Amazing Upside Down Slap Solo

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Author Message rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1343 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 1:44 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 Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1292 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 1:57 pm:    Dang! Larry Williams has some mad skills! :-D rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1344 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 3:38 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 Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 1419 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 3:45 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 Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1293 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 6:33 pm:    Ala Victor Wooten edwin Senior Member Username: edwin Post Number: 1844 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 7:48 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 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1351 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 9:16 pm:    Too cute! Minimac, is that what Steve Jobs had in mind when he created the iPhone? richbass939 Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 1222 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 9:57 am:    Shuck dern. Watching that video was ten minutes well spent. Thanks for posting it. Rich rustyg61 Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1361 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 4:50 pm:    Glad you liked it Rich!