in some of his recent videos ive been noticing he can make a high pitch beep noise and was curious to see if anyone knwos how to do it

If were thinking about the same "noise"... what he is doing is actually fretting or tapping a note out on the split coil pup cover.

I think you're referring to the sound he makes by pressing the g string off the end corner of the fingerboard....push it down onto the board, and off the corner....its quite easy.

Don't forget to check out Victor and Steve's new site, www.thebassvault.com (http://www.thebassvault.com) where you'll find a ton of cool stuff, including tricks like those...

Aloha, Garey

i actually think the first reply is more accurate, i believe the sound he is refering to is the one he makes when he touches the string to the pickup cover.

possibly....

Vic is a very good friend of mine, and I just spent the last 8 days with him at our Bass At The Beach camp. I know many of his techniques by seeing them up close in person. If we are referring to the same sound....its the string coming off the end of the fingerboard. You push the string off....and it goes beep. You can see/hear this on the bass day 98 vid....as well as elsewhere.

Aloha, Garey

possibly....

Vic is a very good friend of mine, and I just spent the last 8 days with him at our Bass At The Beach camp. I know many of his techniques by seeing them up close in person. If we are referring to the same sound....its the string coming off the end of the fingerboard. You push the string off....and it goes beep. You can see/hear this on the bass day 98 vid....as well as elsewhere.

Aloha, Garey

Very good friend eh? Good enough friend to...get him to post here? :D

I thought it was just tapping a note high on the neck on the top string

He's even got a serious wear spot on the area of the fingerboard he does it, as he employs this technique often.

Aloha, Garey

Very good friend eh? Good enough friend to...get him to post here? :D

oh, I'm sure he's a lurker :)

Very good friend eh? Good enough friend to...get him to post here? :D

Could you imagine if he posted as victor wooten...

"thank you for logging on victor wooten you have 300,000,000 new PM's in your inbox"

You know what would be cooler than vic posting here. If he toured australia. Man i would so go to that. But, you cant even buy wooten vids or merch in australia. unles you buy of the net.

i agree with Garey, i would have said that if he hadn't. i've seen seen victor do it plenty of times on DVD and in person about two feet away numerous times also

You know what would be cooler than vic posting here. If he toured australia. Man i would so go to that. But, you cant even buy wooten vids or merch in australia. unles you buy of the net.

Vic will be in Australia for 7 dates with the Flecktones between 3/31/07 to 4/10/07.

Check it out!

Aloha, Garey

i agree with Garey, i would have said that if he hadn't. i've seen seen victor do it plenty of times on DVD and in person about two feet away numerous times also

right....the easiest way is to try it, and you'll see that its done as I describe....NOT tapping a note on the pickup cover!:rollno:

Aloha, Garey

right....the easiest way is to try it, and you'll see that its done as I describe....NOT tapping a note on the pickup cover!:rollno:

Aloha, Garey

Yea... i guess i could be wrong about how is grabbing that sound... just seems like i've seen him do that more than once. I heard the noise as well while watching one of his tube vids, and thats how i percieved it. so I tried it and it sounded just like it did on the vid...So yea... try it.

i actually think the first reply is more accurate, i believe the sound he is refering to is the one he makes when he touches the string to the pickup cover.

isn't touching the strings to the pickups bad for your pickups?

Actually, both of you guys are right. You make the sound by pushing the G string off the end of the fingerboard but by doing this the string is forced down and touches the pickup cover and this is where the sound is produced. Try it out!!

Easy,

PJ

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It has nothing to do with the pickup cover...trust me. Its the string coming off the end of the board....not only have I tried it, but I've watched Vic do it in person. I'm in the fortunate position to work with him, and have seen him many times doing these things.

Aloha, Garey

I think you're referring to the sound he makes by pressing the g string off the end corner of the fingerboard....push it down onto the board, and off the corner....its quite easy.

Love it.

isn't touching the strings to the pickups bad for your pickups?

Actually, the pup cover is usually made out of plastic or wood so, i dont think it can cause any harm. I've had quite a few and seen quite a few basses where the strings touch the pup cover, other than some checking marks on the cover, i have had no problems with it. Like i said before... i can get that "sound" by pressing the G string against the p pup cover, while i can't say that i "work with Victor" etc and know for certain that's how it's done...i can say that you can make that sound, that way, regardless. Try it both ways and see wich one works best for you.
Peace.

i noticed that when i push the string off the neck it hits the pickup.

i noticed that when i push the string off the neck it hits the pickup.

Yep.... if you go to you tube and watch the bass day 98 video's (video#1) you'll actually see him do it. He does press the string off of the fretboard and then it comes in contact with the splitcoil pup cover and makes a "beep" noise. You can also get the exact same noise by simply pressing the string onto the pup cover lightly.

im gonna be in sydney at the same time as him. but the gigs r18 :(