RIP Guybo

Guybo on bass guitar The legendary Eddie Cochran's bass player Fred Conrad Smith unexpectedly passed away this morning at 7.20am...
psychobilly slap bass player thomas frenchy fantomas with kings of nuthin

New interview and video with Thomas aka FANTOMAS!

First Psychobilly video is up on the Art of Slap Bass! Many of you requested Thomas Lorioux aka Thomas Frenchy aka Fantomas to be...
BNA bass cabinet for slap upright bass

Best Upright Bass Cabinets Yet?

BNA Audio might be a new name in the music gear world, but their owner Mark Robertson (Th' Legendary Shack Shakers) is well known...

Walter Page

Let’s put an ear on Walter Page today, born on February 9, 1900 in Gaitlin, Missouri. Page’s family moved...
double slap bass patterns and riffs including triplet, gallop, quadruple, drag slap and roll

New Article – Basic Slap Bass patterns

We added a first article called "Basic slap patterns and the problem of inconsistent nomenclature". There are a lot of confusion about names for slap...
Slap bass website by Djordje Stijepovic

Art of Slap Bass is back!

Hello bass slappers!As we announced it on our FB page earlier today, we have some exciting news for you.
didi beck with king double bass signed by marshall lytle

New video and interview with Didi Beck

New interview is finally up on the Art of Slap Bass website! This time we're featuring a bass player from Germany - Didi Beck....
Al Rex, slap bassist from Saddlemen and Comets

RIP Al Rex

One of the last original rock'n'roll slappers Al Rex passed quietly (not related to Covid-19) in his sleep at his...
blast cult slap double bass company by jason burns of king doublebass

Blast Cult website is on!

The wait is over. Blast Cult w-site is on the web! Check it out here. They will start accepting new orders on Monday 8/22....
3 eyed black cat t shirt by blast cult ex king double bass

Blast Cult t-shirts available!

The Blast Cult just made some cool new t-shirts and they are available for sale! They are very high quality, fitted shirts and not...