Mark King Slap Bass Technique

Always makes me laugh when Mark says "This is not a good bass day" at the end of this clip! MK an absolute f**kin bass legend!!!

I can't stop smiling when he really gets into it.

Mark King vs Davie504 in a 🅱️ ASS battle. NOW!

Inspiration. I know what I'm practicing tomorrow

Apparently he once used his thumb in bed with a girlfriend long ago, and her head blew up.
Maestro !.

Absolutely unreal how can you not watch these videos?

This is great Mark, but can you sing AND play?

I love this Superb Bass Master ,unique beautiful voice as well.. love live the King.

Not a good bass day?!!! 🤣 Mark is the absolute best!!!!! 💯

He just plays the bass like eddie van halen played the guitar haha legend😂

"... things like that". after 15 years i still cant play things like those.

I love this man. He does for bass guitar what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. Just watch him.

sound and video quality are shit but he is awsome

He reach the top of the instrument performance, the bass sound in the Level 42 songs, is something i always appreciate the most.

Not a good bass day? Are you kidding me? This man is phenomenal.

now play like that and sing at the same time.

This is a MAD SCIENTIST! The left hand is actually completing the right hand…like one finishing the others sentence.

Imaginense a mark king y mark knopfler tocando juntos!!!

he brings it to restaurants while he's eating as well

Love his style….I cant play like that…cant chew gum and walk at same time.😬

Wow. He can rock that bass.

The man is awesome.

As soon as he said this is not a good bass day I threw my bass guitar in the bin

This is still one of the best descriptions of Mark explaining in a short space of time that he always states his style is based like drumming on the bass guitar...

When any friends or someone I've not long met , as me why I say this with regards to Marks playing , I either show them this or send the link to their phone & it always seems to be near the end when he's alternating between both hands thar sound like a drum beat , that usually the point they get what I meant...

For those who've made statements of thst he's a god on bass guitar & obviously fans of Marks I always find it odd that 99% of them don't even know that Mark King is a naturally left handed , yet he plays his right handed bass in style he does , & I've always put this down to the fact that drummers have to try different patters & playing various way of playing but with both hand holding their drum sticks & no I'm not joking as its to early for an April Fools Day Joke , Mark is in fact left handed & try not to let your brains explode out your head when you read this... lol

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"And so on and so forth" is the most underrated comment ever.

Virtuoso!

Mark King is the British Louis Johnson, both are geniuses and are the kings of slap bass. 👌😌

Hi. What pedals is Mark King using ? Thanks

Mark King, MAESTRO.

How does he do that? What a player.

What a talent and what a great guy.

Jeff Berlin used this technique too. Gotta love bass players.

"NOT A GOOD BASS DAY"?! Jeez......

His thumb is moving so fast that the camera frame rate can't keep up
what a legend

More like playing two handed piano !

Wow, I'd love to have those kinds of badd bass days 😂.

That man grew up watching Starsky and Hutch mixed with Sesame Street.

incredible speed

Seen him live (with Level 42) twice. Simply amazing. :)

bro that thumb

Hours ....and Hours....have I
practised......
Nope can't do it......Mr King Best in the World ....probably....

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