supabock Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Guys, Just a thought, but do you guys play a gig with a specific tone dialled into your bass and then for example do some slap inserts of slap improves/motifs during a track. If you do, how do you work between the tone you have on the bass and a good slap sound without having to stop and dial in a whole new sound on the bass. I find that with my Wal's the playing tone is great but when I put a few subtle slaps in there, I loose the bottom end and the tone can be really harsh.....I have a GT6B and was also wondering if anyone has any dialled in patch settings I could quickly use? Is this the way to go?? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I know a few guys who use a bit of compression to balance out the slap tone. I use a booster pedal. I sometimes use a little one made by Silentfly and other times i use the Eq switch in my MXR M80, that has a level and 3 band eq Before i got those i used the Shape switch on my old Hartke pedal. All of those 3 pedals did the job. I notice Silentfly does a clean boost pedal now, looks like a good design, maybe have a look at that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Sorry, I have nothing useful to contribute other than to say I giggled at your thread title as it implies that a slap tone can't be a good tone. I'm sure many would agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supabock Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Yes i know i thought the same myself...... but all in all the slap tone is not as good as i'd like it to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 [quote name='supabock' post='731521' date='Feb 1 2010, 11:58 AM']Guys, Just a thought, but do you guys play a gig with a specific tone dialled into your bass and then for example do some slap inserts of slap improves/motifs during a track. If you do, how do you work between the tone you have on the bass and a good slap sound without having to stop and dial in a whole new sound on the bass. I find that with my Wal's the playing tone is great but when I put a few subtle slaps in there, I loose the bottom end and the tone can be really harsh.....I have a GT6B and was also wondering if anyone has any dialled in patch settings I could quickly use? Is this the way to go?? Steve[/quote] Its tricky this isnt it! Personally I try and get a sound that can work for both, I'm luck y though, as I dont particularly favour a very mid-scooped slap tone, preferring more mids than most. Also a really well set up high quality compressor can help you here too. I find I like a fingerstyle tone thats pretty much bridge pickup, fingers over the bridge pup and add bass to taste. If I then need a killer slap tone I can get it by just rolling the pup blend toward the middle. If I'm playing a track with the odd pop or slap accent I tend to roll the pup blend halfway back toward the middle (so still a lot of bridge pup in there) and maybe back the bass off a bit. Its a juggling act, and if I'm careful I find it just needs the right generic tone at the get go, generally I try and do as much tone shaping as possible with my fingerstyle plucking position to keep things balanced. The other thing is the potential volume difference, I pluck quite lightly as long as I can hear myself, so I have to be careful not to over do it when I'm slapping, but that is really just a technique and listening thing. I like to set up the comp so I can just hear its there when I'm slapping, but not when I'm playing fingerstyle. Its a hell of a trick when you get it just so, and sounds superb switching from one to the other then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Most of my sounds worked for both, but I use a LOT of compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauBass Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 An option would be using a equalizer, set it for your slap tone and kick it in when needed. I use this one and works very well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritchaser Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I use an EBS Multi comp with my Wals and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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