Percussive Bass Playing

[Mysteryman]

I was just wonder if any of you could fill in gaps say if you didn't have a drummer in a live service. Especially on slow songs? Could you still hold the bottom and give a sense of a beat? I can do this on keys and organ by switching my style but it seems a little difficult to do on a slow song.

[jeremyr]

yeah it's doable.  if you palm mute and use your thumb and index on the strings you can get kind of what i call a "drum kit" feel/flavor.  Between plucking with both fingers and using your palm to slap the strings in between you can get a lot of filler going on.

[A sponge]

Can someone do a demo video using this technique? Lately, Ive been trying to grasp this type of playing.