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rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1343
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 1:44 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1292
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 1:57 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

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
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Username: hieronymous

Post Number: 1419
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 3:45 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1293
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 6:33 pm:   Edit Post

Ala Victor Wooten
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 1844
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 7:48 pm:   Edit Post

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:   Edit Post

Too cute! Minimac, is that what Steve Jobs had in mind when he created the iPhone?
richbass939
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Username: richbass939

Post Number: 1222
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 9:57 am:   Edit Post

Shuck dern. Watching that video was ten minutes well spent. Thanks for posting it.
Rich
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1361
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 4:50 pm:   Edit Post

Glad you liked it Rich!

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