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#77875 by ratsass
Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:41 pm
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

#77877 by philbymon
Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:50 pm
I quite agree, ratsass. I feel the same way about comparing Mark King to Wooten.

#77886 by 1collaborator
Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:52 pm
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 !!!

#77909 by philbymon
Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:57 pm
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.

#78118 by PocketGroovesGSO
Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:14 pm
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. :)

#78201 by bigmacbassman
Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:27 am
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.

#78203 by philbymon
Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:32 am
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.

#78222 by philbymon
Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:25 am
Thanks, ratsass...hey, does anyone in here use these things?

#78254 by PocketGroovesGSO
Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:44 pm
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.

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