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01-13-2005, 09:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Dakota (temporarily) | | | So What's Up With Slap?
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LET'S TALK ABOUT SLAPPIN' THE STRINGS. TELL ME ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT SLAP. PERSONAL TECHNIQUES, LIKES DISLIKES. ANY DIE-HARD FUNK LOVIN' SLAPPERS OUT THERE?  |
01-13-2005, 09:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vernon, B.C. Canada | | | I slap quite a bit but this should really be in technique. |
01-13-2005, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North Dakota (temporarily) | | | oops
Oh yeah.. just figured that out. but on the contrary.. what KIND of bass do you slap???  |
01-13-2005, 10:08 PM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | one with strings.
off to technique 
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01-13-2005, 10:08 PM
| | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | seriously, you can slap any bass around. just takes practice.
__________________ Talkbass Forum Administrator Ask me, I'm here to help. Lord Only on Myspace - 4 New Lord Only Tracks from our 2nd CD Lord Only - yes. we're back. sorta versatile residue -12 minute instrumental I find it elevating and exhilarating to discover that we live in a universe which permits the evolution of molecular machines as intricate and subtle as we. - Carl Sagan Rock 'n' Roll... It's got nothing to do with journalists, and it hasn't really even got anything to do with musicians, either. - Pete Townsend |
01-18-2005, 06:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Germany (org. Preston, UK) | | | has anyone seen Les Claypool trying to slap his upright bass on the Primus DVD? It didn't quite work |
01-18-2005, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by The Artist has anyone seen Les Claypool trying to slap his upright bass on the Primus DVD? It didn't quite work | He tried to slap it like an electric? 
Upright slap is a totally different technique than electric slap. |
01-19-2005, 09:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NWPhx | | | "seriously, you can slap any bass around. just takes practice."
Try telling that to my Yamaha BB4N...THE most unslappable bass there is......even after a nice setup.
It just goes THUD,THUD.
Pathetic.
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01-19-2005, 10:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA | | Lyle and I both know that Kubicki's are great for slapping. 
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01-19-2005, 10:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Chicago area | | Ever slapped an Ashbory? 
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01-20-2005, 06:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by troll Ever slapped an Ashbory? | Or a washtub bass?  |
01-20-2005, 09:37 AM
| | no longer red carded, but my butt is still sore. | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Rafael, CA | | slapping should be banned.  |
01-21-2005, 12:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Wow...I'm only 17, and I'm tired of slap. I can't imagine how much I'll dislike it when I'm an old codger like Bruce! |
01-21-2005, 07:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eastern Townships, Québec | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Govithoy Wow...I'm only 17, and I'm tired of slap. I can't imagine how much I'll dislike it when I'm an old codger like Bruce! | After 14 years of playing, I've just begun getting into slap and tap... |
01-21-2005, 08:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Winthrop Harbor, Ill | | IMHO slapping is really tailored for certain styles of music. But it has to be done tastefully . You get some guys that slap on every single song they play and it just does not sound right. I can play with my fingers, a pick, or slapping. I realized a few years back that I have to be versatile to express myself properly in music. Being a gospel player you rarely see anybody play with a pick but I discovered by broadening my horizons that there is a sound and feel that only a pick can give you. 
I still love slap and I practice whenever I can to improve it because slapping feels so rhythmic. It is just a different way to express yourself. |
01-21-2005, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brixton, South London | | | I think Marcus Miller is just about the most tasteful slapper ever - mainly becasue every note he plays, when he slaps, just hits the mark - beautiful timig and very little wanking - great all round player anyway... |
01-21-2005, 12:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Winthrop Harbor, Ill | | I agree with you on MM. He is very tasteful. When I hear him play it sounds so clean and tight but when I try it I realize that it takes years of practice to get that good. To play slap well does take time and practice.  |
01-21-2005, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | Marcus is the slap king. Every note is so perfectly chosen and clean. He has an amazing tone and style.
Slapping is just another way to express yourself. Even pure wankery is cool in the right situation. Like any technique, it comes down to its appropriateness in a given musical context. But when you're playing alone at home, I can't see a problem with picking up the technique for your own personal improvement, or to use as part of a solo, etc. And if you can make it work like Larry Graham or Marcus, then you've got an amazing tool at your disposal. |
01-24-2005, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sunnyvale, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by urb_munki I think Marcus Miller is just about the most tasteful slapper ever - mainly becasue every note he plays, when he slaps, just hits the mark - beautiful timig and very little wanking - great all round player anyway... | not to derail but any song recs?
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01-24-2005, 11:41 PM
| | The emperor has no clothes! | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Burbank CA USA | | Swampshark, are you right handed?
If you are, then I have three words for you, that will change your slappin' life: " left hand slap".
Ignore all that thumb-pluck stuff, that's for beginners, and dweebs who don't "get it" (and never will).
When it comes to slap, the left hand is where it's at.
And if you're right-brained, just switch everything around.
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