Bass Line Publishing
Stuart Clayton - Ultimate Slap Bass - Beginner to advanced
With notes and tablature

"Ultimate Slap Bass" is one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. This comprehensive book covers every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques.
There are over 200 exercises in the book, the audio files for which are available to download free of charge from the Free Stuff link on this site. The book also includes a detailed history of the slap technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique.


The book contains the following chapters:
    Chapter 1 - Slapping Basics
    Chapter 2 - Adding the 'Pop'
    Chapter 3 - Using Hammer-ons, Pull-offs & Trills
    Chapter 4 - Ghost Notes
    Chapter 5 - Popular Scales and Modes for Slap Bass
    Beginner Level Exercise Area
    Chapter 6 - Left Hand Slaps & 16th Note Lines
    Chapter 7 - Introducing Tenths
    Chapter 8 - Machine Gun Triplets
    Chapter 9 – Double Stops
    Chapter 10 - Double Popping
    Chapter 11 – Strumming
 
  Intermediate Level Exercise Area
    Chapter 12 - The Shuffle Feel
    Chapter 13 - Open String Hammer-Ons
    Chapter 14 - Double Thumbing (Part 1)
    Chapter 15 - Double Thumbing (Part 2)
    Chapter 16 - Double Thumbing (Part 3)
    Chapter 17 - Combining Techniques
 
  Advanced Level Exercise Area
    Chapter 18 – Larry Graham Biography
    Chapter 19 – Louis Johnson Biography
    Chapter 20 – Stanley Clarke Biography
    Chapter 21 – Marcus Miller Biography
    Chapter 22 – Flea Biography
    Chapter 23 – Mark King Biography
    Chapter 24 – Stuart Hamm Biography
    Chapter 25 – Vail Johnson Biography
    Chapter 26 – Les Claypool Biography
    Chapter 27 – Victor Wooten Biography
    Chapter 28 – Ray Riendeau Biography