OVRDRVN.COM Slap Primer for BASS w/ Peter Davyduck

In this episode of OVRDRVN.COM, Peter gives us a quick tutorial on how to get goin' on "Spankin' the Plank"!

look out Victa... here's some skillz! ;P
..and they have been off some sweet jumps!

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• peter
• davyduck
• bass
• guitar
• mtd
• michael
• tobias
• design
• phil
• jones
• briefcase
• slap
• pop
• spank
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[NPjazzsaxmusic]

P.S. that first 'NAMM' riff is cheeky cos it sounds really hard but its actually quite easy... but i won't spoil the secret for everyone!

[ovrdrvn]

;P

hehehehe

[NPjazzsaxmusic]

Hey man, I dunno what all these idiots are going on about you being 1) an 'amateur' and 2) wrong about using your arm for slap. You obviously know your exercises and technique (that C major exercise says it all) and lots of good players use their arm in slap playing, including flea, Bill Dickens and even wooten to some extent. I certainly learned from this vid!

[ovrdrvn]

thanks a lot, glad you dug the gig and also thanks for the kind words. as for the haters... ;) hey, everyone is entitled to their opinions no matter how flaky

hehehe

all the best!

pd

[justduhve]

what!? it's all on the wrist and fingers not the whole arm, unless you're a cave man.

[ovrdrvn]

ug, me cave man.

you feel free to use only your wrist and fingers for slapping and I'll do what I do... mmkay?

[birdland75]

Sounds not good.

This is not like victor or miller sound.

You don't know how to make sounds like butter.

Dude~ you should practice more and make preview.

[mariametalera]

I have been playing bass for many years and his style of slap is good for people who play with their bass pretty low..but most pros play with the bass very high and bend their arm using more of the wrist motion with the thumb upwards. This gives you a faster and more compact slap and pop.

[canvoodoo]

love that bass mtd in it

[djlsb]

he is teaching not performing , dont be so critical

[Zakbass84]

he was my bass teacher in college and he is a great teacher and a friggin cool dude too.

[curtvincent]

Peter seems to be a very good instructor! Wish I lived closer to him, I'd take some lessons. But Peter? We can't hear you man! Get a mic closer to your mouth, you have a lot of good things to say!

[polishpirate123]

he is talking about the tone

[AnimisBassist]

Part of it is the amp he's using, the PJB Briefcase and he's using something with actives.

I like the clarity of PJB's in a band setting but alone they dont sound quite as good =/

[erasr]

dude, you should listen to the video and what is said, like how there are MANY ways to slap and thank g*d it doesn't sound like vic or marcus, too many clones out there as it is.

and maybe he's going for more of a kiss my ass tone than a butter tone... butter.... jeeez

[darknight7]

ducktales o ooo

[AnimisBassist]

I just realized his name was Peter Davyduck...perhaps he meant to play that? lol

And yes, the NES Duck Tales kicked ass =)