thumping

Dear Bassist Community, I've been so into the vintage thumpin' bass tone. Compare to the brightness that most of the modern songs have, I personally prefer this dead, muted kick drum ish sound by thumbing.(Please find the reference video below) References: My Gear: Bass // Music Man...

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I'm trying to get a crowd-sourced opinion of WHAT goes on when slapping on different basses. My Spectors are a Slapper's Delight! Clear tone on every string, up and down the neck. My Ibanez active Jazz (TR500) is a mixed bag. The 3rd and 4th strings give the expected, solid, clacky thump. 1st...

I have a sub hooked up in my truck. It makes a loud thumping sound usually when my truck shakes or I touch the cd player. I took the cd player out and I narrowed it down to a wire labeled as "battery +". Its really confusing me though. If I run my finger down the insulation on the wire I can...

Hi! How’s it going? In this video, I’m showing a new Thumping exercise (Use the thumb as a pick) on Chic’s “Everbody Dance” intro as an example. The key of this technique es having control of all the movements of the thumb, knowing exactly when to do downstrokes and when to do upstrokes (As...