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<\/a><\/p>\nFor a brief time, Tony actually had a bunch of sets made, and sold them on his website. I was lucky enough to grab a few sets for myself when they were there, since he no longer produces them. As a result, he gives his permission to recreate them yourself for personal use – but mandates that you cannot mass produce or sell them for profit (I think he owns a patent for them). I’ve since seen original pairs of the ones he produced sell on eBay for over $100 (which is ridiculous<\/em> since they should be easy enough to make for yourself.)<\/p>\n But they’re neat, very cool, and they never failed to get a reaction from the crowd when I started smacking my bass with them. And they can provide an ultra-percussive bass sound that just can’t be matched with the thumb alone.<\/p>\n Here’s a clip from the studio (pre-vocals) of “Dancing on the Hill,”<\/a> which features me playing the Funk Fingers through a distorted amp.<\/p>\n<\/a>I actually got pretty good at using them; I performed with them regularly in live concerts and bar gigs with Second Story<\/a> – as well as recorded two of the songs for the second album using them (“Dancing on the Hill” and “Abducted”). I hope to soon have some video available of them in action. <\/p>\n