Check out this slap solo on a 5 string that is strung upside down, so the B string is on the bottom of the neck & the G is on top. Despite the fact that his thumb should naturally be slapping the top B or E string & plucking the bottom G string, he manages to turn his technique upside down & slap the bottom string then jump up to the top string to pluck!
http://youtu.be/ifDLszTS9A4 (http://youtu.be/ifDLszTS9A4)
Dang!
Larry Williams has some mad skills!
:-D
Yes he does! I never could understand how left handed players can play with their instruments strung upside down, but I guess if that is the way they learned it feels natural to them.
I think he's doing the double-thump technique - using his thumb kind of like a pick - impressive, especially the quick swats at the G string!
Ala Victor Wooten
I just showed this to Xander and he said the bass player is a wild minimac! (I told Xander he was a wild maniac and he declared I am a wild minimac!).
Too cute! Minimac, is that what Steve Jobs had in mind when he created the iPhone?
Shuck dern. Watching that video was ten minutes well spent. Thanks for posting it.
Rich
Glad you liked it Rich!