Thunder Fingers

That is not my approach either, I usualy try to get the "feel" for the song, and see what might be fitting after that.. Now it might seem that I am an avid slapper, but the fact is I very rarely use it.

[quote name='The Funk' post='341728' date='Dec 1 2008, 12:19 PM']It's alright - there are plenty of people who like and play slap on here. No need to go anywhere else. There's a valid point about tasteless playing, ie. playing something that doesn't sound good in context. I slapped the hell out of my bass on Saturday night at a 3-hour gig in front of random punters. I got nothing but compliments. But when we threw in a couple of blues tunes did I slap a single note? No. That would make me throw up.[/quote] But... It is all about the musician aint it? If the musician feels this is how they want to play it, I say let 'em! Slapping in itself aint anoying, just another way to hit the strings, but it is frantic popping that can become anoying and ruin a song, You can safely slap root 8notes in a pop punk song, just as you can use your fingers or pick, but once you start popping it will sound wrong (Or will it? You never know before you try..) Where would we be today if people had always played what was "correct" for the time being?

wow... That was a fitting description of slapping. I think I will be going back to TB, they actually seemed more open for playing bass the way YOU want over there.

What the...? Have slapping becomed the new pick? Jeez people, let people play their basses the way they want to, eh? I use my fingers, pick, slapping or tapping, all after what I feel like, And im not hesitating about doing a 2 bar slap part in the middle of a song, if I feel like it and my band dont protest (The current song I do it in, they actually said "Cant you do a simple slap thing here?). (Then its usualy a build up so it'll end up as root octave slap moving upwards in the scale..) But Mark King? I realy dislike that guys playing personaly, but I keep away, and I couldnt care any less about how he approaches to play the bass.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='233873' date='Jul 7 2008, 01:11 AM']nice G&L, also is that stingray a musicman or an OLP? and is that a status neck and badass bridge? if so why did you change the bridge?[/quote] It is: A Olp body with a Status Graphite neck, Hipshot tuners, Badass II bridge, Seymour Duncan Stingray System (With the Alnico pickups and 4 knob configuration.) I Just bought a OLP body on Ebay, that is why it have a Badass bridge (And becouse I love 'em..) E_MaN: THanks! I know , it looks even better with the bridge cover on (Wich it have now)

And I finaly got it working, and now im satisfied (Still gonna be repainted though):

I'd give this one a bump, as I would like some comments on it (mostly The Getaways, since Im recorded there) And to say: Chain Collectors 2nd album, Unrestrained, is now released (About half a year late.. and I'm not playing on it)

I play metal, well, one of the bands i play in play metal Im not a strict metal bass player though, I'm also in a pop/rock band.. the metal band im currently playing with: [url="http://www.chaincollector.com"]http://www.chaincollector.com[/url] . New album is released, and im not playing on it, as I came in later, but the album is still pretty good! (Atleast to my ears!) A tip to you who complain about flopy downtuned strings, We play in C, I take the bottom 4 of a 5er set and tune them UP half a step! Quite comfy and it gives a thight and good tone too!

Yeah, it came with it, got the bass used (it is also one of the "Limited Edition" Neckplate ones) I think its called mint green? (the colour on the pickguard) edit: looking now i see that it actually matches the faded white on the P bass, NICE!

Yeah, well, since my first days of playing i have always dreamed of 'Arry's P bass from the time it was blue, and as soon as I find a 57 Fender Japan P bass neck on Ebay again, it will be complete. I had the 77 Neck on it for a while (if you go to my recordings thread, that will be the one recorded on "Utopia"), but it kinda felt wrong having splitted up such an bass and have the rest of it under my bed.. And i do not regret one second that I switched back.

My 2 favourites first: Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass with Hipshot tuners: early 1977 Fender Precision with electronics and tuners from 74: The others: This is a Listerud Spyderlookalike: more detailed picture here: Fender MIM Electron Blue P Bass body (Mirror pickguard, Badass II bridge and Seymour Duncan 1/4 Pickup) I have everything else, It just need a neck, wich I am gonna buy pretty soon: