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Originally posted by NewFoundBassist
dumb question by a slap n00b, but when I start to slap fretted notes, the strings keep tapping the bottom fret for an annoying 'dead' metallic tap rather than the actual note. any ideas on whats wrong? any help/advice would be appreciated.
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Ah, it seems that either you arn't taking ur thumb away quick enough or your bass has too low action, that problem can be fixed quite easily by a guitar/bass tech
Anyway, I found its also possible to slap using any of the fingers on your right hand instead of your thumb, simply put the finger at a right angle with the fingertip just above the string and do that sterotyped gay guy limp wrist thing real quick and as it goes with using your thumb, ur looking for minimum contact time with the string. Actually its a pretty useless technique and i cant find any good uses for it but i thought id post it neway
