Clarky Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Just back from London bass show at Olympia. Say no more Edited March 13, 2011 by Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
270degrees Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 2nded. With a passion. I've not said anything until now as I wasn't sure of the consequences of voicing such an opinion on BC. Bass...the clue is in the name. (Base) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 [quote name='Clarky' post='1159468' date='Mar 12 2011, 04:21 PM']Just back from London bass show at Olympia. Say no more[/quote] exactly why i wouldn't go to a bass show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4-string-thing Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Agreed, there are only two things that should be slapped (in my opinion) Politicians, and newborn babies behinds! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) I don't mind slap when it's in context but it so rarely happens. The technique was forever soiled for me when it seemed every bleedin' bassist in Dublin was slapping through every single song, no matter how awful it sounded, in the early '90's, something that just got immeasurably worse after RHCP got big. It seemed almost every bassist was struck down with guitarist's "Look at me!" syndrome, pummeling the bejesus out of their shiny new Stingrays. Horrible days. Unless your name is Larry Graham, put your thumb away, fella. Edited March 12, 2011 by Doctor J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Totally. Just got home and my ears are ringing still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Same here. Totally spoils a gathering of bassists and it's exactly why I stopped going to shows and bass bashes. I really did want to go to this one, but glad I didn't given what you have said Clarky. Edited March 12, 2011 by gary mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh2 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Why oh why do these kids keep doing it... bloody Stanley. I can't do it either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Wikki wakki dink dink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Agreed, it's the playing equivalent of flopping it out with a ruler handy. In context it can be okay, but it properly does my head in and is one of the reasons I wouldn't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1159511' date='Mar 12 2011, 04:40 PM']Wikki wakki dink dink.[/quote] I will be hearing that for the next 24 hours, including in my sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yep Im not doing the London one but after a few years on the trot at Manchester BassDayUK I can 110% imagine what it was like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Same - i've walk out of guitar shops because some floppy haired ponce has been showing off! Me, envious? ... well maybe about the hair The Status Quo bassman was there - hope he wasn't slapping - he'd get shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faiz0802 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Was there a Fender booth? Any sales/discounts or something? I've never been lucky enough to go to a bass show before. Edited March 12, 2011 by faiz0802 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I don't hate it, but I almost never use it and find the mandatory use of it to demo gear incredibly tiresome! I love and respect bass players like Larry Graham and Louis Johnson but it dates records and is very much a thing of the past. I've not been to a bass show before, but I've seen videos of them before and I can only imagine what it must have been like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Sounds like my idea of hell. I think it has it's place done very tastefully, in funk or hip hop for instance, but the whole Level 42/Marcus Miller thing really doesnt do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 No specific Fender booth, although various retailers there had Fenders (Mansons, Bass Merchant etc). Some of the stands were offering show discounts. I met Mark from Bass Direct, Phi from BassGear and a bunch of BC'ers (Machines, Dood, Molan, SiBob, MythSte and maybe half a dozen more [before I end up typing up a BassChat membership list!]). I only got GAS for the new Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 amp. But sadly my abiding memory will be of a Motorhead-level assault of "thwakity wacka wacka thwak thwacka" etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I haven't been to one of these types of events/shows for over twenty years and they were the same back then by the sound of it. I like slap, but what I hate is those guys busy trying to slap as fast a possible as it somehow it proves their manhood or something. This said I don't think they're much worse than those people who play ridiculously loud trying to drown everyone else out (and don't even get me started on horrible distorted bass noises ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellothere Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I've never been to a bass show but I completely agree that alot of people seem to have a need to slap all the time. I used to be impressed by it when I first started playing at about 14 and couldn't do it myself but as soon as I learnt how to do it the novelty wore off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I wanted to go...if only to see a lot of gear under the same roof... But it would my head in.. and this from someone who has been slapping for eons. If anyone asks if I do it, I tell them no as the ability to do it in the right place and time, seems to be beyond so many. At some gigs, I'll have a 2 bar fill, if that..and yet the amount of time people devote to practising it..??????? Glad I played golf instead..crap round though, and tomorrow I'll watch the rugby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I have the greatest respect for those who can do it well, but it just doesn't interest me. I can't think of a single song that has slap bass on it which I like. Very impressive, but I don't care. And I agree it seems pretty dated these days. Each, of course, to their own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Always the same. Some people pick up a bass in a shop and right away the slap fest begins!! Gets right on my wick. I often wonder in what musical contex do they use it? Level 42 tribute band? Only thing that should be slapped is Jackie Wright`s head from Benny Hill. [attachment=74640:jackie_20wright_1_.jpg] Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Dont these people know that bass playing reached its peak with Mustang Sally ? ludites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 [quote name='jezzaboy' post='1159565' date='Mar 12 2011, 05:16 PM']I often wonder in what musical contex do they use it? Level 42 tribute band?[/quote] Well,I played 3 tunes last night where I was required to slap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 It was only on the way to the show that it dawned on me the show may be full of people slapping - I guess because it's not how I approach the bass I hadn't thought about it. There was little point trying kit as the noise was just incredible. At other shows people have used headphones.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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