Stan Sargeant slapping on a reverse stringed Bongo.

[Strongjag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLyV5JLvxM0&eurl=http://www.music-man.com/media/

I cannot get over this. Hes obviously a left that learned on a right handed bass so hes strung it backwards (to him) Top string is G and the bottom is the B. And he plays a sick slap line at 2 something. I keep watching it and I dont quite understand how he quite does it.


/impressed.

 

[gold_member_321]

I saw this quite a while back, and I've probably watched it at least 100 times since I joined youtube, and I still don't get how he does it either.

Sounds hella good though.

 

[MisterMagician]

I recall him stating that he does it out of personal preference not because of him being a lefty or something.

 

[darthplagis]

his attack is very percussive using his fingertips instead of his thumb, this lets him double thumb and stuff with what appears relative ease.

John Entwistle however much he hated slap (yeah its personal preference) used a technique very similar (he called it 'type writer' technique) where he would hit the strings but go for a more harmonic attack but still with the percussive edge. also note that this was before all the 2 hand tapping malarky of late 70's and 80's metal.

Stan Sargeant is a name new to me but it wont be for long, thanks for the tip. LOL

 

[gillento]

A friend of mine plays exactly the same way. He remids me a lot of Doug Whimbish.

 

[FingeringAm]

funny, i tried this the other day and my brain started to bleed - it just doesnt work like that pretty amzing

 

[SurrenderMonkey]

Must have fingers made of steel.

 

[jamesclark]

thanks Stan Sargeant, now I don't feel like an outcast for slapping this way. its really like braille, but then again, im use to reading that. LOL.
alls you really do is slap with your fingertips with your left hand, slap with the fingers and pluck with the thumb, while your rite hand either frets your notes, or frets and your index finger taps out a few harmonics. michael manring, victor wooten, and Jaco Pastorius and now Stan Sargeant, those are the 4 bass players I really look up to.

 

[lug]

This is how I play (only much much worse). You simply hammer the string onto the last fret. to get a thumb slap sound. The down side is that you pop with your thumb so double pops are a challenge. I learned "upside down" before slap was popular and it really isn't any more difficult. You hand me a lefty bass string normally, I sound the same as a dog running across your bass strings as it falls down some stairs.

 

[Mark Nye]

It's interesting how people develop cool techniques like this.

I met a guy once while working at a guitar shop who "slapped" in a similar manner: by tapping his fingertips like hammers on the strings right at the end of the fretboard (he used one finger for each string). The complimentary "pop" was done by actually flicking the string with his middle finger. He said it happened by accident because he used to practice in an armchair while watching TV, and it was just more comfortable to sit that way than to cock out his right elbow to walk the strings.

 

[two fingers]

thanks Stan Sargeant, now I don't feel like an outcast for slapping this way. its really like braille, but then again, im use to reading that. LOL.
alls you really do is slap with your fingertips with your left hand, slap with the fingers and pluck with the thumb, while your rite hand either frets your notes, or frets and your index finger taps out a few harmonics. michael manring, victor wooten, and Jaco Pastorius and now Stan Sargeant, those are the 4 bass players I really look up to.

He doesn't do much slap, but another really good bassist who plays "true left" (as it is called when you play left handed strung right handed) is Jimmy Haslip. Some of his best work (in my view) is on the Like a River and the Blue Hats albums with the Yellow Jackets.

 

[amimbari]

I have played "true-left" for 25+ years and there is a lot of players who do the same - guitarists included. E on top?... ya I can play that way also but don't usually unless I am auditioning a new lefty bass or guitar.

 

[jamesclark]

so, its not really dubble thumb, you hammer down on the string you wanna use, then pluck with your thumb, sounds easy. though one question, you said the first fret, why just the first fret? why not mix it up? strait hammeron hard onto the say 7s fret of say the a string, then pluck that string about the same time as you hammer it. would that work? sounds like it might. thanks so much for the information.

 

[jamesclark]

He doesn't do much slap, but another really good bassist who plays "true left" (as it is called when you play left handed strung right handed) is Jimmy Haslip. Some of his best work (in my view) is on the Like a River and the Blue Hats albums with the Yellow Jackets.

ive looked up his work, hes more of a jazz bassest who does not really do anything procussivly at all. hes good, but hes not one of say my influences because to me the only reason hes known the way he is, is because hes left handed and plays upside down.
don't get me wrong, not trying to bash hear, but my point is hes just a basic jazz player whos just left handed, so many rite handed people can play just like that, and there stuck working 2 jobs a day and music on the side.
again great bass player, not trying to take anything away from him aat all. hes great, but theres folks whos just as good as him and there overlooked because they play normally.