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Victor Wooten breaks his bass neck!

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Borzi_4

Apr 3, 2012
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Check it out, I had really had to look twice at this video of Vic doing a solo on stage with SMV. I know I have seen this solo before and not noticed it, but sometime between 5:05 & 5:10 his neck breaks. You can clearly see a fat crack between the 13th and 14th fret! I mean, I've broken strings on stage and stuff but MAN. He really beats those things! :bassist:


Even without the bass fatality, its a great solo! He does a bunch of standards melodies and killer tapping and whatnot. Cheers!

-B
 
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I'm not so sure that's a crack. I don't see a crack forming across the grain like that without a serious impact. I think it might just be a drop of sweat that landed on the fretboard and ran down.
 
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Hopkins said:
I'm not so sure that's a crack. I don't see a crack forming across the grain like that without a serious impact. I think it might just be a drop of sweat that landed on the fretboard and ran down.
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Probably right, makes much more sense! I guess I jumped to the conclusion because he has said in an interview that he has broken the neck on a few of his basses.

my bad :hiding:
 
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Borzi_4 said:
Probably right, makes much more sense! I guess I jumped to the conclusion because he has said in an interview that he has broken the neck on a few of his basses.

my bad :hiding:
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I don't doubt that, but it was probably from doing his move where he spins the bass around his body with the strap. You would have to be incredibly strong to somehow break a bass by just playing it.
 
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aprod said:
No crack, I agree with Hopkins, sweat.
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I disagree. I think that is a tear coming from the bass, due to its deep depression driven by being played like a banjo. I feel sorry for it. IMO, just a bit of time with Glenn Worf or Michael Rhodes will make it all happy again IMO. In the business, we call that 'quarter note rest therapy'. Works wonders on a sad and/or abused instrument.




:D
 
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KJung said:
I disagree. I think that is a tear coming from the bass, due to its deep depression driven by being played like a banjo. I feel sorry for it. IMO, just a bit of time with Glenn Worf or Michael Rhodes will make it all happy again IMO. In the business, we call that 'quarter note rest therapy'. Works wonders on a sad and/or abused instrument.




:D
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:hyper:
 
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Pffff. Piker. Have you seen the "World's fastest bass player" thread yet? Now, THAT guy...:hiding:
 
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KJung said:
I disagree. I think that is a tear coming from the bass, due to its deep depression driven by being played like a banjo. I feel sorry for it. IMO, just a bit of time with Glenn Worf or Michael Rhodes will make it all happy again IMO. In the business, we call that 'quarter note rest therapy'. Works wonders on a sad and/or abused instrument.




:D
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This is the most hilarious thing I have read in a long time! :hyper:
 

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