The Bass Geek

I knew from viewing “Superbad” that it had to be Bootsy Collins on the closing credits music - NOBODY sounds like him. I was geeked to find out he worked on the soundtrack. And this article is the kicker. With quotes like “I played it with a little Bootzilla aggression and light finger pull-lepathy. My fretting hand is a little mangled up, like when you pull your finger out of the P” and “If I answer this, then there would be a conflict of interest between Bootsy, Bootzilla, Casper, Roto-Rooter, and The String Puller, so I better leave that alone. Plus, I have to live with these sensitive guys,” just TALKING about the music is funkier than most people can comprehend. It also explains how Bootsy gets those sounds - he’s got a five-member bass tone R&D committee.

It also means I’ll be able to justify that new chapter about light finger pull-lepathy in any future revisions of my book.

Finally, it explains why, unlike so many others, there’s no Bootsy Collins bass technique book. Nobody can play like him, and they wouldn’t necessarily understand him if they could.

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