Lacquer Head - Les Claypool Slap Bass Breakdown!

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
  • 📹 Lesson Details:
    Today we're looking at a song requested many times on this channel. Lacquer Head by Primus played by the incredible Les Claypool!
    This song contains a bunch of bass techniques from muted slaps and left hand slaps to strummed chords, popped chords and everything in between.
    I'll be breaking down three of the main riffs in the tune and giving a step-by-step approach to learning the bass solo.Lacquer Head is a great workout for any bass player.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 125

  • @joshuahenry4218
    @joshuahenry4218 2 роки тому +141

    This lesson set my skull on fire 💀 🔥

    • @ritterlejeune2994
      @ritterlejeune2994 2 роки тому +20

      this lesson made me huff gasoline

    • @Joetime90
      @Joetime90 Рік тому +13

      Were you high on gin and Gatorade

    • @coolchannelat
      @coolchannelat Рік тому +10

      Do you know but one desire?

    • @11anonymous6
      @11anonymous6 10 місяців тому +1

      Ask good MacDuff & Donalbain
      So many good ideas are slain
      By those who wouldn’t dare step out of line

    • @TheSageCommander
      @TheSageCommander 8 місяців тому +1

      🔥🔥🔥

  • @samuel112313
    @samuel112313 Рік тому +21

    Im a guitarist and just looked up this video to figure out what the hell Les Claypool was doing on this song. Very detailed video and i feel that if I played bass I would easily be able to understand your teachings. You are a very talented person just like Les, 10/10 video 🤘

  • @desreddy2728
    @desreddy2728 2 роки тому +39

    The best bass tutor on the internet bar none 👍

  • @vincentvince196729
    @vincentvince196729 2 роки тому +74

    Thank you so much Mark for this lesson ! At the risk of repeating myself, you're the best teacher I've seen round here, and thank you for the time you spent for all of us !

  • @yttri9876
    @yttri9876 2 роки тому +47

    If you were to do another Primus lesson, would you consider doing "To Defy the Laws of Tradition"? Your teaching style here is incredibly effective

    • @ogmudbone2334
      @ogmudbone2334 2 роки тому +1

      Shaak Ti’s Electric Kool Aid has a good lesson on this song ua-cam.com/video/c3mqHw4mxuQ/v-deo.html

    • @jeffreyyyy3052
      @jeffreyyyy3052 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ogmudbone2334 the man has good tutorials on many Claypool songs!

  • @crispyrobot77
    @crispyrobot77 Рік тому +5

    Absolutely the best bass tutorials on YT imo. Love how Les Claypool has gone beyond traditional bass playing and has adopted a style that's percussive (ghost notes), rhythmic (chords), and lead (ala Geddy). Thanks for breaking it down into the basics. You make it look easy.

  • @poochiecheeks627
    @poochiecheeks627 2 роки тому +10

    You always pick the coolest stuff to cover Mark great video

  • @Asthmos
    @Asthmos Рік тому +4

    really great video. i love tutorials on how to play "ghost notes"
    as a guitarist turned bassist recently, im fascinated with all the percussion that can be done. thumping and double thumb and alternate slap picking as well as a lot of more melodic tapping with those iconic claypool sour notes (especially on fretless) sounds soooo cool

  • @Joetime90
    @Joetime90 Рік тому +1

    I love the humility and conciseness of your videos.

  • @goblin_de_gook5795
    @goblin_de_gook5795 4 місяці тому +1

    Im really new to bass, when i first looked at the tab on its own it looked like goddamn hieroglyphs. You broke this down in a really digestible format, thanks dude

  • @alangunderson998
    @alangunderson998 Рік тому +1

    Your a great player and teacher!You make things very clear,thank you

  • @talkjunkie31
    @talkjunkie31 2 роки тому +9

    I know I’m not good enough to play it but it was fun to watch you lol

    • @silvereminence
      @silvereminence 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/N3zywmQUmW0/v-deo.html

  • @beatsbydrew8930
    @beatsbydrew8930 2 роки тому +3

    Les is in my top three bassists for sure, wicked fast hands

  • @LaziestBassist
    @LaziestBassist Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much demystifying the most intimidating riff I heard when I started on bass

  • @bAgRiMoIrEsS.4
    @bAgRiMoIrEsS.4 2 роки тому +5

    Les Claypool is a the innovator. Who created something new.

  • @willschwabenbauer2577
    @willschwabenbauer2577 2 місяці тому

    Mark def. has a way to disect songs and make them easy to grasp.❤

  • @treylem3
    @treylem3 2 роки тому

    Great, as always !

  • @ghoul1998
    @ghoul1998 Рік тому

    This lesson is incredible! Thank you.

  • @NotDr.Evil137
    @NotDr.Evil137 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely awesome 🤌

  • @stevenmacintyre5912
    @stevenmacintyre5912 2 роки тому

    Awesome, thanks man!

  • @humanidrome
    @humanidrome 2 роки тому

    Great lesson again 👍🏿

  • @standhd
    @standhd Рік тому

    AWESOME STUFF!

  • @TellURide447
    @TellURide447 2 роки тому +1

    What a nice bass you got there. Really super duper

  • @donalddodson7365
    @donalddodson7365 2 роки тому

    Wow! Makes my ears droop. Great lesson. thank you.

  • @alexandercrash2191
    @alexandercrash2191 2 роки тому +1

    I'll never learn this😭 Then I come across this video and now I can. Thanks so much for breaking it down for us!👍

  • @Erik1970Viking
    @Erik1970Viking 2 роки тому

    excellent breakdown !! Thank you ... i will try this ... :-)

  • @tommymassey1275
    @tommymassey1275 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome lesson,big Claypool fan!

  • @CutandColorDude
    @CutandColorDude Рік тому

    Rad! Nice breakdown

  • @andropolisstudiomusic
    @andropolisstudiomusic 2 роки тому

    Thanks! Could not get the coordination down well but your video helped a lot.

  • @niteshades_promise
    @niteshades_promise 9 місяців тому +1

    You got that tone dialed in for this perfectly🍻

  • @itsellenoreilly
    @itsellenoreilly 2 роки тому

    Love this line!!

  • @Kloiterra
    @Kloiterra 2 роки тому

    Outstanding pedagogy, thanks!

  • @turboduckhead6179
    @turboduckhead6179 2 роки тому

    The God of Bass is impressed with your efforts, Sir.

  • @relativeparadox9567
    @relativeparadox9567 Рік тому

    What a great song.

  • @phyroscire5817
    @phyroscire5817 2 роки тому

    Thanks so much!!!

  • @NameLess-ks4fi
    @NameLess-ks4fi 2 роки тому +1

    Oh lawd that tone

  • @sketchesforyou8020
    @sketchesforyou8020 2 роки тому

    Dude hell yeah!

  • @eugenechek7288
    @eugenechek7288 2 роки тому +3

    Very cool, as always. Greetings from Moscow.

  • @NewMedicineVEVO
    @NewMedicineVEVO Рік тому

    Very awesome. I watched one of your videos years ago about 3 finger picking. It was very helpful. I was playing with the strap on then I took it off then stood up and the bass almost hit the floor. 😅

  • @nicolasurteagabriceno3388
    @nicolasurteagabriceno3388 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU.

  • @al76groovekeeper
    @al76groovekeeper 2 роки тому

    Good job

  • @LeeJoRo
    @LeeJoRo Рік тому

    Because of the alexis sklarevski slap bass video I constantly watched, I can't help but do:
    Thumb, hammer ghost, thumb, pop
    It's like I'm relearning the technique all over again

  • @jeremyredd4232
    @jeremyredd4232 2 роки тому

    I wondered how he did those triplets! I'd been trying slap hammer on double thumb double pop. It works but it doesn't sound quite the same. Thanks!

  • @ssab420
    @ssab420 2 місяці тому

    Man this way harder than I thought to nail down 😂

  • @markmaw8
    @markmaw8 Рік тому

    That's a monster bass lick 😁

  • @ardiwinatah
    @ardiwinatah 2 роки тому

    This videos complete me!

  • @grzegorzw.9650
    @grzegorzw.9650 Рік тому

    Awesome lesson! Will take some sweating till I make it sound as it should.. ;-)

  • @veryslyfox9704
    @veryslyfox9704 2 роки тому +1

    Can we get golden boy next? Love your work!

  • @damiandassen7763
    @damiandassen7763 9 місяців тому

    16:24, man's a time traveller. Learned a 1999 song in the early 90s lol.

    • @talkingbasslessons
      @talkingbasslessons  9 місяців тому

      Listen again. I’m talking about the lick (from Stu Hamm) not this tune.

  • @hegemony69
    @hegemony69 Рік тому

    nice

  • @andrewcrossman2165
    @andrewcrossman2165 8 місяців тому +1

    Natural Joe was even better, do that one next 🤙

  • @mezzs
    @mezzs 2 роки тому +5

    great lesson as always Mark, but noticeably absent is the "bridge" part right after the second chorus (around 2:15 into the song). any specific reason for it? I feel it to be kinda tricky as well. Cheers!

    • @MrGul
      @MrGul 2 роки тому +3

      He uses some sort of envelope filter or synth bass pedal for that part and it starts with a slow 1/2 step bend from the low G (E-string 3rd fret) for a half note, then two 16th notes which are tapped (using two different fingers on the right hand) starting on the G-string 18th fret (a C#) and then the D-string 17th fret (a G) which is then followed up by hitting the low E-string with the right hand thumb in consecutive 16th notes and moving it down chromatically on the neck (while muting the string with the left hand so that the sound is only percussive) before starting over from the bend again, but this time the tapped notes are 19th fret (a D) and 18th fret (an Ab) - then repeat all that nine (!) times!

  • @weedwhackerman
    @weedwhackerman 6 місяців тому

    You are spot on mark, only thing ive been hearing from listening to the tune, is after he hits the c power chord, i can hear the slapping and popping from the intro, but it sounds as if hes doing something else, its like an low E and e sharp too, as well as that slapping bit, you can hear that new string metallic sound, im probably wrong as im just new too bass, wish we could get an isolated track, maybe he doubled it up, we'll never know, but anyway subscribed and your helping me so much, love it buddy

    • @weedwhackerman
      @weedwhackerman 6 місяців тому

      Maybe I'm thinking too much into it, but it definitely sounds as if its a double track with bass copying the guitar, with the slaps and pops above haha, happy new year anyway lol, I'm just sitting with a few cans trying to learn Les and yourself haha, it's all good fun 😂❤❤

    • @weedwhackerman
      @weedwhackerman 6 місяців тому

      There's a possibility it could just be the sound of the slapping etc, I've only been playing for 6 months, but have experience on guitar but have moved to bass, your videos are brilliant, I'd love a bass lesson from you personally, if you can contact me, 😀 😊

  • @WalterSawan
    @WalterSawan Місяць тому

    What are your tone settings? And are you using any pedals? Or just light drive with heavy compression?

  • @andreasdeutinger7319
    @andreasdeutinger7319 2 роки тому +1

    thanks. i always wanted to learn this one. it is of the primus record i like the least, but this song is good.

    • @chesspunk489
      @chesspunk489 2 роки тому +1

      Antipop is my favorite primus album, but I am probably the only human in the world with that opinion.

    • @graagullesson87
      @graagullesson87 2 роки тому

      @@chesspunk489 you are not alone ;)

  • @KEvronista
    @KEvronista 2 роки тому

    double thumb on the solo is easier (for me, anyway) and snappier. same two thumb hits, but then up-thumb after the palm mute. t-t-pm-tu-s-pm.
    when you're doing it right (his way or mine), you can feel the waltz time in it.
    KEvron

  • @josephdeluca7602
    @josephdeluca7602 Рік тому

    So hard!! But great lesson!

  • @AtomizedSound
    @AtomizedSound 2 роки тому +1

    Nice! Love Les! If you could do one on Tommy the Cat or Jerry Was A Race Car Driver which are the hardest songs in their catalogue to me on bass, that would be amazing!!

  • @Junkkray
    @Junkkray 2 роки тому

    thanks Mark! Greetings from Russia

  • @Dj_pound
    @Dj_pound Рік тому

    Hot daym this is hard to do. Got dam les you crazy bastard haha

  • @alessiopizzignach3878
    @alessiopizzignach3878 2 роки тому

    does anyone know any youtube channel as good as this one but for piano? i mean, structured and everything, for almost beginners...
    ps mark you're amazing

  • @kirksneckchop7873
    @kirksneckchop7873 Рік тому

    My guy, what compression and/or other pedals/effects are you using here?

  • @andrewerbach6278
    @andrewerbach6278 2 роки тому

    More les Claypool !!! …pls…

  • @sondresvorkas
    @sondresvorkas Рік тому

    I want to request a «Natural Joe» cover. I’ve been breaking my brains trying to figure it out

  • @talkingbasslessons
    @talkingbasslessons  2 роки тому +1

    Lesson Material: www.talkingbass.net/lacquer-head-les-claypool-slap-bass-breakdown-tutorial-tabs/

  • @Ross_gitar_bas
    @Ross_gitar_bas 8 місяців тому

    My hand shoke so much after playing this

  • @mid2139
    @mid2139 2 роки тому +1

    k? 🤣
    Awesome tutorial!

  • @TheCrocodillian
    @TheCrocodillian 2 роки тому +1

    That's a gorgeous sounding bass, are you using any pedals here or it that how that bass sounds? and if so what is it ?

    • @talkingbasslessons
      @talkingbasslessons  2 роки тому +3

      Enfield Lionheart bass. Normally go totally direct for the vids (listen to some for the pure bass sound). In this one I'm using a Darkglass Alpha Omega pedal for the overdrive.

  • @cody8992
    @cody8992 2 місяці тому

    What bass is this you’re playing?

  • @clarkkotte3069
    @clarkkotte3069 8 місяців тому

    I thought this was in B not E? Like for a five string bass?

  • @dmoore1369
    @dmoore1369 2 роки тому +4

    Hi Mark. What are you tone settings etc for this sound. It’s a great copy of the original!!!

    • @talkingbasslessons
      @talkingbasslessons  2 роки тому +13

      Everything flat (direct recording) but with Darkglass Alpha Omega for a little overdrive

    • @HerrLohmann
      @HerrLohmann 2 роки тому

      No, it's even better.

  • @beatsbydrew8930
    @beatsbydrew8930 2 роки тому

    Think I could do this on my 110’s?

  • @chatter7653
    @chatter7653 Рік тому +2

    the tricky parts for all these licks for me, is the coming back around to the thumb note to start off the lick....you kind of short shrifted the difficulty (and speed) required to in essence , 'double slap' the thumb on the final note of the simple loop , to the first note of the same simple loop, particularly for that solo. That is where the difficulty lies for all the patterns, imo. Connecting the final note back into the first note of all the patterns.

  • @foofy14
    @foofy14 11 місяців тому

    Badass paying

  • @Alvertanos
    @Alvertanos 2 місяці тому

    Lo creía fácil pero tiene su complejidad xD

  • @punkfan97
    @punkfan97 2 роки тому

    Can you talk about Les's use of a tremolo especially on those damn blue collar tweakers

  • @elliottryan13
    @elliottryan13 2 роки тому +7

    This dude is fucking legit! Not bashing Les but his riffs can be simple but the complexity of the riffs mixed with everything is what makes Primus so SUCK so bad. Great video brother!

  • @NameLess-ks4fi
    @NameLess-ks4fi 2 роки тому +1

    We need “Natural Joe” my dude.

  • @carwash9333
    @carwash9333 2 роки тому

    8:16 lmaoo that was so passive aggressive

  • @rja7062
    @rja7062 2 роки тому +2

    Puddin Taine Puddin Taine Puddin Taine , please, PRETTY PLEASE

  • @relativeparadox9567
    @relativeparadox9567 Рік тому

    OK?
    With eyes saying: "See, piece of cake!'

  • @StevenHoste
    @StevenHoste 2 роки тому

    For sound: are you using a bass driver like Sansamp’s?

  • @the_Sleepy_Druid
    @the_Sleepy_Druid 9 місяців тому

    Chorus getting dangerously close to Mudvayne's Dig....brr brr deng, brr brr deng!

  • @greenspiderforce
    @greenspiderforce 2 роки тому +2

    What bass is that? Love for the Wal style!

  • @MikeNevill3
    @MikeNevill3 10 місяців тому

    Side note. The main riff is weirdly muted with his thumb aswell

  • @Bonkikavo
    @Bonkikavo Рік тому

    It starts at 1:28

  • @revtox6001
    @revtox6001 5 місяців тому +1

    Harder than it looks really

  • @dambrooks7578
    @dambrooks7578 2 роки тому +8

    The amazing thing about Les Claypools' playing is he often takes a simplistic riff, structures it around a repetitive swing rhythm.

    • @MrGul
      @MrGul 2 роки тому +2

      Overall I agree totally, but disagree about the swing rhythm. This song, as with 95% of Primus' material, is just straight 16th notes. There are 6-tuplets for the slap solo as well as a triplet in the bridge riff, but none of them have an actual swing rhythm to them - the "grid" is still straight, not swing.

  • @ikigai47
    @ikigai47 2 роки тому +1

    Would have been nice if you wore a cheesy biker helmet / shades like Les wore in your thumbnail

  • @iranoliveira684
    @iranoliveira684 Рік тому

    Now sing as well

  • @joeking9760
    @joeking9760 2 роки тому

    Sometimes bored and sometimes lonely..

  • @danieljames6877
    @danieljames6877 2 роки тому

    No anesthesia bass solo!!!

  • @SomeGuy-ws5zj
    @SomeGuy-ws5zj 8 місяців тому

    Devie504 will delete this chanel