For Whom The Bell Tolls (not about the intro)

[PrimusNut]

I was watching my Cliff 'Em All dvd today, and i realized that cliff slaps the string with his hand during most of the song.. I can't do this properly.. Also, what fret does he slap? is it a power chord? Any advice on how to do this would be great.

[MikeyFingers]

Most of the bass in that song is either open E, F#, G, A, and B. That's it. The slap thing is just him hitting the string really hard with his thumb. Nothing special.

[PrimusNut]

he actually hit is with his hand.. not his thumb.. and the tabs ir ead said he is slapping the 9th fret on the D string.. doesnt sound right to me... looks like hes slapping a power chord on the vid.. im gonna play around with it for a bit see how it goes.