This guy has been in so many amazing bands and played with some of the best drummers.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@jamescotton9269

Ай бұрын

I played Bass before I heard Neil Peart and it changed the way I heard music forever. You are ever evolving and just an amazing artist. Was there any particular drummer you have played with that you just saw them playing and you thought fuck yeah?

Fat sound Tony. You're a legend

Dope.

Nice guy, having fun, sounding amazing. That's what music is all about

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that. That’s what it’s all about. We “play” music. Gotta have fun.

Gee, that was Great...!!! 👍

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Wow, I ALWAYS enjoy listening to your playing!

@FretlessMonster

27 күн бұрын

Truly appreciate that!! 👍🏻😊

Great playing as usual! Some greasy, bluesy Southern Rock overtones and those harmonics were top notch!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Excellent Tony Wow !! Love to hear and watch the Master .. ✌️

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Yeah Tony!

Tony Franklin super. благодарю за душевное исполнение фантастической композиции.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much

I love this. I’ve used DADGAD on my telecaster for years.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks. Yeah DADGAD is a great tuning.

Yeah baby!

Even though the tiny speaker in my phone this sounds awesome I’d love to hear it live in the room cheers Tony

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I’d love to hear it through a big rig too. 🤩👏🏻

I love that tone! Nice overdrive on the fretless and it does sound massive! Very cool jam, Tony! Great to see a new video. And now I want a Tony Franklin Fender Fretless. 😃 Thanks for sharing!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that. Sounds like the TF Fretless is calling you!! 🤷‍♂️👏🏻🤩

Awesome!! Love a nice and crunchy bass tone 🤘🏻🔥

@FretlessMonster

25 күн бұрын

Me too. It’s fun.

👏👏👏👏👏👏 great sound! great groove 👍👍👍👍

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Really appreciate that.

Wow! Open G on a fretless. That's brave. And cool. I saw you with the firm years ago and was just knocked out. You are a pioneer in this style. Easy to hear how good you are unless you're deaf. Rock on Tony!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

That means the world. Thanks Christian. 🤩👍🏻

Hell yeah!

Fantastic !

i like it it, BIG it needs Big Drums and kick ass . it needs a vocal the herder i work the less i get Paid .and so on lol thank you for rocking out .

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Can definitely hear big drums! 🔥👍🏻👏🏻

Sounds massive.

Fretless master!

Love the Vibe Tony, so excellent!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Sounds like airboats skimming along on the Bayou.

@FretlessMonster

27 күн бұрын

Good visual! 👏🏻🤩

Wow, what a nice video to wake up to! 🤘🏼

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Haha great. Wakey wakey! 😂👏🏻

Always enjoy watching you jam, I really need to give fretless a go!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Truly appreciate that. Yeah Fretless is fun.

This has a fun country feel to it. I love that groove, Tony. 😎

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Heavy country! 😝😂

That was fun. Happy Friday! 🎸

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks!! Happy Friday too!

CHEERS LAD WOW! Tony its Jonathan Richard your old Friend from Louisiana. We met in person in Lake Charles,La. Incredible work here🎸Tony. Very Inspiring and up lifting. I been busy w/ Producer Warren Huart PLAP on many Projects. Latest recording was from The Village in L.A. w/ Jon Button from THE WHO on Bass, 3 people from TOTO ,Warren on Guitar and Kim BV. A True All-Star Line up. I really wish you could collaborate w/ Warren again. Blues, Rock doesn't matter, for a Master Class w/ Warren. The Fretless Monster strikes again!! Cheerio🙂🎸🎩

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Hi Jonathan. Thanks so much. Cool on your work with Warren. He’s great. I’m happy you enjoyed this one.

That was sick.

@FretlessMonster

26 күн бұрын

Haha thanks. When I first came over from the UK touring with The Firm in 85, I never knew that being called a sick bass player was a compliment 😂😂🤷‍♂️👏🏻👏🏻

That's such totally awesome original material. I'm blown away T.F. , that was great!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Truly appreciate that!! 🤩

I like it!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Very Nice!

EXCELLENT!!!

Love the song! Noticed the paper on the nut of the A string! Have that on a few basses myself!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Yep. It helps with the slight buzzing right?

@stevegosney

Ай бұрын

@@FretlessMonster yep! Sometimes simple and direct works!

That was great, especially the riff! 🎸🤘

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Appreciate that!

Menacing sound! Brilliant!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks!!

Tony, your videos always make me pine for a fretless again, if only I played one enough to justify it. But my missus would kill me!🤣

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Ahh the struggle. I hear you 😩😂😂

👍👍👍

Nice brutha 🤘🎸

Wow, what a wonderful gritty tone! I love it!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. It’s fun to dirty up the sound. 🤩

@toddstropicals

Ай бұрын

​@@FretlessMonsterYeah it sounded great!

been messing with similar intervals and riffs like in the first bit but on a two string cheap violin, repaired with household items, but when you get a thing grooving none of that matters! and this is a great groove, your playing is always awesome dude!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you. And so true. When the groove is locked, notes and sounds are secondary.

Just love the grind you have!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s fun to play with.

Insaneeee! 🔥🔥🔥🤟🏻🔥🔥🔥

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Haha thanks!!! 👍🏻🤩

It’s always a blessing to be gifted some awesome fretless bass grooviness from the Fretless Monster himself! Cheers! ❤🎸🍻

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

You’re too kind!! Thank you 🙌🏻🤩

Monster sounds Tony - love it mate 🤘🏻

@FretlessMonster

21 күн бұрын

Cheers mate! Much appreciated 🤩👏🏻

It sounds soooo good! Wow, thanks for recording this video, that’s very very inspiring!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻🤩🤩

str8 nasty

Amazing, as usual! Thanks for posting this.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much 🙌🏻🤩

I love that growl you got going on. My fave bass tones are early 70s not that that's what you were going for just reminds me of that era.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I wasn’t especially going for anything particular. Just a big aggressive sound. I love the 70’s overdriven bass though. Cool 😎👍🏻👍🏻

🔥✊❗Killer.

@FretlessMonster

27 күн бұрын

Thanks Bill!! 🙌🏻🤩

Awesome🤘

@FretlessMonster

28 күн бұрын

👍🏻😊

The Firm, Blue Murder, Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus are all among my favorite purchases by you. Are there other records that feature your playing prominently I could buy? This sounds great, and uncategorizable, which is part of its appeal.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that!! Great comment. I played on 3 or 4 albums by Gary Hoey in the 90’s. Those are worth checking out. Animal Instinct, Bug Alley and Endless Summer II come to mind. Derek Sherinian’s first solo album called Planet X also. I played on two albums with Tony McAlpine in the 90’s too - Premonition and Evolution. Give those a listen if you can.

The day i will play The Trooper's Steve Harris bass line on the TF fretless bass i will consider myself as a descent bass player.Not before.

@FretlessMonster

24 күн бұрын

That’s definitely a landmark to work towards! 👏🏻🤩

mmm-mmm-MM!!

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

👏🏻🤩🤪

Uncle Tony, you Rock!

Love this jam! I don't really know why, but at the start I was getting "Demon's Eye" vibes. Probably because that's in G too? I dunno, I need another toke...

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

I don’t know either. But cool. 😎 Thank you

@zwastiunburzy3688

Ай бұрын

@@FretlessMonster Yeah, no excuses. I was very, er, ah, "under the weather" at the time. I shouldn't listen to things straight from my phone speaker, because I'm deaf in one ear and can't hear out the other. My excuse, and I'm sticking to it.🙄

This one's a bit different... Interesting. Great to hear from you. Keep rocking bud!! 😊

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much. I like to mix it up. 🤩

Another tuning I like is D A D A - so the E string down a tone and the G string up a tone - some lovely drone potential and easy symmetrical patterns

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Yep. Thanks. I use many different tunings. They’re fun and open up new creative avenues

Sounds snappy but smooth.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

👍🏻🤩👏🏻

I think I have not seen this tuning so much. And what makes over drive sound ? Amp over driven- or effector? Please forgive my silliest question Mr Tony, Is Natto ( Japanese food ) available around the place Mr Tony Lives?

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Thank you Paul. The sound was created using effects in the computer. I recorded directly into music software then added the effects afterwards. The Natto here is not so fresh unfortunately. I miss Japan!

I use this tuning to play MK Ultra by Muse. wicked sound.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Nice.

Blue Murder check it out

Is that a piece of paper or something on the nut for the A string? Does that vibrate a lot when played open?

@crimfan

Ай бұрын

It's tuned down to G so my guess is that it was rattling a bit due to lack of tension.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Yes it helps with a bit of rattle on the A string.

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Actually I used it before the G tuning. A slight buzz on that string. But the rest of the strings were perfect so I didn’t want to mess with it. A simple fix! 👍🏻

@bass69player

Ай бұрын

@@FretlessMonster Very Interesting. I was asking because I have the same bass ('23 model) and color. The A string on it rattles too. I'll have to do the same. Thank you for the quick response!!

@wademiyataki9221

Ай бұрын

Nice groove. Good to see you again!

Luv the sound buddy. I am saving money to buy a fretless which brands are you keen on??? Have a great day buddy

@FretlessMonster

13 күн бұрын

Thanks! I only own and play my Fender Fretless Signature P Bass. That does everything for me. Very versatile. I truly don’t know about other basses. www.fender.com/en-US/electric-basses/precision-bass/tony-franklin-fretless-precision-bass/0190085802.html

@renssy

13 күн бұрын

@@FretlessMonster thanks

10 bucks he uses Eventide reverb

@FretlessMonster

Ай бұрын

Haha. No. Just effects in the PreSonus studio software. 👍🏻😊

a Bass sound so Dirty you'll need to shower for three weeks after hearing it!

@FretlessMonster

15 күн бұрын

Haha. I like that. 😂👏🏻