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How to get a good slap sound?
- Thread starter eric atkinson
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I'm not either? - Great!
...but have you guys noticed that slapping too hard kind of takes the tone away? All attack and no tone.
(I play with flat eq.)
...but have you guys noticed that slapping too hard kind of takes the tone away? All attack and no tone.
(I play with flat eq.)
If I slap toooooo hard I tend to mess everything up - on a 5 I have to be reasonably careful.
I'm being a bit sly here - My eq isn't totally flat - a smidge of bass and low mid boost and I'm OK. I do agree that you shouldn't have to alter eq much for different styles whan your hands do a better and faster job.
I'm being a bit sly here - My eq isn't totally flat - a smidge of bass and low mid boost and I'm OK. I do agree that you shouldn't have to alter eq much for different styles whan your hands do a better and faster job.
Same here. I've worked on my slap to the point where I can do the same things at varying volume levels. I never slap really hard because I don't like the tone and...I can play really loud without doing it.
Ya ive used to do that but its not me more than the amp and the cab i have its sounds greta but when i go to slap it just looses alot of strength!It still sounds awsome but just not high enough!Never had the problem on my old ampeg b-15 ihad but it was stolen!(%@&$&@%#*&*&&%%@#@$^@^&$^%@#$%#$!%&$%&$&@$%^&)you dont still a mans ampeg!
