Does anyone else here use the slapring?

JimmyTheSaint · #1 03-10-2008, 06:32 PM

jsingles · #2 03-10-2008, 06:34 PM

nope but it looks like a fun toy. i have thought about getting one.

pondus · #3 03-10-2008, 06:42 PM

If art is partially about avoiding the cliches, don't say "In the house", don't start your novel with "It was a dark and stormy night"..... and don't slap your bass.

JimmyTheSaint · #4 03-10-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jsingles

nope but it looks like a fun toy. i have thought about getting one.

Get one so that we can swap ideas about technique.

jsingles · #5 03-10-2008, 06:44 PM

perhaps I shall hah

HaVIC5 · #6 03-11-2008, 02:16 AM

This?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2-fom1m50&NR=1

mothmonsterman · #7 03-11-2008, 08:01 AM

A what now?
nvm found it

http://www.slapring.de/en/productinf...ring/index.php

looks fun but i have doubts about double thumbing with it.

"Quite a few bassists got blisters when they did slapping, others used Gaffa - both of which is not that great. So, a thing called "SLAPRING®" is just what you need."
Price of progression my friend, price of progression

Fishbrain · #8 03-12-2008, 09:54 AM

you've gotta love german marketing

http://www.slapring.de/en/productinf...trap/index.php

Doughd54 · #9 03-14-2008, 07:20 PM

Well bruce willis has one so I'm sold...

WarriorJoe7 · #10 03-14-2008, 07:32 PM

I think I want one because I play funk type stuff and I can't keep timing with slaps and i think it has to do with not having enough meat on my bones so the added weight might help. I also lose alot of fundamental when I slap... perhaps a bit too much. But let me guess It probably costs $50... I'll take it for that if I also get the girl

JimmyTheSaint · #11 03-11-2009, 09:46 AM

100000 bass players here, and after a year I'm the only one who uses a slapring?

Mikio · #12 03-11-2009, 11:19 AM

well, it doesn't look atractive to me... at all.

Thegian · #13 03-13-2009, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HaVIC5

This?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2-fom1m50&NR=1

Wow ... thats my school, wasnt really expecting that.

And that IS very good marketing, could definitely see me buying a new strap. I agree with the "price of progression" thing though, it shouldn't happen anyway unless youve got a horrible technique like Flea for example.

EADG mx · #14 03-13-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pondus

If art is partially about avoiding the cliches, don't say "In the house", don't start your novel with "It was a dark and stormy night"..... and don't slap your bass.

Love it.

I don't see the point to the slapring, seeing how I think using your thumb sounds better anyway. But then again, I don't really slap that much at all anymore.

JimmyTheSaint · #15 12-27-2010, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pondus

If art is partially about avoiding the cliches, don't say "In the house", don't start your novel with "It was a dark and stormy night"..... and don't slap your bass.

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Originally Posted by EADG mx

Love it.

Words of a hater, no? I mean, playing in any of the major or minor keys is also a cliche--or even playing notes at all!

In any case, after 2 1/2 years, no one else out of 100,000 bassists here uses the slapring?

jg919 · #16 12-27-2010, 03:40 AM

Hi!
I use a slap-ring I made for my thumb, primarily for Mark-King inspired bass licks & when i play disco-esqe lines, if you will.
I also made one for my index finger, which I use on my upright bass, to counteract the slap of the string on the fingerboard - it goes 'pluck, choke, slap-slap', and I get a GREAT 'tak-a-ba-ba, tak-a-ba-ba' like rhythm going on in 4/4. Triplets are great too, when I take off the 2nd slap.
...All in all, yes! I use them haha - never seen one available, so I suggest making your own!
JOHN

Chris K · #17 12-27-2010, 03:51 AM

What's next - the pop tip?

Emre Hanli · #18 12-27-2010, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris K

What's next - the pop tip?

This. People love to see things more complicated than they actually are.

JimmyTheSaint · #19 12-27-2010, 04:43 AM

Interesting idea on that home made job. It's all about getting the sound you want, right?

But that's a negatory from me on the pop tip: one benefit I get from the slapring (the Gerald Reese brand) is that it raises the amplitude of my slaps on the E and A closer to that of my pops on the G. That kind of non-stompbox compression works well with my envelope filter.

Also, you can't beat the slapring for the ease of its double-thumbing capability.

**dmonroe** · #20 12-27-2010, 05:06 AM

Why not just wear a wide ring on your thumb? Then it would have more than one use. I would think Tungsten might sound good. Plus then you don't have something as cumbersome as that slapring covering most of the length of your ring.