Latest about Victor Wooten
“Well, the secret’s out. I’ve come clean”: Still copping Victor Wooten’s 20-year-old bass licks? You’d better take another look
Victor Wooten reveals the musical formula behind his 2005 solo album, Soul Circus
The 20 greatest slap bass songs of all time
These masterful slap basslines chart the evolution of the quintessential bass technique, from Larry Graham to today's YouTube heroes
“You’re always trying to get rid of buzzes when recording, so I came up with the idea of trying to make them groove instead”: How Victor Wooten created a groove without touching his bass guitar
Victor Wooten gives a track-by-track tour of his second solo album, What Did He Say?
“Hearing Jaco Pastorius changed my life. I took the frets out of my first bass because of Jaco! He could make you like the bass, whether you liked it or not”: Victor Wooten names 10 bassists who shaped his sound
One of the bass guitar’s all-time greats on how Béla Fleck got him into Paul McCartney, the time Stanley Clarke sent him a broken bass string, and why Marcus Miller is “so good, he can play on something and you won’t know it’s him”
“The best way to get the bass sound I wanted was to play like Larry Graham. But it wasn’t fast enough for me”: Victor Wooten sums up his game-changing slap technique
Victor Wooten’s double thumb technique is unlike any other – and he has Larry Graham to thank
How a Victor Wooten bass odyssey provided the unlikely inspiration for one of Lianne La Havas’ biggest hits
The bass virtuoso inspired the neo-soul artist and Prince collaborator to approach her trademark Harmony Stratotone in a whole new way
Watch Victor Wooten deal with a broken string in the middle of his bass solo
Victor Wooten keeps his cool even after going a string down with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Victor Wooten on his S.M.V supergroup with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller: “It was like Michael Jordan and LeBron James asking you to be on their basketball team!”
Bass guitar hero Victor Wooten looks back on his mind-blowing bass battles with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller
Cory Wong and Victor Wooten team up for hour-long bass showcase
The Flecktones low-end legend shared his advice on rising through the ranks from amateur to advanced, and discussed how individuals can unleash their creativity
"Double-thumbing is where I use my thumb for up and downstrokes, similar to using a guitar pick": Bass legends Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke in conversation
In this classic 2008 interview, Clarke and Wooten share their musical philosophies, talk gear and unpack some of the groundbreaking techniques behind their sound
