Slap Bass Set-Up
Ampeg Amps are my favorite... They have great tone and are very rugged. If you've ever played through an Ampeg, you know what I mean. One of my first bass amps was an Ampeg combo. It had a 15" speaker and great tone. MusicMan Bass Guitars are the "King of Funk". They have a really punchy tone that no other brands have. The most popular model is the Stingray... I like the Sterling a little better, it's basically a modern Stingray. It has a smaller body and active EQ. It's not a cheap bass guitar, but it's worth every cent. MusicMan Basses are built rock solid. My favorite strings are Ernie Balls, the ones in the pink packaging. They're light enough for poppy slapping, but not too light. Ernie Ball Bass Strings are like Ernie Ball MusicMan Basses... great quality.

Slap Bass Players
I have many Bass influences but recently I've gotten into James Jamerson. Did you know that James Jamerson was the bass player on most of the Mowtown Recordings... Mowtown Recordings had more Hits than the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Elvis combined. WOW! From what I currently have learned about him, he really paved the way for bass players... I believe that before James Jamerson, the popular notion of the bass guitar in a band was just to play the root notes of the song. James Jamerson introduced rhythmic and melodic grooves as a bass player. He's not known for slapping, but he sure was funky. Some of my other favorite bass players are Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Jacko Pastorius , and Flea. I saw Victor Wooten perform with Bela Fleck in a amphitheater in Dayton, Ohio. Wow, what a show... he's a Human Metronome. Primus always puts on a great solid show. They're one of the bands that actually sound better live! Les Claypool is all over the place on both the electric bass and the Upright Bass. I've seen Flea play several times and he's got the rock slap funk. He was one of my first introductions to slap bass. Thank you Flea.

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