particular enjoyment of the song Magma on the recent IDPLMAL record.
Hi Luke, thanks for showing up haha. It's lovely to hear from you so up close and personal. Wah bending sounds sick. I'm looking forward to see you venture up the higher notes on this monstrosity. If you dare.
Enjoying these series because of their sheer authenticity. It seems many musicians these days want to be perfect and will do anything to cover their mistakes rather than adopting a healthy sense of humility. IMO These videos show the sense of humanity of these artists have and that they aren’t just perfectionist lizard gods from the multiverse who write epic microtonal music. Really Good stuff.
When touring internationally, is all gear (minus bass and pedals) rented? If so, is it ever weird adjusting to an amp or cab that you haven’t used for years?
We've got a backline stored in each territory - so I know the gear well, but it is still weird. I plan to take this little head with us where ever we go from now on though
thanks for taking care of the gear nerds like us, Lukey! do you have any tips for keeping track of all the weird time signature shifts in songs on the proggier-side? i would imagine it could be pretty easy to slip up and miss your cue, especially when you're in the groove.
The bass is the bedrock of any great band. Lukey you are up there with Flea and Timmy C from my ear drums perspective, I think you are one of the reasons Gizz often sounds better live!
How do you remember the various time signatures in a song like K.G.L.W.? And as a follow up question, do you find yourself overcounting or undercounting in some segments, or do you have it hammered out pretty well with memory and/or pneumonic devices?
Mostly muscle memory and memorising the riff/groove - it’s mostly internalised. But I do actually count some of the more complex parts in my head or out loud.
in a recent podcast, stu told the interviewer that the time signatures in kglw are basically going upward by 1 before the first chorus and then by 2 after that. I can't stop noticing it after having heard that
hey lukey, have you ever thought about using a fretless bass for microtonal stuff? i've been learning your microtonal stuff on fretless bass & it's worked out petty well, so i was wondering what you thought about using a fretless
I don't care if Lucas trivially do mistakes during live shows and I don't care that he don't record his bass by himself. He is an awesome bassist and I love him.
Hi Lucas, I really liked your new Bass. Will you use it to play the entire Microtonal repertoire with KG&LW? The last concert they uploaded, and in which you used it, wow !! be impressed with the new Lizard sound, added Michael's new set. And another question; Being 5 strings, how difficult was it to transport the songs to this new bass? ... Greetings from Mexico !!
love u lukey, huge fan. I think i've never found a not interesting bass line from you guys, and many of those are in my top favourites of all time, they're so much fan!! What would you say it's your favourite to play, even as a warm up, and who would you cite as your top bassists inspiration? love u xoxoxo
I love the really melodic basslines - beginner's luck, this thing etc. inspirations: Bernard Edwards, Carol Kaye, Fiona Kitschin, Kim Gordon, Holger Czukay to name a few off the top of my head
Could you elaborate more on why you don't have the fretts going all the way through the fretboard ? You said it would ruin the semitones. Why is that true for a bass but not for stu's microtonal banana guitar ? Anyways thanks for the demo. I want to see more Lucas content from this channel !
If I had the frets going all the way through, almost every single fret in the octave (bar one) would be divided - making it harder to play (in my opinion). The way I’ve divided looks really weird and complicated but once you get use to it I think it’s easier.
Hey Lucas! I notice you do a quick hand movement up the neck every now and then. Is that doing a slight change to the sound, or is it just a movement to help keep the feel of the song? Just curious
I bought a 5 string bass and I'm going to learn to play along to you with it as my first song. You're legit a huge inspiration for me. Only problem is I gotta bend my microtones since I don't have a fancy maze fretboard like you.
Awesome, cheers for this Lukey! I always assumed the messy fretboard layout was because you were in standard, and stu and Joey were in that open tuning. Off topic question, but are we getting a digital or blu ray release of the Chunky film anytime soon?
Though I love the mustangs, this is a sick looking and sounding bass! Looks like the giannini formigão that were produced here in Brazil in the 80's. Love your playing, mate.
Thanks for making this Lucas. It's not like I'll ever have an instrument like this but you continue to be an inspiration for me as an aussie bass player myself. Hope to see you guys one day.
Hi lucas, I was wondering if it's mostly joey/stu who make the bass lines or if you make them from time to time and if yes, for which songs? Also please make a rig rundown for joey stu and cookie, I'd love to see them!!
Hey Lucas! I’m curious how much of your parts use microtones as you were kind of talking about. Do you stick do full and half steps when doing more rhythmic stuff and do microtonal stuff with more melodic parts? Thanks for the rig rundown! Stay safe man!
"I don't know how to count it though" what a chad
These videos help alleviate the dread I have when it comes to playing music. Thank you.
I hear about 12.51836% Justin Chancellor influence. Love the bass, LOVE the low B! I play a lot of Fretless basses and that’s the only way I can play any microtonal notes... but I guess being a Fretless they are all microtonal... keep up the good work, mate! From a fellow thumper from the arrogant colony! (America).
Thanks for sharing this!
Hi there! Love your stuff, you guys really make something special. Also would you show us how to play Pleura on bass? Would be so cool.
Amazing 🙏👍❤️🔥🎉
Lucas’ voice: ᴬˡʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᶦˢ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉʸ ˢᵒᵘⁿᵈ ˡᶦᵏᵉ
Lucas’ bass: AAAHHHHHH
Hahahahahahahhshs
Bassists are either quite reserved or fucking insane like flea or less claypool, there is no inbetween
'The Lukey & Walkey Show'. Would like to see that one 🦖💚
classic straight guy funny guy dynamic
No questions at the moment. I just wanted to thank you and all of the band for sharing so much of your creative processes and sharing these videos with us. Thanks for all the great music during these shitty times.
“Back to 7.”
That’s it. That’s King Gizzard in its purest form 1/7.
The King Gizzard theme song could only ever be in 7/4
It's so good to see you make mistakes. Seeing you're "only human" will help many rookie bass players build up their confidence. You don't need a 100% flawless execution every time kids, EVEN Lucas from King Gizzard fucks up!
All the fucking time man... lol
@@MrLucasSkinner nah
@@MrLucasSkinner hahaha
@@MrLucasSkinner dude seriously you always sound amazing
@@MrLucasSkinner 😳
"There WILL BE f*k ups" and "This is on 7... I don't know how to count" made him one of my fave bassists already
Thank you so much for this Lucas. You and the band were the reason why I started playing bass. Do you have any advice with regards to locking in with drums? Is it just from loads of practice or is there something else to it?
Stay close and watch the kick and snare. Stare into the drummer’s eyes and you will find the 1.
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard how deep do I need to stare is it just like a simple “we’re in synch” thing or do I need to stare right into their soul and imagine the two of us settling down and starting a family?
@@birdthenerd2163 Probably the latter
@@birdthenerd2163 I'm a drummer who married my bassist and we have two sons. He still watches my right foot kick and snare. Lol!
It so sweet)
Hilarious at 4:50 when Lukey says he’s gonna plays a song and he says “what’s it called?” And he’s struggling to remember what it’s called. And the answer is literally KGLW 🤣😂🤣
It's hard man
What are you even saying?
I loved that :D
I can't remember half of my band's song titles because they go through name changes a lot and most of the time they're just "the new one" :S
poor lukey
@@giovannibertocci8944 ...did you read what he said?
Should get Amby on doing the harmonica next!
wonder what his harmonica pedals are
@@jeanmmckenzie metal zone
Swollen pickle
That was nice! Hopefully we get a Cookie, Amby, and Stu rig rundown aswell!
cookie would literally just talk about how opressed he is as a rhythm guitarist
cookie would never, he hand paints all his pedals so that no one knows what he uses ;)
@@teetholj and talk about his Rickenbacker 86
@@teetholj he unfortunately stopped doing that, 😔
Been waiting for this for years. Lukey converted me to the cult of flatwounds 🙏
Thanks Lukey, this is great. Did you write most of the part yourself or did Stu, or was it like a 50/50 deal?
Stu wrote and played the bass on this one in ableton with midi bass !
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard Cheers, thanks!
Lukey! Will you ever sing again? I notice you have a mic in a lot of real old Gizz live shows
Maybe one day! Need to learn first
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard 3 years later we finally have Lukey vocal parts on Flight B!
"There'll be fuck ups... I'm not gonna fix 'em"
Way of life !
I'm a huge fan, and a bass player. You're sounding killer on all the new material, and your live tone in Melbourne is amazing.
Man, Stu recorded all the bass tracks : )
@@dextertortuga9578 But at least he can play, unlike Nikki Sixx.
Hey Lukey, has the dynamic changed now that Gizz only has one drummer. Has it affected they way you & Cavs perform? Cheers man
GRANDE MESSI TOCANDO LA GUITARRA QUE SUENA GRUESO 🥰🥰 Q HUMILDE
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
JASDJAJDAJDSJ
JJAJAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJA No esperaba encontrar un comentario en esapñol...mucho menos uno tan bueno jajajajajja
PQP KKKKKKKKKKKKKK TO RINDO PRA CARAI
JAJAJAJAJJA Messiento a tocar
Who doesn’t love a little bit of Ole dusky m8
Hi Lucas! Great to hear you talk about stuff, thanks for doing this!
I seem to have a recollection of Zac Eccles making a blue fretless bass for you, did you ever use it with Gizz or do you have other plans for it?
Cheers from Ukraine x
Yep Zach has made me a fretless! I’ve used it from time to time and it’s made it’s way onto a few recordings but I definitely need to play it more
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard Oh cool, what songs is it on?
i believe it was mostly on sketches wasn’t it?
Barefoot Desert was a fretless I believe
@@GaminWarlord It does sound like it, but according to credits Cookie played the bass on that song
I don't know if you're still reading the comments but, as a bass player, the bass lines you play are seriously some of my favorite lines to play. Please keep it up with the awesome music!
I'll have to agree. I've just started with bass a couple of weeks ago and the I'm in your mind medley is a lot of fun.
Cheers Luke. Thanks for indicating the time signature changes. LW had 7/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 9/8, 11/8!!! that I can remember. Apart from bass skills you need a good memory.
Ps: 21/8 counted in 8s and 9s! Hahaha
Lukey's rig rundown:
The word bass write on the bass.
Love the verbal time sig
@5:28 my fucking life.
The legendary Lukey!! 🥺
Only finding this now, but damn, hearing it isolated like this really makes it apparent just how rich and meaty this bass sound is. It also heavily contributed to my particular enjoyment of the song Magma on the recent IDPLMAL record.
You the man, Lucas! Been a guitarist my whole life, but some of your work has inspired me to finally pick up the bass. Cheers!
disgusting bass tone, I love it
I understand like .1% of this but it’s fun to watch u play along!
Hi Luke, thanks for showing up haha. It's lovely to hear from you so up close and personal.
Wah bending sounds sick.
I'm looking forward to see you venture up the higher notes on this monstrosity. If you dare.
Would be cool to see a rundown of some of the non-microtonal rigs with that classic gizz bass sound
Enjoying these series because of their sheer authenticity. It seems many musicians these days want to be perfect and will do anything to cover their mistakes rather than adopting a healthy sense of humility. IMO These videos show the sense of humanity of these artists have and that they aren’t just perfectionist lizard gods from the multiverse who write epic microtonal music. Really Good stuff.
When touring internationally, is all gear (minus bass and pedals) rented? If so, is it ever weird adjusting to an amp or cab that you haven’t used for years?
We've got a backline stored in each territory - so I know the gear well, but it is still weird. I plan to take this little head with us where ever we go from now on though
thanks for taking care of the gear nerds like us, Lukey! do you have any tips for keeping track of all the weird time signature shifts in songs on the proggier-side? i would imagine it could be pretty easy to slip up and miss your cue, especially when you're in the groove.
It’s just total muscle memory, no other secrets really! But there’s definitely always fuck ups, you just gotta try and cover them up ;)
"That bits in 21 and I count it as an 8 and a 9"
Wait...what?
Might have just been an incomplete thought. 8+9+4 makes a 21 pretty easy to count.
i was counting it as 8 twice followed by a short 2 count and it seemed to work?
The bass is the bedrock of any great band. Lukey you are up there with Flea and Timmy C from my ear drums perspective, I think you are one of the reasons Gizz often sounds better live!
Hell yes, been waiting for a Lukey Rig Rundown \m/
This is the only band I know that will upload stuff like this.
can we get stu to do one of these? i wanna see him make some random noises
How do you remember the various time signatures in a song like K.G.L.W.? And as a follow up question, do you find yourself overcounting or undercounting in some segments, or do you have it hammered out pretty well with memory and/or pneumonic devices?
Mostly muscle memory and memorising the riff/groove - it’s mostly internalised. But I do actually count some of the more complex parts in my head or out loud.
in a recent podcast, stu told the interviewer that the time signatures in kglw are basically going upward by 1 before the first chorus and then by 2 after that. I can't stop noticing it after having heard that
Joey and Lukey collab when??
hey lukey, have you ever thought about using a fretless bass for microtonal stuff? i've been learning your microtonal stuff on fretless bass & it's worked out petty well, so i was wondering what you thought about using a fretless
I don't care if Lucas trivially do mistakes during live shows and I don't care that he don't record his bass by himself. He is an awesome bassist and I love him.
Had my subwoofer at max when 5:35 happened, I think I passed away but I'm not entirely sure.
We love you!! You’re the best!!
This was great, thank you so much!
Sounded so good the other night at the bowl dude! Is it a short string? If so what’s the B tension like?
Yep short scale! Looser than I’d like, but that’s what you get with a low b I think
Hi Lucas, I really liked your new Bass. Will you use it to play the entire Microtonal repertoire with KG&LW? The last concert they uploaded, and in which you used it, wow !! be impressed with the new Lizard sound, added Michael's new set. And another question; Being 5 strings, how difficult was it to transport the songs to this new bass? ... Greetings from Mexico !!
It was hard at the start, but after I got use to it I found myself using the 5th string more than I thought I would
Music to make you poop
Amazing Lukey! Thanks mate!
the only member who actually teatches something.
Man am I hoping for a whole microtonal doom album!
Lots of love from Idaho in USA!!!
Yooo me too!
Yeehaw, me three
I don’t even play bass but this is super informative and fun to watch!
Loved the video Lukey, hope you’ll make more when you have the time! Perhaps you could show off your bass collection 😊
love u lukey, huge fan. I think i've never found a not interesting bass line from you guys, and many of those are in my top favourites of all time, they're so much fan!! What would you say it's your favourite to play, even as a warm up, and who would you cite as your top bassists inspiration? love u xoxoxo
I love the really melodic basslines - beginner's luck, this thing etc. inspirations: Bernard Edwards, Carol Kaye, Fiona Kitschin, Kim Gordon, Holger Czukay to name a few off the top of my head
Legend
Argentina campeón del mundo, sos grande Messi 🎉
Could you elaborate more on why you don't have the fretts going all the way through the fretboard ? You said it would ruin the semitones. Why is that true for a bass but not for stu's microtonal banana guitar ?
Anyways thanks for the demo. I want to see more Lucas content from this channel !
If I had the frets going all the way through, almost every single fret in the octave (bar one) would be divided - making it harder to play (in my opinion). The way I’ve divided looks really weird and complicated but once you get use to it I think it’s easier.
Hey love these vids. Its so awesome to see so much behind the scenes of your guyses creative process. Thanks for doing these kinds of vids!
Let's gooooo
Ok. Where we goin??
this is what makes me proud to be a 'Gizz Head'
Fuck yes
What's your favorite bass out of your short scales?
Probably this one at the moment
@@KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard is it short scale too?? 30"?
Linusbasstips?
that muff sound is so satisfying
Think you'll ever play a regular 5 string live?
Definitely considering it after getting to know this bass. Maybe fender will do me a custom 5 string mustang?! Let’s make it happen
@@MrLucasSkinner Wouldn't a 5 String Ibanez do the trick? they can sound like anything and not too expensive
@@MrLucasSkinner Have you heard of Serek? They make short scale 5 strings and they fucking slay
Bass tone on Supreme Ascendancy is supremely amazing 🤘
Lukey affirms himself as a top 7 Gizz member once again
need a Cook rig rundown pls Cook i love
USED A MIDI BASS BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF NOTES ON THE BASS GUITAR...
Hey Lucas! I notice you do a quick hand movement up the neck every now and then. Is that doing a slight change to the sound, or is it just a movement to help keep the feel of the song? Just curious
Sounds real farty and disgusting. Good job.
Awesome video man, did you start out on bass or did you transition from guitar like a lot of other bass players?
Very 'eavy, Very 'umble
If you want a Microtonal bass or guitar with an aluminium neck to access the Gizzverse, I'm here!
That tone is fucking disgusting.
I love it.
Lucas: Just be.
U are a Gorgeous man
I bought a 5 string bass and I'm going to learn to play along to you with it as my first song. You're legit a huge inspiration for me. Only problem is I gotta bend my microtones since I don't have a fancy maze fretboard like you.
Awesome, cheers for this Lukey! I always assumed the messy fretboard layout was because you were in standard, and stu and Joey were in that open tuning.
Off topic question, but are we getting a digital or blu ray release of the Chunky film anytime soon?
Yep I’ve always been in standard. The fretboard looks messy but it makes sense to me (most of the time). We got something special coming real soon ;)
@@MrLucasSkinner Are you really Lucas Harwood?
Lukey great video! Any suggestions on picking a bass for a wannabe beginner?
Squiers are cheap and good quality - you’ve just got to get them setup well if it’s new!
Though I love the mustangs, this is a sick looking and sounding bass! Looks like the giannini formigão that were produced here in Brazil in the 80's. Love your playing, mate.
Great video 🤙 sick bass, can't wait to see it at red rocks. Do you know if moshing is at all possible at that time/venue?
Thanks for making this Lucas. It's not like I'll ever have an instrument like this but you continue to be an inspiration for me as an aussie bass player myself. Hope to see you guys one day.
Wnice stup, i can't figure out why do you have two scrambles tho.. Cheers!
Yo Lukey gives serious dad vibes
Lucas is one of the Top 6 members of gizz
A fretless bass would kill microtonal music. Im surprised you didn't talk about the slab at the end of that neck.
What kind of picks do you use?
Jim Dunlop .64 I think. Orange ones with the turtle on em. Tortex I think?
Hi lucas, I was wondering if it's mostly joey/stu who make the bass lines or if you make them from time to time and if yes, for which songs? Also please make a rig rundown for joey stu and cookie, I'd love to see them!!
Super interesting, thanks for this dude
Hey Lucas! I’m curious how much of your parts use microtones as you were kind of talking about. Do you stick do full and half steps when doing more rhythmic stuff and do microtonal stuff with more melodic parts? Thanks for the rig rundown! Stay safe man!
Usually just dependant on what the guitars are doing - most of the roots are full tones, and yep melodic parts have more
Of the micros - nailed it!
Dang thanks for the fret diagram and neck modifying sites. You’re true blue for that.