Slap bass - no longer mainstream?

[thebigyin]

I'll be the first to admit it i can't play Slap Bass to save my life but i have never really been that bothered.

[blue]

If your good at it, and I mean really good and know when to use it, that's great. Otherwise it can come off as very corny, IMO

Blue

Edited October 20, 2017 by blue

[M@23]

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Gm is my slap key preference!
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😂

I use it more for fills in our set, or in a bridge maybe. We only do a couple of tunes that need it. Punters do like it. The breakbeat 16ths thing is so cliche, but people love it.

[Bolo]

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If your good at it, and I mean really good and know when to use it, that's great. Otherwise it can come off as very corny, IMO

Blue
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That is all performance ever summed up.

[pmjos]

Slap is about tone. If your tone is good and you can groove tightly its very nice. The odd bit of exhibitionism is also ok but machinegun bollocks - not even musical.Good pick work an be every bit funky.Its a tool which, if used well and in the right place, gives some great accent in a broader palate. For me its in - I don't care what other people's hang-ups are.

[Al Krow]

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Slap is about tone. If your tone is good and you can groove tightly its very nice. The odd bit of exhibitionism is also ok but machinegun bollocks - not even musical.Good pick work an be every bit funky.Its a tool which, if used well and in the right place, gives some great accent in a broader palate. For me its in - I don't care what other people's hang-ups are.
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+1 to that! I'll have to 'fess to bringing out thumb slap for my first time ever at a gig on Saturday night just gone. Just one track in a 2 hour set: Kinks "You really got me". Not done on the original, I know, but just really seems to fit. And it was fun!

[PawelG]

I think this is a good example of tastefully incorporated slap into a bass solo. Early Bonamassa stuff.

http://youtu.be/cGv5x7jKu0A

Edited October 23, 2017 by PawelG

[Barking Spiders]

+2 here viz tone Yes, too much treble and it's pretty irritating..Louis Johnson's tone was the mutts nuts for me but I can see why Level 42 Mark King's could grate. I can play machine gun style but it lacks the swing needed for deep down and dirty funk