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Levin's record and publishing company, Papa Bear Records, briefly made Funk Fingers available for sale to other players, making a run of them in 1998/1999, but as of July 1999 had sold completely out of them and did not plan to manufacture them again. The commercial version of Funk Fingers had Velcro
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fingertip holders, and the tips were dipped in "rubberizing tool grip" for an optimal playing surface. They also, like Levin's personal sets, came with slightly different lengths on each stick, to accommodate the different lengths of the index and middle finger.
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Levin's original Funk Fingers were strapped to the fingers, but after some experimentation with cutouts and elastic loops for fingers, Levin decided the most comfortable design has a rubber cap at the end of the fingers. In the
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is shown in an early video playing bass; here, he appears to be wearing a Funk Finger on his thumb.
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Expanding Hands Music produced Funk Fingers from May 2013 to December 2023.
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that attach to the fingers of a bass player for producing percussive,
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Tony Levin
drum stick
funky
bass guitar
Tony Levin
Peter Gabriel
King Crimson
Liquid Tension Experiment
guitar technician
Jerry Marotta
Big Time
So
Steam
Secret World Live
Buckethead
Tony Levin
From the Caves of the Iron Mountain
World Diary
Resonator
Peter Gabriel
Steam
King Crimson

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