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Eggman
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Lower the front pick up a bit and practice a lot
hankSRay
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practice is the key, I also try to make my thumb more perpendicular to the strings.
Baird
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Buy a Jazz-style bass (Fender, Sadowsky, etc) or a single H SR, Sterling or Bongo.
I found that the HS config also was in my way when I slapped.
I sold my HH Bongo out of disgust last summer
. I'm sure one could train oneself to slap in the inch between the neck and neck H PU but why bother.
Until I discovered the EBMM single H 2 weeks ago on a SR 4 LE. Needless to say, I am slapping like a maniac on the SR and am expecting my single H Sterling to arrive this week.
I found that the HS config also was in my way when I slapped.
I sold my HH Bongo out of disgust last summer
. I'm sure one could train oneself to slap in the inch between the neck and neck H PU but why bother.Until I discovered the EBMM single H 2 weeks ago on a SR 4 LE. Needless to say, I am slapping like a maniac on the SR and am expecting my single H Sterling to arrive this week.
syciprider
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I just adjust my technique. I can slap on a Rickenbacker and a Warwick $$ now.
Dr Stankface
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Patience and practice. I love the freedom of the single H but i've gotten to the point where it doesn't bother me on the HH anymore.
Plus, you can get some GROOVY slap tones out of an HH. Especially position 4. Kind of Marcus Miller-ish but with more presence and grunt. I DIG it.
Plus, you can get some GROOVY slap tones out of an HH. Especially position 4. Kind of Marcus Miller-ish but with more presence and grunt. I DIG it.
Randracula
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I don't own an HH anymore but here's an old video of me doing some stupid slap thing on an SR4HH I used to own.I didn't seem to have much trouble adjusting when I got it.On this video I believe i'm getting two fingers in there......
SR4HH - Putfile.com
SR4HH - Putfile.com
I lowered the front pickup on my HH Bongo 5 all the way down (completely level with the pickguard) and just boosted the "bass" knob a little.
Sloppy slap technique, I know, but it worked a treat!!!!
Try it and see what you think - is the only advice I can give you.
Sloppy slap technique, I know, but it worked a treat!!!!
Try it and see what you think - is the only advice I can give you.
Frantic Slayer
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i have an HH, and a HS and i never found any problems slapping or popping on them. there great for slapping!
syciprider
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Not if the bass enjoys it
RobertB
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Dang, how wide is your finger?! =)
That's actually a hypocritical joke, because I was just saying something similar a few days ago, after getting my first HH bass ... a Bongo5. But seriously, within just a few days of practice, it was a non-issue. And the HH SR4/5 have even more room there than the Bongo HH does. Practice!
Edit: Ok I take that back ... looking again at pics of the SR5 HH, it's neck pickup placement looks about the same as the Bongo HH, relative to the end of the fretboard/neck. The SR4 HH is placed differently & has more room there. But still ... it's very do-able. Did I mention ... practice!? =)
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RocketRalf
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The bongo has 2 more frets (or 3), so if it's the same compared with the fretboard, then there's less space between the pickups on the bongo.
Smakbass
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Dont slap
ok well I suppose its just practice....
My main (non MM) bass only has an 1" or so of space as well just took a little adjustment and I dont notice it now, either way I slap for one verse of one song, in the 3 bands I play in...so slapping is not a big deal for me.
ok well I suppose its just practice....
My main (non MM) bass only has an 1" or so of space as well just took a little adjustment and I dont notice it now, either way I slap for one verse of one song, in the 3 bands I play in...so slapping is not a big deal for me.
bovinehost
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I was telling Dave, I think at the Desert Bash, that his basses apparently were getting something that mine weren't.
"My basses won't do those things yours do", I said.
He admitted that there might be a little something extra installed in his basses.
We joked around a while, considering what it might be and who might be responsible for such a thing, but eventually he told me what was in his that wasn't in mine.
"Practice", he said - and he was right.
Jack
Caca de Kick
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I don't mean this as a dig, but....
You can't have a sloppy slap & pop technique.
You can't have a sloppy slap & pop technique.
RobertB
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There IS less space between the 2 pickups on the Bongo, but it's not just because the neck pickup is placed farther toward the bridge. You're assuming the bridge pickup is in the same position on the 2 basses, and it's not. Both the bridge pickup and the bridge itself are placed farther toward the neck-end of the body as well, on the Bongo. In other words, there's less distance between the bridge itself and the neck heel, even if you measure to the 22nd fret. So the entire dimensioning of the body is different. That, and probably more importantly, the tonal characteristics of the basswood body (density/resonance) are huge factors in determining the best pickup placement, to achieve the desired voicing of the instrument.
Atleast that's the case with electric guitars and basses in general, and I assume those factors go into pickup placement on EBMM's as well, but correct me if I'm wrong (BP). Somehow though, I have the feeling that nothing about these instruments is arbitrary. I'll bet this was a substantial area of focus in SLO, during the design phase of the Bongo.
phatduckk
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just practice. after about a week with any of my 2 pickup basses I was able to slap n pop with no problem... SR4HH, Bongo HH, Sterling HH and Sterling HS
it really wasnt too much of an adjustment for me
it really wasnt too much of an adjustment for me
RocketRalf
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So you're saying that the Bongo has a shorter scale because the bridge is closer to the neck? If both bases are 34" scale (according to the specs, they are) then the distance between the bridge and the 22th fret has to be the same (thus the right description would be that the bongo body is larger, not that it's bridge is further up). Although I agree that the bridge PU doesn't have to be on the same place.
