People who whine about slapping

[SpankBazz]

We get it. You don't like it.
Go somewhere and do what makes you happy.
I don't ever hear anyone asking guitarists not to play with distortion.
It's not going anywhere.
Please get over yourself.
That's all.
*steps off soapbox*

 

[Groove Doctor]

95% of people who whine about it simple can’t play slap. No shame in that, but please stop piling poop on others to make yourself feel better.

 

[jvanoort]

I for one don't get people that don't see the irony in whining about people who whine

 

[VictorW126]

We get it. You don't like it.
Go somewhere and do what makes you happy.
I don't ever hear anyone asking guitarists not to play with distortion.
It's not going anywhere.
Please get over yourself.
That's all.
*steps off soapbox*

You are on the side of the Double Bass. Slap here is a whole culture that is much older than guitar distortion.

 

[Don Hergert]

Move to the double bass, where slap is respected and historically goes back to the early 1900s with early jazz (ie: Pops Foster).

 

[Nashrakh]

I don't ever hear anyone asking guitarists not to play with distortion.

Oh, you'd be surprised. Try distorted guitar at a bluegrass jam, I triple dog dare ya!

 

[SpankBazz]

I for one don't get people that don't see the irony in whining about people who whine

Yet, you felt compelled to...

 

[SpankBazz]

Oh, you'd be surprised. Try distorted guitar at a bluegrass jam, I triple dog dare ya!

Well played.

 

[Reggie Hamilton]

Good Morning!

Man, what an amazing style!



Goodnight.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Moved to BG.

 

[Stewie]

Slap electric is cool, slap DB is outrageous. It's too bad that the same word is used for two very diiferent things, but on very similar instruments. Evidently there is a movie in which "slappa the bass" is prevalent. Ive been asked if I can "slappa the bass" a few times by chuckleheads. I answered " if only I could slap like Willy Dixon"

 

[RoadieP]

Lol, is this an actual thing? I've never in my life heard of this

 

[tb-player]

Every time I get the nod for a solo, I’ll go in for a nice, intricate, melodic solo and you can see the people zone out. So I build it to a very basic, repetitive slap groove and people literally start cheering. If I throw in a couple of full neck slides on the B or E string, they absolutely eat that stuff up.

Slap on electric is a crowd-pleaser. And if the crowd is happy, I’m happy. Slap on!!

 

[RoadieP]

If I throw in a couple of full neck slides on the B or E string, they absolutely eat that stuff up.

Those full neck slides have been my secret weapon for over 20 years

 

[SpankBazz]

Every time I get the nod for a solo, I’ll go in for a nice, intricate, melodic solo and you can see the people zone out. So I build it to a very basic, repetitive slap groove and people literally start cheering. If I throw in a couple of full neck slides on the B or E string, they absolutely eat that stuff up.

Slap on electric is a crowd-pleaser. And if the crowd is happy, I’m happy. Slap on!!

Oh, the people love it. It's just the those few with a problem.

 

[tb-player]

Lol, is this an actual thing? I've never in my life heard of this

It’s definitely a TalkBass thing that rears its head fairly regularly. Someone sees a bass demo video and gripes because they slapped the bass instead of playing finger style or with a pick. Somehow that evolved into the silly notion that any amount of slap is too much slap.

Personally, on a demo video I want to hear fingerstyle and slap. I have no interest in hearing the pick. But I don’t whine about it. I just fast-forward. Some folks around here should learn to do the same.

 

[Gluvhand]

Either the chips are getting bigger or the shoulders are getting smaller.

 

[chazolson]

We get it. You don't like it.
Go somewhere and do what makes you happy.
I don't ever hear anyone asking guitarists not to play with distortion.
It's not going anywhere.
Please get over yourself.
That's all.
*steps off soapbox*

Hey, slap yourself silly, I don’t care.

It is possible to be musical in slapping. Unfortunately you don’t really hear that too often.

What you usually hear sounds like somebody beating the crap out of a 2x4 like it owes you money.

But hey, you do you.

 

[RoadieP]

It is possible to be musical in slapping. Unfortunately you don’t really hear that too often.

What you usually hear sounds like somebody beating the crap out of a 2x4 like it owes you money.

Ahhh... there it is. I get it now

 

[Bunk McNulty]

The only kinda crowd pleasing I do is going BOOM BOOM BOOM. As Professor Graham sang: "So that the dancers just won't hide."