I have some six string electric guitars I use slide, flat pick and fingerpick. Got to thinking yesterday should I try Bass? Today I see this, amazing… This tells me without a doubt… Shopping for Bass now.
I wish, but it seems being a bass god like VW doesnt necessarily translate to making great instructional vidoes, hes skipping over the fundamentals as if hes trying to explaing thump in quickest way possible even it means skipping CRUCIAL steps. Hopefully one of the other thump lesson videos are better because as much as I love VW, this video was not particularly helpful
I would love to double thumb but when I come up with my thumb it hurts. The more I practice it the more it makes my thumb sore. Maybe I need better strings idk
Met him a couple of years ago at the Blue Note Jazz Club. Told him he was my idol and played bass so much before but I stopped. He replied, "That's so sad. How come?" and I genuinely felt his sadness. I told him it was due to work and all. He said without judgment, "try to keep playing if you can and if it's still something you love." I've been playing the bass since then from time to time. He's such a kind person. Victor's mastery of the bass is at a point where it transcends mere playing. It is spiritual to him and he wants to share his gift. And you see that the way he teaches. Like he believes you can do it. Whether you believe in God or not, you can't help but respect and admire him.
I've been playing bass since I was 15 years old back in 1981, that's 42 years and although I'm very good at slap bass, I could never grasp the concept of the double slap technique. I watched Victor's UA-cam video 3 times in two days and I swear, it sounds like I've been double slapping for 40 years!!! That was an amazing video!!! Thank you Victor!!!!!
I have been trying to learn this technique for a few weeks. Watched a lot of really good teachers on YT. Still wasn't really getting it. Watched Victor here, listened to his way of explaining it and within half an hour I finally have a working version - not perfect but I can do it now. I think Victor might be one of the greatest teachers as well as one of the greatest musicians of all time. So grateful for this!
I have been playing bass for 33 years and I am blind so never ever got the concept of double thumbing even though I slap the crap out of my basses. Hugest thanks to Victor. That makes sense. I wish I knew this all those years I was teaching.
This guy is awesome. Victor seems like a great person and a low pressure teacher. Very simplistic in his approach. He even has a calm voice to go along with his method. Oh yeah, a great bass player too!
This guy is really an inspiring person, a master not only in music, in life. Each video I see with him, I learn a bit more about my self. Thank you for sharing this.
This is by far the best lesson on this elusive subject. Thank you Victor, sir, for demystifying techniques while always encouraging our musical spirit!
The tone is better when you do the upstroke than other tutorials I've seen on this tech. They say you can't make it sound the same but somehow you do,like you make it miss the fingernail somehow.
Bassist for 30 years myself and never liked slapping. I hate doing it and dont like the sound of it, just not my style, but i could listen to vic talk about it all day lol. His explanations are satisfying.
Bassist Doug Rauch ( Santana, Billy Cobham, George Duke etc) was the first bassist I ever saw doing this technique and that was back in the early 70's. Check out him using this double thumbing on Billy Cobham's " Life and Times" album. The song " Natural high" is a good example.
my problem with double thumbing is the action required to pull it off. I can do the basic of it, but my fingerstyle will suffer because action is too low and I pluck too hard. I can't pluck softly because it won't produce the tone I want. anyway, it's great that someone like Victor Wooten is not afraid to share his secrets.
treat this as a complete new technique, i learned thump on the guitar and it makes you feel like a beginner again, renew on my basics and learning how to thump made my normal playing better! you have to go in with a new mind
Leave it to Victor to explain what no one else could in the first minute. I never got how this worked until he said it's just like a pick which I have been doing 40 years now lol
I like to see Sweetwater working with popular musicians. I bought the schecter apocalypse bass recently through them. Great service, one stop shop, great service, and the Costumer service was 👌🏼
I've found the Alain Caron variation, which is more a motion that from an oblique angle slaps past the string to rest on the fingerboard then out and away from the fingerboard to pop the string, to be more comfortable and producing a preferable sound to me than an up and down motion.
" Music is always playing " To understand the actual meaning of this quote u have to read the Music Lesson book by victor i swear its highly rewarding !!!
The band Oni has a song called barn burner. The bass player does a play through with a four string bass that is an excellent example of double thumb technique .
Thank you for making this not confusing. I was like "what is the difference between double thumbing and just strunming up and down with my thumb" and it's not much. Just gotta stop bouncing 😂
No matter how many times I see this demonstrated, i never quite get the mechanics of the upstroke. I get the overall concept but how is that upstroke making contact on the attack..with the thumbnail or avoiding the thumbnail? Thanks Vic for all the years of inspiration and generosity. I sincerely hope you are finding ways to work around your dystonia diagnosis and continue playing at a level you are satisfied
@@citizenbxtr883 Bxtr I practiced it for a year before I did it in public, dont give up. Just be patient, practice, it will come. Not easy and what Bobby told me which is important, don't hit the strings to hard. Any other tips in can give you don't be afraid to ask, we are all in this togeather...
A master in action! Who's grabbing their bass to try this technique right now? ✋
Me
I have some six string electric guitars I use slide, flat pick and fingerpick.
Got to thinking yesterday should I try Bass?
Today I see this, amazing…
This tells me without a doubt…
Shopping for Bass now.
Wojtek Pilichowski bas master from POLAND auuuuu
Definitely me! The double thumb pop he shows at the end is the best!
I wish, but it seems being a bass god like VW doesnt necessarily translate to making great instructional vidoes, hes skipping over the fundamentals as if hes trying to explaing thump in quickest way possible even it means skipping CRUCIAL steps. Hopefully one of the other thump lesson videos are better because as much as I love VW, this video was not particularly helpful
"No one's gonna hire you to do that anyways" Million dollar words lol Great content!
That made me laugh and was comforting to hear lol
It’s like that golf saying, “you drive for show and putt for dough.” I apply this to bass playing and say, “you slap for show and pick for dough.”
It caught me off guard. Bassists are such nihilists. 😊
@@jerbear7952 Call it realists XD
So true though haha
Victor Wooten is just as incredible and as natural a teacher as he is a bassist. Truly one of the best out there.
One of the best ever
I would love to double thumb but when I come up with my thumb it hurts. The more I practice it the more it makes my thumb sore. Maybe I need better strings idk
@@doedoebird6614it should get better once you build up a callus. If it keeps hurting longer than a week take a small break.
@@standric thx
Met him a couple of years ago at the Blue Note Jazz Club. Told him he was my idol and played bass so much before but I stopped. He replied, "That's so sad. How come?" and I genuinely felt his sadness. I told him it was due to work and all. He said without judgment, "try to keep playing if you can and if it's still something you love." I've been playing the bass since then from time to time. He's such a kind person.
Victor's mastery of the bass is at a point where it transcends mere playing. It is spiritual to him and he wants to share his gift. And you see that the way he teaches. Like he believes you can do it. Whether you believe in God or not, you can't help but respect and admire him.
With so many UA-cam videos showcasing this, it takes the master of bass guitar playing to speak of it in small terms.
Brilliant, just brilliant.
I have so much respect for Mr. Wooten as a teacher, a real teacher… he is giving you knowledge to keep it going. Right on Vic!
Probably one of the best teachers any bassist will ever come across.
This man is a huge reservoir of knowledge. Every video I can get of this guy playing is just magic
I've been playing bass since I was 15 years old back in 1981, that's 42 years and although I'm very good at slap bass, I could never grasp the concept of the double slap technique. I watched Victor's UA-cam video 3 times in two days and I swear, it sounds like I've been double slapping for 40 years!!! That was an amazing video!!! Thank you Victor!!!!!
The GOAT is here. What an absolute genius musician not just bassist. Thanks for the great lesson Vic!
I have been trying to learn this technique for a few weeks. Watched a lot of really good teachers on YT. Still wasn't really getting it. Watched Victor here, listened to his way of explaining it and within half an hour I finally have a working version - not perfect but I can do it now. I think Victor might be one of the greatest teachers as well as one of the greatest musicians of all time. So grateful for this!
I have been playing bass for 33 years and I am blind so never ever got the concept of double thumbing even though I slap the crap out of my basses. Hugest thanks to Victor. That makes sense. I wish I knew this all those years I was teaching.
A new HD version of a classic lesson from one of the best teachers in the business.
2:50 I love that he puts rhythm first :)
This guy is awesome. Victor seems like a great person and a low pressure teacher. Very simplistic in his approach. He even has a calm voice to go along with his method. Oh yeah, a great bass player too!
Most masters of music are not good teachers but Victor is an Exception🙌
Struggled with this hard until I thought of my thumb as a pick. Such a simple idea but helped me immensely
@III hang in there and keep having fun with it! You will be a master before you know it!
This guy is really an inspiring person, a master not only in music, in life. Each video I see with him, I learn a bit more about my self. Thank you for sharing this.
Fr, He’s got warmth and love for what he’s doing in his voice and I just gotta respect that.
Quality content, Sweetwater. Keep 'em comin'
Word man !! Keep it coming . .
the way, this legend explains things simple and so calming, amazing!! his voice and playing is so calming idk why.
This man is an absolute treasure
If the world had to have a president, Victor would be it. What an awesome guy and great human being!
I am fan of Victor from Kiev(Huge respect from Ukraine guys)!
I’m so glad you guys posted this
We're so glad you commented 🤗
I watch this Video with Earphones, Victor has great Voice, goosebumps ..... ❤
This is by far the best lesson on this elusive subject. Thank you Victor, sir, for demystifying techniques while always encouraging our musical spirit!
Double thumbs up for this lesson!
This man is the best teacher of bass ever. I love how he teaches
Such a great video from an absolute legend. Thank you for doing this!
Victor you are a great teacher and player. Thank you
The tone is better when you do the upstroke than other tutorials I've seen on this tech. They say you can't make it sound the same but somehow you do,like you make it miss the fingernail somehow.
Bassist for 30 years myself and never liked slapping. I hate doing it and dont like the sound of it, just not my style, but i could listen to vic talk about it all day lol. His explanations are satisfying.
Now Sweetwater will bring another hero of mine: Mr Abraham Laboriel snr - to share a tip or technique. Keep it up, Sweetwater.
Thank you very much coming from you means alot
that's why we love you Victor :) you are an amazing teacher, always finding a way to explain a technic. Respect
This is amazing. His way of teaching is so clear and simple
Vic's favorite word... EASY!!
I love you Brother!!!🙏🏿🎶💕🔥
This dude got me OBSESSED with bass back in 11th grade
Really great guy and the bass is just such a beauty.
Victor is such a good teacher 🤙🏽
Great teacher. Congrats from Brazil.
Denbigh represent I love this man and he’s my inspiration for my bass playing in my band I’m in
Thanks so much to Victor and Sweetwater for this. I've been wanting to try some more of the percussive side of bass and this helped a tone!
Just to remind everyone... he's a Legend!
What an amazing teacher.. thanks Victor
Just managed to get double thumb triplets. Awesome tutorial!
One of the best bass guitarist & best teacher.
He’s the best!!, no ones going to hire you to do that anyway m. Such a perfect thing to say! He’s so right !
The best teacher ever 🎶
I knew Victor was a great musician, I had no idea he was such a great teacher as well.
One heck of a bass teacher
Bassist Doug Rauch ( Santana, Billy Cobham, George Duke etc) was the first bassist I ever saw doing this technique and that was back in the early 70's. Check out him using this double thumbing on Billy Cobham's " Life and Times" album. The song " Natural high" is a good example.
Hey thank you for this video Victor! I'm loving playing stuff with this technique.👍🙏👍
FANTASTIC BASS GUITAR PLAYER!
Great lesson. Great bass player too. Excellent teacher as well. Time to practice. Thanks.
phenom and excellent teacher.. impressed
you got to love Victor!
Best explanation I have seen. A legend!!
I have been practicing for years this video helped me just get that lil bit I needed Victor is everything!
my problem with double thumbing is the action required to pull it off. I can do the basic of it, but my fingerstyle will suffer because action is too low and I pluck too hard. I can't pluck softly because it won't produce the tone I want. anyway, it's great that someone like Victor Wooten is not afraid to share his secrets.
treat this as a complete new technique, i learned thump on the guitar and it makes you feel like a beginner again, renew on my basics and learning how to thump made my normal playing better! you have to go in with a new mind
Excellent lesson, thanks for posting.
Leave it to Victor to explain what no one else could in the first minute. I never got how this worked until he said it's just like a pick which I have been doing 40 years now lol
Such a great tutorial. Thanks Victor!
I remember him talking about Regi showing him that when he was younger. Awesome family!
Tosin brought me here 🙂
Thanks Vic! Can I call you Vic? Great lesson. You should do more. We all look up to you and love you!!
I like to see Sweetwater working with popular musicians. I bought the schecter apocalypse bass recently through them. Great service, one stop shop, great service, and the Costumer service was 👌🏼
Awesome Victor wooten 🔥🔥🔥
Excellent video. Bravo!
Please Make more Bass technique Videos!
So great! Thank you! Did I mention I think this is great?
I'm at work right now. I need to get home and try some of this!
You are @ work watching videos !? 😂😂😂 I want your job man
This guy is amazing, love his energy. Thanks for making the bass dope Sir.
Man, Victor Wooten teaching bass is like Einstein teaching Physics. It’s way beyond my comprehension but I’m damn sure glad it’s there.
Thanks for sharing Victor, that is a great lesson on a cool technique!
*THE GREATEST BSSSIST. LIVING. !!! SO COOL. THIS IS GREAT. ..THANKS !!
I've found the Alain Caron variation, which is more a motion that from an oblique angle slaps past the string to rest on the fingerboard then out and away from the fingerboard to pop the string, to be more comfortable and producing a preferable sound to me than an up and down motion.
Awesome technique, you can see why Victor has such strong fingers, it destroys your thumb when learning it 😅. Loved the rhythm practice concept.
Thanks for making this video
Thank you, Victor and Sweetwater! Great lesson!
Living legend
" Music is always playing " To understand the actual meaning of this quote u have to read the Music Lesson book by victor i swear its highly rewarding !!!
YEAH VICTOR WOOTEN! WOOOOOOO!🥳
He is a magician human being.
Thank you for the class!
The band Oni has a song called barn burner. The bass player does a play through with a four string bass that is an excellent example of double thumb technique .
WORDS FROM A MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
very nice job i love you so much and may God bless you keep it up you are the best
This man is a national treasure. Whenever I do this technique it gives me a brutal hangnail though
The legend himself.
Legend
Wow so informative!! Your the man!!
This was super helpful. Thank you!
Ladies and gents, the funkyest human on earth.
Thank you for making this not confusing. I was like "what is the difference between double thumbing and just strunming up and down with my thumb" and it's not much. Just gotta stop bouncing 😂
Hey Victor thanks for teaching this
Thank You!
I bet getting the up stroke callous can be brutal
No matter how many times I see this demonstrated, i never quite get the mechanics of the upstroke. I get the overall concept but how is that upstroke making contact on the attack..with the thumbnail or avoiding the thumbnail? Thanks Vic for all the years of inspiration and generosity. I sincerely hope you are finding ways to work around your dystonia diagnosis and continue playing at a level you are satisfied
use the thumb nail on the way up, been using this technique for years..saw Bobby Vega do it years ago
@@stevehazlewood2960 thanks Steve…back to the shed.
@@citizenbxtr883 Bxtr I practiced it for a year before I did it in public, dont give up. Just be patient, practice, it will come. Not easy and what Bobby told me which is important, don't hit the strings to hard. Any other tips in can give you don't be afraid to ask, we are all in this togeather...
What an awesome video.
This is Gold ♥️