Sometimes, you just have to slap it.

rreihart · Post by **rreihart** » Tuesday Nov 22, 2005

Staceman · Post by **Staceman** » Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

That is freakin' awesome!

Is low action the key to effortless slapping like that?

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Thursday Nov 24, 2005

The Wooten boys are sick! That was from Bass Day '98 with Michael Manring, Oteil Burbridge, Rocco Prestia, and a few more.

Victor has a video that features his performance from Bass Day and a short lesson on his slap technique. Low action helps, but he gets the lightning fast speed from double thumping. When most people slap, they hit the string once with the thumb, bring it up, and then come back down to hit it again. Reggie created a technique where you hit the string once on the down stroke and then again as you bring your thumb back up. Vic and Reg couple that with popping on the pointer, middle, and ring fingers. It makes for crazy fast triplets, quads, and quintuplets (sp?). A few others have mastered the technique like the Bass Buddha Bill Dickens. I've been messing with it for a while now, and it's tricky, especially if you're so used to regular slap technique.

grimmbass · Post by **grimmbass** » Sunday Nov 27, 2005

Perhaps a "funk thumb" apparatus, in addition to "funk fingers" would help:)

Kent

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Sunday Nov 27, 2005

Lol! I think you might be on to something there Kent! I'll see what I can widdle up! I still have a pair for you. Let me know what the best way to get them out to you is.