I am new to this board and would really like to further increase my bass playing by starting to learn some tapping. I have tried to tap but I can never get any sound out of it. Does anyone have any suggestions for what they do to tap? Also a couple good tapping songs I could learn. Thanks a lot.

Hi, Mu(SIC)Fiend3, welcome to TB!

If you are looking for information on tapping, check out some TalkBass search results here (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=798935&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending). Lots of stuff for you there. You may find more help in the technique section, too. Good luck with your tapping!

Thank you very much = )

No problem. :bassist:

Yeah, let's move on over to Technique......


Chris A.:rolleyes: :bassist:

I'm going to need a time out, because I can't play like a grown-up and respect other members. Please exuse my absence

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks Nugget

I'm not allowed to post at TalkBass untill I learn to act like a big boy.

Simmer down...ah, the ignorance of youth...

and the snobbishness of old age.

...and I half expected it to be made of wood... ;)

Chris, I edited your post so that offensive content is gone. Administration will take care of the rest. ~Mod.

Another piece of useless trivia, it's Warmduscher in German :p

OK, to get it back on the topic.

Set up your bass to medium-to-low action, use a light touch.

Position your left hand with the thumb-behind-the-neck posture, and the right hand with the thumb on top of the neck, with the four fretting fingers on a string.

Lightly tap a string to sound a note, lift the finger to stop it. Use all other fingers to mute unwanted string vibration. You can try using a scroungie(?) aka hair band to mute open strings, a la Vic Wooten. Surf the net for online lessons, get Stu Hamm's The Bass Book and his first 3 albums, and even better, get a good teacher.

Hope that helps little grasshopper.