Blademan_98 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I dont know if this has been posted before: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbXLdNes404&NR=1"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbXLdNes404&NR=1[/url] I thought it was pretty cool The wear to the fretboard is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1320781460' post='1431401']The wear to the fretboard is amazing! [/quote] Not sure that it's wear? Looking at the shadows the fretboard looks pretty good. Isn't it just wood of a different colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I'll stick to slapless fretting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1320781857' post='1431413'] Not sure that it's wear? Looking at the shadows the fretboard looks pretty good. Isn't it just wood of a different colour? [/quote] Could be. I just get the feeling he does that routine a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Stew is a great player and a really nice guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 [quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1320781985' post='1431422'] Stew is a great player and a really nice guy! [/quote] He certainly is a great player. I really enjoyed the video. Do you know if that is wear or just the wood colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanovw Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 My guess is wood variation. Not wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1320782075' post='1431425']Do you know if that is wear or just the wood colour? [/quote]It's the sapwood which is lighter than the heartwood. That board is coated and not worn at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Stew is a great player. Some of the Talkbass crowd bought him a Conklin bass a few years ago, quite simply one of the most sublime basses I've ever seen. I'm not a fan of slapping on a fretless bass though, I think Bakithi Kumalo is the only bassist I've heard doing it and thought 'wow, that sounds great'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 The fingerboard colour is due to the natural colouring of the wood used. If you want to find out more, drop him an email at Nordstrand Guitars. Stew made that bass himself as a side project at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalfunkbrother Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 [i]I think Bakithi Kumalo is the only bassist I've heard doing it and thought 'wow, that sounds great'[/i]. Amen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I don't mean to be a big girly downer but i think it sounds awful. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 If he bought himself a cheap drum machine, he wouldn't have to make all those silly clicky-clacky noises while playing. Then maybe he could play it properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1320831477' post='1431871'] I don't mean to be a big girly downer but i think it sounds awful. Sorry. [/quote] I don't normally like slap but thought it was good Each to their own and I would be worried if everyone liked it I just hadn't seen a fretless slapped before (but I have led a sheltered life!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I did wonder whether this could be done on a fretless. I've got nylonwound strings on mine which makes it a non-started on my bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1320864489' post='1432541'] I don't normally like slap but thought it was good Each to their own and I would be worried if everyone liked it I just hadn't seen a fretless slapped before (but I have led a sheltered life!) [/quote] Yes each to their own I do like slap when done tastefully. Taste is also subjective. Ask that Clutterbuck geezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Yep..works for me..... but that is because he uses a very hard sound, plays well and has some imagination. The only other guy I can listen to slap on a fretless is Pino..but he has a bassier sound...so emphasises the precussive attack rather than the pulls to give it that element of funk. The last thing you want to do slap-wise is bury it in the mix...so you need a lively sound..and that is almost contary to a fretless, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) I didn't realise that part of "Come Back and Stay" was slapped until I saw this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrjzzG9baA[/media] Edited November 10, 2011 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Oh man, I could watch and listen to Pino fretlessing for hours. Thanks for posting that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFitzgerald Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 If you can handle the atonality of the music. Check out Primus. Personally, I can't truly like what they do, but I can't completely dislike it either, no matter how hard I try. Les Claypool slaps some amazing fretless. Or maybe he doesn't. I can't make up my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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