Author Topic: Amazing Upside Down Slap Solo (Read 291 times)

rustyg61 · « **on:** October 08, 2014, 01:44:59 PM »

Check out this slap solo on a 5 string that is strung upside down, so the B string is on the bottom of the neck & the G is on top. Despite the fact that his thumb should naturally be slapping the top B or E string & plucking the bottom G string, he manages to turn his technique upside down & slap the bottom string then jump up to the top string to pluck!

http://youtu.be/ifDLszTS9A4

pauldo · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2014, 01:57:24 PM »

Dang!
Larry Williams has some mad skills!

:-D

rustyg61 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 08, 2014, 03:38:27 PM »

Yes he does! I never could understand how left handed players can play with their instruments strung upside down, but I guess if that is the way they learned it feels natural to them.

hieronymous · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2014, 03:45:02 PM »

I think he's doing the double-thump technique - using his thumb kind of like a pick - impressive, especially the quick swats at the G string!

pauldo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2014, 06:33:58 PM »

Ala Victor Wooten

edwin · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2014, 07:48:41 PM »

I just showed this to Xander and he said the bass player is a wild minimac! (I told Xander he was a wild maniac and he declared I am a wild minimac!).

rustyg61 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2014, 09:16:21 PM »

Too cute! Minimac, is that what Steve Jobs had in mind when he created the iPhone?

richbass939 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 18, 2014, 09:57:52 AM »

Shuck dern. Watching that video was ten minutes well spent. Thanks for posting it.
Rich

rustyg61 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 18, 2014, 04:50:29 PM »

Glad you liked it Rich!