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11-18-2006, 09:10 AM
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I dont slap. Its not that I am not good at it because I can slap. Its just that I do not care for the sound regardless of who is slapping and the style of music I play does not use slapping. I play metal and hard rock. Not alot of those songs have slap in them. I am I alone or do others not slap also?
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11-18-2006, 09:36 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | Do it if it moves you, leave it go if not! Just because others do (or don't) shouldn't be the determining factor. Do what works for you, and what works for your music.
FWIW, I played in a funk band thru most of the 80's & early 90's, lotta slappin' going on..........now play in a modern country band, and a steel drum (calypso, island music) band......no slappy here!  |
11-19-2006, 08:54 PM
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I prefer slap if it sounds like this. When you can create multiple types of sounds ( some harder, more percussive, while others you let ring out) I dig this kind of sound =)
It's good to learn it just so you can master the technique. Keep em varied man |
11-19-2006, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Lowner I dont slap. Its not that I am not good at it because I can slap. Its just that I do not care for the sound regardless of who is slapping and the style of music I play does not use slapping. I play metal and hard rock. Not alot of those songs have slap in them. | That's fine.
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11-19-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Lowner I dont slap. Its not that I am not good at it because I can slap. Its just that I do not care for the sound regardless of who is slapping and the style of music I play does not use slapping. I play metal and hard rock. Not alot of those songs have slap in them. I am I alone or do others not slap also? | That's wonderful, thanks for sharing. |
11-19-2006, 11:12 PM
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11-19-2006, 11:50 PM
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11-20-2006, 12:08 AM
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11-20-2006, 06:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Birmingham UK | | | You know I was going to post a thread about this myself.
I was at the UK bass day event yesterday. Quite a few manufacturers had stands there, Fender, Overwater, EBS, The basscentre etc. Walking past all you could here was people slapping.
Some were good, others not so good. They all had one thing in common though, to my ears anyway, they all sounded the same.
Why do people when picking up a bass to try, automatically slap the hell out of it.
I can slap, when required, but I prefer to play fingerstyle. I can play quite fast when needed, as fast as the average person can slap anyway.
I think that fingerstyle playing just sounds more individual.
Janek Gwizdala and Yolanda Charles were both there, and both had things to say about slap playing. Yolanda said that producers just don't ask for it anymore.
Janek said that he just doesn't do it, and what's more the ramps on his Fodera don't allow it. He can slap and will do so if a gig calls for it, but it's not his thing.
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11-20-2006, 06:47 AM
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