Louis Johnson and the fastest slapping you've seen

[muthafunkabass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCLl-V99anw&search=bass

It wasn't in the Bass Videos thread so i guess this hasn't really been seen.

This is probably the fastest slapping (im not including double tumping) i have ever seen.

This guy's name is Louis Johnson. Its a pretty cool video.

[Worrpigs]

its cool, but i think ive heard faster.

[Left Shoe]

its fast , its not the fastest

[muthafunkabass]

its the fastest ive seen. *shrugs*

[fingerstyle]

Yes! Eighties clanky sounding slap bass! Downloading now, will comment constructivly when ive watch it all.

[fingerstyle]

Hmm. Funky, very funky. Some crazy lines there. But, WORST left hand technique, but a fairy good right hand technique. And not THAT fast, impressive and tasteful, but not wankery fast.

[BassVirtuoso]

That guy is blacker thatn Naveed.

[EADG]

Hmm. Funky, very funky. Some crazy lines there. But, WORST left hand technique, but a fairy good right hand technique. And not THAT fast, impressive and tasteful, but not wankery fast.


He lets his hand do what it wants.. so do I. It doesn't affect the music in any way, so who cares.

I have heard way faster for the record.

[bottlerocket]

Ray Riendeau for the win...<3

-Gav

[Chameleon]

He's one of these cases though where left hand technique does not matter.

He's done more for bass than pretty much most people on this forum ever will. He has natural groove and rhythm, nice original sense of harmony and has done some incredible recording work. Not a lot of people really know this, but buy Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album. A lot of that is Louis Johnson on bass and features really innovative (harmonically - see Rock With You, rhythmically - see Get On The Floor, tastefully - see It's The Falling In Love) and groovy bass playing.

[jcs497]

He's good with mutes. And he has groove like a....thing with groove.

/can't think

[Left Shoe]

Ray Riendeau for the win...<3

-Gav
cool points for knowing that name, and 123

[fingerstyle]

Yeah, obviously his left hand technique doesn't matter because the lines are great. I still don't like the use of his thumb though.

[EADG]

I like his thumb, it looks funny and is amusing to watch.

Some of you (Quatre) would cringe at my slap technique and thumb angle, but I am self taught and didn't know any better. Why change to a proper way when I've already gotten used to my own?

[BassVirtuoso]

^What is it? I probably do the same thing...

[Soulfly666]

Ahh, good ole Louis Johnson. :)

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

he is pretty good. i saw that video before, on basslobster i think

[Tonys_Theme]

Haha, that's the video that actually inspired me to play bass.

[Carpe Noctis]

Haha, and old substitute teacher that I was on good terms with was also a bassist, he gave me that Starlicks video to inspire me. It's awesome, plus he gave me a old DOD Flange pedal, s'good stuff. :thumb:


Louis Johnson :chug:

[neatobassman]

I enjoyed it completely.

[Manticore Guy]

Louis Johnson is amazing. Everyone should listen to the Brothers Johnson!

[Wintermute]

Fast, but... I got bored halfway through and turned it off. The tone's horrible and impressive though it is, it's just not interesting enough to cut it as a solo piece.

Incidentally - reminds me of quite a few Claypool vids and solos I've seen. (Except that Les tends to hold my interest. :p ) I'm guessing he was quite an influence.

[PaulSimonon]

Old video, old bassist. He's got better grooves, he's not that fast, and he uses his thumb to fret notes a lot, which is why it's all wiggly. Been there, seen it, etc.

[:amaze:]

Fast, but... I got bored halfway through and turned it off. The tone's horrible and impressive though it is, it's just not interesting enough to cut it as a solo piece.

Incidentally - reminds me of quite a few Claypool vids and solos I've seen. (Except that Les tends to hold my interest. :p ) I'm guessing he was quite an influence.


my sentiments exactly.




:amaze:

[Guinpen]

he's pretty talented, and although i haven't heard anything else by him, just from listening to that, it was extremely boring and repetitive, not much variety kind of sounded like he was trying to be larry graham on methamphetamines to me

[Napes]

I wanna play like that...

[incubass]

They don't call him Louis "thunder thumbs" Johnson for nothing.

[Naveed Afzal]

That guy is blacker thatn Naveed.


Impossible...


Louis Johnson is amazing. Everyone should listen to the Brothers Johnson!

HOLY ****!!! YOU ARE RIGHT! i ahd that one tape with the purple Background and was him and his bro holdingt guitars, and they ahd like a white light around them... Mam i got it for like 5 cents, i just liked the fact i could get something for like 5cents when i was 8.

:chug:

[HaVIC5]

I didn't really think that was particularly fast at all. Groovey, though.

[T2k5]

I didn't really think that was particularly fast at all. Groovey, though.
IMO, it was very slow compared to lots of stuff (even our band's stuff). Definitely groovy but I was waiting for something more special all the time.

[Hardinge]

best slap bass video ive seen 2day

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Well, he's got groove, that's for sure. Personally i liked his tone and his playing.
Cool video :thumb:

[Raiven]

It was alright.

I have more kudos for him for being the creator of the musicman more then anything.

[neal_672]

Very very very Claypool-esque. I liked it though very groovy, i've heard faster though :thumb:

Horrible left hand technique mind :upset:

[lateralus423]

Theres the whole vid of that on the web, he plays 3x as fast as that in it. So thats not as fast as he can play.

[fingerstyle]

Doesnt matter if he DOES play faster in a another video, for me.

I hated his tone.

Ugh.

[naut]

Very very very Claypool-esque. I liked it though very groovy, i've heard faster though :thumb:

well, to be fair, he was around before Claypool; so if anything, Claypool is Johnson-esque.

anyways, i'd like to share the full version of that video, but it's like 800 MB so...**** that.:p

[6stringslinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCLl-V99anw&search=bass

It wasn't in the Bass Videos thread so i guess this hasn't really been seen.



Yeah well the reason why a lot of us post video's in an original thread is because they won't be seen in the Bass video thread.

You tell others to put video's in the bass video thread(unless it is thier own video) then you go post a video in an original thread.:thumb:

[Chameleon]

Very very very Claypool-esque. I liked it though very groovy, i've heard faster though :thumb:

Horrible left hand technique mind :upset:

I really see no Claypool similarities at all...

[Chris K]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvALRxxg8yc&search=Jonas%20hellborg

Jonas Hellborg ftw. Johnson's tone was awful and the piece was rather boring.

This is a video of Jonas live with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, from his first gig with them, televised for Paris tv stations. This is "It's the pits", on his Elegant Punk album he plays an extended version of the solo called "it's the pits, slight return".

Better than LJ.

[Chameleon]

^ I love his finger technique mixed with slap.

[katana_manatee]

He never created the music man, he just asked Leo Fender to make a bass for him, 'cos he wasn't getting the sound he wanted with his Precision at the time and Leo Fender delivered. But if it wasn't for him, Leo might never have made it.

[Chris K]

^ I love his finger technique mixed with slap.


yep, he's the king...I'd love to hear him jam with Al Di Meola or Paco De Lucia

[Wintermute]

Hellborg is a lot faster. But... equally boring, to my ears. :)

I used to love that kind of stuff though.

[Chris K]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0bZXN8EGI&search=Jonas%20hellborg

This is a good one too, Jonas on double neck and the almighty McLaughlin there, magic stuff. I have an Ohne Filter Mark King dvd, Ohne Filter rocks!

[Wintermute]

That one's a lot better. Mclaughlin is awesome - and I hugely prefer Hellborg's style of playing in this vid to is other one. His fretted tone is a bit crap, but that's probably at least partly to do with the monstrous amounts of compression on the file.

Edit - Oooh, just noticed the double-neck is a Wal. That's ace. :)

[Chameleon]

I HATE Ohne Filter...I have a Tower of Power ohne filter DVD and it's pretty average.


Though maybe their other stuff is better?

[katana_manatee]

This video IS in the bass videos thread. There is a link to bass lobster in the thread and this video is on bass lobster.

[peeted]

funky as **** but not realy that fast. flea, les claypool, wooten, mark king, marcus miller, bill dickins ect can all slap faster than that (yes some use double thumbing but iv seen them all do it without as well on vids)

[Esp Griffyn]

I HATE Ohne Filter...I have a Tower of Power ohne filter DVD and it's pretty average.


Though maybe their other stuff is better?

my Bro, Chris K has the Mark King Ohne Filter and its killer, good camera work, always showing the good bass lines, crystal clear picture quality, good lighting and an awesome sound mix.

[SLKBassist]

That was catchy and good, but I've seen flea go faster in concert (though he has no set technique) as well as seen clips of others being faster too.

[Chris K]

That was catchy and good, but I've seen flea go faster in concert (though he has no set technique) as well as seen clips of others being faster too.


Well, obviously there are loads of faster players...

but Louis was fast back in his day, but then again, Stanley Clarke towered over all in those days.

[Teh Glees0rz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um0bZXN8EGI&search=Jonas%20hellborg

This is a good one too, Jonas on double neck and the almighty McLaughlin there, magic stuff. I have an Ohne Filter Mark King dvd, Ohne Filter rocks!

Gawd, his fretless tone was so sexy. :naughty:

He pulls a lot of funny faces though. :p

[Akira]

The speed is cool, but I personally don't like it. In my opinion with that speed and that much muting it just looses groove.

[Naveed Afzal]

MM is the best slapper ive ever seen...
dont you guys think MM is only of the cleanest slapper sin the game?

[bottlerocket]

^ He's the smoothest bassist in the game, in my opinion...his lines are like honey.

-Gav

[:amaze:]

MM is the best slapper ive ever seen...
dont you guys think MM is only of the cleanest slapper sin the game?


i prefer wooten, but miller is fairly amazing, and grooves better than most anyone.




:amaze:

[faelun]

thaat was pretty funky

[faelun]

those vids are pretty amazing i liked the 1st one best thu

[Nac mac feegle!]

that was pretty good, ive heard faster (nobody weird like me-RHCP) but this was much funkier than that...which is what counts

[The Forgotten Bassist]

Fast, not the fastest but still pretty fast.

I loved the groove overall though, just so funky. Saying that, it was repetative.

[muthafunkabass]

Yeah well the reason why a lot of us post video's in an original thread is because they won't be seen in the Bass video thread.

You tell others to put video's in the bass video thread(unless it is thier own video) then you go post a video in an original thread.:thumb:
At the time the thread was getting much more traffic. Now it gets next to nothin. Also most of those videos were posted before and were already in the videos thread.:thumb:

[da_s_man13]

Haha, my friend downloaded that whole video that clip is from. He is so whacked off his face in it :p

[Chris K]

Gawd, his fretless tone was so sexy. :naughty:

He pulls a lot of funny faces though. :p


On his Elegant Punk album (I keep coming back to that one since it's an absolute groundbreaker) he has a track called "Reebop" named after Reebop Kwaku Baah, who was the percussionist for Airforce and Traffic. Reepbop died in late 1982, so Jonas wrote a song or him, and it's a wower, the melody is sparse, but the tone is second to none, a very very cool piece.

[Phalanx]

Hmm. Funky, very funky. Some crazy lines there. But, WORST left hand technique, but a fairy good right hand technique. And not THAT fast, impressive and tasteful, but not wankery fast.

I think you'll find that that's because he is left hand slapping :rolleyes:

[Chris K]

I think you'll find that that's because he is left hand slapping :rolleyes:

123

:lol: I've just noticed that post.

LHS/Left Hand Muting rules, when it's needed.