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02-04-2008, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spring Lake, MI | | | slapping an acoustic bass guitar???
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yeah i have a friend who does that as a hobby and... that can't be good for it... is he hurting it? because it sounds terrible and when i pick it up to try that i feel like the string will snap... |
02-04-2008, 10:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | | It's fine. Maybe a little more fret wear than regular playing, but nothing to worry about.
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02-05-2008, 03:35 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Jonas Hellborg slapped on his Wechter Roman bas for years and never damaged it! |
02-05-2008, 06:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | Gee, upright players dont do that, do they! 
Proper slap doenst have to be wicked aggressive, in fact, if you watch a master its all about subltely!
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02-08-2008, 03:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spring Lake, MI | | if you say so... it's just... it doesn't sound nearly as good as it does over an actual electric bass  |
02-08-2008, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spring Lake, MI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloBass  Proper slap doenst have to be wicked aggressive, in fact, if you watch a master its all about subltely! | ha, tell that to Flea  |
02-08-2008, 03:22 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Yup, fine on acoustic, I do it quiet often, never had any problems.
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02-08-2008, 03:23 PM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by willg95 if you say so... it's just... it doesn't sound nearly as good as it does over an actual electric bass | I personally think it's a very groovy tone when you slap an acoustic. Just one of those "different stroke for different folks" things, I guess. 
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02-08-2008, 03:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spring Lake, MI | | idk... if you heard it.. i mean he got it for $50 at a garage sale... all of it's lives are probably used up  |
02-08-2008, 03:34 PM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | | Well the bass itself might be what you're having an issue with then.
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02-08-2008, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spring Lake, MI | | than it must die!!! 
yeah did a search on youtube for stuff like that and yeah... what i saw was amazing on an acoustic... my friend's sounded like a blender w/ nails in it
i was rather impressed with this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQ_s6WxFKU
dunno about that title though  |
02-08-2008, 04:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Finland | | I guess if you can slap on an acoustic guitar you can slap on an acoustic bass guitar too.
Check out this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ctm0xkjOC8&e. This guy is AWESOME! 
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02-08-2008, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Deacon_Blues | now that was entertaining | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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