Who is your Favorite Slap Player

[gcbake]

My bass teacher at Berklee:

 

[sloppy_phil]

My favourite slap player is the one who uses finger style!



...I'll see myself out.

 

[jazzyvee]

 

[BadSanta1281]

Larry Graham. The O.G. of slap.

 

[Bob_Ross]

My bass teacher at Berklee:

Tony Vitti is your favorite slap player?!?!

I'm sure Tony would be the first to encourage you to get out more, expand your horizons, and listen to a ton of other bassists
...not because Tony isn't an excellent slap player (or an excellent bassist all around) but because he is a genuinely humble musician who understands where journeymen fit in the world compared to the pantheon of truly brilliant innovators.

 

[Chad Michael]

Larry Graham, Louis Johnson got me then.... and Alain does now

 

[bass12]

If I had to choose just one? Probably Mark King.

 

[jerry]

Marcus Miller, every note is a diamond.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Marcus Miller, every note is a diamond.

Marcus Miller is a genius level musician, period. I have been listening to Marcus Miller maybe 45 years, and I have never heard him play a bad note.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

My bass teacher at Berklee:

I love his Sire demos. He is the real deal.

 

[JimK]

Tony Vitti is your favorite slap player?!?!

I'm sure Tony would be the first to encourage you to get out more, expand your horizons, and listen to a ton of other bassists
...not because Tony isn't an excellent slap player (or an excellent bassist all around) but because he is a genuinely humble musician who understands where journeymen fit in the world compared to the pantheon of truly brilliant innovators.

...I think I have a couple of his books. Back when you hadda use a phone to place the order. Gotta love a guy that answers his own phone.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Larry
Louis
Marcus
Prince

 

[REV]

Another vote for Marcus on so many levels. Doug Johns is no slouch either.

 

[mini-milli]

How has nobody said Victor Wooten yet?

 

[Iristone]

Aleksandr Nikolayev (RIP), on "Dusya-Agregat"
Tony Levin, though I like him (them both, actually) for his other techniques, too.

 

[Montana Matt]

Marcus Miller all the way.

 

[InNoRush]

Not to be confused with the "Who is your favorite player to slap?" thread

 

[[skyraider]]

Mark King, Brian Bromberg.

 

[ritz]

 

[bench]

The mighty Claypool!!