It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[futuresailors]

Infallible


But I does not understand slap. Tried it to be annoying back when I played da bass. Did not work.
It's all in the wrist?

[jasonmitsch]

Ugh, I need to learn slap for a cover tune. Fucking BLECH

A.) I hate hearing bassists slap

B.) I'm fucking horribly sucky at it. Like, I just can't do it. I don't even know what I'm doing wrong.

What tune? Is the slap that necessary or could you fake it with extra aggressive fingering?

[futuresailors]

The irony of yr avatar

[bigchiefbc]

Ugh, I need to learn slap for a cover tune. Fucking BLECH

A.) I hate hearing bassists slap

B.) I'm fucking horribly sucky at it. Like, I just can't do it. I don't even know what I'm doing wrong.

What tune? Is the slap that necessary or could you fake it with extra aggressive fingering?

The slap is really fucking prominent. I've tried faking it with both fingers and a pick, and it just doesn't sound right.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqkMsXcHQYg[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

Yeah, you deffo gotta slap that.

I used to jam that song with some double stops sprinkled in between the riff changes during the verse. Good times.

[Deltaphoenix]

Watch some of Fleas insertional videos on youtube

Also That Darkglass Duality Fuzz is being released soon…that demo is alright.

[bigchiefbc]

Watch some of Fleas insertional videos on youtube

Yeah, believe it or not, I've watched tutorials before. I'm just totally retarded about this technique for some reason, it's like a mental block.

[behndy]

The irony of yr avatar

THAT SHITTY RIFF FROM SEINFELD WAS PLAYED ON A KEYBOARD THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

...... some of Fleas insertional videos........

hee. INSERTIONAL.

[ChetMagongalo]

Learning how to slap is really tricky. It's up to personal preference a lot and you can do it a lot of ways really. The sound you get out is much more important than how you do it (unless you're doing in a way that is harmful).

The technique is really fun but is commonly used in a cheesy or silly fashion.

I took lessons from a great bassist for a couple years and I learned a LOT about technique, but I mostly learned slapping by myself. It's kind of addicting and a bad wanky habit for me.

Anywho maybe I can find some free time soon and I'll give my thoughts on slapping in a video

[tuffteef]

have any of yall tried the ampeg pro svt series ?
pref the smaller units

trying to cop piero umiliani 60s/70s french ital soundtracky motown vibes but in a modern sense
something deep and fat
also broadcast toans

prob gonna move to flats on the rick and tapes on the p bass for picky toans


or maybe even like the ampeg b25 amps

i dunno
halp

[D.o.S.]

There's a couple people here that swear by the mini SVT's.

Are you trying to get something you can use live or just for recording?

[bigchiefbc]

Actually, now that I think about it, Sailor inadvertently touched on something upthread about what might be part of my problem. I don't wear my bass down around my knees, but it's probably still too low for proper slap technique. But the problem is, I don't want to screw with my strap length for just one song. And adjusting strap height before and after a song during a gig is gonna be a bitch.

[D.o.S.]

You can get around that by slapping the strings closer to the neck.

[warwick.hoy]

I KNEW YOU WERE KRoN!!!

Or wait; is that Behndy?

[bigchiefbc]

You can get around that by slapping the strings closer to the neck.

I've heard that Fieldy has literally the worst slap technique on earth.

I've tried it. Holding the neck like that, your thumb is going across all of the strings diagonally. I have no freaking idea how he gets usable sounds out of that position. The only way I can get decent sounds is sitting down, with my thumb parallel with the strings. The only way to do that standing up is the hike the fucking bass up into my armpits. This sucks.