Bassists

Hey. Does anyone in here play bassguitar?
I`ve been playing for about 5 years now, and I think I need some help with my tumbslapping... anyone here who can help out?

Check out Sly and the Family Stone. Larry Graham pretty much invented the slap. The song 'Thank You for letting me be myself again' is the first known recording with the slap bass technique.

It's actually spelled 'Thank you falletinme be mice elf agin'.

Nice title.

I have also been playing bass for about 5 years and I've gotten pretty good at slappin'. Th trick is to just hit all of the strings, one at a time, until you get the accuracy down and until your thumb get callased. Then start placing your fingers on the frets and practice easy songs until you get the hang of it, I suggest songs by Deep Purple or just about any metal band out there. Then when you get that down, try slapping and popping a higher pitched string (like the notes octive). These should help you get on to your way of being a slapping machine.

And nearly a year later......
The answer.

Nothing around here ceases to amaze me.

Nice to meet ya Vega.. Im a Bassist too. What Kind of Help u needed on Slap Bassing ? Lessons Or Techniques ? How can I help u more ??

*Still amazed*

You'd think someone would start a duplicate thread on the topic by now.
It would seem sensible.

I've been playing for three and a half years now, and I really like slapping. I used to better at it than I am now because I've been out of practise in terms of slapping. If you want to listen to a bassist that slaps and is fairly easy to learn, try Flea, espicially the album One Hot Minute. The song Coffee Shop really helped me develop a good slapping technique. There are also lessons on the net, such as guitarists.net. It is an excellent website.

-Led Boots

yeah Flea is very very good at slaping technics..there are many of his mp3s & videos available on net where you can check it out by yourself !

Larry Graham rules, but so does Douglas Rauch, who kinda invented slap too. Check out Santana - Caravanserai, Welcome, Lotus, and Santana/McLaughlin - Love Devotion And Surrender

Hey, I'm also a bass player. I've been playing for almost six years but I don't know slap. I'm not that crazy about slap bass playing; I usually don't find it sounds good. I'm more of a steady/simple rhythm bass player like Roger. I've a Hamer 5-string electric, and Fender 4-string acoustic.

Victor Wooten is the bass god.

Hello again. I think it's time with a little update on the bass-playing front.
I've been playing for 8 years now. Been in two bands, but I recently quit to concentrate on school.

I have managed to get a decent slap-technique which is very similar to Fieldy from Korn. Who would have tought...
I actually slap with the thumb vertically to the strings, and bounce back with the root of the pinkey, which is giving me alot of speed. Pretty hard to explain, but I can keep up with most drummers when they doublekick.
The only problem with this technique is that it only works on the top string

And please don't even mention Wooten. He is out of this world when it comes to slapping and bassplaying in general. His music is very special but I can sit and listen to it, which I must admit is very hard to do with Jaco f.ex.
Flea's bassplaying is really energic, but not hard to play if you can figure out what notes he's playing. So I wouldn't put him up with Wooten and Claypool.

Indeed, I've heard some of his live stuff and HOLY CRAP!! I myself like John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin more than any other because that guy can play everything, and he's AWESOME at everything, which is really something.