grooving and slapping on a six string fretless bass

today i was in a really bad mood, and i thought the mellow tone of my fretless bass (H&S Sequoia 6: i got mine on ebay for 200 euros) could help. here is some 16th note groove and a bit of slapping. yes, i use roundwounds. yes, i do slap on a fretless, lots of people do. and i'm still pretty happy with my fingerboard.

the bass is passive. bridge pick up soloed and tone rolled slightly off for the 16th groove. both pick ups on, as well as tone, for the savage slapping part.

there are some mistakes, as usual. sorry!

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• bass
• solo
• six
• string
• fretless
• biro
• ballpoint
• music
• groove
• slap
• double
• thump
• slapping

[Warheart11]

About that ebay auction... I'm looking into possibly buying one of that guy's basses(I found this video through it), and I was wondering if you think his basses look like they'd be decent? I've been wanting a fretless, preferably six stringed as I'm a guitarist and four strings feels very weird to me... I would much rather have a larger range, and his basses are seem to be priced quite reasonably. The seller has great feedback, 97%, and his 4 negative ratings were resolved with full refunds.

[ballpointmusic]

@Warheart11 I can't find the ebay auction pages you're talking about anymore, but I take it's still the same guy. Well, I haven't tried his basses, so, please, don't hold me responsible if anything goes terribly wrong, but they actually looked like they all came from the same factory. There might be some differences, but I'm pretty sure that it won't be anything relevant. Nevertheless, do you have a link for those auctions? I've found one which is exactly like mine, but it sells for a 400+

[ballpointmusic]

@Warheart11 price tag, which is preposterous. Ok: I've found the one with my video embedded. They look similar, very similar. The fingerboard does not look like ebony, but rather rosewood, like mine's. The pu's have no exposed poles, which is a difference, but not necessarily a flaw. The price tag is not very encouraging: I got mine for 200 euros, which is a bit cheaper. As usual, it's a different currency and, all in all, even at 300 § you'd still have a great bang for the buck.

[ballpointmusic]

@Warheart11 I'm noticing the headstock differs significantly as well.

[Iliketacos091]

wow. i never thought a fretless could have such a great slap sound and harmonics. amazing.

[ballpointmusic]

@Iliketacos091, and it's a 200 $ bass. as time goes by one learns how to use one's own cheap stuff properly.

[BenZeneProject]

It's disgusting and it's vulgar and I can't stop listening to it. Somebody help me! Holy Jesus!

I gotta hear it again...

[gazuul]

Man, the ebay guy got owned.. You're amazing by the way :)

[FMJman2]

Nice dude, whats the bas brand, model and scale length?

[donkey2lathe]

I dont care if its a 6 string or fretless , all i know is the playing is awsome ( an overused term these days but in this case justified ) Thanks for uploading

[thecrashinghighways]

@TehWickturkey yes there is... 2 fretless basses!

[Basstard22]

that's some nice slapping on that bass :-) nothing beats a 6 string fretless bass!! they own!