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07-09-2006, 10:14 PM
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I have a fretless P bass, my main bass, and I slap on it all the time. Do people normally slap on a P? Some people have told P's are no good to slap on. I don't see a problem with it, but I just want to hear other peoples' opinions on it. |
07-09-2006, 10:17 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | Other people's opinions on what you should or shouldn't do on a certain bass amount to a hill of beans. If you like slapping on your fretless P, then you should go on doing it. Not very many people do that, and it can become your signature sound. 
Slap on a P (especially a fretless one!) won't give you the "classic" slap tone, but who cares? |
07-09-2006, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | If it sounds good, then it is good, right? At least in the bass world. Heck, distortion was first found with broken speakers. And it's been everywhere since there!
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07-09-2006, 10:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Houston | | | I remember seeing some instructional book on slap where the guy played a P. I believe the P bass was a big part of that early funk sound, and slapping can be a big part of funk so by simple deduction... |
07-09-2006, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by christobass 416 I have a fretless P bass, my main bass, and I slap on it all the time. Do people normally slap on a P? Some people have told P's are no good to slap on. I don't see a problem with it, but I just want to hear other peoples' opinions on it. | I think that a P is a great bass to slap on. When I wanted a good slap sound on my P, I would string it up with some DR High Beams.
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07-09-2006, 11:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sooke, BC, Canada | | | I have found "P" to not sound best for the slap tone I am after personally, I preffer Jazz. But like others say it may be your sound. So nothing wrong with doing whatever you are doing as long as you like it. |
07-09-2006, 11:22 PM
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07-10-2006, 03:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: new jersey, USA | | | Interesting mix of responses...
I certainly don't plan on changing technique soon just because some people don't like the sound of a P being slapped(hehe). I really dig the sound of it. |
07-10-2006, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by christobass 416 Some people have told P's are no good to slap on. | Well, you were also lied to all your childhood about santa Claus werent you? ... wait... damn you did know it was a fib right? 
now seriously... even more notorious than a P-bass, lots of people say that you cant slap on a Rickenbacker...
Bull...Dust.
Did it last jam session (first that I took the ric with me) and guess what? it RIPS at slap. real damn growly and full of attitude. all you need is a good setup and some fresh strings for it to sound good.
Even with my lame slap technique, I could see the band were enjoying it... and I used to play a Stingray before, so, they know a good slap tone when they hear it. hehe.
just be careful as yours is fretless, slapping can damage your fretboard...
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07-10-2006, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Aussiephoenix just be careful as yours is fretless, slapping can damage your fretboard... | Nah... Slap that P-Bass! 
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07-10-2006, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lisbon, Portugal | | | I agree Bassist4Life, I was just alerting, cause I used to have a fretless that I used to slap on, until I started noticing rosewood dust all over my hands and pickups/top after a heavy session (Not a lot of dust but enough to let me know that I was digging into the fretboard.)
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07-10-2006, 08:50 AM
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Slapped P = Classic Funk
People who say P's are no good to slap on are just ignorant to the roots of funk. |
07-10-2006, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bowling Green, Ohio | | | Louis Johnson played a P, and hes one of the masters of funk bass...
The dude who wrote Slap It! also uses a P and all the audio samples are recording with a P... |
07-10-2006, 11:03 AM
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Louis Johnson's tone on Stomp is a great example of a slapped P bass. It's old school funk and you have to love it.
Slapping= technique
P bass= tool
A talented craftsman will pick the appropriate tool and technique to suit the requirement before him.
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07-11-2006, 12:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | Its not that people say slapping a P specifically is bad its just that American P(in my opinion) does have a great slap tone, but its one of the best basses to slap. A swap of pickups and adjust the action and a P-bass can be a great slap bass. |
07-11-2006, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperDuck Other people's opinions on what you should or shouldn't do on a certain bass amount to a hill of beans. If you like slapping on your fretless P, then you should go on doing it. Not very many people do that, and it can become your signature sound.
Slap on a P (especially a fretless one!) won't give you the "classic" slap tone, but who cares? | +1 |
07-11-2006, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bassist 4 life Louis Johnson played a P, and hes one of the masters of funk bass...
The dude who wrote Slap It! also uses a P and all the audio samples are recording with a P... | Really? I didnt know that actually... I've only "seen" him slapping on that...hrm... sabre I think? on the slap it video...
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