Orgasmic Slap-Bass

[Risen]

Okay, I just got better at slap/pop-bass. Before I learned how to do it though, I found the bass pretty boring after one hour of use, since most of what I know is on acoustic guitar, not bass.

Anyway, when I learned how to slap and pop with my bass, the feeling of playing bass was almost like org*sming! Seriously, I can't stop playing bass until someone forces me to stop.

Does anyone else feel that "Org*sm" while slapping and popping a bass? Also, what should I do for my fingers to stop hurting?



I am also aiming to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-deagvkmxk

[PJSShearer]

You'll go blind ...

[scrunks11]

slap isn't the only good tecnique and bass isnt boring. There are so many different styles such as motown or heavy metal to play with. look into these as well if you are finding bass boring and good luck on learning that song. also, to stop hurting play for 15 minutes at a time and then take a break.

[Nashrakh]

Originally Posted by Risen

Before I learned how to do it though, I found the bass pretty boring after one hour of use, since most of what I know is on acoustic guitar, not bass.

Anyway, when I learned how to slap and pop with my bass, the feeling of playing bass was almost like org*sming!

You still have a lot to learn.

Originally Posted by Risen

Does anyone else feel that "Org*sm" while slapping and popping a bass?

I feel like sh*t when I slap, so I don't do it. Ever.

[Risen]

The "After one hour of use" part was each day. Didn't really find it boring until I had nothing else to play.

Thanks to scrunks by the way.

[JimmyM]

slap is fun, but it's certainly not the be all and end all.

[John Wentzien]

You'll go Blind...then to HELL!

[John Wentzien]

Originally Posted by John Wentzien

You'll go Blind...then to HELL!

and then back again,,you'll be fine

[killersdude]

Originally Posted by Risen

Okay, I just got better at slap/pop-bass. Before I learned how to do it though, I found the bass pretty boring after one hour of use, since most of what I know is on acoustic guitar, not bass.

Anyway, when I learned how to slap and pop with my bass, the feeling of playing bass was almost like org*sming! Seriously, I can't stop playing bass until someone forces me to stop.

Does anyone else feel that "Org*sm" while slapping and popping a bass? Also, what should I do for my fingers to stop hurting?



I am also aiming to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-deagvkmxk

Slapping is great man, I'm taking a slap bass lab at Berklee right now, I'm all about it, but...I have one suggestion for you.

Don't bass (haha) your technique off of what the guy in that video is doing. He's good, very technical, clean, etc. etc. But it's so technical and fast that it's not really grooving as hard as it could. You should take a look back in time at players like Larry Graham and Louis Johnson, the pioneers of the style. The technical greats out there today like Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, and so on, all started out by listening to the early dudes groove.

Despite the views that many younger players have about technical slap, it's your ability to groove and make people move that will get you a gig and not piss off the people your jamming with.

I hope that this was helpful and not just a waste of typing, haha. All the best, good luck!

[JimmyM]

dude, i'm sorry but i can't even feel the beat in what that guy's doing.

[killersdude]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

dude, i'm sorry but i can't even feel the beat in what that guy's doing.

He's definitely, definitely far more interested in a flashy line than a functional one.

[lunarpollen]

Flashy technique is definitely no substitute for good taste. Non-stop hyper slap is like the bass equivalent of the high-speed screechy-toned metal shredding one is forced to endure from countless guitarists everytime one ventures into Guitar Center.

[millerfreak]

i got to say its not just about your hands (technique) but its also about what you hear/listen to. I found that most kids who play slap actually dont really know how to groove, but instead, trying to fit everything in, finishing it, thats it. slap is just the tool, so if you dont know how to use the tool properly, its not gonna be useful.

So the important thing right now is to learn the basic, master it, things like timing and tone is very important.

check out my youtube channel for reference.

www.youtube.com/terrykumar

[varunkapahi]

it can even turn you into a bassguitard

[bigthemat]

Originally Posted by killersdude

Slapping is great man, I'm taking a slap bass lab at Berklee right now, I'm all about it, but...I have one suggestion for you.

Don't bass (haha) your technique off of what the guy in that video is doing. He's good, very technical, clean, etc. etc. But it's so technical and fast that it's not really grooving as hard as it could. You should take a look back in time at players like Larry Graham and Louis Johnson, the pioneers of the style. The technical greats out there today like Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, and so on, all started out by listening to the early dudes groove.

Despite the views that many younger players have about technical slap, it's your ability to groove and make people move that will get you a gig and not piss off the people your jamming with.

I hope that this was helpful and not just a waste of typing, haha. All the best, good luck!

Thank you!! I don't slap much, only when I have to. (one gig I'm in has a big slap solo much to my chagrin...) But I keep it groovy, add a little flashy thing here and there to spice it up, but I am more focused on the groove. Some people just don't get it, they just want to hear the crazy fast crap, and it's frustrating because A. I don't want to do it, and B. I can't, lol.