MusicMan Stingrays are great slap basses, especially if you choose a double humbucker (HH) version. Then you have FIVE great slap sounds before you even start thinking about EQ...Can't go wrong with a Jazz bass (at least not with the Marcus Miller sig) either.
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Best bass for slap?
- Thread starter EvoMan
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My Faves:
Jazz bass (70's more so than a 60's, but either sound good)
MusicMan StingRay
P-bass
Ken Smith/Cirrus/Sadowsky Modern
Spector
Jazz bass (70's more so than a 60's, but either sound good)
MusicMan StingRay
P-bass
Ken Smith/Cirrus/Sadowsky Modern
Spector
I am gonna get it for this... I slap basses that shouldn't be slapped. I have played entire sets slapping a Thunderbird...and it sounded pretty good. I've done it on Rics, too. AND P Basses. 
Yo Jim - I agree - you can't do a P sound on a J bass and you can't do a J sound on a P bass. They are both classic and beloved designs/sounds. I say get both and love the experience of having two great sounds. Of course then there is the lean mean Stingray sound....and the.......well you get the picture..
THE PERFECT RECIPE!!!!
My '75 Jazz (Natural in color,ash body,white p/g,white binding),Badass bridge,along with my OLD trusty Sadowsky clip-on pre-amp?? It just doesn't get any better,IMO
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.THE PERFECT RECIPE!!!!
My '75 Jazz (Natural in color,ash body,white p/g,white binding),Badass bridge,along with my OLD trusty Sadowsky clip-on pre-amp?? It just doesn't get any better,IMO
+1 on the sadowsky outboard. Instant sizzle no matter what bass you use.
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I had one of the very first MM Stingrays back when they first started up. I got our music store a dealership agreement and bought the first shipped Stingray. Why, oh why, did I ever sell it? <sniff> 'xcuse me, I have to find a beer to cry into now.....she was definitely the one who got away.
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The sound of the bass in the video below is the sound of a stingray. My favorite slappin bass fer sure.
My favorite slappin bass fer sure.
im surprised there isnt more love for ibanez sr basses, i slap the **** out of mine on a daily basis (think claypool+death metal) and wouldnt take anything else
I played a 1989 Fender P-bass plus that I slapped so much I had to have re-fretted... it worked great (particularly once I got rid of those lace-sensor pickups...)
My current 4 string is a lakland 4-94 standard which plays and sounds so good it makes me weep - particularly for slap.
I'm in the market for a 5 string that slaps well (my Zon does not - strings are too narrow) - and I'm seriously considering a Carvin SB5000.... Why not a Lakland? 35" scale. I want to stick to 34" for all my basses.
My current 4 string is a lakland 4-94 standard which plays and sounds so good it makes me weep - particularly for slap.
I'm in the market for a 5 string that slaps well (my Zon does not - strings are too narrow) - and I'm seriously considering a Carvin SB5000.... Why not a Lakland? 35" scale. I want to stick to 34" for all my basses.
I got me a $$ and it's the only bass I own that I don't slap on. I ALWAYS hit the open poles and get this nasty click. I've changed my angle of attack and the attack itself but nothing.
The closest I can get to a decent slap on it is if I use a modified version of Entwistle's typewriter technique.
However, my Schecter Elite Custom 4 is hands down my favorite bass for slap ever. Ever. Even unplugged it sounds bad-ass slapping and popping away. My Squier Jazz and Dean Edge1 5 both sound good, but the Schecter is my favorite by far.
