Slap Bass Gear for Upright Bassists
Interview With Slick Joe Fick
In this interview, our slap bass expert, Slick Joe Fick, runs us through his double bass gear, including his upright bass, strings, setup, pickup, and amp. He covers everything you need to know if you want to slap that bass! There's also a short performance at the end of the video which we LOVED. Big thanks to Joe for joining me and for sharing so much.
Slap That Bass! by Slick Joe Fick - a comprehensive method on upright slap bass technique.
Slick Joe Fick’s Links:
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 The Bass
04:40 Gut strings
06:50 Tuning
08:45 Feedback problems
09:42 Pickups and amps
12:05 Can you play slap without gut strings?
12:50 Brand of Joe’s string
13:33 String heights
15:00 Short Performance
Links
Slap That Bass! is an online course presented by slap bass extraordinaire 'Slick' Joe Fick. This course teaches slap bass techniques on the upright bass in a step-by-step fashion. It's a comprehensive method to get you playing cool slap bass lines, hot solos, and slick licks! It comprises 34 lessons over three hours and covers a wide range of topics on slap bass playing, presented by one of the slap bass world's most exciting artists.
Many of the videos feature guitar and drums accompaniment by Joe's band (Kelley's Heroes) and we also provide play-along tracks of each recording. Detailed transcriptions of Joe Fick's bass lines, licks, and solos are included in the course. There are 66 pages of sheet music, so you will have everything you need to practice at home.
Behind the scenes Photos:
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