Phenomenal Slap/Funk Tech

[bassalo]

I found this guy on Youtube when searching for videos of a P-bass. This guy is quite impressive with the slap technique. WOW

Well worth a look:

 

[bassalo]

Forget to add: What's a recommended approach to obtaining and refining skills such as this dude in the video?

 

[bwv1013]

that's just clean technique dude, there are tons of good resources for basic slap drills that can be worked up and improvised on. i will say this, you can tell he practices with a drum machine a lot, good time, excellent sense of the pocket. IMO that makes all the difference in funk bass, slapped or not. i'm definitely gonna steal some of his tricks.

 

[onlyclave]

Forget to add: What's a recommended approach to obtaining and refining skills such as this dude in the video?

It will drive you crazy but the practice method to get this kind of clean and consistent attack and tone is to p r a c t i c e e v e r y t h i n g
s l o w l y.

Don't set your drum machine to 120 bpm and jam out, set it to 60 and make sure your slaps, pops, shakes, jiggles, picks, flicks and wangs are dead on. When you can play them perfectly at 60, move the tempo up to 61

Practicing as slow as you need to to play something perfectly is how you get as good as this guy.

 

[Chipsonfire]

MarloweDK actually has a website with tips and lessons and stuff: http://playbassnow.com . Pretty informative stuff.

 

[Questor]

Take a look at the bass solo in the middle of this song. It starts at around 2:35.



Yes, it's Yanni. And, yes, the solo is phenomenal also.

 

[Starrchild]

Watching marloweDK makes me what to woodshed 17hrs a day.


Also check out 650funkstar on youtube.

 

[AlphaMale]

Any suggestions on writing slap licks and riffs while we're at it.?

 

[mward69]

Marlow is incredible, on his youtube page, he's got TONS of stuff with him playing, lessons and jam 'a longs. One of his bigger influences is Wyzard from Mothers Finest.

 

[Jabinski]

I'm always skeptical when someone says look at this great slap player.

He's nevertheless very good indeed.

 

[soong]

yeah from him i learnt teen town. awesome player

 

[denhamlee1]

What would be a good bass to purchase if I am really wanting to play tap/slap? G&L? Lakland? PBass? Should I get a 5 string? How wide should the neck be? Any help would be appreciated.
Dennis

 

[bassalo]

What would be a good bass to purchase if I am really wanting to play tap/slap? G&L? Lakland? PBass? Should I get a 5 string? How wide should the neck be? Any help would be appreciated.
Dennis

I don't have experience with Laklands or G&Ls, but I have a P-bass and a 5 string. I have to say the P-bass is definitely fit for the job (I believe the bass in this video is a p-bass- c.1976). Being new to slap playing myself, it seems harder on the 5 since strings are closer together. I think it's smarter to start on a 4 string to develop your technique and down the road, move to a 5 string if a. it's needed and b. comfortable for you to play that style with closer string spacing.

 

[Christopher]

I'm always skeptical when someone says look at this great slap player.

He's nevertheless very good indeed.

This guy's the total package. Check out his 70s covers videos. No grandstanding there, just great examples of good grooves.

 

[LowBSix]

That's a great video! I hope y'all see how relaxed he is and he's not pounding his thumb; he's gently slapping and plucking on the neck....

Nice post....

 

[Bass Boy]

He's a TB member, no?

 

[CapnSev]

Marlowe's old-school Stingray stuff is even better!

 

[Rickett Customs]

Marlowe is da man, check out some of the rest of his clips.

 

[bassalo]

He's a TB member, no?

Yep

 

[GabeN]

That's a great video! I hope y'all see how relaxed he is and he's not pounding his thumb; he's gently slapping and plucking on the neck....

Nice post....

What's wrong with attacking with vigor and popping with intensity?