They say that you can't play slap on rickenbacker...

[Blazer]

However this knock off might be an exception...

[Dave W]

You must be referring to the neck pickup placement.

The real mystery is why anyone would want to slap.

[SKATE RAT]

slap an ass not your bass!

[drbassman]

You must be referring to the neck pickup placement.

The real mystery is why anyone would want to slap.

Ditto and amen!   

[godofthunder]

 No slap happy here ! I use a pick  sometimes my fingers

[drbassman]

I only use my fingers, but I'm trying to re-learn using a pick  (haven't used one since 1974).  Some songs just sound better with a pick!  Now if I could just hold onto it!!!

[ramone57]

when I first started playing, I would hammer the strings with my thumb and thought it sounded pretty cool, but never considered trying to pull it off during a jam or anything.  later I found out it was called slapping but I never tried to incorporate it into my playing.   I'm mostly a finger guy but I do use a pick from time to time.

[Blazer]

You must be referring to the neck pickup placement.

The real mystery is why anyone would want to slap.

Maybe because people like THESE guys make it sound so cool?

[Dave W]

Cool to you, godawful to me.

All a matter of taste.

[ilan]

Who says you can't slap a Ric? This guy does it with style.





This guy MarloweDK has 260 videos on YouTube, many of them are worth checking out (link)

[Dave W]

I will never, ever like slap, no matter what.

To each his own.

[uwe]

I just can't do it well, so I'm not doing it at all. Thank God it went out of style at the end of the eighties after a decade of hammering.

This wise man too say you can slap with Lickenbackel just fine:

[chromium]

Slappin' Rics is super freaky

[SKATE RAT]

That Ric was just for pictures,etc.. the bass you actually hear is a Musicman Stingray

[chromium]

That Ric was just for pictures,etc.. the bass you actually hear is a Musicman Stingray

Awww man.  Now I feel cheated.  That's it - I'm retruning my Rick James box set