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

[behndy]

lol. the trick is he DOESN'T get useable sounds. he's basically playing a shitty contact mic with the way he "slaps". i don't know how much time they spend cleaning it up in the studio, but i went with a photog friend and was in the media pit right in front of the stage when Korn and Rob Zombie played the Bay a bit ago..... the sounds were just...... awful. clicky clicky clack. and i like clacky sound effects, but it wasn't like... an occasional addition.

...... but good GAWD i'd love to have his money and life. just do KrOn and then have a side project that was more interesting musically.

are they any good now? i liked the first 2.4 albums, then the next 3 or so were so meh i don't really remember what i didn't like.

[bigchiefbc]

lol. the trick is he DOESN'T get useable sounds. he's basically playing a shitty contact mic with the way he "slaps". i don't know how much time they spend cleaning it up in the studio, but i went with a photog friend and was in the media pit right in front of the stage when Korn and Rob Zombie played the Bay a bit ago..... the sounds were just...... awful. clicky clicky clack. and i like clacky sound effects, but it wasn't like... an occasional addition.

...... but good GAWD i'd love to have his money and life. just do KrOn and then have a side project that was more interesting musically.

are they any good now? i liked the first 2.4 albums, then the next 3 or so were so meh i don't really remember what i didn't like.

I don't know, I loved the first two albums, then I thought the third one was an abortion and haven't listened since.

[behndy]

again, i'm pretty shit at slapping. but i do the thumb parallel to the strings instead of perpendicular to them thing. and i don't think i wear my bass super high or low? this is a middle spot ne?



i just move the neck higher when i tap then more towards the ground when fingering (CHANKKKKKKK) and hitting with thumb.

(gawd i hate looking at pictures of myself)

[goroth]

I had no freaking idea he had a usable sound. .

[sonidero]

clicky clicky clack.

I thought that WAS his sound, more a rhythmic thing then a sound thing... Also Mr. Jenkinson has a killer slap live...

[D.o.S.]

Fieldy Is Ben.

Ben Is Fieldy.

EINHORN IS A MAN!

[behndy]

i would DESTROY Einhorn. MEOW. GIMME THAT ARTIFICIAL VAGIIIIINEEEE.

fuck yeah Tom Jenkinson. so awesome.

[sonidero]

fuck yeah Tom Jenkinson. so awesome.

Slapie Properie...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YdmXwotyQ[/youtube]

[Bassist_Diver]

fuck yeah Tom Jenkinson. so awesome.

Slapie Properie...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YdmXwotyQ[/youtube]

I liked it better before he started slapping.

I don't know why I hate slapping so much. Probably something to do with every 16 year old at Guitard Center or any other music store slapping away but not knowing a lick of theory or having the capability to play in a band setting or stay in the pocket.

[D.o.S.]

Slapping, like many bass related things, can sound good when I'm not the one doing it.

[warwick.hoy]

Slapping, like many bass related things, can sound good when I'm not the one doing it.

Pretty much. I hate splapping cause I can't splap. When other people do it; it's cool, but anymore I feel like it's just a cliche. It was cool in When Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins were doing it. I didn't complain to much when it started to regain popularity. I mean for a while I thought I had no choice but to learn how to do it myself and immersed my self in Victor Wooten-y-ness. I feel like it's running it's course and I'm glad for that. Now anymore; whenever I hear it; I'm just like please don't/in disbelief.

I try to fake if I have to. Here is hoping I don't have to.

[behndy]

lol. i know i'm shit at it, so when i do it i don't even TRY to do funky impressive stuff.

i like it with fuzz and od for the different tonality.

and sometimes amidst tapped parts it's easier for me to string cross by thumb fingering than wibble wibble two fingers.

[bigchiefbc]

again, i'm pretty shit at slapping. but i do the thumb parallel to the strings instead of perpendicular to them thing. and i don't think i wear my bass super high or low? this is a middle spot ne?



i just move the neck higher when i tap then more towards the ground when fingering (CHANKKKKKKK) and hitting with thumb.

(gawd i hate looking at pictures of myself)

OK, hmm that's still higher than I wear it. I guess then I wear it low compared to most bassists. But it's not super-low like Novoselic used to do.

[Grrface]

again, i'm pretty shit at slapping. but i do the thumb parallel to the strings instead of perpendicular to them thing. and i don't think i wear my bass super high or low? this is a middle spot ne?



i just move the neck higher when i tap then more towards the ground when fingering (CHANKKKKKKK) and hitting with thumb.

(gawd i hate looking at pictures of myself)

OK, hmm that's still higher than I wear it. I guess then I wear it low compared to most bassists. But it's not super-low like Novoselic used to do.

Man, now I'm trying to think of where my bass hangs. It's not as high as behnders, but definitely no Novoselic either. I guess it sits somewhere around the crotchal region.

[Joe Gress]

Slapping, like many bass related things, can sound good when I'm not the one doing it.

QFT