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

[jacko]

Not many of those about last saturday were there Mike?
 
 
Graeme

[bracheen]

The only way to overcome temptation is to give in to it. Oscar Wilde
 
Adriaan, I'll meet you at the coffe pot Brother.
 
Sam

[adriaan]

Sam, there's one Wilde quote I picked up years ago, something about a cigarette as the perfect type of a perfect pleasure - but I've since given up tobacco. Meanwhile, my caffeine levels are back to acceptable, thank you.

[lbanks]

jlpicard - I may have to try one of those out. Thanks!

[slapbass]

I love to slap!!!  
 
I have slapped an entire show on more than one occasion. mainly older funk with a solid beat and a few chops thrown in just for grins.  
 
Just build up that knuckle and wail. try to drive the frets through that fret board.
 
Dale

[gare]

KMH
You should find some relief using the Gripmaster, I too have arthritis in my left hand and it does help.
I use mine on the drive to and from work..i like to multi-task..
 
Back to slappin !
 
Gary

[serialnumber12]

 
 
(Message edited by serialnumber12 on December 22, 2005)

[gtrguy]

Ajish4, grab some old 'The Archers' albums and hear what slapping can do in a church setting! I have played guitar for 39 years but about 30 years ago I heard a funk band here in Portland at Up the Down Staircase and they had a bass player on a BC Rich Eagle that blew me away. I started also playing bass after seeing him play (I also purchased a 1979 BC Rich Koa Mockingbird new).
 
Having said that, I really don't like to solo much for the simple reason that I don't think the audience gives a rip (drums stop, very bad! Time for bass solo). Also, I'd rather play a guitar solo, but that's my own thing. Holding down the groove is an art in itself, and took me a number of years to begin to appreciate it. I'll play slap, thumb, normal, pick, fingerpicking style, anything that sounds good to me and not worry about it.

[flaxattack]

i dotn feel bad anymore.. or inadeqaute
i just cant seem to get the hang of slapping, but i am not keen on it. I've plucked with my fingers for 30ish years,i can also finger pick and just started using a pick for about 9 months now.... so i feel pretty good about my ability to alter my style. i can pick my nose though and i am real good at that! -lol
the only thing i would REALLY like to slap is some of my wiseass customers...

[jacko]

When you've done with your customers you can come across here and slap my managers if you like. They truly deserve it ;-)
 
Graeme

[flaxattack]

cool!
im down g man

[pinchdawg]

Once you start slapping its hard to stop..... BEWARE. The best instruction on slapping I have ever found is a vhs tape called The Slap Bass Program with Alexis Sklaevski. He is one of the best players I have ever seen.

[pinchdawg]

Alexis Sklarevski........my bad.

[811952]

I slap just well enough to embarrass myself.  I can do a passable job on the Warwicks I've played for some reason, but I can reliably do only the very basics on the Series I with the pickup in the way.  Hence, I only do it when I absolutely have to because it's not fun for me (or graceful) at all.  And for some reason I can only pop with my middle finger.  
 
I do enjoy soloing a bit, though it's something relatively new for me and probably makes people wince when I do.  
 
Laying down a groove is where it's at, and I think I'm pretty damn good at that.  I'm primarily a finger player (and I use all 5 of them) who sometimes uses a pick for tunes with static 8ths and/or tunes that need the bass to really cut through.
 
John

[serialnumber12]

I only slap when somebody touches my lembic without asking First!!!.......