Playing slap on a Precision bass....

[TheJerkyBoys]

What are your views on slap playing on a precision bass?

[ebe9]

No reason not to.

[Spaceman Spiff]

You can probably play with most techniques on most basses. Don't limit yourself just because something isn't traditional. If you don't like something, don't do it. If you do, go ahead.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

I prefer the slap tone on a precision. But then I love the P-bass in general, so yeah.

[Az_Holl]

Wasnt slap 'invented' (popularised??) on a P?

[Az_Holl]

Oh and i vote for option 4: sound better on a Stingray :p

[Livewire]

well yeah slap was invented on a p bass because it was one of the first basses ever made. personally i cant do it with the setup on my p now, or would i if i had it set perfectly because i dont find a p bass comfortable for slap

[Az_Holl]

well yeah slap was invented on a p bass because it was one of the first basses ever made. personally i cant do it with the setup on my p now, or would i if i had it set perfectly because i dont find a p bass comfortable for slap
No it was in the late 60's... jazz basses were around.

Larry Graham kind of invented it.... kinda

[Livewire]

No it was in the late 60's... jazz basses were around.

Larry Graham kind of invented it.... kinda

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[TheJerkyBoys]

Wasn't slap invented by some dude who was a drummer in church and had to play bass because the bassist was sick or something? He basically applied his drumming knowledge to bass. I thought that's the story, I may be wrong.

[rh15951]

Wasn't slap invented by some dude who was a drummer in church and had to play bass because the bassist was sick or something? He basically applied his drumming knowledge to bass. I thought that's the story, I may be wrong.

Sounds like something only a drummer could come up with... "Hit. Stuff. MMNNMMMHHH."

[Akira]

Wasn't slap invented by some dude who was a drummer in church and had to play bass because the bassist was sick or something? He basically applied his drumming knowledge to bass. I thought that's the story, I may be wrong.

Well slapping was first done by upright bassists to take the place of drummers, but I don't think the technique is quite the same.

[Radiobass81]

Wasn't slap invented by some dude who was a drummer in church and had to play bass because the bassist was sick or something? He basically applied his drumming knowledge to bass. I thought that's the story, I may be wrong.

Larry Graham was in a band without a drummer, and wanted his playing to be more percussive.

And yeah, slapping has been a technique in upright for ages.

[muthafunkabass]

Modern slapping on the electric bass was started or at least is credited to be being started by Larry Graham on a P-bass.

My order of slap sounds is MM/J > P/MM > MM > P/J > J > J/J > P > Darkstar

Those are the ones I've tried, that MM/J being tried only once, and it was a Warrior so it could have been just the quality of the bass.

The P/MM style was tried with a Sandberg at a NYC bass convention and a used Warmoth bass at this big Guitar Center in LA.

The Darkstar was tried once on a used Lakland and I hated the tone. :-/

[darrell]

Slapping originated on upright to be heard in the mix of larger and larger bands.

I like some of the stories that were made up in the thread. It takes a real moron to make up stories like those. I'm not speaking volumes about the posters or anything.





Just implying them.

[muthafunkabass]

Darrell! Haven't seen you post in awhile. How's life? IIRC you were engaged?

I'm still using the Brice, plan on upgrading the electronics soon.

[amnestyslowend]

Well slapping was first done by upright bassists to take the place of drummers, but I don't think the technique is quite the same.


The techinque is way different. You actually slap the strings on to the board with you whole hand. It is mostly used for crazy hilbilly ****.

[TheJerkyBoys]

The techinque is way different. You actually slap the strings on to the board with you whole hand. It is mostly used for crazy hilbilly ****.

Jimbo from Reverend Horton Heat does a lot of "slapping" on an upright. Amazing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UA4R8nOxBTE

[oak tree]

My Jelly Roll Soul

[Jody LeCompte]

I wasn't aware that "slapping" needed to be put in quotes.

[Riouken]

I wasn't aware that "slapping" needed to be put in quotes.

Yes dude.

It's the 21st century.

[peeted]

In my experience slap on a p-bass sounds like ****. Im sure its not always the case, and if you have a really nice rig then you could probs get a decent slap tone out of a p bass but i dont see why anyone who wanted to do a lot of slap would buy a p-basss.

[TheJerkyBoys]

I wasn't aware that "slapping" needed to be put in quotes.

Just to distinguish it from slapping that is done on an electric bass guiatar. When I first heard that upright bassists play slap, I really thought they slap with the thumb. Turns out to be a totally different technique.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

my only current bass is a 70s modified remake bass. started doing slap just under a month ago. works pretty good on it. strings are EB super slinkys, with a low action for punchy sound. currently hand making thumbrests for it to increase playability. my next new bass will be a stingray knock-off, but there is a great couple of deals on used fixup basses waiting for me (a vintage major fixup shortscale semi-hollowbody for $50, and a squire standard jazz bass$100. just needs new strings, and bridge adjustment), so with the 4 basses, i will have a good idea witch is better, but i doubt the hollow will be able to do slap. should be good or finger, or pick

[One Groovin Clown]

of course you can ****ing slap on a P-bass.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

of course you can ****ing slap on a P-bass.

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