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05-01-2007, 07:36 PM
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Hi, im in a metal band...mkay. So im looking to create a metal sounding slap riff/song/line. I dont want TM Stevens or flea or Claypool, im not looking for funk metal (while they are great players) i dont want any funk in my sound. Completely devoid of funkiness. Its a long story why i want this but if you guys could point me in some direction that would be great. |
05-01-2007, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Louisville Ky | | | Fieldy from Korn pops up in my head. Um...as far as metal slap players dont really know of many. And any harder rock or numetal like distured had like one song where the bassist did some slap, dont remember which one though.
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05-01-2007, 07:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | -1 to fieldy.
not a fan of his playing
i think ryan amrinie fom mudvayne is the best example of metal slap out there€(IMO)....check out the cd LD 50....some mazing stuff on there.
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05-01-2007, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | bassist from cryptopsy employs slap technique. |
05-01-2007, 08:03 PM
|  | Bass Playing Economist | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida | | +1 on Ryan Martinie. He is the man, very very metal slapping. Dig has some awesome slapping. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LNWX3pU74 (Live with facepaint) Better vocals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoH-sl2xdAw (Live without facepaint) More slapping
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05-01-2007, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kane, PA | | | +1 to Martinie
he's got mad slaps
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05-01-2007, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Trafalgar, Indiana | | | Are you looking for more of a percussion bass/ fill in the blank sound? I would go with paul gray from slipknot. He does a lot of that. And fieldy. also... you may want heavy magnetic pickups for that real plinky metal sound. |
05-01-2007, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by the_fonz +1 to Martinie | +1
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05-01-2007, 09:04 PM
| | | | Listen to Blackwater Park by opeth(the song) most tasteful slapping in metal
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05-01-2007, 09:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada | | | Tony Choy's playing on Elements by Atheist definitely sounds like he's slapping the strings on occasion. |
05-01-2007, 09:28 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | He's definately slapping on Elements. Awesome album. |
05-01-2007, 09:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Louisville Ky | | | Oh never said i like Fieldy it was just the first name that popped up in my head but I dont listen to much metal so I dont know of many
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05-02-2007, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by McCalister999 bassist from cryptopsy employs slap technique. | Exactly what I was thinking of. A few songs on None So Vile came to mind. The most 'metal' slap/pop I've ever heard. |
05-02-2007, 09:41 AM
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Note on Claypool: He isn't always funky when using His slap technique.
Good Luck 
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05-02-2007, 12:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Woodlands, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Trolie Note on Claypool: He isn't always funky when using His slap technique. |
that's true,
Anti-pop is probably a good album to mention for metal slapping |
05-02-2007, 04:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kane, PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TFG_low_end Are you looking for more of a percussion bass/ fill in the blank sound? I would go with paul gray from slipknot. He does a lot of that. | i haven't heard Paul do any slap on an album since MFKR. is that what you were talking about? cus the slapping on that album is far from what was being asked for
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05-02-2007, 05:10 PM
| | BEADG | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockton, Cali | | | I would check out Disturbed's first album "The Sickness" with their orginal Bass player Fuzz. On the tracks "Voices" and "The Game" are a couple examples of non funky metal bass slapping. On Believe he does some harmonic tapping as well. To bad their new guy plays with a pick, and completely ignores this when he plays the older tunes.
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05-02-2007, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Charleston, SC | | I play metal as well, and do some slap bass in some songs. I use it to make the bass cut through the mix and give it that punch that neither a pick or finger style can achieve. This is basically the way I approach it. On a new original song, I write my bass line as if I normally would. After listening to it a couple of times, I can determine what kind of tone works best for the song. Usually the part I slap on is during a part that is real heavy on the drums and toms. I listen to the beat, and try and match each drum beat with a note. On the kick drum, I use the root notes and mutes, and on the toms I start adding in the popping. If you sit back and listen to your drummer play, you will hear how the slap should sound since slap bass is more percussive, and played like a drum beat most of the time. Don't be afraid to mix up your styles either. I generally use pick, finger and slap during a show. Each one has it's own strength that outweighs another style, and if used properly, can really set the mood of the song. Oh, and as far as the funk sound goes in metal, try experimenting with it once in awhile. You can really pump up a song just by adding a few measures of funk in the right place, i.e. just before a guitar solo, or during it. I hope this helps you some, good luck finding your new groove.  |
05-03-2007, 01:09 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Auburn Nebraska | | | Its hard to have a non-funk slap because slap was created by Larry Graham for funk. It is a funk technique, but to answer question I reccomend Rober Trujillo in his Suicidall Tendencies era. |
05-03-2007, 01:16 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Ya, Rob Trujillo by far. His stuff with Infectious Grooves was textbook stuff for rocking out with slap. Suicidal Tendencies was heavier, though. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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