Riff Of the Week™ : Slap & Pop!

[clintusmaximus]

is that an Avalon VT-737 i see back there on the rack? You have any Vposts about micing heavy guitars?

[DAVEWEINER]

@clintusmaximus - they are Avalon 2022 pres.

[WeakSignaI]

reminds me of Flea from RHCP

[juswannawatchthings]

cheers man this was pretty usefull, wat kind of amp setting do you use while doing this kinda stuff?

[DAVEWEINER]

@juswannawatchthings  - loud volume so you can get lots of punch, bit on the cleaner side.

[juswannawatchthings]

@DAVEWEINER cheers, will give it a try

[spoofzilla]

I like the slap tone you're getting. I hardly ever hear good slapping on guitar.

[Mathidal]

I don't think much guitarists own a seven-string or eight-string guitar. xD

[steelblade90]

that's definitely not true.

[565765746867665]

@Mathidal actually, ALOT of them do.  I prefer them with the wider range of notes and especialy that low sound.

[alancito86]

Your lesson was complete and simple. Thanks Dave!

[metalhead326]

hahah 3/26 is my BDAY

[theoak84]

my man emeral, haha!

[yepenga92]

what song is that at the beggining?

[DAVEWEINER]

info at the end of the vid.

[Divinorum913]

ROFL Nice use of the LiveType defaults at the beginning. First time I've seen an instruction video on YT with some small sign of post-production...

Sounds cool on a guitar, but I find that the strings are a bit too close together to get a crisp sound. That and the next highest string will murder your cuticles... Of course I'm a bass purist playing with a guitar so what did I expect lol...

I didn't expect for the top of my finger to bleed all over the strings...

[ChauncyPeppertooth1]

Excellent work. I've been looking for a good explanation on the slap/pop technique. Is there a particular spot to slap the thumb? I notice you're a little higher than midpoint between the bridge and neck pickup. Also are you using both pickups when slapping?

[JohnnyGTar]

Thanks man!Now,what if I want to do a series of notes or something else than an octave.I`m trying to slap-hammer on-pop-slap-pull off but it sounds sloppy...Any tips-if you actually understood what I just said!!!!

[SnakyGodzilla]

Can I use this technique on a 6 string guitar too? Tuned in standard E?

[DAVEWEINER]

Only on Tuesdays.

[HALOISAWSUM]

LOL

[theclovek]

nice ... i use it myself but i never got it good enough for using in a song or wherever...

just to get people laughing and looking for a bass player :D

[Fu345]

this is hard

[WyldeMalmsteen]

Good Stuff!

[liquidbend]

Dave.... is this what john mayer does alot on acoustic

[TakTheAxeKid]

Emeril, upon watching this, would surely say, "Slap, Pop, and BAM!!!" ^^|m/ That aside... lol

This is a very useful technique Dave. Tricky, but worth every hour of practice time. It could totally add some cool flavours to your compositions. I myself must get busy and work on this for my future songs!

Cheers for covering this, dude! Keep on rockin'!! :-)

[capsaicinrain]

dave, youre the man

[rocknuts]

Nice one Dave. It's harder than it looks too. Keep me busy for a while. Have you tried doing it with a mix of muting and un muting and adding loads of chorus to the sound? Trust me it sounds cooool. Hope to see ya in the UK again soon. I think it's time for a solo tour matey!!!!!

[iamrichlol]

Hey Dave, what program do you use to record and edit your videos on your mac?

[DAVEWEINER]

Final Cut Pro

[lordaradon]

funny, i thought it was a bass technique...

[cobaltblue72]

This is a whole lot better than the last 'guitar slapping/popping' lesson I looked at. It's a fun thing to throw into a song, surprising to suddenly hear slapping and popping coming from a guitar.

[starman69]

that string skiping this you did on fpe tv. You should totally do that.

[Elmancho02]

Great as Always!! I love this one very original!

See ya!

[kurama14890]

Thank you Dave, you are a true musician.

[lanemergess]

I'll give you five starz, even though I tend to leave the slapping and popping to the bass players.. I got a live blues jam posted here, so stop in and have a listen. I don't bite! Thanx for sharing your chops with everyone! ApB @ " Sick Licks "

[PetrucciLifeson12]

I was going to go to your clinic tonight in Cherry Hill, but I missed it. I was at the Sam Ash in Franklin Mills, PA last week and I picked up a paper that said you were having a clinic on Wednesday the 26. I didn't look at the paper carefully enough and I thought the clinic was going to be in Franklin Mills. I walked into Sam Ash with my dad, and there were only a couple people in there. I thought it was pretty cool, because I might have a better chance to win the RG350EX.

[Altered6Chicken]

Is there anything he can't do?!! Hello Chuck Norris!!!

[AGGUITAR777]

Woa I wanna do this, I will practice this!!! Thankkyou Dave!!!

[FRETPICK]

Very Challenging Technique.

[buscobanda]

This trick is pretty awesome dave! I have a question for future ROTW, i have serious problems with my improvisation, i feel that i'm not so creative, and you always are very creative when you improvise, how do you do that? is something natural born? or it can be worked? Thanks!

[DAVEWEINER]

It just needs work. I suggest scheduling some lessons with me, we can work on it and get you improving in no time.

[buscobanda]

But how can we make that? Will you make a ROTW? Take care dave! you are an excelent person and teacher!

[DAVEWEINER]

No, it's live internet guitar lessons. Details are here:

daveweiner com / lessons

[buscobanda]

Ok dave, i'll schedule some later! Awesome idea dave! Take Care!

[Kmh5494]

Nice video. Loved it. Snap & pop is always a nice alternative to picking everything out. Gives it more of a funk sound. Nice take on it Dave. Have fun at your clinics! See you next week.

Kelly

[Neoworry]

Very nice Dave! But after a while my thumb hurts, Am i doing something wrong?

[Sperzel]

it will go away, your thumb just has to get a li'll bit harder on the part of the skin that get's beaten ;) take a breka every now and then to allow it to heal and within a few days you wont feel it at all.

cheers

[DarKmaNiaN]

Sweet incorporation & vid Dave

[cissaman]

Nice!

[wildchild247]

awesome video

[Emberland]

Fun lesson, but I was really looking forward to Lydian mode. Looking forward to next week, Dave!

[zedchuva]

As usual, great stuff Dave. Just a quick setup question. What gauge are you using string wise? Looks like you've got a .60 for you B. I know some guys use standard sets, then dump a tree trunk for the B (like a .68 or .72). I find a .56 (gauging up my usual D'Addario XL125) works fine.

Keep rocking!

[DAVEWEINER]

I use EB 10-56.

[badhorsy]

Cool!