This guy is better than most of the people you think are the best.

[jobycom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEyEu-hS0fA

[Fleshdancer]

1. holy hell he's awesome

My fingers hurt now.

:wow:

[Bennyboy]

2. But what if I think he is the best?

Victor kills me. I miss the flecktones...

[jobycom]

3. That's why I said "most."

:)

[Tobin S.]

4. I think that's the first time I've heard harmonics played like that on a bass guitar

[jobycom]

5. Yeah, he's downright philosophical about such things.

"Though Wooten's basses receive much attention, his most frequent and consistent response when asked by his fans about his equipment (or equipment in general) is that "the instrument doesn't make the music ... you do". He'll often go on to state that the most important features to look for in a bass are comfort and playability. During a question and answer session at a 1998 concert, Wooten stated that "If you take a newborn baby and put them on the instrument, they're going to get sounds out of it that I can't get out of it, so we're all the best."<5> This philosophy seems closely related to Wooten's approach to music in general, which is that music is a language. According to Wooten, while speaking or listening, one doesn't focus on the mouth as it is forming words; similarly, when a musician is playing or performing the focus shouldn't be on the instrument."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wooten

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. Victor Wooten is part of The Flecktones...

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...as in Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.
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The guy beside him at the beginning of this video is
Bela Fleck... and he does to the banjo (the freaking
BANJO!!!) what Victor does to the bass.
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My favorite Wooten work?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FvXUVHECwM
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[jobycom]

7. Bass shredding?

:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. The first time I heard this was on the radio...

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...and I assumed that he was playing a 6-string guitar that
had been electronically lowered an octave.
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Who'da thunk one could thump that fast?
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