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Post subject: What's the best for slap bass?
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:24 pm
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I have a quick question.
I've recently learned how to play slap bass. Right now I have a J Bass that sounds pretty good for slap bass. What I want to know is if there is another Fender and/or Squier bass guitar that would sound best for slap bass.
Also, I want to know if there are any fender amps with a reverb on it. Reverb sounds good with slap bass :D.


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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:41 pm
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A P-bass has a very different slap-pop voice (think Flea from Chili Peppers) but I've never been too much of a fan of it. Larry Graham, the pioneer of modern slap-pop bass played on a J, and I think the brightness of a J gives the *pop* a little more spank.

I think where you're really gonna fiddle with your slap-pop tone is in your choice of strings. Stainless steel strings will give you a really awesome tone for this style of playing, but may be a little clanky for fingerstyle. But yeah, I'd experiment with strings first.

And reverb is a pretty cool effect for slap-pop but be careful using to much of it in a mix, it might sound to "messy" when playing with other people. Funk is traditionally about stop-and-go, so reverb is kind of the antithesis of that, hehe.

BTW, I have an Electro-Harmonix memory man w/Hazarai effects pedal and I love it to death for reverb and additional sounds. around $200, but very cool :)


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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:58 pm
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ok, thank you
i appreciate the advice
i was actually going to purchase a boss reverb pedal that cost $150


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