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Who is your Favorite Slap Player
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In no particular order:
Les
Marcus
Victor
Wojtek
Ida
Juna
But basically, I'm impressed by anyone who can do it reasonably well, because I can hardly do it at all.
Les
Marcus
Victor
Wojtek
Ida
Juna
But basically, I'm impressed by anyone who can do it reasonably well, because I can hardly do it at all.
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Freddie Washington.
I can't stand Instagram Slap, but this is slap to make a song and pay the bills.
I can't stand Instagram Slap, but this is slap to make a song and pay the bills.
If I had to hire someone, and I needed it tasteful, grooving and slappy it would be Marcus Miller. He's never gratuitous, never showy for showy's sake (except where a show or demo calls for it), and is the most musical slap player I've heard.
I'm not a fan of that kind of very mid-scooped tone... but I really liked what he was playing. A lot of slap players seem to treat groove as a secondary element, but this one was beautiful. That was your teacher? Nice!
There's quite a few good slappers out there nowadays but I think Stanley Clarke never quite gets the kudos he deserves. He was the inspiration for guys like Marcus Miller and School Days was a complete game changer.
I think for me it may welö be darryll Jones.
Fredie Washington comes to mind as well.
Fredie Washington comes to mind as well.
Stanley Clarke surely inspired Marcus Miller. He told a funny story on Sirius Radio about learning a Stanley Clarke solo when he was 14, and then playing that solo whenever he had a solo section for the next year or so.
That said, when it came to groovy slapping, I bet Larry Graham was a bigger influence.
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Thing is, 'slap players' also play fingerstyle, so it's kind of a rhetorical question.
Jonas hellborg is my favorite slapper. I don't care much for the machine like players, (enter your tube video here) I want musicality not chops, as it doesn't impress me unless its a rare combo of both.
Normally not a fan of slap but Brett Sisson of Painted Man here in Myrtle Beach tears it up.
https://www.paintedman.net/video/
https://www.paintedman.net/video/
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