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Matt Owen

YouTuber gives Tim Henson a run for his money by turning Playing God into a fretless bass masterclass – and it will literally blow your mind

Charles Berthoud playing a fretless six-string bass guitar

We’ve all heard Polyphia’s Playing God. The band’s 2022 comeback track that ushered in a new era of Tim Henson signature guitars by debuting the Ibanez TOD10N, the song was a virtuosic clinic of the highest order, and one of last year’s finest guitar tracks.

Learning the song on the instrument it was intended to be played on is hard enough, but YouTuber Charles Berthoud has taken things one step further: not only has he learned Playing God, he's completely transformed it into a six-string fretless bass guitar masterclass.

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