Whats the best amp to enhance slap and pop

[relentless]

Have been playing slap and pop bass for around six or seven years now and I am finding it very hard to find and amp that does not bottle out when I double slap or maybe get a bit aggressive slapping, any of you slap pop bassists out then got any ideas, I really need some help!! ?????!!!!!!!

[4-string]

Back off the lows a bit on the EQ.

[rodl2005]

Ampeg SVT 7 PRO. Plenty of power & a nice transparent onboard comp

[crguti]

first of all, what cab are you using?
for slap is better a 2x10 instead of 1x15.

[AwkwardLoudness]

What matters most is the speaker cabinet. I recommend a fEarful 15/6/1 cab or two.

[Oobly]

Whose tone do you want to emulate?

MusicMan bass and GK head with scooped mids will give you a Flea-like tone, Ibanez bass with Mesa Boogie head will give a Fieldy sound if you drop the low mids.

Basically... drop the low mids.

You also want a decent cab which can produce the high mids with clarity to get the overtones and clack, etc to come through nicely.

GK amps usually have decent headroom, so they shouldn't "bottle out".

IME, YMMV, etc.. I am not that experienced and don't slap, so take it with a pinch of salt. Probably the best advice I can give is try to find a local store that will allow you to crank it a bit and try a few options. The brands I see most associated with slap are GK, Ampeg and Mesa.

[4001]

One with an EQ that you can make a nice smiley face with.
Lots of low, lots of high, not much mids.

[Son of Bovril]

I suggest you start looking more at a compressor than a new amp. The compressor will help even out your slapping and help limit those big signal spikes when you get carried away. It will also help tighten up your slap tone, but you may experience a slight loss in the deeper lows if you compress the signal quite hard.

Also note that sometimes when slapping hard/aggresively on an active bass with a low setup, it is often the onboard preamp & pickups that get overdriven before the signal even reaches your amp...

[billfitzmaurice]

Originally Posted by AwkwardLoudness

What matters most is the speaker cabinet. I recommend a fEarful 15/6/1 cab or two.

+1, it's the speaker, not the amp.

[Son of Bovril]

But to answer your question directly: EBS is my fav slap amp

[relentless]

Are laney nexus 4x10 at the moment with an warwick 500 profet, seems to be ok but I can't seem to hear the definition when I triple slap or mute my pops

[rockstarbassist]

learn2EQ right

[Munjibunga]

Any amp you're playing an MTD through.

[BassmanPaul]

Why start a second thread to ask the same question in a different way. Why not just answer the questions posted to you in your other thread???

But I guess that's another question!

[relentless]

Not really mate I am asking a different question completely as it's for two different type of style I am playing with these amps so, there question answered

[MysticMichael]

Q. What's the best amp for slap & pop?
A. Gallien Krueger, EBS or Thunderfunk

IMHO...

MM

[cableguy]

I don't play that style. But I play a GK and the contour helps that style out a lot. Carvin amps have them as well. That's the smiley EQ in a knob so to speak. A little compression maybe too. And +1 on the fEARful!

[Son of Bovril]

an eden or SWR will get you a nice slap tone too... basically anything that can do the clean and modern sounding thing.

or just get the SWR marcus miller preamp with a light weight poweramp and a pair of his sig sealed 410 SWR cabs... thats pretty much made for slap

[Starrchild]

Originally Posted by Son of Bovril

But to answer your question directly: EBS is my fav slap amp

+1

My EBS Fafner amp makes me wanna slap the snot out of my bass. My cab is also by EBS.

[relentless]

Lots of money the fafner though but I have only heard good things