'Spank the Plank' - Slap Bass doc on BBC Radio 4

steamabacussteamabacus Frets: 1258
I'm just listening to 'Spank the Plank' on BBC radio 4. Exploring the methods and history of slap bass.

Available here (should be available for a while) ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04n62k3
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  • Have a wow thingy. Radio 4 do have some interesting rock related things sometimes hidden in the bowels of their schedule
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • That was very good, cheers!
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  • jd0272jd0272 Frets: 3867
    Twas a good listen, caught it at my desk yester-loiter ;)
    "You do all the 'widdly widdly' bits, and just leave the hard stuff to me."
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  • I was on the road yesterday for 8 hours and 40 minutes, so this pretty much saved my sanity.


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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17485
    tFB Trader
    Thanks for the link. 

    My Bassist will love it.
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  • That was really good. :) Although they mentioned Basschat and not us.... :(
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • That was really good. :) Although they mentioned Basschat and not us.... :(
    Hardly surprising. 4500+ threads in "Guitar" and 154 in "Bass".
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  • That was really good. :) Although they mentioned Basschat and not us.... :(
    Hardly surprising. 4500+ threads in "Guitar" and 154 in "Bass".

    well, err, hmmm.... X_X
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • Just listened, very entertaining....and that Yolanda Charles!

    Apart from the most obvious, I think this is one of the finest examples of Slap Bass playing, I just thought it should get a mention.




    Only a Fool Would Say That.
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  • Can't say I like "slap" bass. Just wish they'd play the damn thing. Mark King was the worst.
    "Working" software has only unobserved bugs. (Parroty Error: Pieces of Nine! Pieces of Nine!)
    Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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  • Phil_aka_Pip;406949" said:
    Can't say I like "slap" bass. Just wish they'd play the damn thing. Mark King was the worst.
    There is definitely a time and place.

    My favourite slappist is flea - but although very technical (and occasionally very jazzy) he uses it as a tool rather than to show off. Black eyed blonde and skinny sweaty man are great :)
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  • Can't say I like "slap" bass. Just wish they'd play the damn thing. Mark King was the worst.
    The section of Mark King playing the arpeggios underneath the chorus of Lessons in Love and then siging over the top of it was pretty amazing. How anyone can do all that at once and still remember to breathe is beyond me.
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  • ecc83ecc83 Frets: 1589

    I have it stashed in .wav so if anyone  out of UK wants a harken, PM me.


    Dave.

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