Mine is a Mustang PJ.
I think those basses are rad - and they can sound pretty good with slap.
The ones that are hardest to get to slap are the classic mustangs with the teeny little split pickups - without the j pickup on the bridge.
But - like folks said in the other thread - slap isnāt necessary.
Itās a thing that infects some of us, and we canāt shake it and have to do it all the time!
If I was your teacher Iād encourage you to give it a shot, since thereās nothing to lose, and hopefully it ends up feeling good and sounding cool.
Iāll give it a shot. Iām only on module 5. Iām taking my time trying to get each section down before I move on.
I can slap on my 25 inch scale acoustic. Itās definitely āflabbyā and a very different sound.
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What do we think about slapping 24 fret basses and harmonics?
We are for it.
Big time.
Again, not necessary, but very good times can be had.
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If youāre just starting out my suggestion is to put slapping on the back burner set to off until you can execute everything else youāll need to learn about scales, timing, and feel. Slapping is like a bass playing master class. Get your BS in ābassicsā first.
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Iād put off slapping initially because I was learning on an acoustic bass guitar. Once I got my electric and tried the slap module I was surprise by how hard slapping is. I decided to hold off since Iām focused right now on clean technique, rhythm, sight reading, and learning chord tones and just have too much on my plate to add slap practice into the mix. Maybe once I complete some of the numerous courses Iām taking Iāll take another āslapā at it.
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Glad i found this thread ā¦ I just got to module 13ā¦ and Iām thinking ā¦ this has nothing to do with me. ( not into slap at all )ā¦
I think Iāll watch the vids, just to see whatās involvedā¦ in case I decide later to slap my bass like it owes me money.
moving on then 