Rockabilly Slap Bass Lesson: Tips, Tricks and Technique

[@restless3825]

You said a couple of times that “you’re not an authority”. Don’t underestimate yourself! You showed command of the instrument and easy-to-follow instructions of the basic techniques. Well done and thanks for taking the time to make the Vid!!

[@natemorefield1218]

Man, I learned more from watching this than I have in the past 12 months of researching and reading. VERY WELL DONE! A sincere thank you.

[@FuzzBass66]

Thanks man, that means a lot. Hearing that means the video is doing its job. Theres a lot of stuff out there, but I found a lot of it rather vague and/or difficult to understand, so I tried to show the most useful/important techniques in as straight forward and in depth manner as I could. Glad I could be of service.

[@chuckinterrante4986]

Just wanted to add my thanks as well for this introductory lesson. I have only been playing upright for about 4 months and have been learning from this video and a handful of others on KZbin (e.g. Beg to the Roots). Very well done.

[@kathytiptonrondeau]

Thank you so much for the very informative video!! Keep em coming!

[@davidmulvey8443]

Brilliant thanks for your advice

[@nicolasgarza2001]

New to the double bass and your tips have been the best!

[@christophepastor8290]

Very nice playing, thanks for sharing.

[@wheredafarqrwi7331]

Don’t forget ! You are awesome!, great video man. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼😎

[@donaldswan1587]

Wow, I just realised you slap down with the whole hand, but are doing the pluck with just one finger. Thats really interesting technique

[@jamesdokken2142]

To add to your triplets... drag triplet hit the string with your open palm slide to your hand slap then pluck. Trample beat.. do a standard triplet slap but make a circle motion so your two slaps are on different areas of the finger board. Look into romba beats, and nova beats. Then get ready for quad slaps

[@jessiepalermo7234]

This was legitness. Thank you for this 🤘🏼

[@fulwoodphantom]

That bass sound sweet 👍

[@ianchisholm8873]

Really helpful video - best I’ve come across on KZbin so far !

[@jameszol5301]

Thank you for your time in explaining this, good stuff!! 👍

[@pillepalle3614]

That was great. 🙏

[@jimdevlin9045]

Super vid, thanks!

[@linusmcnasty]

Good job!!!

[@RychleTube]

You rock man

[@anastasiocatalan416]

Thank you Sir 🙂

[@alexs6401]

Very good thanks.

[@FuzzBass66]

Alex S If it helped you at all, I'm glad. Thanks for the kind words.

[@clawhammer704]

Iv played so much Iv had to either tape my fingers or use a golfers glove. Those metal strings will pull the hide off ur fingers with prolonged playing.

[@sb-vy8cw]

Very helpful video thanks so much! Any info you can share on pickups?

[@FuzzBass66]

Stephen Barrett I don't have a ton of info, but I've got a couple of videos up of the one pickup I have (the Fishman BP 100). There's obviously a whole slough of different styles and brands out there, for pickups and preamps...it can be a little overwhelming. The Fishman was a simple unit, but it did the job for me, especially when paired with their B II acoustic bass preamp. I'm sorry I can't be of more help...I actually don't even have this bass anymore, it got destroyed when I sent it in for repairs (ironic eh?).

[@SkinnyJimQuiff]

Hi.Tell me please what height did you make for the strings for the slap?Cheers.Kosta.

[@김떵븐]

Hi brother ☺ Through your video i learned so clearly.. thanks so much.. haha By the way i have a question.. if you possible... can you upload about this skill ..that how to build speed up triple slap skill Here is a Japanese bassist link I think he plays everything through triple slaps about i don't know how to do it is there a secret 🤔 ?

[@김떵븐]

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[@donaldswan1587]

Dumb newbie question; with the action really high, do you find you have to pull the string really far to get it to hit the board when it comes down?

[@FuzzBass66]

Not a dumb question at all, something well worth asking actually. The short answer is no, you don't have to/shouldn't have to pull them REALLY far out, but there are variables of course. It really comes down to exactly how high your action is combined with what type of strings you're using. The action doesn't need to be 6 miles high, just high enough to facilitate getting your fingertip under the string to grab it. If you set it up super high you're actually making things harder (generally), because in that case yeah, you'd need quite a bit of extra pull to get the string to slap. As for strings, some have a much higher tension than others, so they need a bit more 'oomph' and force to pull out far enough to get it to slap. The whole idea with this is to not make more work for yourself, there's no sense making it harder. Generally speaking, slightly higher action and medium/low tension strings are your best friends, but as always, different things work for different people, anything I tell you is essentially just a guideline or a jumping off point if you will. Best advice is just to keep playing and tweaking your set up until it's comfortable for you and you're getting the sounds you want. It takes time, a lot of time usually, but it all comes with time.

[@donaldswan1587]

@@FuzzBass66 Awesome, that is so helpful! Thank you for taking the time my friend

[@hermixtonen]

Looks like the triple slap is pluck, slap, slap, whereas the drag triplet is slap, pluck, slap

[@douwekooistra8058]

A very educating video. But i couldnt hardly hear youre voice

[@richardc2803]

What pick ups do you use and where do you position them?

[@FuzzBass66]

I didn't use it here, but I've got a Fishman BP-100 pickup. The two transducers go on the side of the bridge, right at the top. One goes between the E and A string, the other between the D and G. I usually pair it with the Fishman B-II bass preamp, just for a bit more tonal tweaking options. I've got a few videos up here on the channel using both the pickup and preamp if you're curious. They're nothing all that special by any means, but they get you heard when you need to be.