Best Slap Bass Player?

[Funk$tar]

I've been playin' slap for about a year and feel i haven't really progressed that well! Dont get me wrong I'm pretty good but I feel I just need to study someone else's technique to really get better! Any suggestions?
THANKS!

 

[Jim Nazium]

Larry Graham is probably a good place to start, then Flea, Marcus Miller, Mark King ...

 

[Funk$tar]

Larry Graham is probably a good place to start, then Flea, Marcus Miller, Mark King ...

Thanks! I know one of his songs but I never really payed attention to his music until now! I think that's one bass player I need to take a look at and actually learn from! Thanks man!

 

[deepseabass]

Victor Wooten, Larry Graham, Les Claypool.

 

[millsbass5]

I present to you.....The Buddha. Victor Wooten's hero. Enough said. Dude is amazing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEKVztnSwE

 

[esa372]

+1 for Larry Graham.

 

[MonkeyBass]

Les, Larry, Vic, Mark.

 

[echoSE7EN]

Some dude sitting in GC, playing a VM Jazz off the rack, on a Tuesday night. True story.

 

[millsbass5]

Some dude sitting in GC, playing a VM Jazz off the rack, on a Tuesday night. True story.

I wouldn't doubt it, not one iota.

 

[highway]

les imo . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5XeVLJeMdE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0EmTvgUILQ

 

[Lee Moses]

Mark King is so ridiculously clean. . . . As far as pure technique goes, he's the man. Marcus Miller would be the second guy, then maybe Jonas Hellborg.

 

[bass12]

There are lots of great slappers out there. Some have already been mentioned and here are a few others:

- Nate Phillips with Pleasure
- Louis Johnson
- Stanley Clarke
- Doug Wimbish
- Prince
- Me'shell Ndegeocello
- Anthony Wellington
- Norwood Fisher


The list goes on and on. If you want a good test regarding how clean your slapping is check out Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots" with Freddie Washington on bass. If you can play that one cleanly then you're on the right track.

 

[FerK]

And I would remove Flea from that list. He's a fantastic showman and a good musician (I like the RHCP a lot), but I wouldn't "study his technique" for slap.

 

[eyeballkid]

Clayton.

 

[mcm]

Cliff williams

 

[eyeballkid]

WAIT!! I meant Clapton.

 

[Ronbassman]

Gustavo Dal Farra

 

[Bassic Playing]

And I would remove Flea from that list. He's a fantastic showman and a good musician (I like the RHCP a lot), but I wouldn't "study his technique" for slap.

Maybe not his technique, but I'd study his groove.

 

[cnltb]

To me there is Alain Caron and then nothing for a while.
His technique is just very clean and his playing extremely on point when he#s slapping-more so that with any other bassist I have heard/seen.
There is many though who's playing I prefer listening to.

 

[GrayHatBass]

Marcus Miller. His technique is very clean.

Victor Wooten, I'm not so sure about. I don't really like his slapping tone.

But don't mind me.