To Slap Or Not To Slap..........

[lowlife]

This is going to sound like a meeting I once went to...Hi, I'm Lowlife, and I'm a slapper. (LOL)  
 
Seriously, I don't play professionally at all any more, strictly for my own entertainment and amusement, strictly by myself, and I'll slap anyting, including Marry Had A Little Lamb!  Do I slap good?  H**L no, but I have a lot of fun doing it, and the agressive style that I've adopted permits me to get out all of the angst so I don't bring it home.  I've also discovered that some of the tunes that I listen to don't sound the same if I use finger-style, and vicer-versa.  That doesn't mean I don't listen to players like J.P.J., I appreciate them all the more.
 
Ellery (Lowlife)

[kmh364]

FWIW:
 
I'm trying a gripmaster myself...it was an XMAS gift from my guitar instructor. He knows I have Carpal Tunnel/Cubital Syndromes, Tendonitis, Arthritis, etc. and he's hoping this will help my flexibility and pain problems. He claims it's allowed him to do things on the guitar that were previously undoable...and he's a stellar jazzer!
 
I'll keep the Alembic Collective informed as to whether or not it actually helps.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

[serialnumber12]

I slap the S%#!& out-of old #12,,, Cause the guitar player is always too F**$#kin LOUD!!!!....

[alembic76407]

#12, just do like me, get a bigger amp,
I can smoke both of my guitar player's, at will !!!

[serialnumber12]

Id'e love to smoke my guitar player,,,,,,But HE AINT MAID OUTTA WEED!!!!

[karl]

Heh, Keavin, you crease me up, man! :-) Come to think of it, most of the guitarists I know smoke enough of that stuff that, purely in terms of chemical composition, they probably are now part-man-part-weed . . .
 
K.

[jazzyvee]

The stanley Clarke dvd I have is one i converted from an old betamax video that I personally recorded from the BBC TV programme Old Grey Whistle Test in the early 80's. The programme was a concert recorded in London when the Clarke Duke Project toured the UK after releasing the first project album. I doubt if it's available commercially though.
 
I've slowed the thing down in the past to see what he is doing. Thats how I managed to work out some of the stuff he does.
 
Incredible player.
jazzyvee.

[bob]

Here's a third vote for the GripMaster. It comes with a list of suggested exercises (half a dozen or so different positions), and is a great way to improve strength and dexterity - evenly, across all your fingers (and thumb).
 
One important tip: try to find a black one (heavy tension). Music places usually just carry yellow/blue/red, so check out mountain climbing shops or something. You may want to start with a red (or even lighter, if you have hand problems), but you'll quickly want more.
-Bob

[lbanks]

I used to slap like a angry pimp, but now it hurts so bad, it brings tears to my eyes. That thumb knuckle can't take it any more.

[David Houck]

Hey Jazzy, here are some pics.  Keavin will like 'em too.

[keavin]

WHO'S GOT TOILET PAPER!!!.......

[jlpicard]

Hey Larry, There is a thread elsewhere on this club site that has a link to a product called a Slapring that goes over your thumb an protects your hand from abuse. Dave, can you steer Larry in the right direction? I think it was in a discussion about new straps? Hang on, just found it. http://www.slapring.de/en/productinfo/slapstrap/index.php

[jazzyvee]

I know there are some differences in the meaning of English and American words  so, in case any of the USA members are a little unfamiliar with the Britishmeaning of Slapper.......
 
it is generally a less than complimentary description of a woman of easy virtue.  
 
Jazzyvee

[adriaan]

Isn't it them born-again christians who claim it is easy to be virtuous, as long as you accept this, that and the other?  
 
... okay, I think I need my first coffee for the day.

[mpisanek]

Jazzy:
 
Don't you mean a woman of no virtue?
 
According to the Compact Oxford Dictionary:
 
slapper
 
  ? noun Brit. informal, derogatory a promiscuous or vulgar woman