Double Slap

[jubjub721]

ha i have mastered the wooten


thats right i have finally figured out how to play double slap thanks to my bass teacher at wsu. thats right. and the coolest part was that he actiually learned from the woot him self

im prolly spellin wooten wrong. ohh well

 

[TSanders]

Double Slap?????????

 

[thedude]

wsu? that doesn't stand for winona state u, does it? cause that's where i go....

 

[johans]

when you say double slap

is it .. double thumb .. or double pop .. or ?


wooten is good with his OHP
open - hammer - pluck

 

[MingusBASS]

I think he's talking about the double thumb technique. I too have that technique in my bag of tricks but its not that useful. Its fun and impresive to the non-bassplay'n folk but thats about it.

Andrew

 

[Mantaray]

I think he's talking about the double thumb technique. I too have that technique in my bag of tricks but its not that useful. Its fun and impresive to the non-bassplay'n folk but thats about it.

Andrew

Also the double slap isn't the most thumb finger joint friendly technique available. It can realy screw your thumb.

 

[bassmonkeee]

I think he's talking about the double thumb technique. I too have that technique in my bag of tricks but its not that useful. Its fun and impresive to the non-bassplay'n folk but thats about it.

Andrew

That's how I feel, too. It might come in handy at Guitar Center, but for 99.99999999999% of music out there, it's completely inappropriate. Of course, I feel that way about slapping, in general--if I hear a popcorn popper, I expect popcorn!

Congrats of figuring it out, though, if it's something you want to do.

 

[Mantaray]

That's how I feel, too. It might come in handy at Guitar Center, but for 99.99999999999% of music out there, it's completely inappropriate. Of course, I feel that way about slapping, in general--if I hear a popcorn popper, I expect popcorn!

Congrats of figuring it out, though, if it's something you want to do.

It is true. While I'm a major slapper and ultra-whiz kid , my chops are actually useful only for

a)A solo spot(quite rare in most situations, but I'm lucky)
b)Personal enjoyment
c)Improvisational music where the audience is usually a bunch of other ultra-whiz kids.

 

[spectorbassguy]

ha i have mastered the wooten


thats right i have finally figured out how to play double slap thanks to my bass teacher at wsu. thats right. and the coolest part was that he actiually learned from the woot him self

im prolly spellin wooten wrong. ohh well

Kudos to you my friend. I am just not that coordinated to do it. Maybe I just haven't found the right person to show me how. Anyway congrats on the new technique! I appreciate bassists who are trying new & different things, whether or not they will use them much in performance.

 

[shaver]

i find it usefull, i slaped all the time in my old band, and not just in funk songs. in our more rockish songs i used to slap notes to form chords and it mad a usefull effect. its hard to explain how or what this is, its more a show and tell thing

 

[jubjub721]

yeah thats right

it is pretty usfull so far on the crap im writin