louis johnson on a sabre

[roscopeco2000]

need i say more watch......

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b__q3oGx898&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Louis Johnson explaining Funkstar650 his style[/ame]

 

[MingusBASS]

I really enjoyed that. Louis is a bad mutha plucka.

 

[bovinehost]

Oh, I thought this was like "Snakes On A Plane".

 

[Paul_C]

Oh, I thought this was like "Snakes On A Plane".

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Snakes escape on Qantas flight

 

[roscopeco2000]

no this is the follow up to snakes on a plane lol!

 

[five7]

Very cool! Sounds like a couple of drummers on practice pads.

 

[Bobbo 77]

Can you say..."STOMP"!!! That's the Stomp tone!

 

[Duarte]

Man, that is cool. Thanks for the link.

 

[GreyDad]

Yes, thanks for the link, much appreciated. Also dug out a lot more vids of him on there.

I'm a fan and he seems like such a nice guy too

 

[Duarte]

Also dug out a lot more vids of him on there.

Yeah I just did the same, he's an amazing player! Great tone on his sabre.

 

[GreyDad]

He's so kinetic, plays like a wild thing and his right thumb is flailing all over the place yet it always sounds right.

I think my problem is I can't get that left hand muting right, plus the fact I'm a middle age grey haired old git so I have no sense of rhythm to start with.

He said something in the video that made me smile - he said that slapping was the best way to be able to hear your bass when you're not plugged in to an amp. That's exactly how I started when I was a student - no money, no amp, so I jammed the headstock against the wooden wardrobe in my room, opened the doors wide (for maximum volume) and just hit it until I could hear it

Unfortunately my technique hasn't progressed much in the intervening 30 years