thepurpleblob Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 No... don't... stop it... That is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 True, you can't tell anything about the performance of a bass/amp/pedal unless some dude is slapping the living sh!t out of their instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 It's not really slap I object to - well a bit, but there's a time and a place for everything - it's having to wait or poke about with the slider to find the stuff you came for. It's not just music videos to be fair. I'm into classic cars and there are lots of useful youtube videos for specialist jobs - almost always prefaced by some oily bloke telling you their life history. I don't care who you are, I just want to know how to change the chain guides on a BMW M62 engine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I detect some "[i]Slappism[/i]" going on here - the belief that slapping a Bass is in some way NOT the way to play them. This is becoming far too prevalent on this forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1506085181' post='3376364'] I detect some "[i]Slappism[/i]" going on here - the belief that slapping a Bass is in some way NOT the way to play them. This is becoming far too prevalent on this forum... [/quote] Replace 'slap' with any other genre of excessively showy playing. No slappism intended or implied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bassman7755 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 [quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1506085111' post='3376363'] It's not just music videos to be fair. I'm into classic cars and there are lots of useful youtube videos for specialist jobs - almost always prefaced by some oily bloke telling you their life history. I don't care who you are, I just want to know how to change the chain guides on a BMW M62 engine!! [/quote] I think youtube pay content creators according to length of video which is why they have so many inventive ways of padding them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 There are some good videos where the player demonstrates the gear playing various techniques but slapping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 A slappy is a pie butty in wiganese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 It’s a bit annoying, technique is not for me, but Ian not a hater. We can all universally agree that the best vids show pick, finger and slap. Probably why Ed Friedland vids are good. Also I wouldn’t want noodle let’s see how fast a jazz run I can do vids. You need a good solid groove to let the Notes ring and hear the tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Bass Whisperer clips are usually where i head first as he uses varying techniques to demonstrate and even came across him doing Steve Harris bass review where he admitted not his kind of music but he learned the riffs of songs and then demonstrated other techniques that are equally good on Harris P bass. Uses the same Genz gear for every bass review i think so you can hear the differences between the basses to a certain degree. He runs the amps flat too. I'm not a slapper myself altho some mates might disagree with that statement I don't mind the occasional bit of slap but not the repetative "look how many slaps i can do in 1min" style. It needs to have something else maybe a groove or a feel of some kind to make me sit up and listen or grab my attention. Otherwise its just boring noise. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 If the vid is "How to play slap" fair enough. Otherwise stick to what you are supposed to be teaching or reviewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Again, I wasn't really complaining about the slap per se (although it usually is slap). It's the unwarranted virtuoso performance to open the video. It's become a 'thing'. I get it, you can play... now show me how to play Mustang Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 [quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1506184737' post='3376964'] ... now show me how to play Mustang Sally [/quote] No don't...please don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 "No Ego, No Shred, Just Bass" - Dan Veall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Most YouTube videos irrespective of the subject are far too long and too difficult to find the information you actually want in them. I've given up trying to watch any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 [quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1506153751' post='3376728'] A slappy is a pie butty in wiganese. [/quote] Is that the same as a pie sandwich? I thought I had invented the cake pie until I heard it was a thing already. I went on to come up with the intellectual property known as deep fried cake pie but I now want to put that in a sandwich and patent it. You don't mind do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I bet you go out eating with that Les ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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