Louis Johnson - lick 2

[tnks4lyf]

ROFL ROFL 0:22. *ya gotta get a feel in the neck*

This guy is fantastic :D

[sesspleftocore]

this dude has some huge fuckin hands

[virtue737]

f u n k y !!!!!!

[andreasswarfeld]

I love this guy, he beats on that shi??t like it owes him Money ! ha ha

[calimachos123]

hehehehehehehe "(giggle) it will tare your skin off!!!"...love the psycho feel of that last phrase.

[22daniel5]

holla at yo koala

c me on cam! 9u

[beninjamin]

but cant you just use your index for sliding?

[fryBASS]

yeah. that's the regular way. but that's just the way he learned. I suppose it's better off to learn it the right way though.

[Klewt]

believe me, its easier with the thumb. There is no "right way."

[Ereco8]

But, you are (in this style) supposed to use your thumb to make the e string into various different root notes, he uses his thumb so he can slap e string and keep it in different keys... I dunno it seems logical, i haven't learned any of his stuff yet :P.

[fenderjbass19]

louis johnson has said many times that hendrix told him about that technique and he adapted to it.

[Vernysator]

yeah, the thumb on the E string is typical Hendix :)

[beninjamin]

great lick man!

[DemonHowler]

the position is terrible ..

[caggado]

oiiigan alguien me podria decir donde conseguir una tablatura de esto que esta tocando el maestro louis porfavooorr!!

[RyanHolmesMusic]

"above the bridge" ? lol :P..

[michael1400pizdec]

yuk what a crappy tone @_@

[Hendrix23x]

It's all on your taste

[lowfreq65]

Its a Music Man Bass ya tard.........originally developed and made by Leo Fender, he also developed the G&L basses, not to mention his P and J style basses, pure genius

[stevejohnplatt]

unbefuckinglievable... FANTASTC. What talent. I want thoe hands.

[yamikaga]

I think you'd want the coordination part of his brain.

Although he does have large hands...

[Deprincer]

this badass is simply untouchable

[gbrown4x4]

I feel you garylssk. Had to go to the E.R.

[howarddavid31]

Dude plays a mean trumpet too

[bassman800]

"...it will tear your skin off..."

I love it!

[Fullock]

+1 Hell yeah!

[jvwhack]

Best slap EVER!!!

'nuf said

[greenysfleetwoodmac]

typical musicman sound!

[galharmelech]

This is not a music man' this is a Fender custom made fot louis by Leo Fender himself... Louis set with him and told him what he wants

[scatman44]

If that's typical, then what's extraordinary?

[garylssk]

i almost overdosed on funk there.

[acdc11491]

amen

[maddermofo]

he is excellent

[Oinky23]

you really get a feel for how much he loves to play the bass

and this is a lesson

thats quite some passion

[smurfo129]

i like the last part

[Sharkbite316]

F-U-N-K-Y!!!!

[zaqmlp1234]

i saw this guy in london plays his bass at the hammersmith odeon 1979. knocked everybody out. an original. took the slap to a new level!

[hunterspark40]

He plays the trumpet at the same level of his bass playing

[ayhanbirol1907]

super louis

[ayhanbirol1907]

bu adam bi dehşet yaaaaa

[iplaybass77]

thats 1 old stingray

[xdux]

his left thumb is on the fretboard , why?

[SamuiHakai]

he bends the e string when he goes down, makes it easier i suppose.

[jbarbri]

Actually, his fretting hand technique is far from orthodox. He makes it work, but be careful copying this.

Notice, in particular, his warning about tearing up the webbing of your fingers (between thumb and forefinger) on roto-sounds. You're more likely to have a callus on the underside of your left forefinger than on the webbing of your thumb . . .

[JonasBridgous]

woah nasty tone right there! Don't know whether it's the quality of the video though..

[gmailsgarbage]

Ahhh, it's the sound of a Musicman bass! Nasty and Growly!

[bassswings]

i thinking about wath he say d at the end...

such a teachers ..

you know this is a funky man!!!

[bassswings]

i m fan .

such a hudge hands.

[gmailsgarbage]

sheeeeit, you wanna see huge hands, check out Larry Grahams! Check out his 3 part series here on youtube.

[flipponzin24]

I want the video of this...and the bass.

[OmedDC]

He must bust so many strings.

[recon437]

No, not really. When you start playing slap, you will, but eventually you get used to the feel for it and you start to know how much they can handle. And how hard you can play without breaking them. Though, it will lessen the "life" of your strings by a lot. You'll be able to tell by the sound.

[OmedDC]

Actually is the pop that usually does it, not the slap, and the way he pulls on those strings I reckon he would bust quite a few.

I did a quick search and found a solo of his where he did bust a G.

[motoxchamp321]

lol,nice grunting,and lol(he called the nut the bridge!!!!!!! ><

[sawboss711]

Did you hear him grunting. goes well with the rhythmn. A show of ultimate, but human force.

[Bullet19881988]

great ... but all these guys larry graham louis johnson have so big hands ....

[Snakeandfunk]

wow this is so good, can u upload the next part of the video ??

[nastka666]

nice O_o

[superman21980]

he is the bass kind, jazz snobs beware the true KING of BASS is around and people are digging his groove

[MRJSTUDIOS]

Wow.