Doctor J Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thumb in attack position and mouth wide open/stupid face pulled. Two of the Tier 1 "Don't click play" flags, right there. All it needed was a "Top 10..." caption to go along with it and you'd have had the holy trinity of videos-to-avoid signals 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Doctor J said: Thumb in attack position and mouth wide open/stupid face pulled. Two of the Tier 1 "Don't click play" flags, right there. All it needed was a "Top 10..." caption to go along with it and you'd have had the holy trinity of videos-to-avoid signals 😁 Only, it's a good 'un with Mr Vega. A decent bit of playing from him...👍 Shame the "Don't click play" put you off. Although, I must say, it nearly put me off. Edited May 17, 2021 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 22/03/2021 at 19:55, SteveXFR said: Am I the only person who plays bass and generally hates slap? I think it can sound good when used sparingly (like Billy Gould or Tim Commerford) but I hate songs which are just slaps and pops all the way through. I really dislike songs which weren't slapped covered by a bassist who plays slap all the way through. I don't even like Primus. Am I on my own with this? No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, Telebass said: No. I don't want to keep kicking slap down as people are obviously free to like what they want but I've never liked it at all, and the more examples being listed on this thread to justify it are just reinforcing my dislike 😂 Maybe I'll go so far I actually start liking it. But then again... 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 17 hours ago, Doctor J said: Thumb in attack position and mouth wide open/stupid face pulled. Two of the Tier 1 "Don't click play" flags, right there. All it needed was a "Top 10..." caption to go along with it and you'd have had the holy trinity of videos-to-avoid signals 😁 Another chance to share this then: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Interesting song title... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 “Internet shock - some people can’t agree on what they like/dislike, pointless debate ensues”. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, 4000 said: “Internet shock - some people can’t agree on what they like/dislike, pointless debate ensues”. 😉 Its like a modern take on that 10cc cricket song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Nail Soup said: Another chance to share this then: Two out of three... not bad 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nail Soup said: Another chance to share this then: Looks like these two were having a bit of a love-in with all those furtive glances and we shouldn't have intruded! Anyway, errm seems many of the 👍 comments are from bedroom bound teens unaware of Stu Hamm's 'Country Music', done nearly 35 years ago. Edited May 18, 2021 by Barking Spiders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Only time I slap a bass is when he wont let me take the hook out of his mouth. Sorry. It seems most of my fb friends are on the fish ponds these days and I get blank stares when I mention the other type of bass. That's why most of my fb friends these days are Stickists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I liked it back in the day when just a handful of great players did it......Mark King, Freddie Washington, the Wham guy and the American TV talent guy, forget his name, et al.....now it seems the goal is to play a million notes a second.......no thks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I never mastered the art of slapping and I'm too old to learn now, especially as I don't really need it for most of the stuff I play. But sometimes I wish I could do it, as I think it can sound great if used at the right moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 27 minutes ago, seashell said: I never mastered the art of slapping and I'm too old to learn now, especially as I don't really need it for most of the stuff I play. But sometimes I wish I could do it, as I think it can sound great if used at the right moment. I think the age limit for learning slap has recently been scrapped so you'll be fine! Seriously though, slap is just another technique like any other, and can be played as a basic root note or a complete technical show off routine. There's no reason slap has to be a display of fingerboard pyrotechnics. Give it a go! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Here in the U.S. the slap-happy congregate in the bass sections of Guitar Center or Sam Ash during the busy times. It drives me mad, so I go to those places when they open in the morning to avoid that crowd. I have a misanthropic nature anyway & a cacophony of slapping just irritates my condition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) Putting my tongue in my cheek here. Yeah, slap sure is a terrible plight upon music. And now other musicians expect us to pull off well-known super hits with slap! Auuugh. Don't they realise all lines just sound worse when slapped? There's just never really a need for it. Yup, sure wouldn't want to sound like this unmusical womble https://youtu.be/hmkR3gmJh7w?t=220 Now, I'm no better than the worst of us all: I've been lazy, and I can't play slap properly. It's a shortcoming I have as a bassist. Time to correct it. Edited May 21, 2021 by nobodysprefect humours they are sloshing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, nobodysprefect said: Putting my tongue in my cheek here. Yeah, slap sure is a terrible plight upon music. And now other musicians expect us to pull off well-known super hits with slap! Auuugh. Don't they realise all lines just sound worse when slapped? There's just never really a need for it. Yup, sure wouldn't want to sound like this unmusical womble https://youtu.be/hmkR3gmJh7w?t=220 Damn he's good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, nobodysprefect said: Yup, sure wouldn't want to sound like this unmusical womble https://youtu.be/hmkR3gmJh7w?t=220 I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but I think that’s a great bit of playing 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazm66 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but I think that’s a great bit of playing 🙂 Hope it is tongue in cheek! One of the best bits of bass playing I've ever seen - watched it a million times. Use of a mix of styles but always serving the song harmonically and dynamically. And the slap bits in context are great..and pretty understated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, Al Krow said: Damn he's good! 2 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but I think that’s a great bit of playing 🙂 I'm a gushing fanboy of ol' Gooch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Dazm66 said: Hope it is tongue in cheek! One of the best bits of bass playing I've ever seen - watched it a million times. Use of a mix of styles but always serving the song harmonically and dynamically. And the slap bits in context are great..and pretty understated. I don't know about understated, he does all kinds of runs and fills and fast clusters, but I think the reason it works so well is that he's so good, he can place those notes in the right spot, time- and dynamic-wise. I "could" 'play through' that line with some (days or weeks of) focused effort, but my notes would stick out, because they would be ever so slightly (or a LOT) off the sweet spot Not that having worse feel than Andrew Gouche is particularly rare in bassdom... Edited May 21, 2021 by nobodysprefect vocab ulary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killed_by_Death Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Not sure if he's been mentioned in here yet, but Jaco's nephew slaps all the time every time. I can't stand to listen to him, but apparently he's a genius: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I don't like slap when it's done badly or overcooked and gives no thought to the context in which it is being used. Not sure too many bass players do? I think slap can be fantastic when it's played with skill and used appropriately, especially for funk. Most folk can enjoy that and audiences very much seem to! Having worked on the technique for the best part of 18 months, must admit I've got a ton more respect for bass players who have nailed the skilful use of slap. It's a technique like any other and another potent tool in our kits. Some bass players don't like 5 or 6 string basses. Some don't like slap. That's cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 When I was a child, I'd do anything to avoid a slap. Now I'm a (supposedly) grown-up bassist, I still avoid anything to do with slapping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, seashell said: I never mastered the art of slapping and I'm too old to learn now, especially as I don't really need it for most of the stuff I play. But sometimes I wish I could do it, as I think it can sound great if used at the right moment. Go for it - you're never too old to learn new tricks (well that's my motto and I'm certainly no spring chicken!) 😊 I'm a huge fan of Mark at Talking Bass and the way he teaches. This is his paid online course Learn to Play Slap Bass: Including Funky Videos Lessons and Bass Tab (talkingbass.net) - works out at about £1 a lesson, which frankly is a bargain (and he does a load of other courses too e.g. walking bass lines etc) But he's got plenty of free online material to dip into too including on the basics of slap. Edited May 21, 2021 by Al Krow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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