Double Bass Advice for beginning slappers.

[Marty Forrer]

I see so bad information being slung around, I would like to suggest to beginners they put aside their slap bass DVDs and go watch Milt Hinton on youtube. This grand old man (now deceased) is the godfather of slap bass. He not only slaps ferociously, he does it with an ease and relaxed demenour that belies what he's playing. Willie Dixon is another old-timer who rules in this dept, but Milt Hinton is king. They didn't call him the "Judge" for nothing. Study the Judge .... you wont regret it.

 

[LowAndFunky]

I see so bad information being slung around, I would like to suggest to beginners they put aside their slap bass DVDs and go watch Milt Hinton on youtube. This grand old man (now deceased) is the godfather of slap bass. He not only slaps ferociously, he does it with an ease and relaxed demenour that belies what he's playing. Willie Dixon is another old-timer who rules in this dept, but Milt Hinton is king. They didn't call him the "Judge" for nothing. Study the Judge .... you wont regret it.

+1 Million! Check Milt out on the Cab Calloway tune, "Plucking The Bass." Ridiculous!

 

[Scotty DelMar]

Here goes...

 

[SAlcott]

Milt studied and practiced classical technique all his life. If you want to specialize in slap bass, fine, but learn to play the instrument first.

 

[LowAndFunky]

Slick Joe Fick - fun, fun, fun!

 

[Gearhead43]

Milt studied and practiced classical technique all his life. If you want to specialize in slap bass, fine, but learn to play the instrument first.

 

[HateyMcAmp]

Milt is what go me into slapping, swinging and acoustic in character....I was never such a fan of the heavily amplified rockabilly sound.

 

[Geoff Firebaugh]

Milt is what go me into slapping, swinging and acoustic in character....I was never such a fan of the heavily amplified rockabilly sound.

odd statement, I've got hundreds or rockabilly recordings, and virtually none of them (save live records) have amplified doublebass.

 

[LowAndFunky]

odd statement, I've got hundreds or rockabilly recordings, and virtually none of them (save live records) have amplified doublebass.

+1 Geoff

 

[Gearhead43]

odd statement, I've got hundreds or rockabilly recordings, and virtually none of them (save live records) have amplified doublebass.

+2 Geoff.

 

[BeowulfKingsley]

I also love Milt Hinton's playing, but my searches on YouTube didn't show a whole lot of clips of him playing really. Too bad, perhaps there are more and I'm just looking wrong.

 

[JMcCarthy]

Watch some lee rocker videos for rockabilly slap and read the bass lines book by milt Hinton

 

[Timothy Austin]

Slick Joe Fick - fun, fun, fun!

Thanks!

 

[Adam Booker]

Milt was the man, for sure! And yes, when I went to his house he had a bow and a Simandl book waiting for me. And scales. Oy vey did he make me play scales.

 

[gypsydjango]

I agree about Milt Hinton. One of the all time greats in the jazz world. So solid. Great sound. For me you cannot top the 'old school ' guys. They were bought up in the pre-amp days and had to project their sound acoustically even through the big bands they played with. The guys today may have more technique but were brought up on the amp--big difference.