Slapping with a ring?

[pharasoth]

I found a malleble ring that conforms to my thumb nicely and sits right between the bottom of the nail and the knuckle... Will slapping with this (not extremely hard) **** up the strings? I saw this slap ring somewhere that slides on your whole thumb and apparently no one has problems with that so i cant imagine this being a problem... any experience with this or warnings or whatever? I'm hoping my strings aren't going to break doing this too much cause i really like the sound i get plus i can use it sort of like a pseudo slide bar ..

hmmm

[Papersen]

You can find some info here.

http://www.slapring.com

Hope it helps.

[Whafrodamus]

I have two rings. One is my thumb ring which I got at the beach. I use it for slap and it sounds great. The other is my class ring on my index finger, useless for bass. Still, both act well as weights for slap.

[Jiro]

interesting

[geoffkhan]

From watching the videos I can almost feel the severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome those bassists are developing. Seriously, in bass playing you want to minimize the amount that your wrist twists and turns in order to avoid possible injuries.

[chrismmc]

Originally Posted by geoffkhan

From watching the videos I can almost feel the severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome those bassists are developing. Seriously, in bass playing you want to minimize the amount that your wrist twists and turns in order to avoid possible injuries.

...I agree...you should try to use your forearm as much as you can,rather than your wrist.