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Points: 421 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:58
Some of my favorite bass players use a pick oddly enough.
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I have always played finger style because it's so hard to find a "good" bass player and when I became "good" I wanted to look even better playing with my fingers. Playing this way also makes the transition to classical/flamenco guitar a bit easier.

Right now i'm using a Fender Fretless Jazz Bass.




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Strictly fingerstyle for me, I've NEVER been able  to play bass with a pick, it just just feels weird and clunky to me.

Guitar though is totally different, with that, I'm a hardcore pick player with some fingerpicking mixed in.
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 05:45
Fingers... I play double bass as well so I find it easier and prefer the sound, I used to use a plectrum a bit but not very often, I still have a go at guitar occasionally.
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 02:37

Generally I can't escape the pick either, and only use fingers for effect.

I'm the same on guitar - I don't concentrate on bass so much these days now that I'm in a two-person collaboration (can't really call it a band!).

Fingers are definitely better - you can be a lot more expressive and play more quickly when the need arises, but it takes a lot of practice - something I don't get much time for, but should have found time for when I was younger.

Let that be a lesson to you young 'uns

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I use a pick 99% of the time, but since a pick doesn't allow for the low notes to really come through on my Ibanez BTB 5-string, I sometimes have to pluck a few notes.  I actually honestly prefer the sound most players get with their fingers, and I think that my tone could be better if I played fingerstyle, but I've never managed to work up to it. 
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Which style do you prefer? Finger technique, Picking or use both depending on the situation.


My primary instrument is a Fender fretless Jazz bass and prefer finger style.


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