slap bass - C or D?

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for the past twenty five years of slap bass ive had to endure in the name of bass solos, i say dud. but thankyoufalletinmebemicelfagain is classic. not sure why slap bass began to sound so bad and so dominant around the 80s but if i never hear another marcus miller album again, ill be fine....

― ppp, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

ABC

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

colin barrow to thread!

― bulbs (bulbs), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

I f***ing love slap bass and eagerly await its return to popular music.

Gang of Four, Gary Numan/Pino Palladino, and above all Sly Stone...people, rally round the slap! Gank boom p'tang!

― thee music mole, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

yah really. dont hate slap, you dick.

― charleston charge (chaki), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

how about finger popping?

― mullygrubbah (bulbs), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Slap bass = CLASSIC (or, at least has the POTENTIAL. Of course, anything at all can be overdone.)

The mistaken belief that bass slapping automatically makes a record FUNKY (or even FUNK; or "FUNK" for that matter) = DUD

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)

"Gank boom p'tang!"
OTM

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 10 February 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

on TV it equals NYC: night court, charlie rose, seinfeld...

― noizem duke (noize duke), Thursday, 10 February 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

yeah isn't 'thank you' actually thumb-popping and not slapping?

― jake b. (cerybut), Thursday, 10 February 2005 06:27 (twenty years ago)

Larry Graham = Classic. Everybody else = DUD. Bass players who can't even get a good tone using a pick but feel compelled to try slapping and popping = Superdud.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 10 February 2005 07:41 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

CLASSIC.

― ...and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and SAW! (Turrican), Thursday, 26 June 2014 18:10 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

STILL CLASSIC.

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 17 August 2015 18:44 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqHZjDN_nQ

― everything, Monday, 17 August 2015 19:28 (ten years ago)

Ha! That instrumental mix makes the verses sound quite pleasant in an "ambient wash" kinda way... to say that I never was a massive fan of Kajagoogoo would be an understatement, however I've always thought that Nick Beggs was a very good bassist.

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 17 August 2015 19:35 (ten years ago)

Search for their instrumentals! There's the instrumental eponymous track and an instrumental of Hang On Now that come across similarly without the vocals.

― everything, Monday, 17 August 2015 19:38 (ten years ago)

six years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHdvowl_Fno

― adam, Monday, 13 December 2021 23:23 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQB5IDddqDk

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 December 2021 23:49 (three years ago)

Larry Graham = Classic. Everybody else = DUD. Bass players who can't even get a good tone using a pick but feel compelled to try slapping and popping = Superdud.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 10 February 2005 07:41 (sixteen years ago) link

15-year-old me who played bass all the time but hated picks feels personally attacked

― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 00:31 (three years ago)

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