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BLCKOUT420 wrote:
I'm starting a project next week that has a stand up bass. The girl that
plays
it uses the slap bass method.

How do you mean 'slap bass method', was she hitting the strings with her
thumb and having them hit the fingerboard like on a bass guitar? I bet
that has some serious peaks!

Sort of. They fret the string and literally slap the fingerboard down
near the bridge end rather than plucking (or bowing) the string). It's
very percussive. It used to be pretty standard in bluegrass and jump
bands where they didn't really care much about the tone of the bass or
the definition of the note, it was both the bass and drum.

I've never really found any better way to record (or capture for live
sound) a bass played in that manner than the old bluegrass trick of
wrapping a microphone (usually an SM57 or something of that ilk) in
foam or a towel, and stuffing it into the hole in the bridge, pointing
upward. Gets plenty of slap and enough thud so you can tell that it's
a bass.

It's not a great bass sound, but it's THAT bass sound. If they wanted
what's considered by most to be a great bass sound, they'd play it
differently.

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