Joe is one of the best of the best! I could listen and watch him play all day. Don't miss this band when in Nashville at 'Robert's Western World' on lower Broadway!
Great playing! As a guitarist, I’ve always been perplexed that upright bassists can hit the notes perfectly without any frets. Also, your guitarist is amazing!
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Yes, they are some kind of gut string. Joe covers all of his gear set up in this video - discoverdoublebass.com/interview/slap-gear-for-upright-bassists
When you play in a group you learn how to deal with the guitar player 😂😂😂. Anyway in the lesson you have: transcription, the bass only, the band without bass (for training), and the band with the bass. And you can also train at 50% speed and 75% speed. So… strongly recommended by my side.
Kind of agree...i mean at slow tempos the fanfare of this technique is not as impressive really...all the natural beef of the bass is lost and its not pleasant to listen to...(engineer must be rolling his eyes) ..Its not that the guitar is so hot in the mix, its that the bass isn't producing any sound with these short staccato pull-offs AND those strings are likely synthetic gut of a super light nature so that's not helping tone much either....that bouncyness is needed for this technique if you want it to be easy..My guess is the early cats used stiffer stings, but who knows... Now, at faster tempos and during a solo for some pyrotechique sure, why not do this, but comping for a modern blues guitar solo its not a fit. Admittedly it must be a personally satisfying blast to play slap at faster tempos, and its why Im learning it, plus the audience will be impressed once we've put in the month or two of work, but for this, you may as well slap on an electric without an amp with this set up under these circumstances..
Joe is one of the best of the best! I could listen and watch him play all day. Don't miss this band when in Nashville at 'Robert's Western World' on lower Broadway!
I would love to go to Roberts! I watch a lot of videos on TH-cam and it looks incredible.
Great playing! As a guitarist, I’ve always been perplexed that upright bassists can hit the notes perfectly without any frets. Also, your guitarist is amazing!
Glad you enjoyed it :-) We love Luke McQueary's guitar playing too. He's such a star!
Shout out to the coolest guitar player in Nashville, Luke McQueary! If you're a fan be sure to subscribe to this channel!
th-cam.com/channels/-xqQhSmiHJAHJi48gQbuCA.html
Joe is amazing!
Sick Fick and slammin' guitar on this one
That guitar solo is incredible! 🤩
which kind of strings has the bass ? doesn't look as a steel strings set.. thanks for the lesson !!
Yes, they are some kind of gut string. Joe covers all of his gear set up in this video - discoverdoublebass.com/interview/slap-gear-for-upright-bassists
I've recently discovered upright bass, qish I had the talent to play
You can do it :-)
Sounds good, but does the guitar need to be that hot in the mix? We're listening for the bass, not to dig the guitar playing.
When you play in a group you learn how to deal with the guitar player 😂😂😂. Anyway in the lesson you have: transcription, the bass only, the band without bass (for training), and the band with the bass. And you can also train at 50% speed and 75% speed. So… strongly recommended by my side.
Kind of agree...i mean at slow tempos the fanfare of this technique is not as impressive really...all the natural beef of the bass is lost and its not pleasant to listen to...(engineer must be rolling his eyes) ..Its not that the guitar is so hot in the mix, its that the bass isn't producing any sound with these short staccato pull-offs AND those strings are likely synthetic gut of a super light nature so that's not helping tone much either....that bouncyness is needed for this technique if you want it to be easy..My guess is the early cats used stiffer stings, but who knows...
Now, at faster tempos and during a solo for some pyrotechique sure, why not do this, but comping for a modern blues guitar solo its not a fit.
Admittedly it must be a personally satisfying blast to play slap at faster tempos, and its why Im learning it, plus the audience will be impressed once we've put in the month or two of work, but for this, you may as well slap on an electric without an amp with this set up under these circumstances..
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Pim