Tommy The Cat (Primus) - Les Claypool's Toughest Riff (Bass Tab & Tutorial)

Tommy The Cat by Primus features one bad ass slap bass riff from the master of weird ass bass: Les Claypool!!
In this bass lesson you'll learn how to play the main slap bass riff and we'll look at some aspects of the riff you might not see in most online bass tab transcriptions.
I'll also work through some of the hurdles we all run into when learning Tommy The Cat. The chord strums, the thumb slaps and the left hand slaps.

So sit down, relax and get ready for some insane slap, pop, strumming action from the legendary Les Claypool!

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Other Links:
Muted Palm Slap Lesson:    • How To Play Slap Bass #4 The Muted Pa...  
Strumming Lesson:    • Strumming Chords On Bass (Stanley Cla...  

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Riff Performance
1:54 The Notes
5:48 Technique
6:25 Hurdle 1 - Strumming
8:28 Hurdle 2 - Left Hand Slap
11:00 Hurdle 3 - Slap Descent
14:41 Track Demos

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