the most badass way to play the bass guitar.
Flea plays slap bass. OOOOOH YEAHHHHH!
by wowser77 October 28, 2009
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A technique of playing bass, commonly used by Funk bassists and reggae bassists.

It is played with the fingers, and is used to create a popping sound from the string hitting the pickups. The player usually plucks less than the average bassist, and rather uses hammer ons and pull offs
Flea is usually known as the best bassist ever, because he plays slap bass instead of picking.
by Bob Johnski June 14, 2011
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what exotic bass players do to show off their dominance as an instrumentalist .
slap like now,
also Slap the Bass
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Slapping the bass is a sexual term and means to masturbate
Slapping the bass hard will cause a string to break
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Slapping the bass is a derogatory term of playing the bass guitar using a "slap" manoeuvre. Commonly used by Davie504, an Italian bass playing youtuber.

The technique is used by many famous bass players, such as Flea.
Davie: I am the greatest at slapping the bass

Flea: hold my beer
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Prenounced Shlap the Bahzz or Shlappin za Bahzz means a girl just going to town on her vag with a bass slapping form
Just before bed Jenny decided to Slap the Bass to hide her sorrows of another night of not getting fucked from her boyfriend of over 7 years.
by fuck it hoe May 2, 2009
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