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12-22-2011, 10:51 AM
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I'm trying to work on my slap chops... should I get a jbass or should I be able to get a good sound from a pbass? |
12-22-2011, 10:55 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Purple Mountain Majesties | | | As a beginning slapper, in my experience, it was easier to get a good useable slap tone from a J Bass than a P Bass.
Someday, it won't matter. I can slap on just about anything now. But at first, it helps to have a bass that produces that tone a little more readily.
You will also find that string choice and the set-up have a big impact on how easily you can produce a good slap tone. It's not just which bass you choose.
IMHO, IME, YMMV
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12-23-2011, 09:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CT | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by LukeS I'm trying to work on my slap chops... should I get a jbass or should I be able to get a good sound from a pbass? | Does not matter. Tony Oppenheim recorded all the tracks on 'Slap It!' with a Precision. Many bassists slap a P. what matters is what works for you. |
12-23-2011, 09:22 PM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | I actually prefer the sound of a slapped P over the sound of a slapped J. |
12-23-2011, 09:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austin, TX | | | I used to think the same, but after playing for 20+ years, I am just now realizing you can get some great slap tone with a P. IMO, strings will give you more tone than the bass itself. (flat wound vs round wound) |
12-23-2011, 09:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, Onatrio, Canada | | | Slap that P! The jazz sounds great obviously, but music the world over is saturated with it. (honestly I play both). Don't forget, technique goes along way.
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12-23-2011, 10:05 PM
|  | Bassman7654 | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: North Las Vegas NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassalo  Does not matter. Tony Oppenheim recorded all the tracks on 'Slap It!' with a Precision. Many bassists slap a P. what matters is what works for you. | +1 to this. And many others slapped a P . I actually prefer a P/J for slap tone 
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12-24-2011, 01:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Some classic slapped Precision bass recordings...
"Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen
"Brickhouse" by The Commodores
"Lowdown" by Boz Skaggs
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12-24-2011, 10:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Yessir!!! Freddie Washington has one of the best sounding p-basses I've ever heard! Bass line - YouTube Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots - YouTube
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12-25-2011, 04:50 AM
|  | Say something once, why say it again? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Johns, Michigan | | | The best slap tone I ever heard (rich, full, thunderous, but with great "pop") was a P Bass with 10 year old flats.
The P is easier to slap, and (to me) sounds better doing it.
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