Hi All, New member alert! I have been playing bass for a number of years but really wanted to get to grips with slap bass, so I have bought the Slap Bass programme by Alexis 'unpronouncable'! It is a really good video but I have run into problems. He does this technique where he slaps with the thumb, 'damps' with left hand to give a click, slaps the damped strings with the thumb for another click and then pops with the forefinger. My problem is that first 'damp' with the left hand always produces a note not a click. Is it that my Washburn 5-string is not a good bass for this technique (low action) or is there a trick to this that I haven't picked up on? Thank you very much for your help Jon
Quite right Bruce! Good exercises seem to be at: http://www.bassplayer.com/z1998/9809/larue.shtml Hopefully they will work!
