Wooten's double thump tecnhique?

FunkSlap89 · #1 03-11-2006, 08:32 AM

After watching the instructional video on google, i have been practicing this technique constantly. Does it tear anyone else's thumb up? It seams like you need a lot of power to go "through" the string and still get a good slap tone.

trenken · #2 03-11-2006, 08:38 AM

Well it basically just takes a ton of practice and eventually you thumb will turn into a big calace nub. Then it won't hurt anymore.

tZer · #3 03-11-2006, 09:48 AM

OUCH!!!! The back of the thumb near the outside at the nail... OUCH!!!! So, to sum it up.... OUCH!!!!

Yes. I even posted a question to Victor via his website... (no, no response... that would be pretty incredible, though...) asking if the pain meant I was doing it wrong or if I just needed to suffer for a while until the nerves all died and a new, leathery pad developed there...

OUCH!!! But I still gotta try...

--tz

bassist 4 life · #4 03-11-2006, 10:31 AM

Yup, it tore my thumb up, now its all nice and hard =).

HELLonWheels187 · #5 03-11-2006, 10:35 AM

funkslp, whats the link for that video?

mellofello · #6 03-11-2006, 10:48 AM

If you aren't bleeding all over your bass you aren't doing it right. I had tried to get this technique for years, and one day we were practicing and I just started doing it. I loved the way it sounded so much I just started doing it whenever I could, and soon had to carry a towel to gigs to wipe off the blood between sets. After a couple months I developed a monster callous. Flea from the Chili Peppers has been known to pour super glue in bass wounds to make them stop, maybe you could try that, I prefer to bleed. LOL

Christopher · #7 03-11-2006, 10:56 AM

It shouldn't require a lot of force. Use the minimum amount of thumb necessary to catch the string.

FunkSlap89 · #8 03-11-2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HELLonWheels187

funkslp, whats the link for that video?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...18176212403705

for the rest of you, my thumb isn't bleeding or anything, Its just painful. Now that i think about it, learning how to play slap in general was a painful process. It doesn't hurt anymore, so i guess the pain will subside once i get nice and calused.

trenken · #9 03-11-2006, 03:21 PM

Just search video.google.com for Victor Wooten.

A Minor · #10 03-14-2006, 10:01 AM

hmmm it's never hurt me but it sounds like i'm getting the right tone to me, maybe i'm doin it wrong but i doubt it, different strokes for different folks apparently, keep up the good work regardless!

p.s. what kinda bass are you playing?

GSRLessard14 · #11 03-14-2006, 03:52 PM

I have a hard time with it, but the pain is just my wrist getting stiff because i need to relax more, especially for the thumb down thumb up pluck pluck... I normally do the "go through the string with the thumb" when i slap, but i never go back up with it, so i tend to get way too much of my thumb under the string.

Practice x infinite.