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01-13-2007, 02:43 PM
| | | | Mark King’s special "thumb band" slapper
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Hi, does anyone know what special “tools” “accessory” “thumb band” Mark King is using on his thumb for slapping?
Do you know where to get it?
Thanks
Gil |
01-13-2007, 11:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | I replied to your question over in the Slap Bass Welcome Center thread.
Joe
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01-13-2007, 11:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | | It's just some gaffers tape over his thumb to prevent what happened that one time where his thumb bled all over his white bass... |
01-16-2007, 05:57 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Warwick Bass and Amp | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: England, Liverpool | | | doesnt that make it sound weird though?
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01-16-2007, 06:26 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | | ive seen him play with a metal ring around his thumb, i have never seen him with gaffa around it though.
Dave |
01-16-2007, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: barnstaple, uk | | | Mark plays with electrical tape or gaffa tape wound around his thumb. As someone already mentioned, this is because his thumb used to split and bleed as he slapped so hard. At the end of each show he pulls it off and throws it into the crowd - i know many people who've got one.
Stu |
01-16-2007, 08:35 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | | my bad, i went and googled mark king after my post and saw that it was electrical tape, dont know where i got the idea of it being a metal ring from??
Dave |
01-16-2007, 08:45 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Warwick Bass and Amp | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: England, Liverpool | | | does anyone else have this problem? iv got a bit of a callous (sp?) on the ball of my thumb but never been close to making it bleed??
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01-16-2007, 08:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: barnstaple, uk | | | Never had the problem myself and I doubt King does these days either. It has become something of a trademark for him though which i guess is why he still wears it.
Stu |
01-16-2007, 09:20 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | I remember seeing him throwing it away after the Newcastle gig on October 8th 2006, I'm not sure it's a souvenir I'd want, it must be a bit sweaty by the end of the show!
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