Beginners Guide: How to Slap and Thump Guitar like a Pro

Marcos Mena (Standards) shows us the basics of slapping guitar and thumping guitar techniques often used by progressive players such as Tosin Abasi. (you can download the tabs below)

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0:00 How to Slap Guitar
2:20 John the Fisherman Primus Example
2:48 Slap Guitar Exercise 2
3:09 Thump Guitar Basics
5:09 Thump Guitar Exercise
5:50 Thump Guitar Exercise 2

BONUS VIDEO & TABS FOR THIS LESSON:

Signal Chain!
This guitar is an Aristides H06 with Tosin Abasi Signature Fluence pickups (Voice 3):

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[jongomm]

This is cool Marcos! Hope all is well with you, you cheeky scamp. Jg x

[ryanybos]

Excellent job Marcos & thanks for the video Fishman !

[Xenbjorn]

Hell yeah good to see Marcos coming up!!

[elusivelectron]

Thanks for throwing John the Fisherman in there!!! Primus sucks!!!