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Bogdan Radovic3rd June 2009Glad you like the lesson! You can definitly adopt these slap bass techniques to percussive guitar technique!
AlexLion2nd June 2009Ouch..
But really cool sounding! Bad that my G string is very thin compared to bass, but when my thumb didn`t hurt that much I`ll try that on acoustic, it helps with percussive guitar techique 
Vinod Saranga16th January 2008Awesome
Well done Man
Juan M. Valero9th January 2008Love this technique !!! amazing
JOhn8th January 2008Nice lesson and explanations!
Gerardo Siere8th January 2008Good work, when I get home I´ll rescue the bass from the closet
Hisham Al-Sanea8th January 2008great x2 thump slap bogdan nice work man
Tomy Jeon8th January 2008I didn't know bass could sound twangy! Another cool lesson Bogdan
Nick3258th January 2008cool
Toni Suominen8th January 2008Nice lesson Bogdan!
- Bogdan Radovic8th January 2008
@Botoxfox - Santa outfit went to closet waiting for more surprises to bring next year
I really had a lot of fun with it this year ! hehehehe
@Wallimann - thanks man , the sound is direct yeah - going from the recording out on my amp to computer and than to camera...Its basically DI-Out going post eq..
Thanks everyone, I'm really glad you like this one! 
Dejan Farkas8th January 2008Awesome lesson Bogdan, this will definitely bring more bass players to GMC
Muris - don't forget the bandages before you try
Ivan Milenkovic8th January 2008Great one Bogdan
. Smells like Victor Wooten 
The Uncreator8th January 2008Very Cool Lesson!!
You have great technique!
Pablo Vazquez8th January 2008Cool Lesson Bogdan!!
David Wallimann8th January 2008Beautiful lesson! Great technique, I love your sound too!
Is that direct?
Muris Varajic8th January 2008Great lesson Bogdan,must try this!!
- Bogdan Radovic8th January 2008I want to get a bass after all these cool lessons. Decent beginner basses are like $100 right?
I recommend you do buy a bass ! Its a very fun instrument to play and If you have a will you should give it a go..Its completely different than guitar and maybe you like it even more
I suppose there can be found a bass for 100$ (used one surly)..Look for some that has Jazz bass pickups configuration..They are much versatile than Precision ones.. 
shellshock19118th January 2008I want to get a bass after all these cool lessons. Decent beginner basses are like $100 right?
botoxfox8th January 2008Really cool man. No santa outfit?
Kristofer Dahl8th January 2008This is an awesome technique!
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Hello GMC! Welcome to my second slap bass lesson.In this lesson we are going to learn how to play "double thumb" technique. If you haven't please check out my first lesson about slap technique -"Slap and Pop Grooving" because this one will be a sort of upgrade of it.
Double thumb technique is made famous and brought to perfection by Victor Wooten, Les Claypool and many others! Its a very useful technique to add a versatility to your own bass lines. Its a very percussive technique mainly used in slap bass lines but you can incorporate it to any style of playing to get some cool cross rhythm possibilities or just plain speed.
In this lesson you are going to learn how to play some of the double thumb stuff incorporated in a heavy/funk slap bass line. Along with other basic techniques used in slap playing..Let's get thumpin'!
Scale used for composing this groove was D minor scale.
-Key: Dm
-Tempo: 120 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Difficulty: beginner/intermediate
-Tuning: standard EADG
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Peavey Cirrus bass with active soapbar pickups, equal mix of both of them with added bass and treble on onboard eq - then going to the nemesis(eden) amp with a 1x15" and slightly added bass and treble there (at 1 o'clock position).
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson feedback and in the forum.
Enjoy and have a lot of fun thumpin' this one!
Cheers!
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