Slap bass has come a long way since Larry Graham first championed the style in the 1970s. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then ...

By the time the bass guitar came along in 1951, upright bass players had been slapping and pulling on their strings for several decades. Milt Hinton was one such player who pioneered a percussive ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. BASS EXPO 2014: The basics of this much-discussed technique come down to two motions: the slap ...

Seinfeld, a show about nothing, now officially has the slap bass-fueled soundtrack its fans have always desired. Variety reported Thursday that the legendary sitcom would get an official soundtrack, ...

The distinctive sound of slap bass is one that divides opinion, but love it or hate it, what can’t be denied is that it requires a playing technique that’s hard to master. However, Waves thinks that ...

Nick Cave has shared a medley of “Slap That Bass,” “Get Happy,” and “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” as part of the soundtrack for Joker: Folie à Deux. Nick Cave features on the official soundtrack ...