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Excellent. thoroughly enjoyed it. Amazing level of techniques.

Having never watched Harry Potter i've no idea what you mean

Think its me that's been posting most of the extreme slap clips but that was purely to illustrate the type of slap i don't like. I have shown clips of slap that i do like where it blends into the song. I had hoped to show the difference between the annoying extreme slap and what i personally regard as musical or melodic slap. Think some people have assumed i just don't like slap because i posted the clips . That's not the case at all I've known a lot of slappers over the years Dave

I think maybe i get bored because i tend to see a lot of him on YT and when i watch, it seems a bit repetitive. I appreciate he's an excellent player and you can't deny that in any way. I know he's playing slap because his sponsors want him to show off what they think is entertaining and its kinda what he's famous for but there's more to Wooten than slap. But he's not the only bassist doing constant slap and sticking to the OP's question and what's been repeated many times in this thread that it needs to suit the song or it needs to be musical for me to like it. Obviously if its boring i just stop watching it. That's freedom of choice. Dave

Think Victor has done a Michael Jackson colour change.

Think the thread is getting confused. The question was "what have you against slap bass". It doesn't really matter why the person is playing slap. Certainly for me it doesn't matter whether its Wooten doing a show to advertise his support brands or MK showing off during a solo on tour or Doug Johns showing off in his own studio. At the end of the day if it doesn't entertain me then that's what i have against slap. I could say the same thing about finger style solos, guitar solos or drum solos. If they don't entertain me then i don't see the point of it from my personal point of view as an audience member and a bass player. Others that are more into those specific techniques might see it differently. Its all down to personal choice. Each to their own Dave

I do however really enjoy this guy tho. He's entertaining.

I wasn't disagreeing with that ?

Sometimes your best work is when you aren't trying too hard to please others and you're just focused on the enjoyment of playing bass. I'm no expert Andy so maybe not take my comments too seriously and listen to other more knowledgeable players first. Jings its not that long ago you were thinking of giving all of this up. Nice comeback sir. Think it was you

Generally speaking and most times i've seen Wooten on YT clips he does always retain a melody of some kind but i've also seen some bad days for him where he just doesn't seem to pull it off. (see what i did there ?) I do seem to get bored quite quickly with Wooten tho. Maybe i've watched too much of him. Dave

The slap isn't over the top and it blends into the song as everything else comes in. Lot of nice playing there Andy. 👍 My one criticism and hopefully you don't mind the comment :- maybe a bit too much happening towards the end and it became a little muddled. Too many layers. If you took one layer out i reckon it would be far clearer. Happy to listen to the slap tho Very nice sir. Nice tone as well. Now where's my flame thrower Dave

That's tasteful slap. Nowt wrong with that. Think someone mentioned the extreme slap killer earlier. This is nonsense to me.

Wee trim to tidy it up.

There's the important part and exactly the point i was trying to make

EVH plays melodic solos tho. I know what you are saying. I've been to see bands i like and the solos are pretty boring and not impresive to me but i still go to see the band. Bit like many drum solos. Only drummers will appreciate it unles its entertaining like Neil Peart. I enjoy hearing some slap just not overdone but then again i'm not a big fan of any bass solos within a band scenario. Dave

Personally i'm not slagging of Slap in general. I am not a fan of some versions or types of slap. I like it in moderation is probably a better description of my taste. Like jazz or even lead guitarists there are those that think playing lots of fast notes no matter what style you play is a sign of competence. Its not for me if it doesn't have a catch, a tune, a melody to keep me interested. Dave

Altho not a Mark King fan i've heard him play some very melodic slap bass and his traditional finger style is pretty impressive too. On the other hand i've heard him just play a lot of fast slap with no real meaning to it. That to me is just showing off for the sake of it. MK does some amazing things during a song. When he wanders off into ME, ME, ME solo stuff i get bored with him. Sadly he can show off far better than i could ever dream off. No matter what any bass player does it needs to have feel and groove or its just random hits. Dave

You'll rue the day you did that Andy. I'd re-record it with "normal" bass playing

Whereas i kinda like this one ok. Not 100% sure why i like this and not others. I find this more entertaining.

I usually like what this guy does but this for me does nothing. There are moments where its good but generally "slap and pop as many notes as i can and as fast as i can" This is just an example and certainly not the worst i've heard. All i could find at short notice to show what i was talking about. From a technical point i guess he's good at what he's trying to do but just not for me.

Nothing against it if used melodically and for the benefit of the song. I'm not a fan of rapid slap just for the sake of it. It needs to mean something and be tuneful. Its a bit like a drum solo, some drummers keep you entertained whereas others are just trying to hit fast and as many drums as possible which becomes boring. It needs to entertain me. I'm also not very good at it. Dave

I just have standard YT i think.

I watched it on Youtube but didn't see any adverts ? Does ad-blocker stop them.

That's quite a dramatic image change.