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bass players
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:24 pmby philbymon
I can't begin to pronounce this guy's name, but he's pretty good, & he's being touted as the next Vic Wooten. Dunno about all of that, but he is a great player.
What is that thing on his thumb?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haMvqvixazA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrm24RC ... re=related
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:41 pmby ratsass
He's incredible, but how can anybody say that he's better than Victor Wooten? I mean, this guy is great at the percussive stuff, but Wooten adds the melodic with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vdJvHE8qxA&feature=fvw
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:50 pmby philbymon
I quite agree, ratsass. I feel the same way about comparing Mark King to Wooten.
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:52 pmby 1collaborator
Wootens already been there and done that. The other guy still has a ways to go before any one can say that. But he can kick some ass on that there bass yet !
Its another day in Paradise !!!
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Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:57 pmby philbymon
Does anyone know what that thing on his thumb is called? I'm prolly sounding lame, here, but I'd like to know. It doesn't look like tape, to me, but rather a strapped on thingie.
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Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:14 pmby PocketGroovesGSO
I can't view the video right now (at work), but I'll look at it when I get home tonight.
Phil, is it a solid piece covering his thumb, or something more like a banjo thumb pick? I actually use the same kind of thumb pick banjo players use when I play bass with a pick. Its more comfortable for me, and I don't drop the pick when my fingers fatigue.
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:27 amby bigmacbassman
I've seen something like the device on his thumb in the back pages of Bass Player. I think it's called a Slap Ring. I would call it a cheater ring. Nothing can take the place of good ol' callluses.
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:32 amby philbymon
I dunno. Mayhaps Im doing it wrongly, but there are times when I try to slap that it irritates my thumb joint a bit. A "slap ring" might solve that lil prob.
Thanks, bigmac!
I ain't a slapper/popper guy, anyway, but I might try it out more if it didn't hurt.
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:41 amby ratsass
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:25 amby philbymon
Thanks, ratsass...hey, does anyone in here use these things?
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Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:44 pmby PocketGroovesGSO
philbymon wrote:Thanks, ratsass...hey, does anyone in here use these things?
No, but I'd like to try this thing out! The tone of the slapping from the website is bright and full, so I can see how this would be useful.