kevbass Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I dont really know too much about this bass player, I'm sure some of you already know what Im about to say, but I thought I'd share it with you anyways. I came across the vid on youtube, Its interesting the way he's a lefty, but strings his bass backwards, so the Low string is where the high string would normally be and vice versa, this leads me to believe that he learnt using a right handed bass turned upside down and not restrung to accomodate left handed playing i.e the strings left in place, but the most interesting part is that his slap technique is also upside down, he slaps with the fingers and pops with the thumb, heres the vid- [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLyV5JLvxM0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLyV5JLvxM0[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Yeah very interesting technique Jeff Schmidt plays like that aswell There are some good vids of him playin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 That was totally mad. Great stuff. I noticed the bass player of Tinariwen at Glastonbury had his bass set up that way too. Love this guy's slap style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntropicLqd Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Ineresting. As another "upside down" lefty I'll have to give that technique a go. I'm not a big fan of slap bass, but it would occasionally be nice to have an option to play it. I normally get by by popping with both fingers (and my thumb) but building up any sort of speed is quite hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nimrod Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Mindbending ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Cool Really sweet player too G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Here is another one for you guys, his name is Quintin Berry and he's a freak!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0xXDlXnO4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0xXDlXnO4[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythSte Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Ive seen quentin before, he's a spector endorsee isnt he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 My old friend Lee Pomeroy (now playing bass for Take That and appearing in Elites string ads!) does some amazing lefty-and-upside-down slapping... he still slaps with the thumb and pops with the index finger, but it's impressive to watch him do it upside down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 [quote name='Mcgiver69' post='23761' date='Jun 26 2007, 09:34 PM']Here is another one for you guys, his name is Quintin Berry and he's a freak!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0xXDlXnO4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0xXDlXnO4[/url][/quote] A bit gimiky that, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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