this man can literally write bangers in every genre

@timbow1356

Жыл бұрын

He's vastly overqualified but needs to cover at least ONE Grateful Dead song 🧐

@mezz_bass

Жыл бұрын

And he does this every week

@kacper531

Жыл бұрын

not sure about the more simplistic genres, like punk, grunge or sludge metal to name a few this man is too advanced for simplicity

@benjaminkirkup7701

Жыл бұрын

Sausages?

@shrewsbrewery183

Жыл бұрын

At this point I'm not convinced he's a man, likely a government conspiracy to splice human DNA with bass. It's the only plausible explanation

I am 100% interested in an entire album of nothing but Charles doing crazy prog-metal solo bass stuff. Every time I come back and watch Charles he's outdone himself again!

@jamcam9

Жыл бұрын

I would want to see two things on the album: an actual drummer, and interlude tracks between songs that are just the music teacher character.

@ukoid

Жыл бұрын

Yes please.

@discorddoge304

Жыл бұрын

@@jamcam9 oh hell yea

@belanagy5595

Жыл бұрын

An he's such a natural, down to earth person, and have a great sense of humor

@SpiritofPoison

Жыл бұрын

listen to even brewers “Alone”

I admire how your channel keeps being about music and not steering towards memes and laughs, and still is entertaining as hell.

@stevensonjr

Жыл бұрын

that'a why I left Davie (who brought me here) long time ago !

@Cat66-p6q

Жыл бұрын

@@stevensonjr no lie, but i seriously think charles is better than davie . the guy is massively flexible

@groggers

Жыл бұрын

@@stevensonjr unfortunately me too... davie got a bit too carried away

@pjotrvangriensven

Жыл бұрын

I don’t mind Davie himself or his videos for that matter (he’s definitely a great bassist too), but his fanbase is a bit annoying imo

@alastorcorvus

Жыл бұрын

Well, he did have a meme phase, mainly when collaborating with Davie504, but yeah I'm glad Charles found his own style.

Charles is the only person who could challenge the devil to a Bass Off and win

@teevee1782

Жыл бұрын

johnny???

@TheHobatron

Жыл бұрын

The Devil Went Down to Berthoud

@OwlCatStudios

Жыл бұрын

The problem is the devil plays guitar and just thinks that means he can play bass...

@futuza

11 ай бұрын

I mean the devil's a fiddle player, so I can understand why he'd lose in a face off.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453

4 ай бұрын

I saw Les Claypool do this, it was a documentary.

Combining Heavy DJENT riffs and masterful tapping notes, now That's what I call a *MASTERPIECE!*

@reneebear3641

Жыл бұрын

The Omnific

@tehllama42

Жыл бұрын

@@reneebear3641 That name works... I just want Charles to make more of this, and that theme works

@reneebear3641

Жыл бұрын

@@tehllama42 No look it up

@reneebear3641

Жыл бұрын

@@tehllama42 it’s a band of three bassists that play basically what you described

@anderzzzzz

Жыл бұрын

If Meshuggah and Ayreon met...

After that initial riff, I want to see a collab between you and Tosin Abasi.

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

That would be fun!!

@jxorz6013

Жыл бұрын

Or at least a "When Animals As Leaders Only Gives You 1 Minute to Audition" video. Would be stoked to see a collab.

@virtuaplayer7234

Жыл бұрын

He is the missing bass player of AAL

@micahgreer7748

Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for introducing me to AAL! I didn’t even know 🤷🏻‍♂️

@jxorz6013

Жыл бұрын

@@micahgreer7748 It's a great feeling, finding something new and excellent. Like our boy Charles here, or AAL. Plini, Mestis, Arch Echo, and Wide Eyes are easy recommendations if you want to explore more instrumental metal.

Proggy, djenty, and actually metal as hell. This is absolutely fantastic. That little solo section towards the end is *chef's kiss*

That first riff is such a monster, i love that kind of stuff

You write amazing metal. I bet alot of us fans are metalheads at heart so please do more!

Sounds as prog and chunky as Animals as Leaders. Perfect combo, great work here👌

@Myriam-nk2fw

Жыл бұрын

That could 100% be an animals as leaders riff

@AngryDoodlebob

Жыл бұрын

That was my comment almost exactly!

@michaelgoodrich5309

Жыл бұрын

💯

@Josh-ov2js

Жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike. He could slap his way into that lineup

@Josh-ov2js

Жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike. He could slap his way into that lineup

this man can play in the style of ichika, polyphia and animals as leaders effortlessly, while always being himself at the same time

There’s not enough bass driven metal bands, we need more

the genre that can stop this man's inspiration is yet to be created

@clouds7705

Жыл бұрын

midwest emo can kill anyones musical will

@PixelAtionGuitar

Жыл бұрын

​@@clouds7705yeah, I'm a general lover of emo and midwest emo just has no fun to it

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

Жыл бұрын

What the actual hell is "midwest emo" ?

@clouds7705

Жыл бұрын

@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power awful music is what it is

@clouds7705

Жыл бұрын

@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power literal trash

Classical music at it's finest

That single string riff in the middle had a very epic Dream Theater vibe. Well done! 🤘🏻

Love it man I’m a jazz musician but a metal head at Heart so this spoke to me. 🤘🏽

Finally an answer to the question: but can he djent?

I love this channel. The pure variety found in the music makes it so that I can't get bored of the content. Awesome one, once more!

@TLguitar

Жыл бұрын

Your profile picture tells me you have a fine taste in music.

@bakedandsteaked

Жыл бұрын

I'm also here to voice my appreciation for Haken

Bro...I don't even know what to say. The things you write and play are just unparalleled levels of cool and astonishing. Keep it up, Charles. We need this more than you know.

This guy reminding me of First Fragments bassist. Being that good, and doing what you do across all these genres and styles is mindblowing every time.

Love the old classical character playing this one. 🤣

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

It felt like it needed his crazy vibes 🤣

It isn’t just that you make doing this stuff look easy - you do, of course, somehow - it’s that you look like you’re having more fun doing it than should be legal anywhere on this planet. While you perform. Bringing the flawless technique is one thing. Inspired composition is yet another. But presenting it with a sly twinkle in your eye makes it special. For me, anyway.

I'm so happy you are fleshing the tracks out with full instrumentation these days. Epic track that any band would be lucky to have written.

that low tuned metal slapping to melodic tapping transition was awesome

This is probably on the top 3 djentiest riffs I've heard in my life. You'd usually expect a guitarist to write djent riffs, but Charles is once again proving bassists aren't the slacks guitarists think they are. Charles never ceases to amaze me.

that needs to be a full song. shit slaps hard

Sikth were the first modern recognizable band to use this low tuning (on some songs) and the low G# tuning in E flat (D#) standard can be referred to as the Sikth tuning. The birth of the modern (more prog based) djent sound (Not referring to the first wave with Meshuggah.) Kind of sounds like them.

The first few seconds sound like an Animals as Leaders riff, then Mozart comes in, then Knights of Cynodia, back to Animals as Leaders, plus a bit of Polyphia... À track to make Shazam become mad! So much amazingness in oly two minutes

This is absolutely insane I wasn't expecting the madness right from the get go 😂. I love it when you play metal!

I think I've figured out why your music sounds so much more complicated than everything else... It's not only your flawless play style in these tracks you make, but it's the Japanese style chrord progressions that you incorporate into everything you write. Anime-esque. Good stuff.

Imagine how awesome Symphony X:s Sea of Lies would sound with bass like this. Especially the guitar solo... mind blowing stuff

the playing is outstanding, the note choices are stellar.

bro i know clearly this is hard to play but now writing something like this is something completely beyond comprehension. Thank you for giving me such mind-blowing experiences Charles! It really inspires me to keep learning more about the bass.

Wow this is seriously amazing I'm so glad you are getting the subscribers, and recognition you deserve. Best bass player in the world in my opinion. Keep up the good work!!!

Good lord.. That was absolutely incredible. Some of my favorite work of yours. Great piece, let alone a random video!

Wow!! Incredible, how does Charles manage to create an original banger every time. Like how is he so good in many rhythmic and stylistic varieties. His harmonics are insane, his talent is that of a virtuoso. If I were to choose top 100 best bassist of all time I’d choose Charles to be up in that list. Good day to you sir!

You really inspire me to work on my guitar playing! You're like the embodiment of technique not being in the way of feeling! What a bass hero!

Drop G# is such a good tuning. The contortionist and hath are probably my favorite bands that write some songs in that tuning

@Hels_vessel

Жыл бұрын

G# is an amazing tuning, but once you go lower than G, there's no going back...

Gave me kind of Animals as Leaders kinda vibe. Great piece of work by the way! Nice transitions)

The wig and intro with the tea into immediate head banging got a big laugh out of me. Amazing as usual!

JFC, very professional metal writing, so mature and EFFING HEAVY BRAH - nice work, really really nice job Charles

We did not deserve that beautiful melodic tapping part that somehow fit the HEAVY theme! I guess I'll keep waiting for you to finally outdo yourself. Might take a looooong time

The little finger sticking out on a coffee mug was just the very start of great things that followed ;-)

What a DJENT banger ! Keep goin' whith those

that interlude was why I'm subbed here. That was absolutely gorgeous man! I love it!

Incredible! Absolutely off the hook!! Thanks for another great video Charles. I think you're one of the biggest reasons I even watch KZread. I hope to see you here on the West Coast in the US next time you come

Used to hate metal but it’s slowly become my favourite genre over the heard

Everyone’s like he can make a banger in any genre. I see it as a complete understanding of music theory.

Splendid.

Dude I just can’t get over how good you are…god if I could turn back time and give some of this a try but years of construction has basically destroyed my hands.. I can play but it’s all pretty basic stuff.. but watching you is a huge uplift.. thank you for all the hard work.. hope all is well…

When you are asked to write a CharlesBerthoud youtube title about the sky: "Looking at the SKY makes you see lots of BLUE."

cant believe bethoven plays djent

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

He definitely would if he were still around 🤣

From really HARD to melodic and back. Awesome!

The solo bass intro is lowkey awesome (IMO the best part)

Dude... normally bass this low sounds terrible to me anyway, but I'll be damned if you don't make it sound AMAZING! History will remember the name Charles Berthoud as one of the greats, no doubt.

you seriously gotta create an album containing every genre you can think of, it would be legendary!

More juxtaposed metal music with classical aesthetic please. Also, what an absolute banger!

I’m curious to see what the behind-the-scenes look like. Watching you write, play, and record these amazing pieces would be really cool 🤘

@Draken0023

Жыл бұрын

@Charles_berthoud3249 👈🤡

It sounds like a boss battle theme, especially at 1:20

I’m not a metal fan at all but I’ll listen to anything Charles puts out

This was fooooking tasty! Def would love to hear this style in a full song!

Poor Beethoven, the high lead concentrate in his foundation has seeped into his mind You could say he's now a metal head

"Depress the like button..." No, I'm not one of those who like to depress buttons I like. 🙂 Been following for a long time... this has to be one of the top ten!

You could say this is classical musics "Djent" into madness

This sounds like a Vitalism track, which is incredible - you're so damn versatile!

Ludwig has never been before so close to pure nature of "classic" music. GJ!

you were born in bass in your hands, greetings from Poland

I wish I had only 10% of your talent 😅 Nice job !!!!

@craggerrs

Жыл бұрын

put in 10% of the work then

Charles, how dare you? Those riffs you played are disgusting and crushing. Those solos were sick and nasty and I just wanted to bang my head against a wall!

First, as always, your playing is fabulous and highly inspirational to everyone, especially amateur bassists like myself. Thank you for you time and effort composing, practising, playing and producing this video. In case you want to go a little lower, and it is just a semi-tone... If you use Rotosound Drop Zone plus strings RS66LH+ 85,105,135,175 for an F#0, B0, E1, A1 tuning the low F# works well however, 23Hz is below most speakers capability to produce without significant loss in amplitude. To flatten the response curve I use a couple of powered 18" cabs with a dedicated low frequency equaliser post a low pass filter set at 33Hz, around C1. You could try this but; clearly with our headphones, computer monitors & god forbid phones we are not hearing what you have live. This indeed sounds great regardless but I wonder if you consider that the equipment people are hearing you on is highly variable and for most completely inadequate for the task, I doubt many have 21" speakers that can function well down to around 18Hz. Are you EQing the sub-40hz frequencies with this in mind? Is what you are hearing bass heavy so we may get a better 'replication' of the sound you want us to hear? btw I have no connection to Rotosound other than using their strings on some of my basses, its just that they are to my knowledge the only company that produces a 4 string set with these gauges & even they only do them as stainless steel roundwound's. Thank you for your time if you read this, thoughts should you reply and of course for the artistry you, as always, demonstrate in your productions.

Your bass is beyond beautiful. And so is your playing 🎉

@CharlesBerthoud

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@zentai5076

Жыл бұрын

im here for that magnificent hair e

Outstanding playing!

Who can you possibly look up to as a bassist because you sir, are god tier. I’ve never seen anything like it on a bass.

lol you out-Myung'd John Myung with that one. J/K Myung's writing is pure him, but I do love that you kind of hang in the melodic zone he does with that.

멋진 연주, 최고입니다~^^

If Tosin ever needed a bassist in Animals As Leaders, Charles would be an obvious choice!

you might just be the best bass player on KZread today. Definitely my number 1.

Glad you're doing costumes and jokes again. Always thought you were hilarious.

Oh my goodness! Those strings were so loose! But the tone? *mwuah* chefs kiss.

You never cease to amaze dude. I formally request a full album of this right here PLEEEEEASE! Well done!

you know when he's got a costume on right away: we're about to witness something extraordinary

Sounded like it came off a liquid tension experiment album. But you are the entire band. Well done

@dutchdykefinger

Жыл бұрын

sure as shit has those dream theater vibes to it, but far more djent/metalcore ish on the dirt lol

Legend has it that a black hole would have been created if Charles included a breakdown in this tune.

That riff is actually sick af

00:23 Confirmed medieval metal stare down. 🤟

omg we need many albums of this

Just couldn't resist the urge to do all "do-dilly-do" in the middle there could ya?

Who else, if they could play this, would do so, wearing a stupid wig and a terrible tie? Everybody else would try and make it epic. You good sir, made this fun. Bell notification button ON.

Wow man, I want a whole album of this. That Schecter is sounding amazing.

The whole piece is fire. But 0:32 is one of the best damn thing I’ve heard in my life, especially in between those sick low heavy tones

You're on the next level, Charles. Your own league.

I love your playing because it is exactly what I is going on in my bass head.

1:20 -> When you are playing Mega Man and you suddenly get BFG-9000

I demand a whole album of this. PLEASE

That tapping section always makes me goosebooms

When Doomslayer accidentally remember his rabbit in the middel of rip'n'tear until it's done.

lol, nice, that's a good mashup of Meshuggah + Dream Theater + the iconic Charles tapping in there. That's totally something like that you need to play on the next Shred colab man!!! That was Heavy AF but still melodic and totally surprising tempo-wise as it should be. Spiffing indeed.

With these chops, writing skills, and on-stage experience, I wonder, I honestly wonder, why haven’t you got hired by big acts? You are mindblowing

@FOFballer

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't need them.

Damn! He's the whole Liquid Tension band by himself!