Subject: Level 42 Digest, #184 ===================== * LEVEL 42 DIGEST * ===================== Digest 184 Monday, 08/29/94 77 subscribers Today's messages: Mark King's Thumb Re: Mark's Thumb The Thumb Re: Level 42 Digest, #183 ------------------------------ From: Dreamthing @ aol.com Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 10:46:39 EDT Subject: Mark King's Thumb The black thing on his thumb is a leather band. He used to use electrical tape because his thumb got all bloodied-up. jonathan ------------------------------ From: "Robert S. Kadel" Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 12:23:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Mark's Thumb I've seen that black thing on his thumb too. Other bassists have talked about wearing various rings of steel, plastic, or whatever when slapping so as to get a crisper sound from the string. But I'm only speculating on that. Rob ------------------------------ From: Elson "?" Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 10:13:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: The Thumb > From: "W.A. Michie" > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 04:07:24 -0400 > Subject: Mark's Thumb > > So what is that black thing on his thumb anyway? Surely I'm not the first > (bassist) to ask this question. Bill Mark's thumb is wrapped with black electrical tape. Bassists use that to supress blister swelling from all that slappin'. Elson ------------------------------ From: Patrick Hatcher Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 20:32:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Level 42 Digest, #183 Tape? At least that what it appears to be. Patrick & Michael Hatcher ph @ mercury.sfsu.edu (510)-527-8904 Voice (510)-527-8904 Fax On Sun, 28 Aug 1994 level42 @ enterprise.bih.harvard.edu wrote: