Barking Spiders Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It's not the complete history unless there's two hours of footage of walking into guitar shops throughout the last 40 years and hearing relentless and merciless clicketty-clacketty coming from the bass section. 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Calling @Bart Funk Bass 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyBassPlayer Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) -accident reply, please delete- Edited December 1, 2021 by SonnyBassPlayer wrong page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I can't believe I watched as much of that as I just did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 The guy on the left accidentally dropped his bass down the stairs, liked the sound of it, and the other fellas tried to copy him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 My favourite description seen here on BC was 'The sound of a crowd of angry squirrels hurling nuts at a tin roof'. Whoever came up with that deserves a medal or something. 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Karloff Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I will see your squirrels and raise you a "sounds like a hostage who has been tied to a chair, being kicked down a flight of stairs" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 A chair makes more music than most of the "bassists". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 So, it all went wrong in the 90's when throwing basses in the stairs was supposed to be slap... 🤦🏻♂️ And where is Alain Caron, one of the slap masters ? That said Level 42 was not a pop group at all at the start. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) I didn't watch the video, but if it's reporting that Slap Bass is history then I'm very interested! Edited December 1, 2021 by Nail Soup reworded 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I like a nice bit of slap bass, but I had to stop watching after "What's up guys?" 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbloke Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 11 hours ago, skankdelvar said: My favourite description seen here on BC was 'The sound of a crowd of angry squirrels hurling nuts at a tin roof'. Whoever came up with that deserves a medal or something. Or a skeleton w*nking in a biscuit tin. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 13 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: 🅱️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Very educational - there were a number of players that I didn't know about as well as highlighting some who get lots of hate. Some homework to do.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 One of the pictures of Larry Graham used in this video is actually Stanley Clarke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I can enjoy it being done well. But a long time ago I had student who slapped over everything. We were doing a PA lesson and he came on to soundcheck. He gave it the max thumb and the student engineer just deadpanned him, grabbed the talkback mic and said "play me something I can hear". We just fell about laughing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 ‘Not remotely’ for the kingbass fanboys who will no doubt be quietly scheming on their private whatsapp group how to arrang a small accident at your next bassbash attendance 🤪 be wary of anyone with bits of black insulating tape wrapped around their thumb 😎👍🏼 hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 01/12/2021 at 17:29, skankdelvar said: My favourite description seen here on BC was 'The sound of a crowd of angry squirrels hurling nuts at a tin roof'. Whoever came up with that deserves a medal or something. The squirrels in my garden seem quite intelligent so it seems perfectly reasonably they would choose this option over actually slapping a real bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Does this mean slap is history? The only person ever to get slap right was Billy Gould. Every YouTube slapper sounds like a filing cabinet kicked down a mountain. No timing, no rhythm and no tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, SteveXFR said: Does this mean slap is history? The only person ever to get slap right was Billy Gould. Every YouTube slapper sounds like a filing cabinet kicked down a mountain. No timing, no rhythm and no tune. I'm taking it you don't listen to 70s funk, jazz-funk or 80s pop? Outside those genres it doesn't really work I admit. I've heard it used quite a lot in rock/metal, particularly nu-metal and it's always been inappropriate. But then again nu-metal was/is utter gash so slap or no slap the music was always gonna be utter bilgewater. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 As I wrote, it all went wrong in the 90's and don't talk about social medias, shows and store since the 90's. I was so fed up by this really bad slap everywhere that I stopped going to the shows in the late 90's and just couldn't keep my mouth shut in the stores. I hate slap because of all these abuses, but when it serves the song, it can become really interesting, but it's so rare. Only a few players have the ability to turn slap into music and we all know their names. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Stanley Graham Larry Clarke 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: I'm taking it you don't listen to 70s funk, jazz-funk or 80s pop? Outside those genres it doesn't really work I admit. I've heard it used quite a lot in rock/metal, particularly nu-metal and it's always been inappropriate. But then again nu-metal was/is utter gash so slap or no slap the music was always gonna be utter bilgewater. To be honest, I don't like slap in funk or pop either, especially when it's slaps and pops. I can appreciate funk a lot more wen its just a really nice groove played finger style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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