Thumping and slapping that string like a boss

[Ireneusz Skorupa]

I’ve fallen in love with that thumping technique you can hear in “An Infinite Regression” intro by Animals As Leaders.
My problem is virtually that I have no clue on how to begin practicing it. I had tried a bit of slapping on a bass guitar before, but thumping on a 6-string electric guitar is a completely different story. Is anyone capable of explaining a bit of this mystery to me (and anyone curious)? I’m in need of information, for instance, how high above the strings my right wrist should be, which part of the thumb I’m supposed to use to hit the string and, which might turn out to be the most important, what kind of tone I need for the sound to be satisfying. Should I use a clean tone? Maybe a bit of crunch would be good?

 

[Kevin Welton]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJqJ6R4jQfo found this if it helps

 

[idssdi]

This is not Tosin Abasi in anyway. But John Mayer tends to Do a slap with historische thumb. This video explains That https://youtu.be/KMeL5aM2LXM maybe That helps

 

[Kevin Welton]

After a bit of a look around, i found this! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WKIAYo0d1As he explains what he’s doing just after the 23 minute mark

 

[Ireneusz Skorupa]

I’ve seen both videos with Tosin from Kevin, and tried thumping in it’s own, raw form with my unprepared fingers and found that extensive finger playing, like the one shown by John Mayer on the video send by Ids, especially including your thumb, is essential. This is the best form of initiation to thumping and advanced slapping. It should have been obvious to me
I’m training my right wrist to be able to kind of alternate pick the low E string with my thumb. It’s pretty good for making you instinctively adjust the height of your right wrist above the string. Hybrid picking also seems to help, so you can pretty much train two things at the same time. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.