Lunch Pail Bassist

[TiMMay]

1. Unable and/or uninterested in ever being labeled a "Slap Monster".
If the song calls for it, ill do it, im pretty good at the whole slap thing, even got some of that wooten double thump goin on, but im no virtuoso
2. Probably self taught.
Self taught for a year, untill i took lessons... does that count?
3. Never going to buy a Fodera, Ritter or other possibly spalted boutique bass.
Why would I? I love my bongo!
4. Likes doing same thing over and over.
forsure! as long as it grooves!
5. Unimpressed with self.
Unimpressed? im confident with my playing, i just leave the ego at home, and focus on the gig/jam
6. Willing to play the cheap, ugly gig.
Check
7. Doesn't find root-five demeaning or simplistic.
Dememaning? Simplistic? Hell no! its all within good taste! whatever the song calls for!

I guess im not so lunch pail.... maybe just.... pail? lol

Slap is fun to do, but in all seriousness, i dont us that much, just for playing some marcus miller stuff, funk, and chilli peppers.

Actually Flea is the easist to do because he really has no groove -- he's all fast repetition.

I kinda disagree, its repetitive, yes, but it grooves! it gets my head boppin everytime! like for example, would the song ¨give it away¨ be the same with out his super repetitive groove oriented bass line? I personnally dont think so. But hey, thats my opinion.

 

[prickly_pete]

I kinda disagree, its repetitive, yes, but it grooves! it gets my head boppin everytime! like for example, would the song ¨give it away¨ be the same with out his super repetitive groove oriented bass line? I personnally dont think so. But hey, thats my opinion.

To each his own, but I wouldn't compare Flea to Marcus, Darrell Jones, or Mark King -- those guys groove so hard it hurts

btw, lets leave slappers alone and player hate the tappers Now there is a useless technique on the bass guitar!

 

[bovinehost]

To be clear, I don't hate slappers or poppers or people who strike the strings sharply with modified drumsticks, even.

I just don't do it myself.

I hope I made that clear. And also, although I am certainly 100% Lunch Pail, the world is a big place and there are a lot of ways to approach bass. I can appreciate MOST of those ways.

the but don't get me started on fiELdY,
jack

 

[TiMMay]

thats totally cool man, there are soo many players that never did anything put play finger style and are gods, (ex jaco, pattitucci just to name a few) being a good bass player has nuttin to do with technique, its how you groove. hate slapping, or loving it, as long as it grooves. technique means nuttin compared to grooving with your fellow musicians!

Tapping depends on what your doing, i sorta do some tapping to take over a piano part that my band used to have. plus hey, it looks cool.

p.s. sorry if i offended anyone, just offerin my opinion

 

[prickly_pete]

thats totally cool man, there are soo many players that never did anything put play finger style and are gods, (ex jaco, pattitucci just to name a few)

Actually Pattittucci is a pretty good slapper. Listen to the Chick Corea Light Years CD.

 

[tkarter]

Only thing I really know about slapping is as follows.

I ain't a gonna slap Aussie Mark for only buying 4 strings.

I was not slapped by anyone (Aussie Mark) for saying I was going to only buy 5 strings.

I will never slap my SR 5 cuz it can' t make me mad.

My thumb works better with a pick under it than it will playing a bass by itself.

Self knowing for sure

No longer self taught because I am learning from you all.


tk

 

[tkarter]

thats totally cool man, there are soo many players that never did anything put play finger style and are gods, (ex jaco, pattitucci just to name a few) being a good bass player has nuttin to do with technique, its how you groove. hate slapping, or loving it, as long as it grooves. technique means nuttin compared to grooving with your fellow musicians!

Tapping depends on what your doing, i sorta do some tapping to take over a piano part that my band used to have. plus hey, it looks cool.

p.s. sorry if i offended anyone, just offerin my opinion

What you say is all good. However if you look at it another way around you will see Carol Kaye. Only played with a pick and should be there with Jaco in the hall of fame.

Countless others I can't name maybe even some here on this board do it their way.

I dare say the best bass player in the world may not have even been born yet.

ps I read again and see how my post may not have addressed this quote. my bad

tk

 

[Jazzbassman23]

As the person who asked, I thank you for your expedient response.


In conclusion Jack, I find your ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Newsletter? I want the damn tee shirt.

 

[Shakedown]

Me Too !!!

Add me to the Lunch Pail bunch ... A Scooby Doo lunch pail, at that ! Rut-Roh!

 

[Psycho Ward]

Slapping is for kids...


































... asses when they knock over pricy basses at GC


I wish I were a slap monster, but I seem to have bad aim... same thing in the toilet too...

 

[muggsy]

I think I'd simply sum it up as "more interested in playing than gear". Within reason, any chance to play is a good one.

While I agree with the second sentence, and I'm guessing most lunch-pail bassists (using the bovine definition of the term) would too, many of the participants in this thread have bought and sold enough gear to stock a good-sized music store. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I think the distinction, though, is that the gear they're obsessed with tends to have four (or sometimes five) strings and no fancy tops.

In the five years I've been playing, I wish I'd spent as much time practicing as I've spent trying, buying, selling, reading about and obsessing over gear. The phrase "more gear than talent" fits me like a glove. I can't slap to save my life, and I've never owned or desired to own a bass with more than four strings. I have enough trouble with four that I'm not looking to make things more complicated. Nonetheless, companies like EB make sure that even the lowly four string bassist has a staggering array of models, pickup combinations, and colors to choose from. That's a good thing.

 

[Joshua]

While I agree with the second sentence, and I'm guessing most lunch-pail bassists (using the bovine definition of the term) would too, many of the participants in this thread have bought and sold enough gear to stock a good-sized music store. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I think the distinction, though, is that the gear they're obsessed with tends to have four (or sometimes five) strings and no fancy tops.

In the five years I've been playing, I wish I'd spent as much time practicing as I've spent trying, buying, selling, reading about and obsessing over gear. The phrase "more gear than talent" fits me like a glove. I can't slap to save my life, and I've never owned or desired to own a bass with more than four strings. I have enough trouble with four that I'm not looking to make things more complicated. Nonetheless, companies like EB make sure that even the lowly four string bassist has a staggering array of models, pickup combinations, and colors to choose from. That's a good thing.

All very true as well.

From the time I started playing @ '81 thru @ '95, I obsessed about gear as much as anyone. Somewhere around the bazillionth time I bought something and quickly sold it at a loss to buy the next thing I had "a moment of clarity"; all the gear I had owned was good, but the constant search for the next best thing was keeping me from my musical goals.

I think that everyone (especially in the beginning stages) appreciates quality tools of the trade, and there is no shame in that. At some point, just make sure you're playing some too!

 

[word]

1. Unable and/or uninterested in ever being labeled a "Slap Monster".

ike turner is my hero so i guess i don't qualify.

 

[jongitarz]

I think I'm a garbage pail guitarist

 

[Beth]

Reminds me of this punk band I used to follow around in college "Lunch Pail Hand Bag", saluting those goth chicks out there who use The Munsters lunchbox for their purse... hee hee!

 

[bongo man]

Hey Jon
I know i'm off subject but just wanted to say thanks for a great job on the buttercream bongo HH
SWEET!!!!
thanks man
cliff

 

[SteveB]

I think I'm a garbage pail guitarist

is that like a cabbage patch kid?

you DO spend a lot of time in the garden, after all....

 

[jongitarz]

Hey Jon
I know i'm off subject but just wanted to say thanks for a great job on the buttercream bongo HH
SWEET!!!!
thanks man
cliff

My pleasure Cliff. I really hadn't finished yet (it wasn't intonated) but Dudley said you guys took care of it. Enjoy it!

 

[bovinehost]

Who's this "Dudley" you speak of?

 

[bongo man]

yeah-peace of cake-
that is one sweet baby-
I'm doing a few weeks with Colin Hay (helping out a friend) and I sent it out with the gear and i can't wait to get there and spread some bongo buttercream love----oh baby!
thanks again brother
cliff