double thumbing

[packersrule]

i dont really get the idea of it. so if u guys could help me with it that would be great

[BassRevelation1029]

its slapping downward with your thumb and clipping the string coming up. Watch the classical thump video on victor wooten's site under lessons.

[Sade]

It's where you take both your thumbs, and put them...

well, you can probably guess the rest.

[thelowsoundofbass]

It's where you take both your thumbs, and put them...

well, you can probably guess the rest.

on the serch button???

lowsound

[Riouken]

http://www.omgosh.com/stuff/

I did a DT instructional audio on there.

[ignignok]

BS you've only been playing a little over year...

And what guage strings do you use?

[Spazzout22]

http://www.omgosh.com/stuff/

I did a DT instructional audio on there.

You should make it a video and clean it up a little bit. It sounds good but I think you can take the classical thump stuff slower and cleaner.

[Riouken]

BS you've only been playing a little over year...

And what guage strings do you use?
Umm... I'm not prepared to try and prove myself of ow long I've been playing... as if it really matters :lol:. But, yeah bleive what ou want.

I don't know guage strings I use. I go to the shop, the guy there knwos what strings I like (same oens everytime) and I put them on. I've seen th enubmers but never bothered to remember them.


You should make it a video and clean it up a little bit. It sounds good but I think you can take the classical thump stuff slower and cleaner.

Yeah. I hadn'twarmed up my thumb when I did the audio so you an hear those rathe rannoying squeaks sometimes. And yeah, a video woudl be good!I need a camera!

[victor_claypool]

http://media.putfile.com/thumpoff
http://media.putfile.com/Victor--Wooten-----DMB--Concert--live
http://media.putfile.com/Wooten-Amazing-Grace
http://media.putfile.com/Victor-Wooten---Classical-Thump (look at this one especially)

Here is some Victor Wooten video, he uses double thumbing a few times in the videos.
Don't think of the thumb like a thumb, it is not slapping. Think of it like a guitar pick, go through the string and then come back up hitting it as well, like a pick. It is hard to explain.

[ViolenceBass]

i didnt think your British accent was crappy at all Rio.

[zink182]

I really can't double thump on my heavy gauge strings :/

[peeted]

its just an up and down movement with your thumb/wrist/arm (cant remember lol, dont usualy think about it much). its like useing your thumb as a pick though. im shure the vidios explain beter than me.

[Killer Fridge]

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Don't think of the thumb like a thumb, it is not slapping.

yes, yes it is, its a form of slapping - most people dont slap like that, but allot of people do (look at how quatre slapped - through the string)

[Phalanx]

BS you've only been playing a little over year...

And what guage strings do you use?

are you an idiot. How does the amount of time playing effect whether you can double thumb well?

I detect jealousy...