Marvin Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Hmmm, well I spent this evening putting in some practice, not all slap, and it sort comes in fits and bursts - sort of 4 notes followed by pregnant pause then f@ck up. I say 4 notes, but 2 are dead, bit like me, in fact most of the time all the 'notes' I think I deadened them. Sure is going to take some practice. Edited July 21, 2010 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 [quote name='Doddy' post='901436' date='Jul 21 2010, 11:02 PM']Not a fan then? You may not like Caron's music,but for my money he has possibly the best slap technique anywhere.[/quote] If I remember rightly, which is rare, I think silddx referred to the thought of listening to Mr Caron's music made his penis shrivel. So probably not a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kongo Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Les Claypool, Stuart Hamm and Marcus Miller are top in my slap list. Victor Wooten yes but, in small doses these days. It's worth learning to gain double thump tho, which I think has way more uses than Wooten gives it, I'm still expanding on it to this day (being able to play triplets without using finger style for example for different dynamic play). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 [quote name='Marvin' post='901453' date='Jul 21 2010, 11:21 PM']Hmmm, well I spent this evening putting in some practice, not all slap, and it sort comes in fits and bursts - sort of 4 notes followed by pregnant pause then f@ck up. I say 4 notes, but 2 are dead, bit like me, in fact most of the time all the 'notes' I think I deadened them. Sure is going to take some practice. [/quote] Keep going Marvin, small chunks at a time.......................................unless it's dairy milk...........then it's the whole lot in one go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Depends if you want to make it a feature or a fill. I prefer the latter...but this will be harder to learn as by the time you have heard it, it has gone. For riffs, Pops Popwell on his mod P-bass and his early Crusaders stuff has technique AND feel. You can't ignore Miller in this genre whether you like it or not.. I think Randy Jackson is great at making it work in a track and he does not get over complicated DKMarlow is great at getting the techniques across if you have difficulty breaking it down.. If you can ever get Jeff Berlin on it..5 G, for example...that is getting pretty advanced and as always with Berlin, he makes it look so damn easy. Washington and Will Lee do it more for the groove than the pyros, IMO.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Foster Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson is one of my favourite slap players. Let's not be forgetting Rhonda Smith either, yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allihts Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Tim Commerford, the first Rage against the machine album has one of the nicest slap tones imaginable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Prince. Is it a secret or summat that Prince is an amazing bass player?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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