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Old 10-01-2009, 03:49 PM
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slides on a fretted bass

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How do you do slides on a fretted bass without having it sound "bumpy"? I was trying to play Dear Prudence, which has a lot them, but the slides sounded like crap. Any advice?
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lighten the touch..

Dear Prudence probably also was done on flats
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Put flats on it. That works really well for me!
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Old 10-02-2009, 09:43 AM
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lighten the touch..

Dear Prudence probably also was done on flats
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It's somewhat tricky to make slides sound very smooth, even with flats. Practice makes perfect.
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I was going to say flats, but ya'll beat me to the punch.
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