Bass playing

Althouh like both styles as i love Steve Harris's bass sound and Chris Squire awesomme riff on close to the edge i always use my fingers when playing bass at home

I prefer brass picks.  The tone is much more articulated than fingers, and it just jumps right of the insturment.  Chris Squire was the master of pick playing.

I use 'em both...  I go fingerstyle when I want a raucous, raunchy, "live" kind of sound, and I use a pick when my sound needs to be quieter, cleaner, and muted ('cause than I can palm-mute!).  Now, when I have to switch quickly from keyboards to bass and vice-versa, I never use a pick, whatever I'm playing.  But when switching from guitar to bass and vice versa, I always use a pick!  I'm versatile!  (or so I'd like to think)

Depends on the music being played;

If the music calls for a finger style (of which there are many, of course), then that's what I go for.

When using a pick, I almost invariably use Jim Dunlop nylon picks guage .88 or 1mm, as the flexibility gives you a tactile feel that's close to fingering, with most of the attack of a pick. I find rigid picks lack feedback from the strings and are awkward (I keep dropping the things!).

Fingered