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bassborja

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I always tought Musicman basses have the best Slap tone around..., well, since September my dream came true when my Bongo arrived and yes, it has a killer Slap sound..., but what surprise me the most is how good is this bass for doing tapping. So, I want to share with you a composition I created using this technique [ame="http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=rPAdo96U-ws"]YouTube - Borja Bass Solo Nº 2[/ame]
I hope you like it.

Francisco de Borja.
 
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Francisco , that is awesome. Very nice playing. You are outstanding.

I wish I could find someone to teach me how to do that technique. I cant figure it out on my own.. :confused:
 
AnthonyD

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Wow... I never play my Bongos that way - but thoroughly enjoyed watching/listening to you!

Very cool! :)
 
bassmonkey

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Very good. Not what I'm into, but enjoyable all the same.

I checked out some of your other videos. Absolutely fantastic playing. Very solid.
 
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bassborja

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Thanks guys for your good words...I really appreciated, is great to be able to share things in such a great community like the Ernie Ball family.
 
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eh well its ...eh its......just eh ..........your a bit good really .....like eh really f***ing good dude

i am off now to pick my mouth up off the floor......amazing dude
 
RobertB

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Excellent Francisco! Aside from your playing, your composition skills are great.

Billy, I can recommend a great online music education site (guitar & bass) created by solo bassist Adam Nitti. The site is MusicDojo.

Several pro bassists deliver courses there. Dave LaRue does a tapping course there - I think his is the level 2 tapping course. Adam Nitti does a level 1 course that's great. I've really gotten alot out of the various courses I've taken there. I really dig the format - a combo of text-based "lecture" and QuickTime audio/video clips. Each class is $50 bucks there, and consists of 20 lessons - a lesson for every day of a month, minus weekends. During the month that the course runs, the instructor responds to questions about the material, etc... But even after the course ends, you still have permanent access to all the class materials, to review as often as you want.

There's a free 1 week intro course that allows you to check it out & see if the content & format work for you. I highly recommend the dojo - best music education site I've seen.

Later,
Robert
 
roballanson

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Thanks for sharing man - really great stuff.

humbling to be reminded how many great players there are on this forum - me not included after that performance...:)
 
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You cool MAN,nice BASS and player!!!

BTW,can you tell me what color is the BONGO?
it really look great!:D
 
Kirby

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Very cool! I am working on a similar tapping technique right now and experimenting with string gauges to try and nail the right combination.

Thanks for sharing!
 
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