Closet bass player?

[Poop-Loops]

We've all likely seen closet guitarists who play bass, but secretly want to be a good guitarist. So they basically play the bass like a guitar, right?

Well what do you make of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_wBfbVaIln8

[tplyons]

I see no reason to say he's a closet bass player. Slapping a guitar, IMO and IME is much different than a bass.

[Poop-Loops]

I know, I was somewhat making a joke. But that's the first I've ever seen anybody slap a guitar and not sound like crap.

[Bard2dbone]

A band that used to be around here back in the late '80's- early '90's called Ten Hands had the first guitarist I ever saw do slap on a guitar. He would move his strap up to a different hole, shortening it, and just kind of dig in.

He didn't do any really wild patterns, but maybe that restraint was part of why it was good.

[dryheatbob]

Well, sounds pretty good to me. I think B2B's comment on restraint nails my take on slapping. I just picked up a Marcus Miller CD and came away pretty bored by the end of it. After awhile it all started sounding the same, and the few tracks where he limited the slapping/popping were some of the best on the album. IMHO, of course.

And that was a women, wasn't it?

Bob

[Toneonbass]

Originally Posted by dryheatbob

And that was a women, wasn't it?

Bob

thats what I thought

[Neb Maro]

It's a guy. Saw another video of him.
Cool slapping video.

[EunosFD]

Meh, I'll refrain from commenting on the original vid, but there's a vid of Tomo Fujita here where he slaps on the guitar a bit (he's more or less a jazz/fusion/blues player):

http://richweb.net/TomoFujita/

Definitely different stylistically so ymmv.

Oh, and Charlie Hunter may qualify too :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9llnAD3MVx4