Are you doing slap bass all wrong?... with Andrew Gouche
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4 жыл бұрынToday I’ve got the Godfather of Gospel bass, Andrew Gouche with me in the hot seat…
Prince, MJ, Chaka Khan… he’s performed with them all.
And in this new lesson Andrew’s sharing some of his approaches to playing slap bass, and sharing why some bass players may be approaching slap bass in the wrong way.
In this lesson Andrew’s going to be teaching you:
- Who his biggest influence was (can you guess?… lemme know in the comments!)
- Why he completely changed his slap bass technique after years of playing
- Why slap bass is so much more than just a “fancy trick”
- And much more
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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@NeiloNeil 4 жыл бұрын
I can relate to his story about his exploding thumb. Back when I just started playing bass I was in a punkband and during our fist gig I noticed my strings were really sticky after the second song. Turns out I split open the tips of both my index and middle fingers. Had to keep playing because, you know, rock n roll and stuff so after the show I went to lookfor bandaids....turns out the singer fell into a piece of glass when he went into the pit. My arm and his leg completely covered in blood...it was a good first gig.
@worstghosthunting3466 4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit you guys are troopers
@Tangalang22 4 жыл бұрын
Did the blood enhance your tone?
@stevewilson2745 4 жыл бұрын
had an experience like this as well. we had been gigging for a little over a year at this point, playing music like iron maiden and metallica. The Trooper finally killed my index, middle, and ring fingers lol. luckily, i had a red bass haha
@senpaibryn6196 4 жыл бұрын
So fucking metal
@dookmucus 4 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that. With me, it was the side of my hand ripped open by Allen screws protruding from the bridge.
@RedForceRising 4 жыл бұрын
Holy smokes. Andrew Gouche is insanely good!
@bassboye8959 3 жыл бұрын
Great touch & sound which is what really matters. He's clearly in ecstasy when he plays. Enjoyable, musical verses just being a noodle king.
@Mazinga 3 жыл бұрын
@@bassboye8959 Perfect comment.
@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Жыл бұрын
Ohhhh yea
@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Жыл бұрын
@@bassboye8959 B.B. King of bass
@chrisgramazio8363 4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, Scott! You're an indispensably positive force in the world of bass.
@electrolabile 4 жыл бұрын
dude, hearing this guy play bass brought an instant smile on my face. what a bassist!
@leegibbs5317 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the upload Scott. Really appreciate your hard work.
@sailingmaster 4 жыл бұрын
"Who else you would like to see... Because I'll probably be able to pull it off for you." John Deacon. Please.
@S_Shant 2 жыл бұрын
Christ he’s a monster. Wonderful playing.
@SteveWatsonMusic 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reposting this segment, Scott. It is always cool to check out reminder segments from your content... so much info! Kind of like re-reading a book or seeing a film more than once... brings out a new take on the lesson. And awesome playing of course, from Andrew!
@WyattLite-n-inn 4 жыл бұрын
I heard Andre trying out a bass at a music store in LA back in 1998 when he was not so well known. Didn’t know who he was but got his number. I knew he was special. That said there is NO substitute for the kind of sound you get when your right hand is coming two feet off the bass like Louis Johnson. I once scatted and rapped a duet with Louis when he was working the La Bella Booth at the NAMM show. We drew a huge crowd just me and him. I had no mic and he had NO AMP ! Just his Music Man bass . The sound was MASSIVE !
@brucesmith9144 4 жыл бұрын
That tone is totally sick! Wow!
@busterfoxx 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, now that's some serious bass playing right there... We're in the presence of greatness.
@danewallace9196 4 жыл бұрын
That was great bass playing to listen to. Most often I would describe fancy bass playing has hard to play and equally hard to listen to, but this was groovy and tasteful
@hayleycomet8029 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@eyeofbass 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, that was awesome. Can't wait to check out the full class on SBL!
@leobassii 4 жыл бұрын
Nice work... Love to see a 6 string bass player Slap! Andrew gouche is awesome! Ok my next request is Jimmy Haslip! Thank you Scott!!
@meljantorresbass2655 4 жыл бұрын
One of my most favourite bassist thanks to Scott.
@TokovicsTiborSoundcreator 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@blackromulan 4 жыл бұрын
Keeper episode, Scott; cheers!
@MikeRemvidas 4 жыл бұрын
Now !!!! That man can send it!! Wow dude ,, That’s what I’m talking about !!
@davidcrandle6819 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott, this brother is nice!! 🎸😜
@RicCrouch 4 жыл бұрын
A million years go by.... .... and my hands still wouldn’t move like that.
@eliseoborrerobass 4 жыл бұрын
Love the concentration and precision of Andre!
@animalmusical9054 4 жыл бұрын
More, man! We want MORE!!!
@danielirvine7468 4 жыл бұрын
I want to see what Stuart Zander is up to now an interview with him please
@Mazinga 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yes!!!
@joshl.7684 4 жыл бұрын
This man is a LEGEND!!!
@flamulated 4 жыл бұрын
That was great! Such a solid down to Earth guy. David Dyson is another powerhouse player who can go back and forth between slap and fingerstyle musically and is a fantastic soloist in slap style.
@martinmatija5723 4 жыл бұрын
Scott with a Fodera on his lap : not playing it
@RitchieRosson 4 жыл бұрын
Martin MATIJA Such a tease.
@CodeFoxAus 4 жыл бұрын
Scott probably goes grocery shopping with a bass guitar around his neck. Having a conversation with a camera .. essential accessory!
@spotzav5830 4 жыл бұрын
Id carry that thing everywhere too haha
@jazzcellist 4 жыл бұрын
Literally just about to comment this lol
@Dinofly4 4 жыл бұрын
and a fedora on his head
@musikfanat 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, sir! Great!
@MattBenn367 4 жыл бұрын
I want to see an interview with Tim Commerford!
@RABDS 4 жыл бұрын
I can play the beginning of this video over and over and over again!
@iqi616 4 жыл бұрын
Lovely light touch.
@UnkaDon 4 жыл бұрын
I love all your lessons and interviews. Have you ever thought of e-q-ing the mixes so we can hear the bass better?
@iqi616 4 жыл бұрын
This one needs no EQ for my headphones - delightfully smooth buttery tone.
@huthut1959 Жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful Bass U have in the intro
@cyrilwillenbrock9208 4 жыл бұрын
Mike Gordon from Phish would be AMAAAZZZINNNNGGG! :D ...Love all your content BTW and I'm def a member!
@Jason-kv7cm 4 жыл бұрын
omg I can relate to the moving from 4 to 5 strings lol. Got the privilege to play a Fodera and luckily didnt make any mistakes that gig but had fun! just ordered a five string as well
@chrispq12 4 жыл бұрын
I enjoy Andrew's playing immensely. Also, i had the exact same experience adapting to 5 string. To this day i prefer a 4 string just because the 5 seems so awkward.
@joycesanders4898 4 жыл бұрын
..been playing over 20 years...in last two years took closer look at my technique...worked out a lot of rough spots..developed new methods...almost a beast now..so, no, it never to late to take inventory of your way of playing.
@Funkybassuk 4 жыл бұрын
What a phenomenal player. Wow.
@JPuckett89 4 жыл бұрын
I have totally done the same thing play my 5 string! ugh the feeling is horrible in the middle of a set and you realize what you've been doing! Good to know someone even of andrews caliber has done it.
@pbague 4 жыл бұрын
a true king.. (both Scott and Andrew)
@davidg.3388 4 жыл бұрын
FINALLY A LESSON!!!!!!
@Gen.Rocker 4 жыл бұрын
Scott, could you please ask Andrew to play his entire discography as a solo in front of your camera? It would be greatly appreciated, and the best lesson of all time. Thanks for the insight!
@ThomasGeist 3 жыл бұрын
Andrew must be one of the most efficient bass players out there. Especially if you look and listen to the result! 👍
@MrDangard 4 жыл бұрын
Great player, great guy and who has a better "bass face" on the planet??
@DiamondLifer 4 жыл бұрын
Such a groovy bassist.
@RitchieRosson 4 жыл бұрын
Please do a video with him about his work with Prince.
@andrewhenderson5738 4 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic. Slap is a great tool for texture and you really showed that. You should get Les Claypool in the shed for a slap sesh 😮
@tompogson9755 4 жыл бұрын
45 and still a student ;) One really cool player who is worth checking out from a while back is Joe Pureta from Ambrosia Bruce Hornsby and the Range and Sheena Easton's touring band. Was just going over "The Way It Is" Hornsby album but still have yet to try some of his killer lines from Scenes from the Southside.
@josielpeixoto838 4 жыл бұрын
Muito show mano
@ronniecraft3895 4 жыл бұрын
man can do it !!!!!!!!!!
@looda10 4 жыл бұрын
You can only smile when you hear ain't nobody played like this ☺️
@ahmindamon 3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for thunder cat or mono🎸💯
@adammono1839 4 жыл бұрын
So cool
@insaneconqueror5421 4 жыл бұрын
I can relate to the 4 to 5 string situation. Borrowed someone else's bass that was 5 string a couple months ago thinking, I got this with a new band, and ....nope. a bit different. Fun times though.
@labacostoys 4 жыл бұрын
Hi.. Scoot.. Great play bass
@shanephillips4069 4 жыл бұрын
I would love for you to land an interview with the one and ONLY Les Claypool!!! Dude has the thumb and triplet game to himself.
@onsesejoo2605 4 жыл бұрын
This goes OT but looking those basses in this video, it is remarkable how they have evolved to the point where they are where as guitarists are still having the decades old discussion about the Les Pauls, Stratocasters and Telecasters and how they should be to have the sound in the guitarists' heads.
@lonbeffort871 22 күн бұрын
Lol! I also ordered a 5 String Tobias Signature series and learned on the fly! Now I have trouble braining playing a 4 string!
@christianrendy6657 4 жыл бұрын
Mtd's sound is insane
@davidmhuey Жыл бұрын
I have his Markbass signature amp - it is awesome!
@devinebass Жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@pepegalvan_ 4 жыл бұрын
3:10 hahah that’s crazy 🔥
@avalerionbass 4 жыл бұрын
Oh damn, 5:30 makes me feel like I've wasted my life until now playing anything other than style!!! Smooth McGroove jam fest right here.
@gonnfishy2987 Жыл бұрын
You said it. NEVER A BETTER TIME TO LEARN NEW TECHNIQUE. Coming from a comfortable zone to a learning experience builds your skill and your brain/muscle intelligence. How old is this video? ❤
@jmac7947 4 жыл бұрын
The man. can. play. Also, I commiserate with him on the move from 4 to 5. I also crashed and burned this year when I decided to get a 5, fretless, but string it e-c. I can't remember where I'm at half the time. Getting better though!
@chanceaskew8738 4 жыл бұрын
Why did you string it that way?
@stephenspiveybass 4 жыл бұрын
Where can I find that version of Ain't Nobody? Sounds live and slower and groovy. Thanks for all the amazing content!
@Jennifer_Prentice 4 жыл бұрын
Id love to see you sit down and visit with Marcus Miller he is a really cool guy. I have seen many interviews with him and he always seems so strait and friendly about this past and his playing.
@jasonhearn5818 4 жыл бұрын
yes indeed...andre is phenomenal...but Marcus miller is my all time favorite he's a extremely well rounded influential bassist/composer/ producer with an uncanny ability to groove second to none
@natehaiden 4 жыл бұрын
Love the F-Bass maple syrup sitting in the back:)
@undernovemberskies 3 жыл бұрын
WE NEED THE FULL VIDEO OF THAT FIRST SONG
@aintnothinbutdablues 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all these hints on slap bass. I just have a problem: Don't know if it is normal and how it could be solved, if so! When I slap the strings and after some time the string holders on the bridge are completely pulled down, mainly the first string! The screws can't hold the vibration and they rotate each time I slap and after some time the strings are completely down .
@lokiop345 4 жыл бұрын
Yessssssss!!!
@justincole8251 4 жыл бұрын
I would like to see Abe Laboriel Senior here...
@benjibarbe5038 4 жыл бұрын
EPIC
@GabeDetails 4 жыл бұрын
🔥
@tidah2545 4 жыл бұрын
Damnn!!!!!! I 100 relate to the first time on a 5 string and thinking the B was my E and everyone in church practice looking at me like watchu doing
@strongbrave 3 жыл бұрын
That's him warming up. Damn
@radMisc 4 жыл бұрын
I know you recently had a great metal bass player (Nolly) do a course, but I have to suggest another, much more extreme, one: Mike Flores from Origin. Even though the audience of your channel might not have a huge overlap with that music genre, his level of technical and compositional innovation is absolutely astonishing, and I believe much of his material simply cannot be played accurately by another human being due to the chops required. It would be sooo fascinating to delve into his techniques and thoughts as he hasn't had that much exposure in terms of interviews and such. Great video as always.
@JasonAustin 4 жыл бұрын
Mike Flores from Origin would be awesome
@muckymcfly 4 жыл бұрын
All of the strings!
@TheRealSpicyScoob 4 жыл бұрын
You should reach out to les claypool. I feel like that would be fun
@cryssieandfriends639 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew a monster
@plopperator 4 жыл бұрын
He has a similar style to my own.
@ritwikghosh8174 4 жыл бұрын
One of my fav bass player.❤️🙏
@danielirvine7468 4 жыл бұрын
Did Andrew have a compressor on If I switch between fingers to thumbs the volume is way different
@pmillergroove1 4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Irvine the compression was probably added in post production. No bassist worth his nickels uses compression. It’s all in the hands...💯
@iamLexxKelsey 3 жыл бұрын
How does he tap the A G Cstring that light an get that loud sound 🤔 mines sounds like baby thumps no matter how hard i👍🏿it 4:51
@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power 4 жыл бұрын
uh oh, i might have to plug into my new hartke hd25 after this intro jam 😂 and you *stopped short!!!* 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏽♂️
@alexesther787 Жыл бұрын
Always like to hear Alex Al
@8020drummer 4 жыл бұрын
[jazz face] 😱🔥🔥
@thebassrogue 4 жыл бұрын
I started on an abandoned 6 string bass from my church. i almost broke my thumb trying to slap that bass, turns out I just didn't know how to setup the bass and the amp for the tone i expected. Sad to remember that was an amazing luthier 6 string bass with EMG soapbars and 3 band eq what a missed opportunity to enjoy that amazing bass
@mikerainham 4 жыл бұрын
I nearly said he’s one of the best slappers in the business but that doesn’t sound like a compliment lol. He is brilliant though, can play really fast and sustained
@quentincroisez8061 4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAH correct ! I had the same issue with my B string...
@j121212100 3 жыл бұрын
Is that a string mute on the nut? I need one. Muting is quite a challenge on a six string because of all the sympathetic vibration.
@atlytawbtafy2222 4 жыл бұрын
What about doing some videos with Dominic Forest Lapointe for SBL?
@michaelpapamihalis9713 4 жыл бұрын
What is that collar Andrew's got above the nut?
@h-dawg969 Жыл бұрын
Does a 6 string normally have 2 lower strings when tuned standard?
@billyjeffersoniv4344 4 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome if you could get Brian Ritchie to talk about melody and counter melody
@chrisholton1381 4 жыл бұрын
i have serious voice envy!
@AndreGSilva 3 жыл бұрын
Love Andrew, great artist. But that pizzicato wrist makes me anxious
@CrisGarcia6 4 жыл бұрын
MTD 6 string? And also the back track of this song called chakra Khan ain't nobody that he is playing satisfies me of practicing and playing it as well
@pacechcz 4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried to get Larry Graham to give a lesson? That would be super awesome!
@Merlyno99 4 жыл бұрын
What's the song at the beginning?
@wooferdevlin3571 4 жыл бұрын
Bill Dickens so much more than lightning speed slapper - granite groove merchant, like Andrew. and Mohini Dey - so much talent. Ü ♫
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