fretless slapping technique

[junglebike]

Starting to learn how to slap, and I find it's much harder on a fretless. That's my main instrument, tho, and I'm planning on moving to it exclusively if I can figure out a way to get a good slap tone -- I hardly use slap anyway, I just need something passable.

So far I've found that fretless is *extremely* sensitive to the amount of force used on the slap -- too little and it's a thud; too much and it's just mud. I have, on occassion, experienced a very nice tone but it's hard to replicate consistently.

Anyone been through this before?

[Jazz Ad]

I slap directly on the fretboard, around the 17th "fret".
I love slapping the fretless. It makes it easy for all kinds of strange sounds and effects.
A quick delay or short reverb also helps to give a little "bite" to the sound.
http://pageperso.aol.fr/JAZZAD2/Musi...kyFretless.mp3

[junglebike]

I'll give that a shot...

Particularly because a couple of days of serious slapping are beginning to wear on the heel of my rosewood board! That's no good...

I need a graphite neck :-)