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Post by mobeach on Aug 4, 2015 13:24:27 GMT -6
Just curious! I've been a finger player for the last 30 years but will use a pick for tonal purposes while recording. All my influences used their fingers so I kind of followed suit.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Aug 4, 2015 14:09:17 GMT -6
Same here. Prefer to play with fingers, but use a pick when the song calls for it.
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Post by M57 on Aug 4, 2015 15:07:40 GMT -6
Use to play with a pick - but it's hard to imagine doing it now. If the song calls for it, uhmmm ..well, I guess I just don't play that song =P
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Post by wiz on Aug 4, 2015 17:04:10 GMT -6
Well, I am not a bass players ass.. but I play with fingers.. never could do the pick.
cheers
Wiz
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Post by winetree on Aug 4, 2015 18:24:36 GMT -6
50 years of fingers and a pick if the song calls for it.
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Post by svart on Aug 5, 2015 10:52:10 GMT -6
I use fingers for some songs, on some basses. Picks on some songs, some basses. I really feel that the groove and the tones tend to dictate which is used for a song.
Then again, I've seen players that are able to emulate picking sounds with their fingers or make it sound like fingers while playing with picks.
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Post by EmRR on Aug 5, 2015 11:25:18 GMT -6
Played with a pick the first 5 years, fingers the last 25. Got where I could do pick type playing with double stroke fingernail drags better than I could do with a pick and I liked the tone more. Some part of that is a change of taste in my playing approach, though I was in a punk rock band for a minute in the finger era with no problem.
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Post by mobeach on Aug 5, 2015 13:13:05 GMT -6
Picks limit your possibilities too much, they're good for driving rhythms in Hair Metal or Stadium Rock, but Chris Squire certainly kicked ass using one.
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Post by jontheriffer on Aug 5, 2015 13:57:48 GMT -6
45 years here. Started with fingers. Had to use a pick to keep up in the punk bands. When I came out of retirement I kept using the pick but going back to fingers more and more. Correct answer is definitely depends on the song.
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2015 20:57:48 GMT -6
I used my fingers for everything until I saw this, since then i started working with a pick as it seems more useful to me now 8)
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2015 6:57:30 GMT -6
I think you're all crazy. Look up Tony Levin and Funk Fingers. That's what you really need to be using.
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 6, 2015 7:02:12 GMT -6
I think you're all crazy. Look up Tony Levin and Funk Fingers. That's what you really need to be using. i agree... Big Time! 8) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 7:50:41 GMT -6
I did start with plectrum and this is what makes me feel comfortable and at home.
I tried to start practising with fingers, but i simply cannot do what goes thru my mind. For slower stuff, it works well, and it's also nice what you can do with it, it's just different...but obviously would take a vast amount of time until i can do what feels natural with the plectrum to me...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 7:54:31 GMT -6
And i AM in love with the plectrum click. Still. I also like what i can do with fingers, what plec can never achieve, I even practised slap & pop in the end-eighties, but figured out soon it's not my cup of tea at all even though i practised it regularly for a year or two...
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Post by jimwilliams on Aug 7, 2015 9:19:42 GMT -6
Depends on the style and track. I usually never use a plastic pick, by basses are full range instruments with a 30K+ hz bandwidth. Plastic picks sound to 'clicky' unless I roll off all the top end. It was a popular technique back in the 1980's on pop songs.
I'm mostly playing my Hagstrum 8 string bass these days, another full range instrument with bell like tops and a chimey sound like a 12 string electric guitar. Fingers are tough with that as the dual strings make a clean attack difficult. I've been using Dunlop felt picks with that, soft attack with control of both strings. I can pick only the lower octave that way if I choose.
I run that into a BurrBrown loaded 1000 watt Tec Amp feeding a dual thiel cab loaded with a pair of Emimence Delta 12" 400 watt speakers, a real air pusher. A Piezo horn sits on top for my 30K hz bandwidth reproduction.
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Post by swurveman on Aug 7, 2015 13:10:35 GMT -6
Sometimes I play with a pick, sometimes my thumb and sometimes my index finger. All depends on how I want the bass to sound.
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Post by mobeach on Aug 7, 2015 19:00:45 GMT -6
And i AM in love with the plectrum click. Still. I also like what i can do with fingers, what plec can never achieve, I even practised slap & pop in the end-eighties, but figured out soon it's not my cup of tea at all even though i practised it regularly for a year or two... I was the same way, When Stu Hamm came out I started emulating his style but slap wasn't my thing, I gave that up but I still like tapping. |
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Post by henge on Aug 7, 2015 20:42:06 GMT -6
Both. Whatever the track needs.
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 7, 2015 20:58:04 GMT -6
Both. Whatever the track needs. "both. whatever the track needs"... "look at me! I'm a badass and you're not!"... ohhh, sorry... did i just say that outloud?  |
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Post by Ward on Aug 8, 2015 6:46:53 GMT -6
Depends on the song and sound needed. Btu come on guys, it's only bass. It's what you give to the weakest guitar player in the band, right? LOL
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 8:56:30 GMT -6
Bassism. Uh, yes, we are used to it...(sigh)
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Post by b1 on Aug 8, 2015 9:02:50 GMT -6
I don't think Jimmy Page could do a better job than John Paul Jones. I'm thinking the sloppiest Bass ever would be the result...
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Post by mobeach on Aug 8, 2015 11:31:44 GMT -6
I don't think Jimmy Page could do a better job than John Paul Jones. I'm thinking the sloppiest Bass ever would be the result... Page was sloppy live, so Led Zep needed an ultra solid rhythm section. JPJ was definitely the backbone of that band. |
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Post by mobeach on Aug 8, 2015 11:35:22 GMT -6
Depends on the song and sound needed. Btu come on guys, it's only bass. It's what you give to the weakest guitar player in the band, right? LOL Except all the best bands have weak guitarists and great bassists, so shouldn't you give the bass to the best guitarist in the band? |
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Post by b1 on Aug 8, 2015 15:50:30 GMT -6
I don't think Jimmy Page could do a better job than John Paul Jones. I'm thinking the sloppiest Bass ever would be the result... Page was sloppy live, so Led Zep needed an ultra solid rhythm section. JPJ was definitely the backbone of that band. JPJ was tight. I think he kept Bonham on the mark a lot of times - as it seems to appear in the videos. |
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