Bass players poll
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Topic: Bass players poll
Posted By: fairyliar
Subject: Bass players poll
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 09:53
| Personnally I prefer with a pick but I'm no speedy player. |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 10:53
| I too prefer a pick overall but it really depends on the song. If I were playing Status Quo numbers I'd use a pick, for other lighter jazzier numbers I'd use fingers. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 11:01
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Depends on what the song calls for, so I voted for that option, though I usually prefer playing with my fingers. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 11:43
| Fingers for sure. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 12:13
Depends really, and I'm not picky. Some bassists sound awesome with picks (i.e. Squire, Trewavas, etc.) and some sound awesome without (Lee, Claypool, etc.). I'm quite fond of bassists who utilize both, as well (like John Entwistle and Tony Levin). And speaking of Levin, no Funk Fingers option?  ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 19:09
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Fingers, for some reason I dont like using the pick.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: fairyliar
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 19:14
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Hey dreamer you re playing on yamaha am I right?
i got Yamaha too, RBX 774.
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 20:09
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I'm a guitar player, so I use a pick whenever I can. ------------- 
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 23:22
Bassists who don't use fingers are pansies! Just kidding, you can sound great with either, but as a guitarist and bassist for the same band (live setup is confusing as hell) I'm all fingers on bass ------------- 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 03:11
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I prefer much more using fingers, i feel better and i think also i enjoy more the sound that fingers produces, but also i use picks sometimes.... anyway i haven`t practise lately ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 03:12
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Fingers!
Slap-bass rule!
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 03:19
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I prefer finger picking when playing Bass although I don't own a bass guitar. When playing electric or acoustic guitar I use the Steve Howe style, pick and fingers, it’s remarkably easy once you get used to it. ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 06:03
| Fingers all the way. Using a pick can be good if you play something hard, so that you get through the mix better, but other than that, fingerplaying always sounds better. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: October 09 2006 at 00:20
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I really prefer a pick. It's cleaner and it's got that attack. Fingers may feel really good to use as a player, but their sound is overly fat and I feel it drags the song. Of course it all depends on the song, and when you need great clarity with precise articulation, it's hard to turn away a pick. Picks also handle more ranges better. Fingers have a really nice sound in the first octave on a four string bass (E), but picks encompass range range of five and six string basses the best. -------------  
"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: gong
Date Posted: October 09 2006 at 03:12
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Fingers |
Posted By: GabbleRatchet
Date Posted: October 12 2006 at 11:34
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Fingers also - really just because it felt more natural when I first started playing. Although I did use a thick pick for 12-string bass for a while, just for more attack and that bright, crisp tone. (Completely did my head in at first to move from fingerstyle upstrokes to pick-based downstrokes and to switch back and forth from song to song!)  |
Posted By: ThirdEye
Date Posted: October 14 2006 at 16:02
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Fingers But why I cannot vote?
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: October 19 2006 at 16:13
| I use my fingers and picks, but i only use the picks after i can play the song with my fingers. |
Posted By: Pulse
Date Posted: October 21 2006 at 15:18
| I prefer the sound you get with a pick, but I usually play with my fingers just because it's easier. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: October 21 2006 at 18:30
Picked strings have more attack - and I prefer to pick most bass lines, especially fast ones, and ones based around the lower strings, where I find that alternate pick techniques, etc., are more accurate and, more importantly more consistent in tone than alternating fingers. I dislike the sharp "twang" of the higher strings - so I tend to use thick strings on one bass for picking, and thinner strings when I play finger style. Both picking and finger style can sound great, but it depends on the effects you are looking for in your playing - and, personally, I don't find that I have any more sensitivity to the music, or difficulty in stretching across ranges on the instrument whether I use a pick or not. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
AtLossForWords wrote:Posted By: EyeShakingKing
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 17:05
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Fingers mostly for me, but if a song calls for a pick, that's what I use. John Entwistle switching seamlessly between the two live is an inspiration for me. ------------- Yeah, we're runnin' a little bit hot tonight. I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off of it. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: February 26 2007 at 09:08
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I just recently got a Bass as a present! I am not sure which is best as I have just started to get into yet, I can't play any notes yet, but I will learn it. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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