I pluck with three right-hand fingers, and I have a heavy touch; I was using two fingers early on with Steve, but the day before we played at Human Kindness Day in Washington D.C., he accidentally closed a cab door on my middle finger, so I had to use the first and third fingers for the concert. Sly Stone was on the bill and Larry Graham came over to tell me I sounded great, so I’ve been using all three fingers ever since!

My slapping is conventional: thumb across the strings down by the bottom of the neck, and pops with my index and second fingers. I also like to mute the strings with my palm and pluck with my first two fingers. With my left hand I do some muting, hammering, trilling, and a lot of slides.

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