Victor Wooten style

jamitman39 · #1 04-02-2007, 03:01 AM

I've been playing for 38 years, but have just recently started learning thumb and finger techniques. Is Victor Wooten's style the best to learn from? Larry Graham's video shows a lot but doesn't really teach. Let me hear it folks!

Rano Bass · #2 04-02-2007, 09:22 AM

If you like it why not?
But if you're just starting maybe Wooten is a bit of a stretch, i started with a video by Alexis Sklarevsky.

Baryonyx · #3 04-02-2007, 09:30 AM

Well, Vic's style certainly is amazing, and if you want to sound like that or be able to use Vic's tricks to improve your own music, then you'll need to study his style and techniques.

chris_nairn · #4 04-03-2007, 10:38 PM

Learn from all that you can or care to. Graham is awsome and so is Wooten, plus many more.

DocBop · #5 04-03-2007, 11:11 PM

Victa's stuff is pretty advanced you may want to learn the fundamentals of slap and double-thumbing first then move onto Victa'. Ed Friedland has a good little DVD that has the basics of slap.

JimmyM · #6 04-03-2007, 11:42 PM

Don't sell the Larry Graham video short. Larry Graham isn't going to tell you what notes to play in a one-hour video. Nobody can do that. That takes years of learning. But Larry Graham shows you how to make your slap lines happening, which is more important than double thumbing or the slap-crackle-pop or whatever.

Don't get me wrong...Vic's stuff is great. But you gotta crawl before you run. Larry's video shows you how to master the basics the right way. it might not be a video you'll watch over and over, but it's the one you'll get the most out of.

garth elson · #7 04-04-2007, 09:13 PM

try flea! not so much for the notes, but for the technique.

steve66 · #8 04-04-2007, 09:40 PM

Larry Graham, Louis Johnson and Victor Wooten (all great, all different) are amazing to listen to and watch but way advanced to begin with.

Don't over look the books, many good ones out there !

I am working slowly though these:

Slap it by Toni Oppenheim. Toni has some samples on his website http://www.slapit.com/example.html

Slap and Pop Bass by David Overthrow - A guide to Modern Funk Techniques

Also, its all in the technique. You can spend months just getting an octave slap/pop to sound consistent.

CamMcIntyre · #9 04-04-2007, 11:26 PM

Ditto on the Slap It Books.

I'd highly suggest taking lessons from someone to help you learn how to slap. I never realized how much i was doing wrong until i start to study it with someone. If you can't study with someone-check out Slap It by Tony Oppenheim or anything by Ed Friedland.

take it easy.