Improve Your Slap Bass Tone (Tips On Gear, EQ & Technique!)

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The last few lessons I’ve talked at length about bass tone and volume settings. This week we’re going to look at getting a good slap bass tone.
This is something beginners to the slap technique struggle with probably even more than the technique itself. We'll look at your bass guitar, tone controls, EQ settings, pickups, technique and compression
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@mrspronky 9 күн бұрын

so useful to know that about having newish strings, I only dabble in bass, but no other beginner tutorials I watched ever mentioned it and it sounds like it makes a huge difference. Thanks!

@brandocalrissian88 Жыл бұрын

For anybody looking to improve their slap technique, I can't recommend Mark's Simple Steps to Slap course enough! I bought it a few weeks ago and already I'm playing stuff that i never thought I'd be able to play. Mark is an excellent teacher and his course are very reasonably prices for the quality of instruction you receive. And no, I was not paid to write this I just have found Mark's content to be the best bass instruction online. Keep it up Mark and thank you for all you do!

@foshizol Жыл бұрын

I concur, I also bought Mark's slap bass course when it was on sale both one and two. Even though I have a little experience I'm starting from the very beginning.

@davidvitale9338 Жыл бұрын

I agree completely. I've been through volume one and am partly through volume two. Excellent material and instruction.

@Dallasllama Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great advice. Looking forward to the compression video! I’m getting great value out of the Chord Tone Essentials course at the moment, but I have my eye on the Slap courses when I eventually get through this one. Thanks again Mark.

@tabazlover Жыл бұрын

A great, practical lesson that I wish I learned when I first started playing! Thanks!

@MichalsonCZ Жыл бұрын

I like the emotion you put into this video. Nice explanation, thank you.

@grooveattitude06 Жыл бұрын

Very complete! Thank you so much

@grahamearl2181 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Video Mark

@goranvuletic8873 4 ай бұрын

This is pure gold!

@joninawhitecoat 10 ай бұрын

To be fair, that flatwound slap tone still sounded fantastic and is a very cool and usable sound. The superb technique probably helps too.

@charlieburns1385 Жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson Thanks much!

@mattmeyers403 Жыл бұрын

Great job!!! Thanks man

@Dombobaybee 9 ай бұрын

as someone with only just under 2 years of bass playing, hearing from someone to just max the the pick ups and tone on my j bass and completely equalize my amp was the perfect advice!

@fartrellcluggins930 Жыл бұрын

Thank You so much for such a helpful tutorial

@jmd01 Жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks 🙂

@questelohim... Жыл бұрын

Thanks great lesson👍💯

@iamgribs 10 ай бұрын

A lot of enlightening moments here!! I need to start looking at what i do 😂 thank you

@shawnalove5050 4 ай бұрын

Great info as usual! Another thing for beginners I think, is understanding the proverbial "hammer on". So much of slap style (thumping & plucking) involves hammering whole steps, half steps and sliding notes up and down to the next part of the phrase. As he did at one point in the demonstration.

@bluediligence7842 9 ай бұрын

Great lesson. An additional effect on top of compression is a subtile amount of chorus or flanger. In recordings I sometimes hear over dubbing of 2 different riffs to create a very complex slap solo. E.g. Phil Carmen’s “On my way to L.A.” The gauge of strings also plays an important role in sound and plying comfort. E.g. the light gauge Ernie Ball strings are often recommended on the Sting Ray. Couldn’t agree more that the set-up of the bass is important with respect to truss rod adjustment and low string action setting at the bridge, especially for one more slapping technique which I unfortunately missed in this lesson though: cross-string hammer-on.

@joannalewis5279 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@stephen-collins Жыл бұрын

I laughed and laughed at Mark's little demo of muting accidents around 9:50

@warrenbass7350 Жыл бұрын

Great video Mark 👍

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Thanks Warren!!

@badger4361 11 ай бұрын

This is a great video, also get an EBS amp. The dual jazz pickup, MM sound is fantastic.

@damonmoss8551 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@jackill2611 9 ай бұрын

Awesome as usual. Thank you very much!

@micktomazou Жыл бұрын

Beginners will also suffer from soft skin on their thumb which will need to toughen up by playing....can be frustrating at first but just persevere. Thanks Mark.

@musenw8834 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes that's important to note too

@S735334 9 ай бұрын

''Forget Me Nots'' does not have hammer-ons...Freddie plays that part with 12 separate notes, off his thumb..

@sunjamrblues Жыл бұрын

To me, the round wound strings have a kind of rattle to them, whereas the flat wounds sound more dull. I recently bought a set of Rotosound black nylon (flat wound) strings which are a joy to play - really easy on the fingers, no string noise with slides - but they don't slap well at all. Maybe if I practice more, I can get them to sound better.....

@marshwetland3808 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful instrument. I really like the plain wood and the white fret markers on a pale neck. But I googled and most J basses don't have whatever-it-is covering the strings in the middle of the body, there. What is that and what is it for?

@bossM1ke.. Жыл бұрын

Hi bro. Which one better? Hi Beams, Lo Rider or Dunlop MM Strings?

@peterwilliams7945 Жыл бұрын

So can you get a decent slap with a short scale, mine sounds awful (squier jag), I'm half decent on a full size but my old hands are starting to feel it?

@kcjones2737 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I notice when going from finger style to slap (only a few notes as its still coming along 🤣) in a band practice, it gets WAYYY loud! You mentioned dialing in your setting not for solo but in the mix... is this best navigated by setting foot pedal to switch to lower volume or is it maybe to heavy handed in technique? Obviously this is individual just wondering if there was a "Rule of Thumb" regarding switching it around mid song. Thank you again!! Cheers!

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

One word: compressor. Either use a compressor or try to calm down on your slapping. You shouldn’t be hitting hard at all. Especially when shifting between techniques.

@luigi.zanini Жыл бұрын

11:37

@graemerobertson5160 Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice anything about amp settings. I have bass mid and treble on mine and I always back off the mid and boost the treble, although I do that with getting a sharp pop sound in mind.

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

The EQ settings are the same amp settings. I try to keep things flat. Be careful when setting amp controls not to drop out of the mic.

@micktomazou Жыл бұрын

That's what I do. The "smile" graphic shape is an urban myth afaiac

@cskeise Жыл бұрын

💙👊😎

@cwkun2197 Жыл бұрын

when i slap and pop on D & G string, E & A always rumble, should i use use right hand wrist to mute?

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

No. Use the other available fingers of the fretting hand. Practice the home position I talk about in this lesson

@camf8372 Жыл бұрын

What if I have a Squier Jazz bass?

@BenD_Bass Жыл бұрын

you should do a video tutorial on how to do your slap intro lol

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Did one ages ago. Just search Talkingbass Intro Slap

@horrorshowbass Жыл бұрын

Get a stingray, done.

@crapadopalese Жыл бұрын

Respectfully, this was not a good lesson. There was basically zero discussion of right hand technique (how to hook your finger to pop? Where on the neck are you aiming for when slapping? Exactly where neck ends? Below it? Above it?). That to me is the most important part.

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

That’s not what the lesson is about. I’ve got a massive amount of slap lessons on the channel dealing with beginner technique. This isn’t a lesson on ‘how to slap’. It’s about tone. To be honest, on re watching it, I think I dwelled on technique a little too much. So no, I wouldn’t be interested in showing how to pop in this lesson. It’s irrelevant.

@paulmotion2238 Жыл бұрын

Try actually reading the title of the lesson before moaning about the content! Mark’s courses and content are excellent!

@crapadopalese Жыл бұрын

@@paulmotion2238 last word of the title: "technique" 🤦‍♂️

@mikebuick2332 Жыл бұрын

@@crapadopalese considering there’s loads of other ‘how to’ videos in the series, I’m sure Mark doesn’t need to repeat himself every lesson. It also says ‘Slap’ in the title, not ‘Pop’ if you’re going to be pathetically pedantic!