I love how Jessica and Rasheed have their own little party going on in the background the whole time. From making food to doing yoga to jumping rope, it's hilarious 😂
This is actually helping to learn, just like fidgeting or drawing in class. I don't remember the exact word for it, but i know there is such a concept.
sir, may I just applaud your creativity. What I mean by that is nobody is making videos like you are. You have like a certain signature style, with the backgrounds, focus, and style of presentation. Greetings from Latvia and turpini būt lielisks. Peace
This format needs to be a regular thing. Intermediate/advanced techniques taught as if they’re rudimentary. Slap bass has always been intimidating for me to try and learn, until now.
I'm not sure why I'm watching this video, I'm already pretty advanced with slap bass. Maybe it's just because I learned to slap from Rob in the beginning with his 8 string slap 101. It's kind of nostalgic watching a new video of you teaching things that I learned from you in the past. I like it!
I'm the opposite. I'm not sure why I'm watching this video; I hardly know the difference between a bass and a guitar. But, who knows, maybe the bass is what lies ahead for me.
I bet there are a bunch of bass players who already know how to slap E string and what not but didn't skip the basic sections of the video because its just so fun and educational Great Job, Rob
The out of focus distraction is a genius way to keep viewer engagement on a boring tutorial video very few would actually watch. You still get detail across and it’s funny. My favorite was the Bob Ross painting.
I recommend looking at American Life first. It's a very easy one to learn but takes a decent amount of time to perfect and it'll really skyrocket your string precision.
Rob, even after watching your videos for so many years, you never cease to amaze me. I remember watching your first slap video for the first time, it was probably the best video on your channel. Well Rob, you've done it again. This video was honestly amazing and I loved all the little skits that you guys organized in the background. I remember in your first slap video you guys were so excited that you finally got a good take you can use... as a hobby guitar player, I can relate to that feeling. The amount of work that goes into video production makes the output seem so small, and I don't doubt that videos like these take ages to put together. Thanks for the great content guys, keep it up!
Reminded me of an old victor wooten video when rob tried playing “wrong notes” but with good rythmn and not overthinking. I’d imagine many of guys know the vid Im talking about
I've recently started playing bass as my brother's band needed a bassist, and I've watched sooo many videos trying to get better at bass, and seriously this video has been so much more helpful than a lot of the 'pro' bassist videos online.
Screwing around?! Eating and working out are necessary, they were using their down time effectively! And painting a masterpiece like they did is using their creative talents and maximizing their time! I guess the chess and video games were less helpful effective though 😂
It is so wild remembering the first vids I watched were like the Maytallica ones I think back in 2016 or 2017. And now seeing your content grow and you you grow as an artist and as a filmmaker, it is so wonderful seeing stuff like this. Love this channel to death.
Interesting, I've been playing bass for awhile but learned after guitar so haven't really had any direction on technique. I slap very differently to you but it still works for me. I tend to hit the string as closer to a 90 degree angle to the bass and then pull my thumb away quickly. I can still play fast slapping like the intro to higher ground by the peppers so it's not really an issue but I thought it was an interesting note in case people find it easier that the way Rob described. The only difference if that with my technique you need to mute the other strings with your left hand as they won't be muted with your right
I do the same thing. I learned from a video where they described the technical differences between Claypool's slap and Flea's slap, and the main difference is the angle of the hand and thumb
That outro jam definitely sounded like it could've been an outtake from Sailing the Seas of Cheese or Pork Soda, always love hearing the Primus-inspired jams you come up with
Thanks brother, i've had trouble with slap since the beggining of playing bass (one year+ ago) now i'm trying to focus on it. Huge fan of primus aswell haha
Holy crap the timing! Just last week I picked up a bass after a couple of years and wanted to learn slapping. Gonna pick some tips from this video for sure!
Remember to take ur time with each individual string with slapping (to become more consistent ) and soon you’ll catch onto it. Ur fingers may hurt from the popping of the strings but overtime your fingers will build the calluses. Good luck on ur slap bass journey
A lot of "How to Slap like a PRO!" videos usually just teach you how to pluck and slap and just say "Good luck!" This video actually teaches you the style along with the pluck and slap, with even more methods. Great for a beginner (like me, perfect timing for the video) or a experienced bassist who wants to explore with slap.
Muting the strings you don't want to hear and aim the next string when you slap. After all this time trying to slap, finally, something comes up with this key advice. Thank you Rob.
Thanks for making a detailed video on your slapping. You really showed what you actually do while playing, other musicians just kinda slap the song and then say "and that's how i slap". I don't feel like a dumbass after watching YOUR video. Thanks Rob!
Huge Primus/Sausage fan here. Les inspired me as well, Rob. Just wish this apartment complex was cool with instruments, so I didn't have to play at Radio Shack, our local music shop.
I'm invested in that struggle connecting the cord at 8:36 in the background. Wait what are they doing anyways? Wait, are those GAMEBOYS?! On behalf of all of us, we HAVE TO know what they were playing!
Rob actually has one of the new shecter exotic basses? Damn, I remember when these were announced 2 years ago and then they just never appeared anywhere. Can't find demos, can't find them in stores, out of stock online, its like they never existed
It’s so funny how Rasheed looks like he’s playing the most epic guitar sequence, but he’s literally just playing a couple of notes and repeating them lmaooo
Rob scallion you are like my best friend. No way, you are my best friend.!!😲 Been watching you from the beginning. Love to see you having fun, getting loose, and giving me inspiration to pull my Bass off the wall and get groovie. Background antics kept distracting me and I'd have to rewatch portions of the video, hilarious. Good funky jam at the end,🎵 thanks so much for the content.
Beautiful bass, I am totally happy with mine tone was, but yours looks really great. Sounds great too. Ok, it's starting good, have the same issues you had at the start, let's see if this one finally makes things click with me and enjoy some slap playing. So far I had no luck to graps the exact motion "trick" to do it properly. Looking forward to the rest of this one.
The instrcutions are as good as the background actions are funny 😄 very original compared to regular YT humor, so refreshing ! and the final clip.. so good !!
The song gives me a Primus vibe 100%. Rob moving on to Bass now? Nice to see more guitar players moving on to bass. I mean I could walk across my street and shake a tree and a guitar player will fall from it. My neighbor was a guitar player to the end, until I brought my bass over to his house one day for him to give it a listen. A few weeks later he went out and purchased a bass, which he now plays more then his guitars. I too am guilty from starting off with a guitar for awhile, until I tried a bass, and now I have a lot more hours on a bass then I did when I played a guitar. Bass guitars are just much more fun to play when you can get percussions sounds off a string instrument as well as chords, so they are like two instruments in one.
I've been playing slap bass for fifteen years. You want to fight me, fight these tears. Um. I mean I can't get my head around following through with the thumb unless I'm lining up to do double thump. Which is weird, because obviously it works, but if I try to isolate that technique I just can't get it to work. I cut my thumb's chops off of My Name is Mud, which I originally thought was all thumb downstrokes. So I learned to bounce. Not necessarily 'getting my thumb out of the way' but allowing it to bounce off the string like a hammer. Probably the most useful dead note technique to me is double thumbing. You get two successive downstrokes with the thumb by striking the string, and using the bounce so you strike it again immediately. Your technique rules this out, so I suggest getting on the double thumping technique. It's pretty natural once you get into it, I think of it essentially as another method of popping.
Excellent tutorial! My bass has been tucked away for too long...gonna have to break it out again now. And LOL at everything going on in the background. 🤣
Rob will never stop, he’s an unmovable unstoppable force, to get to your power is a dream in itself. Great job now send that bass so I can record with it :) :)
I love how Jessica and Rasheed have their own little party going on in the background the whole time. From making food to doing yoga to jumping rope, it's hilarious 😂
I was totally loving the band in the background just doing their own thing!
This is actually helping to learn, just like fidgeting or drawing in class. I don't remember the exact word for it, but i know there is such a concept.
😂
Yeah exactly 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
sir, may I just applaud your creativity. What I mean by that is nobody is making videos like you are. You have like a certain signature style, with the backgrounds, focus, and style of presentation. Greetings from Latvia and turpini būt lielisks. Peace
Why dont you marry him then? Jesus christ
@@scottfilbey7882 Says the one that's afraid of compliments..
@@scottfilbey7882 if you're joking, it wasn't funny. if you're serious, why're you being weird?
@@scottfilbey7882 cause he's already married, easy. I would
@@scottfilbey7882 Keep the hatred to yourself, it makes you look vulnerable.
This format needs to be a regular thing. Intermediate/advanced techniques taught as if they’re rudimentary. Slap bass has always been intimidating for me to try and learn, until now.
I'm not sure why I'm watching this video, I'm already pretty advanced with slap bass. Maybe it's just because I learned to slap from Rob in the beginning with his 8 string slap 101. It's kind of nostalgic watching a new video of you teaching things that I learned from you in the past. I like it!
I'm the opposite. I'm not sure why I'm watching this video; I hardly know the difference between a bass and a guitar. But, who knows, maybe the bass is what lies ahead for me.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 If you’re feeling it then get a bass and go for it!
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 huge difference between the two. Look up educational resources and you’ll learn
Because even Rob's lesson videos are secretly performance art
this video just made me check if i could keep up, i can, but now my fingers hurt because i did it for too long :)
I bet there are a bunch of bass players who already know how to slap E string and what not but didn't skip the basic sections of the video because its just so fun and educational
Great Job, Rob
Yup.
Novice or seasoned pro, you can always use a refresher course.
Your bass style has actually influenced my ukulele style a lot! Thanks 💖
That ukulele slaps 👋🏻
Weird seeing the source of my Brennan Lee Mulligan memes on a Rob Scallon video! Worlds collide haha
@@humdingr it happens on every video I comment at this point lmao
I recognized the name from the Dropout clips on your channel I watch all the time. Small World!
@@Rylee_G I don’t know who you are, or what the deal is with your ukulele, I just went with it. Good vibes.
The out of focus distraction is a genius way to keep viewer engagement on a boring tutorial video very few would actually watch. You still get detail across and it’s funny. My favorite was the Bob Ross painting.
Dude's a legend for every video he makes. But damn, this type of video, the work, the preparation... OMG you're a madman
Thanks for showing those finger flings, always loved when you used this technique! Time to practice now...
You can do it!!
Been obsessed with Les for 20 years and finally picked up a bass about 8 months ago. This is amazing thank you
I recommend looking at American Life first. It's a very easy one to learn but takes a decent amount of time to perfect and it'll really skyrocket your string precision.
Also Hair by Graham Central Station because if you want to learn slap you might as well learn the best slap.
I love what's happening in the background, fun details xD
Rob, even after watching your videos for so many years, you never cease to amaze me. I remember watching your first slap video for the first time, it was probably the best video on your channel. Well Rob, you've done it again. This video was honestly amazing and I loved all the little skits that you guys organized in the background. I remember in your first slap video you guys were so excited that you finally got a good take you can use... as a hobby guitar player, I can relate to that feeling. The amount of work that goes into video production makes the output seem so small, and I don't doubt that videos like these take ages to put together. Thanks for the great content guys, keep it up!
Rob I was thinking of you these past few days. Awesome to see a new upload and you’re in good health. The bass slaps 👋🏻
Rob you read my mind every time
He knows his audience well.
Amazing to see Lady and the Tramp references 67 years after its original release.
(Awesome video too)
Amazing you caught that 🤣
Cheers🙌
Oh, I didn't think that was a Lady and the Tramp reference. It just looked like the natural way to eat a sandwich that big.
Man always opens a video with a banger
He went ham on that into.
The slap guitar you did a few yrs back is one of the baddest videos on UA-cam. PERIOD.
baddest?
@@griffy07 bestest
the backround antics had me rollin on the floor.... Hilarious.
Reminded me of an old victor wooten video when rob tried playing “wrong notes” but with good rythmn and not overthinking. I’d imagine many of guys know the vid Im talking about
i think it might have been music is win who was playing wrong notes with wooten
Nice! I was just re watching your scataylor and FoO videos when this came up.
@Cat ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html
So true indeed
Your slap bass technique is so flamencoey, it's very very unique!
His style of slap/strumming bass came from Les Claypool
Yes, that's right Rob.
*S L A P* the *B A S S*
Epico.
69 likes. I won't ruin it.
@@Cantersoft me neither
I've recently started playing bass as my brother's band needed a bassist, and I've watched sooo many videos trying to get better at bass, and seriously this video has been so much more helpful than a lot of the 'pro' bassist videos online.
I love how Rob is so focused on slap bass and the two in the back are constantly screwing around on camera. Hahahahahahaha
Screwing around?! Eating and working out are necessary, they were using their down time effectively! And painting a masterpiece like they did is using their creative talents and maximizing their time! I guess the chess and video games were less helpful effective though 😂
@@CreativeMindsAudio xD
another installment of “i’m rob scallion and my favorite mode is phrygian.” that’s the primus coming through
I was really hoping he’d start the video with “What’s up Slappers”
It's almost like davie whatever the fuck is not the only bass player on the planet or something
It is so wild remembering the first vids I watched were like the Maytallica ones I think back in 2016 or 2017. And now seeing your content grow and you you grow as an artist and as a filmmaker, it is so wonderful seeing stuff like this. Love this channel to death.
30:25 is some serious Les vibes. Love the video!! Thanks you three and everyone behind the camera!!
why is it so funny to see the two in the background distracting themselves... LOL
Rob: Teaching Slapp
Everyone else: Lets play chess in the background
Expecting a davie504 comment, But that aside, this is cool!!
I remember learning slap guitar from that video you made some years ago :)
Interesting, I've been playing bass for awhile but learned after guitar so haven't really had any direction on technique. I slap very differently to you but it still works for me. I tend to hit the string as closer to a 90 degree angle to the bass and then pull my thumb away quickly. I can still play fast slapping like the intro to higher ground by the peppers so it's not really an issue but I thought it was an interesting note in case people find it easier that the way Rob described.
The only difference if that with my technique you need to mute the other strings with your left hand as they won't be muted with your right
I do the same thing. I learned from a video where they described the technical differences between Claypool's slap and Flea's slap, and the main difference is the angle of the hand and thumb
That outro jam definitely sounded like it could've been an outtake from Sailing the Seas of Cheese or Pork Soda, always love hearing the Primus-inspired jams you come up with
Thanks brother, i've had trouble with slap since the beggining of playing bass (one year+ ago) now i'm trying to focus on it. Huge fan of primus aswell haha
That bass is sooo beautiful
Holy crap the timing! Just last week I picked up a bass after a couple of years and wanted to learn slapping. Gonna pick some tips from this video for sure!
Remember to take ur time with each individual string with slapping (to become more consistent ) and soon you’ll catch onto it. Ur fingers may hurt from the popping of the strings but overtime your fingers will build the calluses. Good luck on ur slap bass journey
A lot of "How to Slap like a PRO!" videos usually just teach you how to pluck and slap and just say "Good luck!" This video actually teaches you the style along with the pluck and slap, with even more methods. Great for a beginner (like me, perfect timing for the video) or a experienced bassist who wants to explore with slap.
Backstage action is brilliant!"D
Muting the strings you don't want to hear and aim the next string when you slap. After all this time trying to slap, finally, something comes up with this key advice. Thank you Rob.
I got off on the background. the band! totally awesome fun going on in the background. loved the style of this,
You're a great teacher, Rob! I think a lot of people will find this extremely useful
Thanks for making a detailed video on your slapping. You really showed what you actually do while playing, other musicians just kinda slap the song and then say "and that's how i slap". I don't feel like a dumbass after watching YOUR video. Thanks Rob!
I’ve been waiting for this for so long thank you mr scallon you are a blessing
probably the best lesson in terms of style . The other players acting in the background are something totally unique 😀
I love his different approach to slap. Really Claypooly
That's what he said.
Les Claypool and Davie504 approve of this video
14:42 really made me want to listen to "Lacquer Head" by Primus
Fuck, you mentioned lacquer head, I'm not sure if I'll be able to continue watching this before listening to it....
The dead notes are just so 👌
@@lucy-elizakezia1830 I know 😍
I dont even play bass and i stayed for the whole video 😂 love the vids man keep up the good work
Thank you. I've always been a self councious slapper and been too afraid to ask for help. This really clarifies things.
Been waiting for another slap bass video well done Rob ❤️
your bass playing realy super
Always love some good MFKR!!!
Huge Primus/Sausage fan here. Les inspired me as well, Rob. Just wish this apartment complex was cool with instruments, so I didn't have to play at Radio Shack, our local music shop.
this slapping technique is so great, it gives you so much control. Thanks Rob, it helped a lot!
This slap bass video: *exists*
Davie504: [visible happiness by expressing his neutral face]
I'm invested in that struggle connecting the cord at 8:36 in the background. Wait what are they doing anyways? Wait, are those GAMEBOYS?! On behalf of all of us, we HAVE TO know what they were playing!
Jerry was a Race Car driver...
he drove so goddamn fast...
he never did take the checkered flag, but he never did come in last.
Pat it like Primus 🤘🤘🤘
16:43 "There's no wrong note. You just lack confidence" - Jacob Collier
Damn wasn't expecting such a badass tutorial thx u berry
Its mandatory that Rob has things thrown at him in every music video now.
Idea: an instrument gets thrown at him and he has to play it.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 well that's just dangerous XD
Rob actually has one of the new shecter exotic basses? Damn, I remember when these were announced 2 years ago and then they just never appeared anywhere. Can't find demos, can't find them in stores, out of stock online, its like they never existed
he does have an in with schecter
Flea vibe. Love it
Hey Rob, you should get a signature bass too!!
It’s so funny how Rasheed looks like he’s playing the most epic guitar sequence, but he’s literally just playing a couple of notes and repeating them lmaooo
Thank you so much Rob and Jessi, I really love what you do!
As a drummer I am so jealous that Jessica gets to jam with such a creative and fun musician all the time haha
Rob scallion you are like my best friend. No way, you are my best friend.!!😲
Been watching you from the beginning.
Love to see you having fun, getting loose, and giving me inspiration to pull my Bass off the wall and get groovie.
Background antics kept distracting me and I'd have to rewatch portions of the video, hilarious.
Good funky jam at the end,🎵 thanks so much for the content.
I remember when Davie504 showed this man how he slaps and now Rob’s mastered it.
maaan, this bass is gorgeous! The roasted maple neck looks stunning!
The video quality is fantastic, great content as always
You're a great teacher man. Loved the Primus legs at the end
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That’s all I can say! Just great!
Beautiful bass, I am totally happy with mine tone was, but yours looks really great. Sounds great too.
Ok, it's starting good, have the same issues you had at the start, let's see if this one finally makes things click with me and enjoy some slap playing. So far I had no luck to graps the exact motion "trick" to do it properly.
Looking forward to the rest of this one.
The instrcutions are as good as the background actions are funny 😄 very original compared to regular YT humor, so refreshing ! and the final clip.. so good !!
Super vidéo. Même si je joue déjà de la basse, c'est super agréable devoir une démonstration de pédagogie, de musicalité, de talent et de fun. Bravo👌
You are amazing! Thanks for lesson and tips, it's very helpful
YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO EVER SINCE THE SLAP GUITAR VIDEO
this channel makes me wanna learn guitar and bass
The song gives me a Primus vibe 100%.
Rob moving on to Bass now? Nice to see more guitar players moving on to bass. I mean I could walk across my street and shake a tree and a guitar player will fall from it. My neighbor was a guitar player to the end, until I brought my bass over to his house one day for him to give it a listen. A few weeks later he went out and purchased a bass, which he now plays more then his guitars.
I too am guilty from starting off with a guitar for awhile, until I tried a bass, and now I have a lot more hours on a bass then I did when I played a guitar. Bass guitars are just much more fun to play when you can get percussions sounds off a string instrument as well as chords, so they are like two instruments in one.
That drum tuning is my absolute favorite type 👍
I've been playing slap bass for fifteen years.
You want to fight me, fight these tears.
Um.
I mean I can't get my head around following through with the thumb unless I'm lining up to do double thump. Which is weird, because obviously it works, but if I try to isolate that technique I just can't get it to work. I cut my thumb's chops off of My Name is Mud, which I originally thought was all thumb downstrokes. So I learned to bounce. Not necessarily 'getting my thumb out of the way' but allowing it to bounce off the string like a hammer. Probably the most useful dead note technique to me is double thumbing. You get two successive downstrokes with the thumb by striking the string, and using the bounce so you strike it again immediately. Your technique rules this out, so I suggest getting on the double thumping technique. It's pretty natural once you get into it, I think of it essentially as another method of popping.
The greatest bass guitar teaching video of all time for obvious reasons
Wtf, the sandwich had me cracking up about halfway through lmao🤣
Great video! 👍👍👍
I was literally dreaming of this video happening one day
this is cool and a very professional approach to a teaching tutorial.
I’m always seeing him playing guitar and I sometimes forget how much he also knows about bass playing
This video made me realize I need a compresor. Thanks Rob :)
That jazz bass is absolutely beautiful
pretty bad ass vid dude. Very les claypool the people you jammed with were good
Thank you! I can truly use this advice!
I always wondered what the rest of the band was doing during a bass solo. I feel I have a better idea now
Great Looking Bass Dude !
Excellent video too !
Words can not describe the amount of time I’ve been waiting for this video
Excellent tutorial! My bass has been tucked away for too long...gonna have to break it out again now. And LOL at everything going on in the background. 🤣
Rob will never stop, he’s an unmovable unstoppable force, to get to your power is a dream in itself. Great job now send that bass so I can record with it :) :)
Thank you!
Love the new Primus video... thanks
Don't think that nobody noticed you playing Lacquer Head there for a second.
Get it Rob!!
The three leg stomp 🤘
What Gameboy game were they playing over the link cable? Oh, this was a bass video? I'll have to rewatch it.