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Old 12-10-2003, 03:53 PM   #12
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You should be able to hook your finger into place as you slap, ideally.

Seems like a facetious answer but 'don't' is about all I can say. Work on not pulling your hand away. You need to pull your thumb off the string, but not your hand away from the bass, for exactly the reasons you've already discovered.

Try popping twice in rapid succesion, going for the bounce I described earlier. If you can get that right then you won't be pulling away from the bass too much.
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