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Slap Thumb Position

Discussion in 'Technique [BG]' started by bassduder, Sep 25, 2001.

Your Thumb Position When Slapping?

  1. Up (Mark King)

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%

  2. Parallel (Les Claypool)

    7 vote(s)
    41.2%

  3. Down (Flea)

    8 vote(s)
    47.1%
  1. Sep 25, 2001 #1
    bassduder

    bassduder Guest

    Jul 30, 2001
    Canada, GF-W
    Hey,

    I was wondering how you dudes/dudettes slap out there...for some odd reason, when i'm just slapping, my thumb is parallel, but when I do fast slap/pop, my thumb kinda points down (like Flea), is that wrong?

    Later
     
  2. Sep 25, 2001 #2
    SuperDuck

    SuperDuck Guest

    Sep 26, 2000
    Wisconsin
    I don't think any certain way is WRONG, but I can't do it unless my thumb is parallel.
     
  3. Sep 26, 2001 #3
    Oysterman

    Oysterman Guest

    Mar 30, 2000
    Sweden
    45 degrees. Where's that option?
     
  4. Sep 26, 2001 #4
    big daddy cool

    big daddy cool Guest

    Jul 1, 2001
    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    i slap at about 45 aswell
     
  5. Sep 27, 2001 #5
    ColonelZulu

    ColonelZulu Not Impressed By Those Who Flaunt “Authority” Supporting Member

    Apr 14, 2001
    Pennsylvania
    I think I keep my index finger nearly parallel to the strings and rotate around it as an axis. Bass Player mag Mark Egan article I read once led me to that I think.
     
  6. Oct 5, 2001 #6
    Maurice ElDarko

    Maurice ElDarko Guest

    Jun 16, 2001
    Australia, the technological backwaters of the wes
    My slap hand sorta varies a little bit depending on what string I am slapping

    Eg,

    Slapping the E string, it's usually parrallel

    Slapping the A, it points down a little bit more, much the same on the D,

    And, well who slaps their G string? (No pun intended, I hate puns)
     
  7. Oct 5, 2001 #7
    melvin

    melvin Guest

    Apr 28, 2001
    I slap at 45, if I play Primus stuff I try slapping more the way he does.