Favourite slap player

[factory presets]

Fred Maddox.

But if you're talking Bass guitar...

I like Stanley Clarke for making it jazzy. I like Louis Johnson for the trousers. Flea likes them, too. Marcus Miller is possibly the best ever slapper. You have to like Victor Wooten for inventing double thump. But his musicality goes way beyond slapping fast. I thought it was cool those English scarf bands got into it in the 80s. And its been used in Indie music since the 90s.

Just too much slapping around now to have one favourite. Kind of pointless comparing Stanley Clarke to Davey 504.

 

[burgerdj]

+1 on Stuart Zender. I’m not a huge fan of slap and tend to prefer hearing it without super hyped treble. Stu’s tone is generally fantastic, if not sometimes overly compressed. I recall reading that he kept the horns turned off on this cabinets, relying on a heavy attack to bring the funk.

 

[Reedt2000]

Even though he isn't thought of as a slap player now (by non-bassists anyway) Rob Trujillo's playing in Infectious Grooves and ST were big early influences for me learning to play the style.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

How could you forget Louis Johnson ?!?!?!



My other 2 favorite slappers Fred Hammond

https://youtube.com/shorts/JplB2PQqFbg?si=B3gUJihyxxdS02BO
https://youtube.com/shorts/k2Ok4kxwaRA?si=NydnL3wuH1FabDkZ

My favorite YouTube bassist paying tribute to my all time favorite bass player.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

I'm going with Larry Graham, because in my opinion, he's the Henry Ford of slappin and popping.
But, honorable mention goes to the guy who plays for Mary's Danish.
Cant think of his name. He's a slap monster!

 

[Highs&Lows]

I especially like the aggressiveness and note placement of these old school players like Louis Johnson or Robert Gordon with Gil Scott-Heron.
Donny Benet is sort of an "old school" slapper nowadays that I really like. This guy named Trevor Lindsey plays some killer, old school slap style.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Honorable mention goes to Rebecca Johnson .
https://youtube.com/shorts/2afpK_WFzt8?si=YfyWxcHl_Vok3PiN

And of course Larry Graham always gets my vote .

 

[jnewmark]

I'm not really a fan of slapping, I think its way overdone. I like it when it is added to songs, but not all the way through. For that kind of style, I like Verdine White. He seems to add those little accents with popping and slapping in just the right places. Here's an example of what I mean: Saturday Nite - YouTube

 

[MVE]

Stanley

 

[Rib 13]

My biggest influences are Louis Johnson and Marcus Miller

My two current slap faves are Henrik Linder and Charles B from YouTube

That's the best way I can answer this

 

[ferarayabass]

Marcus!

 

[Ron Berenato]

Dave LaRue. Just listen to any Steve Morse band recording. Amazing.

 

[BioDriver]

Flea was what got me into bass, but nowadays I am not a fan of slap.

 

[KenD]

I checked Other: Slick Joe Flick, just because he's outrageous.

 

[StereoPlayer]

The guy that did Seinfeld…


Ducks for cover…

 

[BassKees]

How could I forget the great Abraham Laboriel!

 

[jTrolt]

Honorable mention: Gary Grainger

 

[Derek Kay]

Stu Zender

Really serves the song with a nice thick slap sound

 

[bass12]

I'm sure I read that several times, can't seem to find it online though. Should be Bernard then.

You're probably thinking 'Nard (which some people referred to him as). One of my favourite bassists, but not because of his slapping.

 

[Thumpin6string]

Nobody better IMHO.