When only the bassist shows up to the gig

IG: @charles_berthoud

Special thanks to Zachary Brunetti, AhLun, Sugabeat, Colin Heberling, Timothy Gabrielson, Colter Fike, Sid Stenersen, Turpid, DebisU, David Geschke, Dario Cimmino, James Ansell, Rob Nack, Michael Forrester, 949 Designs, slatibartfast24, Kelly Henderson, 游鎰駿, Joe Norsworthy and all my other Patrons and members!

[LouisWilliamsWriting]

These short bass solos are like little nuggets of joy in my day.

[MansePower]

Anyone who has ever tried to tackle a loop pedal will appreciate the insanity of the timing… Charles, you truly are a beast

[feraldynaufal]

Outside of bass skill, Charles is definitely a really good composer.

[rowanwhy]

He's so good at bass that even the automatically generated closed captions applaud for him

[isaiahhiggins]

If Charles Berthoud is the bassist, he's all you need

[Jake-bvmf]

This is I think one of the best things I’ve seen on YouTube

[lordcarranca]

This is so ridiculously good that I don't know if I definitely quit trying to learn to play or I grab my bass and work my ass out. 😅

[filmgeekstudios]

If anyone can make me feel discouraged and happy at the same time, it's this guy. What an excellent composition. Damn.

[smurfsvillage]

With skills like this you might as well be the whole band.

[dohnjoe]

I have 0 knowledge when it comes to bass or in any type of string instruments.
But with confidence I can say that this is one of the best things I've ever heard in my life. This outshines all the other instruments and the singings I've heard before.
It's insane how much depth and breadth you can add into your artwork, I can almost create a story for this.
I'm so glad that I found your channel Charles!

[jamsblues]

My wife and I love you Charles! You are such an inspiration to the world. Your hard work and dedication to your craft has lifted me up every single video.

[heretic]

Rest of the band after the gig: "Sorry mate, car broke down."
Charles: "You're all fired."

[---ivgj]

staying up not able to sleep to 1:20am and suddenly charles hit us with his wonderful music, i am now at peace and ready to go to sleep.

[paxielle]

I was so stressed and frustrated then discovered this channel. Now I'm less stressed and frustrated but more insomniac because I just spend the whole night bingeing on his songs and videos lol. No but seriously I feel like I just completely calmed down after vibing to his music, it's amazing.

[putablook]

Without a doubt, one of the best (if not THE best) bassist of the world. Insane.

[DMSparky]

I know very few people who seem to push them selves harder then Charles. Every aspect of his YouTube channel seem to improve with every single video. Better video quality, lighting, sound, acting, promotion, editing, story boarding, practicing technical bass skills in order to play at the 99% percentile of technical ability, composing music, performing and delivering a final product on a fairly regular schedule. This dude either works exceptionally hard or is legit savant tier or a combination of both.

[codysearchfield]

Everybody here's talking about the mechanical skill he possesses, meanwhile I'm in awe of his intricate and intimate use of the blues scales in such a jazzy, funky way. ♥ me some 7ths.

[thefool]

You are the talent sir. That technique is clean and that tone absolutely kills.

[HofTheStage]

Can't remember the last time I was this early to your video. I'm so early that the rest of the band didn't show up yet.

[Quillian]

"Hey what instrument do you play?"




"Paper"