SLAP BASS SECRETS with Bobby Vega

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SLAP BASS SECRETS with Bobby Vega

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So today I’ve got the one and only Bobby Vega back in the hot seat with me…
And in this new lesson we’re discussing all things, slap bass.
Bobby’s going to be teaching you:
- The different tonal options you can get by switching pickups (lemme know which you prefer in the comments!)
- The different techniques of Louis Johnson and Larry Graham (and why it really doesn’t matter)
- His different tonal settings depending on the instrument
- And much more
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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@ezzong 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega will make every purists lookin like a clown. Fingerstyle? Pick? Slapping? He mastered it all without any need to listen to any judgements, prioritizing on serving what the music's need and most importantly, having fun.

@vincentkoster6291 4 жыл бұрын

I freaking love Bobby's playing and techniques

@martinrockport2485 4 жыл бұрын

I like his description of 'tone' using his hands across his mouth and his nose. Actually more relatable than you might imagine.

@JoshuaDb_The_Witness 4 жыл бұрын

This dude has been a session player for so long, he's like "man, whatever the gig needs... "... love it.

@garrybrown7372 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby is a very underrated-ish bassist. He’s got great groove and a phenomenally tasty technique.

@doctorsteveb4906 4 жыл бұрын

It's not just the slapping he does but also the chords he plays with his other fingers that make it so distinctive and amazing

@Funkbrother213 4 жыл бұрын

His feel is killin’. His technique is so smooth and fluid

@crap7123 4 жыл бұрын

i love when bassists say "basically"

@WTHFX 4 жыл бұрын

Only guy I've heard play "Hair" where it sounded like he was channeling Larry Graham. Bobby's ears and hands are off the charts.

@callingchristiano 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to say but Bobby is so far away from Larry

@cloudysky9991 3 ай бұрын

Yep he is way better than larry

@lilpbass 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Bobby noodle all day long. So funky, so groovey

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

It's gotta be groovy... He has to listen too...

@Wettendorff-music 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch this video again and again, forever and ever... Bobby Vega is the king of bass playing:D

@slyane7320 4 жыл бұрын

Scott,thank you for featuring 2 bass players that play with both picks & finger style...and the 2 you featured are FRICKING LEGENDs!!! About time you had Bobby & John Deacon!!!!!

@sansocie 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby is one of a kind. I smile everytime I run across his name or hear a riff of his! Great post Scott.

@och70 4 жыл бұрын

I could watch Bobby Vega play bass all damn day long.

@tomshiben6982 4 жыл бұрын

the man understands.... and can explain!! A true treasure!

@bw8669 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that he uses his right fingers to alter the tone is nek level! What a legend. #ineedtopracticemore. Loved this vid, thanks Scott.

@khronscave 4 жыл бұрын

The thing about the (passive) tone control on guitars or basses is that it's a bit of an "interactive" system - the cut-off frequency will depend on the value of the capacitor (usually in the nF, or nanofarads, range), the value of the tone potentiometer and the impedance of the pickups. Just switching or blending between the latter will end up with potentially different characteristics.

@mainlybass7137 4 жыл бұрын

his style is so unique and funky// love it

@McDoinky 4 жыл бұрын

Bobbys the kind of guy you can't get technique lessons from, but rather his personal approach to playing

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

If you can find one of Flea's first interviews... You're comment will develop a new depth...

@Metalbass1979 4 жыл бұрын

I first discovered Bobby while watching some MXR demo videos. Totally awesome player. Needless to say, I ended up buying some MXR pedals.

@1bassman9 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega plays with such a beautiful swing in his play that you don't miss any other instruments !!!

@robertovoi5803 4 жыл бұрын

What a TOP LESSON from Bobby

@shaolinzendragon4737 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega is just.... Phenomenal. Scott 😉👍🏿 Love ya, Brutha. Thank you for all of your instructional vlogs and bringing us these AMAZING interviews. You are a great Bassist and a great Instructor.

@ec-hi1br 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega is a unique and natural TALENT, He does things SPONTANEOUSLY. !

@babayaga1767 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever hes asked about his right hand technique he has a really slick way of never answering it cook

@noah-loyaltothesoil101 4 жыл бұрын

Right on bro, all the best 10min of my day

@mglaser6811 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great bass player...his rhytmicality is way the...absolutely on the spot...marvelous guy with a great sense of humor 💪👍👍

@vincentcuevas 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby is a freakin' beast!!!

@jrbass62 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to get a jazz so I can play like that!! Just swapped my 3 knob jazz to 2 knob. Like it !!

@michaelanthony9068 Жыл бұрын

Everybody that slaps well makes it look so easy ! I can’t stop fighting my bass when I try to slap. I feel like I was born without something that good slippers have. Wa wa.

@biga6856 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby is not giving away his secrets 🤣.

@aldreich31 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah..

@MrKafein 4 жыл бұрын

First video of the day, best way to start working along with a noice cup of coffee, thanks Scott !

@jeremyenriquez2250 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously 👽 Bobby is the man!

@mr.luiscastro7531 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby has a 🥁 in his hands

@ethanlocke3604 4 жыл бұрын

luis alfredo ruiz castro you mean he has a 🥁 For his hands

@micktomazou 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott...really enjoyed this...but then I enjoy most of your vids.

@JackTheRabbitMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Of all the musicians I have ever heard speak, amazingly, it's bass players who I respect the most. I am foremost a guitar player, and I would go further to say I am an acoustic guitar player. I absolutely love funk, and just hearing these giants play. Bass technique has always been stunning to me, because it incorporates drum and guitar techniques. Guitarists have known about capacitors for a long, long time. I am surprised most bass players haven't picked up on this stuff sooner; if you only watch bass videos, you're missing out on a lot of wonderful music! Always great videos, Scott!!! 🐰🤘🎸👍🏼

@la196 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love listening to Bobby's reasoning on "stuff":) Thanks for the "treat" Scott!

@brandonyankees1 4 жыл бұрын

You should get remco groove lab on

@shokid95 4 жыл бұрын

He is amazing

@charlesfinney1055 4 жыл бұрын

BV..is a 1 of the best bassist around..period..

@upgrayeddjohnson2018 2 жыл бұрын

I like Bobby cause he knows how to be an artist. It's not about what you play, it's just how you play it. He's not super technical, but he has licks.

@skipbauchmam5995 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome player. Very unpretentious guy. Very enjoyable to watch and learn.

@michaelstram 4 жыл бұрын

My dad had a 64 jazz that had that vintage dark sound. And with brand new strings it had a unique growl.

@maks886 4 жыл бұрын

The capacitors and potentiometers (basically resistors) make up what's called an RC filter. By varying the resistance (turning the pot) you are tuning the filter to (ekhm) filter out frequencies above a certain value (treble cut) or below a certain value (bass cut). Of course, the frequency also depends on the value of the capacitor.

@timgomes4810 4 жыл бұрын

i'm not much into slapping, but if it has bobby vega, i watch it

@melvinhunt8420 4 жыл бұрын

Very clean and smooth

@palomusic79 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,made my Sunday

@mv9787 4 жыл бұрын

Very good points concerning the tone 👍🏻

@aineo2888 4 жыл бұрын

Capacitor impedance is frequency dependent, getting lower as the frequency increases. I used to have a Rickenbacker with the capacitor in series with the pickup, which choked bass frequencies. I switched the capacitor to parallel to pickup and this let bass through and I could slice off highs.

@06xdforxd 4 жыл бұрын

0:17 made me smile back, you hypnotist!

@4Timesdafunky 9 ай бұрын

INSANE! 🤯🤯🤯🎸

@devinebass 9 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@georgewilliams7227 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega is the freakin man!!!

@GaryJibilian 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby is a Bass Monster!!!

@BassJapanDirect 4 жыл бұрын

What a great 10mins. Bobby is correct: the type of capacitor (mylar, ceramic, oil paper, etc) and value definitely makes a notable difference to the character of tone. Source. I've changed caps on basses 100s of times and noticed subtle, to huuuge differences. Damn I love Bobby's playing and approach so much, inspirational .... And, lol, my wife also does that "I'll tell you when you get back" thing too... 😂 Drives me nuts... psychological torture!

@oockeewoockie666 4 жыл бұрын

OH MY FUNKING GOD

@shauncollins5029 4 жыл бұрын

Yep cap value combined with pot value creates the filter shape and range. High value pots 500k are brighter than 250 k. 1mega ohm pot is brighter, offering the least resistance to the pickup output. Cap value effects the center point of the filter range. There are also treble bleed circuits to keep a more open sound when the volume pot is used, feeding the treble back into the output.

@morrisman64 4 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks Scott

@leogold75 4 жыл бұрын

Why my bass and my hands can do this? It's an alien Bobby Vega!! :)

@linovinn7011 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe one of the most important videos/information on professional slapping. The capacitor is really that important. With 20 cents you can change the root sound of your bass if you own a soldering iron :-)

@garethsweetday175 4 жыл бұрын

this man the great bass players

@theTrend7 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THE WAY HE SLAPS......WOW!

@reesedavis3499 4 жыл бұрын

Legend

@Slownoisedubs Жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍

@devinebass Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@Terrible_Peril 4 жыл бұрын

Someone keep him in a bubble, safe for all eternity.

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't realize Bob Vega until he sat in for Rocco Prestia...

@joycesanders4898 4 жыл бұрын

Please..he a National Treasure..is.

@thebassnsixx 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you

@jackweinberg8681 4 жыл бұрын

Both of your Basses are so nice

@RussianMoses 4 жыл бұрын

He's a magician!

@wingedrhino33 4 жыл бұрын

What he said about capacitors - I think the larger the capacitance, the higher the amount of treble that gets cut with each unit of turn of the tone pot. And capacitors are ridiculously cheap. So you should be able to try out a whole bunch to see what works best! I'm sure there's some sort of a holder for these capacitors you can buy in an electronics store that'd be soldered into the circuit so that you don't have to solder the capacitors themselves, thus making the process of changing them painless.

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

Lindy Fralin did just that so he could test his just built pickups...Lindy has a video out there somewhere using the capacitor box...

@kongandbasses8732 4 жыл бұрын

There are some videos available on KZfaq on the subject of capacitators and how they influence the high end and high mids. I for myself am looking for the sweet spot at the tone knob, what is depending on the bass at 10 - 25%, and use my fingers for different tones. My 1964 P needs only 10%, the MiM 50's Classic P needs about 20%, YMMV. No toneknob twiddeling while playing for me. You have fingers, use 'em!

@scottpolston6137 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been lucky enough to talk to Bobby it was nice and it was about a specific amp he needed parts for it was very hard to get that said part for a retired pjb m500 head but apparently he liked this Phil Jones bass head the man makes phenomenal stuff to bass it’s assembled in China still sounds great though

@Naniamania3 4 жыл бұрын

You can’t teach Bobby. The Bobby lesson is that there’s no right or wrong...play for the song. Technique aside, he’s making music.

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

Know what sounds and tones you want to express and develop the muscle memory slowly at first...Victor Wooten did a excellent example in video and/or book...

@WTHFX 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby reminds me of Rocco Prestia, Jaco or Larry Graham. Someone with so much natural musicality that he really doesn't think in terms of technique. It's more of a biological hypersensitivity and responsiveness that can't help but transmit brilliant music. You can teach "what" Bobby does but you can't teach "how" Bobby comes up with it. In the words of Arthur C. Clarke, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Bobby's a magician.

@Naniamania3 4 жыл бұрын

WTHFX Bobby actually filled in for Rocco in TOO when he had to take some extended leave.

@drjazz7278 4 жыл бұрын

Love to see him play live with a drummer and just a guitarist. Would sound and immense and sell tickets I'm sure .. does he tour at all ?

@hawkyxvx1786 4 жыл бұрын

Does clinics here and there. He's predominantly a recording bassist nowadays

@TheWaters222 Жыл бұрын

Search for live shows by the bands Zero and KVHW.

@jayl5941 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Never heard of him (which is too bad). He's incredible. Also, that is the sexiest bass I've ever seen.

@user-on7nc8uj9s 9 ай бұрын

Bobby Vega is from the Lakeview district of San Francisco played with the violations and numerous city bands including the one time he got the band I was in gig I'm Daryl dozier of the unity band of San Francisco ❤

@computerscientist5953 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how to play that strum pattern at 1:45?

@dbboi33 4 жыл бұрын

Just like that!🤯🤯

@jhowe5571 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Scott. Was curious if you're aware of Davie504's challenges? Was wondering if you'd considered doing his latest challenge?, Aye??? BTW... Thumb that like button and clang that bell, for Scott, right now!!!! Also, yes, the capacitors do make a difference in the tone circuit. The potentiometer will effect it a little, depending if it's a 250k or 500k. At least in it's tone sweep, as you turn it... It wasn't mentioned here, maybe b/c Mr. Vega doesn't have any active basses but, would've been good to add to the comments and/or asking him about it...

@allthebass 4 жыл бұрын

Scott: You complete me. Me: Shut up. You had my “like” at Bobby V.....you had my “like” at Bobby V......😭

@chedhead3278 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Scott, great stuff. :)

@vwasic 3 жыл бұрын

This is how to make love with the bass guitar!

@sheikantoniovonpeanutbutte9667 3 жыл бұрын

Cool interview/demonstration, Bobby is a national treasure, but not much teaching is going on here

@giovannibortoluzzi1384 4 жыл бұрын

2:00 "you're doing the up" . I waited for the answer but nothing -.- . Later I figured out by myself that he was doing triplets with thumb-down/thumb-up/pluck

@SteveGouldinSpain 4 жыл бұрын

I thought Doug Rauch started the double thumb thing. I've seen videos of him on KZfaq where he is slapping with a kind of rest stroke landing on the string below, which is perfect position to come back up with the thumb. That was early 1970's

@israelantonini 4 жыл бұрын

Bobby Vega, brincando, já é fantástico hahaha

@vasilias2230 4 жыл бұрын

RIP neil

@nofretzDW 4 жыл бұрын

Scott, have you ever tried to contact Alex Al to be the subject of one of your videos?

@upgrayeddjohnson2018 2 жыл бұрын

Personally I do double downs like Louis Johnson instead of the double thumb technique.

@aaronkim2090 4 жыл бұрын

When did Scott swap the Moollon neck onto the '59 Reissue body?

@christianskyumcarlsen9774 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to know which string and what's action on Bobby Vega's bass ? I of course know that a lot of the tone comes from Bobby himself and the gear in general :)

@FlameWizzard 4 жыл бұрын

1:54 -> best explanation

@sergiotambelini9103 4 жыл бұрын

B Vegga TOP!!!

@philosophyoftrucking 4 жыл бұрын

The problem with these cats is that it all comes so very natural, that they make rather poor teachers. They can just make it happen. It's the same with hall of fame athletes.

@robertschaeffer5861 4 жыл бұрын

Best advice that hit me was..."keep your hands on your instrument "... another was in many forms...sing what you play or play in phrases/riffs...

@metalheadblues 4 жыл бұрын

Hard work beats talent

@joycesanders4898 4 жыл бұрын

..maybe you been trying too hard..jus a thought.

@MarcinKubica 3 жыл бұрын

Just don't watch :)

@trailerfitter2 3 жыл бұрын

It's about feeling the Force!

@mr.t382 4 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! Those strings sound great for slap but kinda thin. Maybe Roto 35-..???.... What you think?

@bentpolski 3 жыл бұрын

SCOTT! Is that a Standard FRONT pickup? Or Bobby's favorite EMG'S?

@gtfilter 4 жыл бұрын

Can you talk about non-centered bass strings on a bass? Is this an issue or a non-issue? It seems a lot are concerned about their bass strings specially on 5 stringed ones that are not centered on the dot and slightly favoring the low or high fret edge. Will it affect the tension on the neck? There are no videos covering this topic. There are some videos showing how to adjust it for bolt-on necks but for neck-thru basses that fix is not possible. It seems to bother me also, being tthe perfectionist that I am.

@virdesire 4 жыл бұрын

frickin awesome

@sofa9512 4 жыл бұрын

cool~

@awiems Жыл бұрын

Hey Scott, how did you get that Moollon distressed bass that you are holding at the beginning of the video?? I want that bass!

@Syncop8rNZ 4 жыл бұрын

I often hear people talk about turning the tone knob "wide open" or " up full" as if it were a volume knob. Surely doing thist just makes it more trebly than 'normal', just as turning it the other way makes it more bassy than normal?