Can a Whoopie Sling Be Too Tight on a Hammock?
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Wow Shug, I can't believe that base jam! I got to see TOP live at Hal n Mal's in Jackson MS about 20 years ago and was amazed by the base performance in that song and you just nailed it dude. Thanks as always for inspiring us old fellas to keep getting after life. Good luck and a speedy recovery with your procedure. will look forward to seeing you back on the healthy side.
It is all those 16 notes and that right hand. I'll continue to keep working at that one. It has been a really fun challenge and I've been working it for 4 months little by little. TOP brings me back to my tawdry youth! Rocco was an amazing bass player.
Shug plays electric Bass, play with the finesse and Grace, hanging in the hammock got no shoes, strumming the bass and singing the blues. Happy New Year Shug!!
Appreciate your morning wordsmithing.....
A new Shug video is always welcome, even if I have no intention of trying a hammock or even stepping outside when it has been snowing 🤣🤣 Happy New Year, Shug!
My resolution this year is to accept my age and its limitations but to persevere and get a lot of balms!!!
The ONLY reason I came to watch this video was in hopes to see just exactly what a Woopie Sling was. Now I know. That sling configuration has been used in sailing for over a thousand years. Moistly for dock lines. Thanks for setting it straight for me. Here all this time I thought it was some kind of metal thing you bought. I don't hammock camp but I've always wanted to know what a Whoopie Sling was.
Cuben tarps came from sail material. They call it dyneema now. Boats and hammocks are like peas in a pod.
Same with Hang Gliders. You know I flew those things for almost 30 years. Loads of fun. @@shugemery
Good to see ya Shug. Happy New year to all. Lets hope it is a more peaceful world we can all enjoy the great outdoors. Ian
I agree. We humans need to get our game on and act like the civilization we have the potential to be. I am all for colonizing on Saturn!
Bean with a case of the zoomies is always good fun. Good luck with the surgery, Shug. Hope it goes well and we get to enjoy that sugar voice again real soon.
Zoomies crack me up. I get them to sometimes! The silence will be a challenge but I look forward to what it will bring.
'I know Im Shug, cause it says so on my hoodie ...' 😅😅😅
Man, I relish a name tag.
Hi Shug, you are always so entertaining. I am a 77 year old woman who has slept in a hammock for the last seven years due to a hip problem.
Almost everything I know about hammocks I learned from you. My whoopie slings always tighten up too much and I have to unhook them from the wall if I want to loosen them.
Guess they get so tight because the hammock is constantly hanging in same place.
Thanks to sleeping in a hammock, I can lead an active life with very little pain. Enjoy your
videos.
Glad to hear the hammock is restoring you!
As soon as you asked the question and I saw the green hammock, I had flashbacks to ‘Ole Greenbean.
Funny how many folks remember Good Ol' GreenBean.
A cold Florida morning and a Shug video with a side of coffee. Loving life. I recently made an 8oz hammock, bugnet and suspension. I'm using the old ucr. Tested for around 16 nights so far and this weekend in the wild. Love your vids, floridahanger.
Nice hang. UCRs are the close cousin to the whoopie. What is cold in Florida? 52º?
@@shugemery this morning, yes. This past weekend, upper 30's.
@@jq2911 That is cold down there!
I built a double layer jungle hammock and use UCR for ridgeline and woopie slings out to the straps and improved soft shackles into daisy chain tree strap. Plan on going to solid tree straps and marlin spike hitch eventualy. I live in Louisanna and everything is wet so went with climashield insulated underquilt and top quilt and a underquilt protector. Love making my own equipment
Oh the horror! Watching this I had a flashback around minute 9 to Green Bean’s early departure from sector 7
Green Bean seems to be remembered by many.
Happy New Year, Shug!! Glad everything, for the most part, is okay! Was a little concerned when we didn't get a Shug Christmas skit this last holiday!
Best wishes for a quick and successful surgery and a quick mend time. Hope Meg and Ariel (sp? Arial) are doing well and have a great 2024!
Appreciate the video and the bass riff near the end!
Thankee. Aerial is performing in Austria thus Meg and I caring for Bean as her boyfriend went over as well for a couple of weeks. I may be done on the Christmas skits. I enjoy Halloween but Christmas skits started feeling forced to me. Time will tell. Re-thinking my whole You Tube life.
Whoooooo Buddy))))
Good to see you, Shug. Happy New Year!
@@shugemery Certainly understand the drain these put on "content creators"! Have been watching for many, many years and have appreciated all you've done! Really enjoyed your Mom's shortbread video and the original Cappy The Coalman vid!!
The energy you've put into all the videos over those years has been immense and comes through in every one!!! I've probably re-watched the -40 degree hike you did with Strung Out more times than is healthy - LOL. Always amazed on how hard it has to be to set up & capture the adventure and make it entertaining and, even more, informational/educational, hopefully while you can enjoy the experience.
You do you, sir! Whoooooo Buddy))))
Good grief Shug, another surgery?
Well do you like the doctor says after your surgery.
You will be in our prayers.
Will look forward to hearing your stories in the near future.
Just get well and stay well.
Much love,
Bec
Yeah. Maybe someone will give me some Whitmans chocolates! Sounds like a fairly straight ahead procedure. Thankee.
Whoopie slings confound me, like an IQ test that I repeatedly fail.
They are designed to perplex and confound.
After 2 weeks in the same spot, during rain, I ended up cutting the suspension with a knife. 100 lbs lighter now, I’ll try whoopie slings again.
Congratulation on the 100 pounds off. Mighty good!
Hey Shug.
Good luck on your surgery. I had that procedure done you'll be back to full power in no time. God is good.
Thanks for the good thoughts. I'll be well looked after.
yea, a video, i ask myself TWICE, why do i watch this, i am disable so i dont backpack, dont hammock camp but just enjoy watching his videos, if you have a sense of humor shug is for you. all secure in minier illinois !
I appreciate you putting eyes on the video.
Horizontal force on the trees (or your fence) grows exponentially the more horizontal the suspension gets. At 30 degrees, the lateral force on each tree/post is about equal to your weight (let's just say 200 lb). But when you pull that suspension tight and horizontal, you can get to a point where the lateral force on each tree gets many times higher. Not only is this a strain on your suspension and ridgeline and can damage the trees, but in this area (MN, WI, MI), root systems can be quite shallow, and there is a greater than zero chance of actually uprooting a tree, especially with those tensile type tents that literally ratchet strap to trees.
Well said. Love some lateral force talk.
@@shugemery Oh yeah, there are probably folks from your circus performance days that probably know a lot about this especially in the aerial performance realm.
@@phasmata3813 My wife is an aerialist and has an aerial school. We did/do a lot of rigging. You learn from the old pros.
I have had the same hammock for about 7 years now with woopie slings. Lately I have been having the same issue you demonstrated, but only with no load at all. If I try to make the loop longer to re-adjust from the last use, I have to wrap the sling around one hand and pull with all I got to get it to pull through. On the other hand, it works just fine to tighten it. This affects both ends and outwardly looks clean, almost like new.
Never seen that happen. Did you make the whoopie sling?
@@shugemery No, it is a first generation Blackbird Warbonnet purchased 2/2016. I love that hammock, so comfortable. Over the years, I get to use it 30 to 50 evenings each year in the great outdoors. I have the new version I use in the house on a hammock frame, but it is not as comfortable. I have only slept in a hammock since July of 2017.
Tower of Power, right up there with Canned Heat.
Those horns always excited me~~
Thanks for sharing Shug. May things go well with your surgery and we will see you back here soon.
Thankee for the sentiments~
Keep on being strident! We love you and all the residents of Sector 7.
Righto~~!
I happen to be one of those guys that always had trouble with Whoopie slings getting to tight, I messed with them until I had enough, now I use Dutch wear buckles. Now I'm happier. Thanks for the video, because that also makes me happier.
A hammock suspension should not stress someone out. You found your solution. Good stuff.
Amen to that.@@shugemery
Thanks Shug, I’ve missed the hammock talk - always worth dropping a whoopie at a dinner party 😂 Good luck with your voice and keep on at your four stringed voice
I'm digging to find hammock material I have not already covered. The muse can only take one so far. Thankee. The bass is my sanity place.
Best of luck with the surgery down in my hometown Shug. Looks like a winter forecast and cold temps are finally on the way soon!
-The guy from the home depot parking lot
The engineer~ Cold coming soon
Far out... About 32 years ago someone ask me a question, that nobody ever asked me before... It was , " ARE YOU GONNA MARRY ME OR WHAT ???
It kinda caught me off guard, so I simply said, OK.... Happy new year....
My wife did the same to me..."marry me or move out!!"
Damn, Shug! Thats some phenomenal bass playing right there, son! Whooo Budday!
Thankee. I have worked daily on that for the last 4 months. Still not perfect but this is the first time I recorded myself playing that tune and was over-all pretty pleased. Whoooooo Buddy))))
Damn son! One year my foot. You killed that song!!
Well....13 months now!! Thankee. I really enjoy it. Working on Steely Dan's "Peg" right now. Memories~~
I’m scratching my head over this one. I’ve always used cinch buckles but I understand how whoopies work from watching many, many hammock tutorials. If you’ve hung your hammock correctly and have your straps at 30 degrees, how can they possibly be too tight? On the other hand, I can see where this could happen if trying to use them as a tarp suspension. The bottom line is there are far better ways to hang a tarp. I’ve always been a split ridgeline guy but a continuous with prussiks accomplishes the same thing as trying to use whoopies without encountering the problem described. But, at any rate, it was good to see a new Shug video on a snowy Sunday morning. All secure in Sector 7. Whooooo buddy !!!
I am/was perplexed by too tight whoopies as well so thought to try out and see. Personally never had a problem with them too tight. But alas...many do see seem to have that happen.
That was some sweet funk, and GREAT playing! I haven't listened to Tower of Power in too long! Whoooooooo buddy!
Oh yeah, and thanks for the info about Whoopie slings.
Thanks feller. I'm reworking that whole tune as I miffed a few places but enjoy every moment of working on it. Whoopies for the Win Say I......
Been on a big time Tower of Power kick.
One hip cat on that bass. Nice work with that fret hand. Been playing since last May and believe me I know how hard that is.
It is all those 16 notes and that right hand. I'll continue to keep working at that one. It has been a really fun challenge and I've been working it for 4 months little by little.
hi Shug. I've been following you for almost 6-7 years.. I always get in a good mood when I see your videos. 🎉I just want to wish you and your family a fantastic New Year 💖🎉
Thankee Charlotte. Let's get all the good people to band together and make this a great year. Best to you and yours as well.
Love the bass playing, Shug! Channeling your inner Rocco! ToP is one of my favorite bands, best live show I’ve been to. Good luck with your surgery!
Thankee. Rocco really had his own thing going. All those 16th notes and damped muted strings. Sure partied and danced to a lot of TOP back in the daze.....
That's some fine soundin bass there Shug.
Thankee~
Shug! You are ripping on that bass!! All the best on your procedure!!
Been putting my time in and having some wee breakthroughs. "What is Hip"... It is all those 16 notes and that right hand. I'll continue to keep working at that one. It has been a really fun challenge and I've been working it for 4 months little by little.
Shug there with about 15 lines every which way, tangled in Whoopie Slings. I don't use eM' much because they do not get too close to the trees...and yeah they can be a pain. Part of me likes a Whoopie though. I run the Slit Line, Button Links & Toggles & such: just like Shut said, "Everyone gets to sporting their own suspension."
I like the Button Links in the Slit Line, 4 feet of slotted strap (Hammock Gear) for the tree, and of course the same Button Links can easily fasten to that too. It is so less mess & weight I can have two sets for big trees, snappers, clothes lines, forgetful minds & such.
Enjoy the Frozen Butt! New nephew on the way, but I might get as far as Wausau or GB via bus. Then it's a hike to the Game.
I am and will remain a tree strap/marlinspike/toggle/whoopie sling guy or TSMSTWSG. Slit line sounds dirty!!....haaaa
I am not going to the Frozen Butt this year. It was way too crowded for me last year. I can handle 10 to 15 folks but past that it just too much. I'm a bit of a loner at heart. Enjoy the new family.
Hope all goes well with your surgery. That will give you some bass time. Enjoyed your playing. I was about to get discouraged with my playing after watching this video. Then I remembered I watch all videos on 1.50 speed. Man you was getting with it sped up 50 percent.
Thankee. I play bass everyday. Whooooo Buddy))))
Shug, get you a Magic Slate! Saves on paper!
Got me a small dry erase board ready. It already says "boring" on it. Magic Slate would be more fun. I just might!!!
Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮 where we're currently breaking record low temps and there is snow everywhere. I hope you'll get some of this weather as well. Take care!
I saw that in the news. I think it will get here in time. Enjoy your extreme cold!!!!
I’ve managed to get whoopies too tight on a narrow hang, just takes a bit of patience to loosen. If I had any sense I wouldn’t get into that jam in the first place, but I’m old and no longer required to have much sense. It all works out.
Holy vocal chords, Batman, Shug’s gonna be a mime for a time.
Yessir. I was a mime when I first got interested in show biz in college. Graduated to chatty clown. Less fisticuffs! Whoopie slings are the exotic sports car of suspensions.
Yes!! Can’t go wrong with Tower of Power!!! If you can’t talk, you just keep speaking with the badass bass playin!!!! Good luck on your surgery. We will miss the commentary. I would def sit in for some bass vids though!!
I've been listing to so much of them. Just makes me feel great and a throwback to my daze of youth. So fun learning Rocco's bass lines at this age.
Great to see you and Bean. Good luck on the surgery.
Mucho Appreciato~~~
Excellent explanation of the importance of proper application. Thanks Shug.😉
Nothing works for everything!
I learned about Whoopie Slings from you Shug. I love them and shared the technique with lots of my hammock friends. It is has been the standard with us now for many years. The Ridge Line is the 2nd essential item to use. Thanks for many years of sharing your experience with all of us. 😇
Whoooooo Buddy))))
Been missing you, Shug, so I was happy to see this in my feed. Praying for a quick and full recovery on the ol' speaker box; until then gonna have to let that bass and mandolin speak for you for a while. God bless and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
I was relishing in obscurity for a bit. Will have to brush up the ol' mime skills.
Thanks Shug!
Not motivated to go back to work this morning. Your video was a treat.
🙏 for your surgery
Thankee Jim. Those trees can wait....
Tower of Power and Kreskin in the same video? Mindblown.
Haaa....I speak Boomer I reckon.
Lovin' the Native decor, tickled to know 'bout 6' and shrinkin', aaand nice to see ya'gain Mr. Emery. Blesssings sent for you and yours in the new year. Daaaang, gonna be a quiet month sure 'nuff. 🥴
Totally shrinking. My resolution for this year is to accept my age and the shortcoming that accompany it. The silence will be deafening
I was definitely thinking don’t rip green bean #2
I done learnt my lesson.....
Shug you are my first stop if i ever visit USA! Best wishes for the surgery!! Bless!
Am I a Stop now?....haaaa. My fee is 29 Crunchies, 107 Flakes, 37 Fries Creams, 7 Rock candies, 7 Smarties and 3 Sherbet fountains, Some jellied eels. Sainsbury's sausage. Mushy peas and fish and chippies. Reckon I am assuming you are in the UK. Thanks on the surgery wishes.
@@shugemery haha, sorry if that was bad English on my part, i’m from Norway :) I would do my best to provide you the Norwegian equal of these product! (Could ship you some goodies if you wish) Thanks for replying my comment! 🤩
@@bareenlars Ahh. I have been lucky enough to visit Norway. Did not get to camp though. Thanks for offer but I have more candy than I know what to do with. Takk.
Never hang your hammock higher than you're willing to fall 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I'm right behind you at 61, if I fall I might get hurt!
True words. I'm a low hanger. Like too sit sideways with feet on the ground. Ease of egress.
Mr. Shug, you are a busy guy and I have a lot of ground to cover here so I will get right to it.
1) Going back to September business. I have been volunteering for almost a decade taking teens backpacking. One of my students this Fall was a Twin City boy named Roy and, on a lark, I asked him the big Twin City Question, Know Shug? No, but he had attended a circus camp and your wife had been one of his instructors. It's a Small World After All. . . .
2) For a decade beginning in the mid nineties I had a funk show once a week that I would DJ at the local public radio station. What is Hip was in regular rotation. In those days of youth the lyrics, So you became a part of the new breed/Been smokin' only the best weed/Been hangin' out on the so called hippest set, seemed to distill the essence of the good life for me. Thanks for bringing me back brother.
3)Speaking of funk, my ear just goes to the bass. Every time. Sharing with you a favorite bass solo. Minute 6:55 ua-cam.com/video/NlA1Zl5C7UU/v-deo.html
4) Lastly, it was just good to see you. Thanks for the video and all the work you put into these.
I know who Roy is. He has not attended circus for a while but I do recall announcing his name at student showcases. Learning that TOP song "What is Hip" has had me going back in time. Never ever would have thought back in the 1970s and early 80s that I would ever be attempting to learn the bass part. Never discount what life brings you. Even more-so as you age and take on the Funk~~
"Take it to F" Saw James in NYC once. It was intense. Today I worked on Steely Dan's "Peg" bassline and Level 42's "Love Games". I've been working Level 42's "Starchild" for about a year and it is about recordable. A bass marathon but seems not as hard after spending so much time on it.
Thankee for the good and kind words. Whoooooo Buddy)))
Cheers Shug, great stories man.
@@shugemery
Shug, you are always a man of science, willing to risk life, limb, and property in the pursuit of outdoor knowledge. When you took that ridge line off, I had flashbacks to the loss of the original Green Bean! Good luck with your procedure. All the best to you in 2024… -Chris AKA kitsapcowboy
Good to hear from you. You still get a lot of mentions on hamockforums. You for sure left a mark there. Best to you as well.
I usually use a Becket Hitch but I still carry whoopie slings in my back pack for emergency use.
Like hearing others backup plans.
Whoopie , Third Person advice, and so Early, in the new year.
I always truly enjoy your comments~~!
@@shugemery More Breakfast from the Hammock cradled in comfort for 2024 is coming i can smell the coffee already😉 Happy New Year .
@@atommachine Lack of snow and deep cold is hurting my winter camping motivation. I may just film myself couch napping and eating fudge off of my chest. Good stuff.
Impressive bass skills, brother!! I started on a Fender Precision. Then moved to rhythm because I was a vocalist and couldn't play the bass and sing... the reason you don't see bassists singing lead. LOL Sounds great!!! Keep it up!!! Love it!!! Always loved heavy bass lines!!
Thanks Dave. I too have a Fender P-bass. In the video was my G&L CLF Research L-1000. I'.working on playing bass and singing. Way harder to do than on a mandolin. But Geddy Lee from rush, Mark King from Level 42 and Jack Bruce from Cream, Esmerelda Spalding can/could all sing while playing bass so it is doable. Hoping in time when I am more comfortable with the bass I'll be able too.
Awesome Shug! Always love to see Bean as well!
Bean is a joy to have for a while. So funny. Few more days with him then he goes back to Chicago as my daughter gets home from her gig in Austria soon.
Everybody loves Shug.
or at least tolerates.....
It's good to see you again shug
I can't see you but can read you~
Love the Bass Brother. I mostly played with a pick like Chris Squire.
YES Yo......Roundabout. Been messing with pick a bit here and there. But like the fingers.
Thanks Shug! I have issues with a tight adjustable ridgeline, I'll have to get in there and see what I can do to loosen it up and stay loose.
Nice playin' "What is Hip". That's one of the finest bass lines IMO, second maybe to "Sir Duke". Keep on thumpin'!
Sad to miss you at the WI Butt Hang. We'll all talk in a low voice in your honor. Here's hopin' for quick healing!
These vids may give some ridgeline info....ua-cam.com/video/0wKEOK7G23o/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/Gq7fDjH90MU/v-deo.html
I like hands with about 15-20 folks max these days. I ain't one for crowds unless I'm on stage in front of them....haaaa.
Thanks on the bass. I have worked daily on that for the last 4 months. Still not perfect but this is the first time I recorded myself playing that tune and was over-all pretty pleased. Whoooooo Buddy))))
I hope your surgery & recovery go well. Please update us as soon as you can.
I appreciate your thoughts.
Praying your procedure goes smoothly!
Thankee.
A bassist is born!
Born late yet born....thankee.
I made zing it woopies for my hammock. And they bite. Went back to amsteel. Way smoother, worth the weight difference.
The weight is minimal. I like the amsteel as well.
Wow that groove got all over me! 😂 Cheers brother. HNY 🎉
Thankee. that tune has been a really fun challenge and I've been working it for 4 months little by little. It is all those 16 notes and that right hand. I'll continue to keep working at that one.
You have been missed Shug! As a fellow who's around the 300 mark, I can tell you that weight also helps making whoopi slings hard to loosen. I have an orange one that and I say it this way from a lack of a better term to use, sort of fused to itself. I should go find it, it's been a couple years and just see if i can loosen it now but it seemed pretty hope less at the time. Likely my inexperience at the time.
Hope you heal quick from surgery. Love the bass, my grand total spent at sweetwater was 5k last year. (this is why I should camp more and sit at home bored less often.) but a lot of it was for a band project so it's all good. anyway take care and glad you're still doing it!! :)
They can slide and melt/fuse. Temperamental suspension but I like high maintenance gear! Money well spent at Sweetwater. Music will carry us to out old/older age. I love it!!! I want an Ernie Ball Music Man Special bass. Been in and out of my cart many times!!!!
You will have to do an entire video dressed up as a mime! That would be amazing!!
I have the striped shirt and beret.....
Shut this was such a timely video I am new to hangin' and I had so many questions about a woopie sling. I have one on a donated to me hammock and that bugger is so hard to loosen that I thought it was broke now I know. Was wondering if I would see you at HandCon but with your announced upcoming surgery on the 19th you will be in my prayers and will be praying for a complete recovery and healing! Amen thank you for this video my friend. Tony 2.0 Out
Thankee. Never been to HangCon. Still trying to figure out if I like huge hang gatherings. Hoping you have a good time.
@@shugemery yes I've never been this is my first time in fact I've never been to a hang before several subscribers asked me to come so we will see how it is I hope to do one in Virginia on the way home then another subscriber ask me to come to. LOL
hey Shug, i hope things go super smooth with the surgery, and you heal up quickly
Mime camping trip coming soon! lol
Appreciate the thought.
Hope your procedure went well! That bass jam was amazing. Nice work!
It went well thanks. Just felt like a bad sore throat afterwards but much better today. Just very difficult not talking. All those thoughts trapped in my head need to get out by way of my mouth I have discovered. Not uttered a peep yet....except by accident when I was fixing a light upstairs today. I mutter to myself doing chores. I have 2 weeks total silence. Two days down. Twelve to go!!! Got a white board. Funny...Meg talks to me like I'm deaf since I can't speak....haaa.
Thankee on the bass jam.
I ran into the tight woopieslings one time. Had my tree strap as high as I could reach but they are daisy chain straps.had the slings in the first loop from the tree and my hammock was still too low for me so tightned the slings enough to get my hammock higher and had had a realy hard time getting them loose. The correct way would have been to put tree straps higher or better yet marlin spike hitch higher on the straps or find trees a little closer together. Ive got bad knees and another health issue that makes getting up from too close to the ground a issue with out something too help pull up on.
Actualy planed on going to a solid tree strap and go with spike hitch but you know how it is I misplaced my roundtoit I think I may have loend it out to a friend. LOL
Green been 2.0 love it
Here in louisanna our winters are just as you descibe wet and more icy if it even gets that cold got down to 28° for a few hours last night.
Hope you heal fast from surgery.
That wet and icy...you really really really need to want to go camping to go in that. Thankee.
I feel for you shug. Just been cold and a little wet here. I want to play with my new toys. I got an 11' hamhock. and some tensa solo poles.
I hear ya'. I prefer it to get good and cracking cold. Way more fun. Wet and 36º just feels colder than a dry -10º to me.
Watching this I was having flashbacks of when GreenBean died. I was so glad you didn't sit it that hammock while it was tight.
Lesson learned!
Oh my gosh, I posted that too soon. You were really jamming on that Bass guitar. blew me away!
Is there anything you can't do? I mean you seem to be mastering everything you pick up.
I'm impressed!
I have spent the last 4 months working on drills to get that tune down. Daily. It has been fun. Still need to get it up and cleaner and up to actual speed. I only do things that i have a fighting chance of being pretty good at and pull me in and excite me. Thankee Bec.
I hope you recover well. You will be speaking with that bass for the month. Nice playing btw
The challenge of silence looms. Kinda looking forward to not speaking while. Thankee on the playing.
What is Hip! I'll tell ya…Shug is hip..Yeah! Cheers from Nova Scotia and Happy New Year🎉 MikeR.
Hello up your way 'eh...Thanks and thankee. Be Hip~ Play Hip~
I've never used a Whoopie Sling before. Just straps.. and they seemed to have worked out pretty well.
Thanks for the video
No need. Can't go wrong with straps. Thanks for always commenting. Happy Year to you.
Happy New Year @@shugemery
Happy new year Shug! Keep them coming. Glad to see a new green bean…
I've had that new Greenbean for quite a while. My daughter love hanging and reading in it when home.
So Glad To See You Shug,Good Luck With Your Surgery Brother
Thankee. Gonna be weird!!!
Good to see you again!
Well done on the bass for a year!!!
Thanks on the bass. I have worked daily on that for the last 4 months. Still not perfect but this is the first time I recorded myself playing that tune and was over-all pretty pleased. Whoooooo Buddy))))
Good to see ya Shug...missed ya last few months ...I need my shot of Shug to keep me a moving and groovin!...hope you got a good year a coming...I've upped my hammock game this year so love all your wisdom...stay happy safe and keep on hangin'😊
I was enjoying my bout with obscurity for a while. Hoping to get inspired for more this year. Thankee.
Excellent jam old man!!! Always fun to hear from you!
I appreciate that.
It is all those 16 notes and that right hand. I'll continue to keep working at that one. It has been a really fun challenge and I've been working it for 4 months little by little.
This winter has been awful! Even up in Duluth we barely have a dusting of snow. And this after I loaded up on fun gear at the most recent Winter Camping Symposium. Hope it arrives at some point and you can get out and enjoy the winter woods.
Good luck with your surgery and a speedy recovery to you! Ill give a hearty whooo buddy out in the woods on your behalf.
True we buy fun new winter stuff and no snow. At least I did not purchase a snowmobile. But dying to try the HOK skis......us-store.altaiskis.com/product/hok-skis-with-universal-pivot-bindings-copy/#prettyPhoto
I love my HOK skis! You will love them. They are great in deep snow, if we ever get some. I will be curious to see your review.
Waiting for more snow. We have about an inch!! Only. May go to a field tomorrow and just give them a go.
Wishing you, the Shug, the God Father of hammocks, the best and great health.
Thankee for the good thought.
I got whoopies late last year. So I’ll be trying them with a marlin spike hitch soon.
All the best on the 19th!
Fun trying new stuff.....
This really helped me! Just got my SG 30 in December. My first sleep in it the temp went down to 15. With my 20 degree bag, I was toasty warm (except my feet were a bit chilly), but I got to say, I didn't have it hung right, because it was like there was a shelf in my hammock. Didn't know how to adjust the ridgeline....now I do! It's a whoopie sling I guess. Thanks Shug!
Lots going on with such a seemingly simple device like a hammock. In case you missed it....ua-cam.com/video/0wKEOK7G23o/v-deo.html
i've been using my down socks regularly this year- no problem on the feet getting cool😸 i love all my Superior Gear this time of year!
@@kat.p.b.5193 Just make sure you take time to migrate the down to be under your feet in the SG built in UQ. Makes a big difference.
HAPPY NEW YEAR SIR!! Good to see you! So good to hear a discussion about one of my favorite hobbies!
I'm the guy that tied a series of over hands on both sides of my dd's frontline with conventional straps kinda like a Jacob's ladder on both sides of the hammock. Then... I tie a bowline loop on one end of a ratchet strap and tie it onto the anchor point and then from there becket hitch the loose end to one of the "rungs" in the Jacob's ladder on both ends of the hammock.
I guess you're right... us hammockers like what we like🤣🤣.
Bean is a hoot! Oh my goodness!! Good luck with the operation. The bass playing is awesome!!
Hey! It's great to see ya! You take care and we'll see you again soon.
NQU
Sounds like an interesting technique you like there.
Bean is a joy. He is back with Aerial now as she is home from Austria. I always feel a bit empty for a couple of days when handing him back. Especially in the morning. Thank you on the bass. One year has been great and I intend on keeping up my playing schedule. It brings a lot to my life. So thankee.
@@shugemery 😊👍🏼
Nice bass playing! You really like to challenge yourself. :-)
Thanks on the bass. I have worked daily on that for the last 4 months. Still not perfect but this is the first time I recorded myself playing that tune and was over-all pretty pleased. Whoooooo Buddy)))) In my challenge line-up that I work daily....What is Hip, Level42 Starchild, Billies Bounce and Stormy Monday Allman Brothers.
This is just what I needed for the new year, thank you Shug!
Love the music at the end. Glad to see you movin and groovin.
Thankee for all that....
@@shugemery Thank you for all of the years of dedication. You are the reason my family and I hammock camp.
Hey Shug, fantastic bass playing! Got a hot tent setup for Christmas..an absolute blast. You should try it.
Thankee on that. Enjoy that good warm tent.
I was afeerin fer the green bean!
Don't be a skiart........all good. Thankee.
Best wishes for your sugery Shug. Thanks for keeping these videos coming!
Thank you. I'm slowing down on vids after 16 years of doing them. But hopefully motivation and muses will be found in this new year. Kinda had my time I reckon....
Tell me you whoopie without telling me you whoopie
Whoopie all you can while you can.
Congratulations on reinventing yourself with bass guitar - So important to stay challenged in our dotages. But tell me - will the mandolin make an appearance again? I miss me that old-timey mountain music as well as your updating of '60s classics.
I am still playing the mandolin with a new outlook. Drilling. Trying to improve some of my weaknesses. The right hand mainly. For now the bass is bringing to music I grew up listen too as a teen and in collage. It ups new thus exciting and filling a place in my life like the mando did when I started that. I'm working tune up to record for a video. Not jamming with folks a lot as everyone want to start a band. i don't really want to. I've lost friend by putting bands together. Happy just to play music sake for the sake of music's sake. Try and improve and challenge.
Happy New Year Shug. Love Tower. Left a hammock out wayyyy too long and the Whoopi’s got way tight. Thought I’d never get it loose. That’s what happens sometimes when I thinks. Worked them loose and they flow like the sands in the hourglass. So are the days.
Learning those Tower of power songs is a throwback to the past. So your whoopie tightened up just sitting for a while. Did you press in and loosen the constrictor to get it loose?
Yessir! Kept working it and it finally loosened. Love to see a whole vid of jam session(s) single and with pals. Deep gratitude to you sir for sharing your artistic endeavors throughout the years. Just a huge fan. God Bless
Love the hoodie and believe that it is in fact a goodie 🤩
Whooooo Buddy))))
Hope everything goes well with the procedure and you have a quick recovery.
Thankee. The silence will be deafening~~~
I use the Eno Helios XL on my hammock. It's a whoopie attached to a tree strap. I absolutely love it. I like my hammock super loose though, so I usually raise the strap as high as I can reach. I'm also 6ft lol! I've never thought about using them on a tarp though.
Good to see ENO offering that. Strap up...atta boy.