Muting your slaps and pops on the bass

I'm no authority on bass playing but a friend requested how I mute slaps and pops on the bass. Here is just a small example. Feel free to post comments, suggestions and/or questions.

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Education

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• Status
• Graphite
• Retroglide
• Bass
• slap
• funk
• Pakistan
• Pakistani
• music
• muting
• lesson
• performing
• arts

[GimmeDatSheep]

that is one sexy fretboard

[sirmoog]

@GimmeDatSheep cheers mate.

[drumgirl4him]

dude your awesome and i was wondering what kind of bass is that...its awesome

[sirmoog]

Thank you for the comments. I'm still learning and have yet to go far. I'm no way near as good as some of the people on youtube. The bass you see in the video is by a British maker Status Graphite who specialize in graphite neck bass guitars. My bass is a custom Status Graphite King Bass retroglide model.

[jockoPchetB]

good lesson! im having trouble getting that "pluck" sound that crisp. any advice on how to set up your EQ? (im playing a passive fender jazz bass as you can see on my videos). boost the highs? tone knob full?

[sirmoog]

I guess it's the pickups. If you want a nice crisp sound you could put in new lighter gauge strings.

[bassmasta992]

Mark king's styles, mark kings accent, mark king's bass... and your not mark king?

[FJUWANA]

i like that thud

[isaiahslapbass]

werd

[redhockey]

WICKED bass

[themcnabinator]

Dude, great thumping, lame popping. Are those two skateboards behind you?

[BobMcadoo11]

Great tips and advice! Love the Status bass!

[PaulP1993]

That has to be one of the nicest bass guitars I've ever seen... and you can play it well :D