Slap Solo Take 1

[ghostyman666]

How long have you been playing that blew my fucking head off almost. KIck ass dude.

[xturban]

Mind me asking, as complex & well played your videos are :)

By the looks of things, your just staying in the box using the Pentatonic scale in E?

It's pretty amazing how such a simple formula can lead to something like you just played. Well done man.

[SlapOutCity]

@xturban I'm certainly not the most technically proficient player in the world.

[DaWustinator]

You have the best fucking tone, goddammit. 5 years into playing bass and I'm still in awe. Your Take 2 is EVEN sicker...

[bassfest1990]

Hey, bass player here looking for inspiration/here. How did you learn slap? How long did it take to get at that level? Any tips on my quest to become the next Claypool?

[NenaLikeIt]

Good. :)

[joshuajrash]

lol it dident stop

[Hmantooth]

@joshuajrash yesh it dident stop ah ha haaha hah ah

[sd1333]

Fucking amazing. wtf did I just watch.

[idri07]

YOU SUCK PIECE OF CRAP ,FUCKING GEEK CRY LIKE A BITCH

MOTHFUCKER

[Hmantooth]

@idri07 He is a fucker of many moths!

[ThePsihopatul]

i dont have no longer my lower jaw after this, awesome!

[HBDRful]

GOT TO WIPE THE NOSE!!!!!!!...but no really this is kick ass

[ecbfilms001]

no! stop! i cracked up

[TheSlapmania]

すげぇ・・・・

[Terrorifiction]

0_o

[halpinghand]

its most likly dorian

[TdUfAn1]

:| wtf is this guy alright

:)

[sociopathix]

Dude your awesome, 10/10

[Eltiik]

AMAZING GUY *o*

[dauishaiu]

OMG

[elementskater2929]

dude ur sick

[ass1210]

you whats up tony

[loris2bastia]

stop stop !

[tinett15]

what the.. o.0 ?!

you just.. and I can't.. is that magic or what?!

I decided to name you the Slap Wizzard.

[afroman1419]

what kind of scale do you use to slap? I've been trying with a blues scale but it doesn't sound right

[itachi456789]

Most likely pentatonic

[SR1000EFM]

pfff i can beat him whenever i want........at tetris.

[GuitarCalE]

HOLY S**T that was amazining!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arez64]

I love how this is unacceptable by your standards yet was still awesome.

[2meanings]

Holy Shit dude!

0:30 - 0:34

Did your right fingers seriously just move that fast!?!?

[gtafreak1994]

the only better slap bass video ive ever seen on youtube is part 2 of this

[WickedRai]

that was sick!

u in a band?

[30BelowBand]

that was amazing!

[Leetav]

probably my favourite video on youtube :)

[banaandieblauwis]

what the fuck?

u call this ''Go Wrong'' ??

its fucking great!!!

[igyigyigyigy]

what the fuck was that? it was INCREDIBLE and amazing!!!

[HokageKing]

Ladies, and Gentlemen I think this man is the next Victor Wooten, but not as good as the God Of Slap Bass, Les Claypool

[Lawlietx3]

aaaawesome :D

[SeanD2006]

holy shit that is awesome!

great job man

[IIiiioooiiiII]

waiting 4 u 2 slap fast dude!....

[koneric]

your crazy men!!!

[sidops]

i saw this video..then i went and i slapped my bass but it didnt sound like that...

[thingy86]

haha :P

[aestheticpikachu]

great job man! i dig.

[OMGLYKEWOW]

lol.. hilarious ending :-)

kickass vid tho

[BiedaQ]

Few mistakes + a lil bit chaotic but still hella bouncy!!!

U > Claypool imo;D

[usszmcv]

ive favorited like all your bass videos your fuckin amazing man

[goodman1507]

u are good mah men!keep up!

[guitarherokami]

kickass, man. im trying to figure out how u do that. i got the first 10 seconds down lol

[utentenumero2019]

woow!! are you amazing!

great,nice slap man.

[mayhemdafurry]

he messed up in the middle, you wouldnt realize unless youve seen the 2nd version. Still fantastic.

[flyingasian6669]

that sounded pretty good to me

[guitarpwner67]

all haters go die...weell dont die i dont want that on my conscious but have something bad happen to you!!!

[chocskate3]

his thumb is insane, especailly compared to mine, ha, love the ending too

[UltimaWeapon08]

very FUNKEH >:]

[andrewdavies4]

No Stop, STOP!

LMAO!

[ozzi999]

No, stop. STOP!

Lol, nice touch :D

[MarcIsWhite]

yet another FUCKASS WIGGLE!!! WHY?!?!?

[ShyGuyRailroadCo]

Well I can't see how you fucked that up, aside from the webcam!

That was amazing!

[Kadeerthejanitor]

he messes up once at the end, you can hear a little fret buzz, it's really minor.

other than that, maybe he just didn't like how it sounded.

[Zombo111]

Another one for my favourites wow!

[imoverweight6969]

what i cant understand is how your not happy with that the first time. thats pretty impressive man. keep it up. i want to learn slap so bad

[SLIPKNOTmaggot123666]

brian is a niggerfaggot

[mrfenderbenderman]

n i g g e

im sorry i cant do this, its horrible

[fretless57]

Both Takes are very, very nice!

Thanks for sharing!

[slipknotpiece]

ohhhh that was awesome how long did it take you to do that .... your entire life???

[david0551]

wow!

[monobaliado]

holy crap!! this is amazing

[iCONICAACINOCi]

I'm sure i said it at some comment below somewhere, but i really prefer this to take 2! it's more "punchy" as if you were slapping harder..

[kuningashenkka]

you totally rock, man!

[simply6foot2]

nice jam bro. Now all you need is an Ibanez...

[SlapOutCity]

That's an interesting idea.

[crazddrifterr]

@simply6foot2 only ibanez he needs..well doenst need but shoud have is liek a k5 xD

[xillermo]

You are mestizo --middle ET middle araucano

[jkassel27]

you should probably know that even when you think you're fucking up, you're better than me at my absolute best. kudos, and keep it up.

[deuxchongta]

i thought your a kind of person that don't smile, but i'm wrong:D

[nanakmuch]

LOL you are well good, funny when you couldent stop camera, "No, STOP!" LOL.

[Boula4]

hey uh.... any tips on how to do this? i play bass and ive been looking on how to learn slap bass, i mean my uncle told me its like um, something really dirty that me and all men do alone in our rooms but hes and idiot so do you have any tips?

[lylle88]

sick slapp ^^ and i was a absolutely rolling on the floor wih laughtertears in my eyes when you couldent stop the camera :P

[EvillBalls]

Get some dude to do you some drums and add some singin guy and you got youself a band AND TEH MONIES

[tetonakops]

you should be a bilion air... just make a CD and you'll get there... fucking awsome btw dude

[matthewq9]

i have 2 saw wow dude u r awsome!!!!

[shredmaster1234]

man im in love with this guy... not really of course lol

anyway nice solo

[jnsbp83]

man, you need to be rich. nobody see it?

[SlapOutCity]

I guess not, dude.

BTW if anyone feels the need to just, y'know, give me lots of money, please feel free.

[jnsbp83]

HEHEHE sorry bout my english, i don't have rivers of money, but if you were to brazil I would be honored to assist you. And pay for th price... you realy deserve. congratulations!!!

[SlapOutCity]

cheers dude, I appreciate that.

[ToguroKun]

holly shit!

so amazing! O.o

[Ramathorn2007]

that was fuckin sweet!

[RSEnterMySoul]

duuuude :D i wish it would just keep going fer days

[Gtchy1230]

That was freaking amazing!!! Take 2 may have been even better! You, my good sir... are a god!

[kjneedsvideos]

SICK!

[BenStar94]

respect!

[sykes48]

OMG you are funking amazing AHHH!!!

\_/0o0\_/

[wackojacko18]

Youy solos are the absolute shit !! awsome

[TiiilD4]

omg.

great!

[xillermo]

Lomejor en bajo que he escuchado

[octotango]

i like the take 2 better

but this is stil pretty fucking crazy

[octotango]

fuck ya

[Nuggetmasterman]

Ha nice

[Chikimefuiki]

haha nice solo

I gave you a 5 for that nice bit of personality at the end, haha

[rlgus16]

Wow Oi James i didnt know that ur dat gud lol

[DaveBassingthwaighte]

wo man take 1

[SJPO]

Awesome! Lol "No, stop!"

[JRobert69]

ridiculous

[meinelana]

"ridiculous??"

Can you do it better?

[BboyNaishun777]

I'm pretty sure he's saying that it's good.

[StrawberryJungle]

Agh don't be so hard on yourself that still sounded bloody awesome!

[RoCkMeTaL853]

awesome, shame you couldnt work the camera properly though lol.

[wolechair]

hahaha very very good

[Poopfemur]

your recording tone is great man

[jackal301]

i wish i could do that...

[eugeniopalurdo]

vos sos hijo del flea???? jajaja ciao!

[doppleganger4]

fukin hell this is like as gd as take 2!!

[Utamey]

WOOOO! Go James!

[SlapOutCity]

Do I know you? Do you know ME?

[MomSaysImCool]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.­

[scothar]

your right hand is like shaking from parkinson

[SlapOutCity]

Technically it's not parkinson's, but I suppose you could describe slap funk as a disease of the nervous system...if you really wanted to.

[benny704]

LOL

its a disease thats got everybody shaking =]

[wolechair]

hahahaha

[BigBroMike]

im just laughing my ass off cause its so god damn good lol

[cramber666]

O.O fuck yeah

[AlanJPotter]

Fantastic on the bass but crap on the camera - too dark and you can't stop it.

[happyknappy14]

the bass is ace and so are u thats some shit hot slapin

[Suxkers]

best slap ever on youtube ;D

[kittylovesdog]

U ROCKEAS!

[KurtSandford]

He's right your thumb is very fast, yet clean.

You really arn't that far of mark king looking at this, but the masters like that have the knowledge that nobody else seems to have as well as tech's.

[KuPHer]

boaah damn AWESOME!

how long are you playing the bass now?

i mean i do for one year now

and i think im kinda million years away

from being able to play THAT great...

(seeing people playin soo awesome allways makes me think that ive been just wastin time...)

[SlapOutCity]

I know what you mean, dude. When I see Mark King or Victor Wooten I'm always a bit like...Why bother?

[KuPHer]

no way dude that must be somethin else...

i mean they can´t be THAT much better than you

your so damn fast... until seeing this

i would have never thought that you can do things like this with a bass... *envy/admiration*

[SlapOutCity]

Thanks for saying that, dude.

[KurtSandford]

Fucking sweet as, but if you learn that wooten tech it will seems so much easier, with the speed of your thumb i don't think you need it though but it would make things twice as easy.

Keep going :D

[Deicidal]

Mate, i cant tell what your thumbs doing, are you doing a kinda wooten double thump thing? or just hitting it in quick succession? thanks if ya answer

[SlapOutCity]

Just hitting it in quick sucession - that Wooten double thump stuff is beyond me at the moment.

[baselstrasse]

I've puzzled about the double thump, apparently Mark King and Marcus Miller do it too, but why bother when you can get so fast without doing it? The point, after all, is how it sounds, and you make it sound fantastic. Inspiring stuff!

[psychicSnow]

dude

[Akadou]

Ive got nothing against this video should have stated that in the first response. I like the way you play it, Its pretty much the same solo as Primus DVD solo. So its kindve hard to tell =/.

[SlapOutCity]

I must admit, I don't think I have the most original sound. My slap bass solos tend to sound a lot like Mark King as well.  Mark King's solos are, of course, much better than mine.

[zorb2000]

Yo! James how are you doing my old mucker! It's Simon from Uni! Nice to see your bass work gets better!

[zorb2000]

Do you still have that Jazz bass?

[SlapOutCity]

Hi Simon how're you doing. Yes I do indeed have the jazz bass of which you speak.

[zorb2000]

super, i guess thats a new bass then buddy? Get yourself registered on facebook and find me.

[eryaman1]

süper alowaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[sonofsam2112]

awesome stuff, i really liked it, slap bass is one of god's gift to us mere mortals, and you have superior command

[happyknappy14]

when are u gonna do take 3 u might be able 2 think of an awsome ending this time if anyone can do it u can. more vids plz

[iCONICAACINOCi]

i watched and commented on your take 2, but i looked for more of your stuff, get a record out there, id buy it!

ps i thought the bit at the end where you couldnt turn your cam off was real funny! "no, stop" yeah that'll fix it! lol

[SlapOutCity]

Glad you liked it dude. With technology, when in doubt, shout.

[goldmember123]

is that a Fender or an SX?

[SlapOutCity]

Fender

[goldmember123]

is it the Mexican or the American?

Japanese Pickups or American?

[SlapOutCity]

The bass is Mexican I think, the tail pickup came from a Yamaha BB 404F and I have no idea where the other one came from.

[kendrym]

ur good at that man

[sigreer83]

Hiya mate. When you gonna stick another bass vid up? been waiting for ages now.

Cheers

[SlapOutCity]

When I get around to it, dude. That's all I'm gonna say.

[KSagan88]

my god dude. make a solo album. you're the best bassist i've ever heard!!!! you'd make a shitload of money

[Cenobile]

Hardly any, you'd be suprised to be honest. And i should know!

[jugette]

Hey man, Adrian's sis here (Jordan). Just had to say...I never get tired of this video, always watching it cos you simply amaze me, absoloutly awesome stuff xD

[xxxPipebombsxxx]

damn good bass skillz, but he cant work a camera for shit

lmao

[SlapOutCity]

You're not wrong

[xxxPipebombsxxx]

yea dude but i watched both take, and i wonder how many strings that guy breaks...

[Rebertocab]

wena socio

[Dalziel912]

yeah lonas hellbourg's reall good an his stuffs hard 2 play. ur good 2 man, i loved take 2 (i even tried to play it)

[rocklunatiko]

que cara de ñoño

[PhatLarkin]

that reminds me of Jonas Hellborg

is he one of your influences?

[SlapOutCity]

To be honest, I've never heard of him.

[PhatLarkin]

well you should look him up, he is one of my favorite bassists and you remind me of him, playing-wise

[SlapOutCity]

Yeah after you mentioned him I checked him out and he seems pretty cool. Thanks for telling me about him.

[pqt86]

la raja

[Donnieosmond]

Holy shit you're fucking amazing.

[Nielsjee]

that's fucking sick man.. that technique owns bitches..

[ingallls]

great !!! but now could you play the same thing slowly to understand your technique

[mastrbasser]

crazy sack