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    Posted: August 05 2005 at 00:14
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2005 at 13:29
Can't play with a pick...  Some sounds truly need it, but I'll manage without.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2005 at 02:48
Well I started out learning how to play fingerstyle on the bass, even though I was a hardcore picker on the guitar...now I really want to learn how to play finger style on the guitar.

Though I do play with a pick sometimes if I'm trying to do like a Geddy Lee style bass melody just cause it sounds smoother, but I just need to work out my fingers a bit. That's kind of the trick to learning bass, you have to SERIOUSLY work out your fingers and forearms.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2005 at 01:06

I can't use a pick. Fingerstyle is far superior.

I use a Rickenbacker 4003, pricey but worth it. Especially if your styles include Geddy Lee and Chris Squire. I learned with a cheapo Squier my dad had, and got the Rick for my birthday a month ago because I'm going into jazz band at school.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2005 at 08:29
You can hold the plectrum between your first and second fingers then use your ring finger to pop with
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2005 at 00:12
My main bass is an Ibanez six string, I also play some fretless.

I use exclusively finger style, using a pick just doesn't work for me. I also slap and tap so a pick would make that difficult.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:35
ahh my main bass is a 6 string ESP, but i have a Fender Presicion too
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:34

Finger Style, so i can mix with some slap..  used to play with a pick too, but didnt like the sound that much..

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2005 at 13:35

Finger style looks and sounds sexy; pick sounds and looks hard.

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2005 at 17:33
i use pick most of the time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2005 at 22:07

Fingerstyle most of the time.

I hate using a pick except for guitar, even then I rarely use a pick.

My primary bass is a Fender American Deluxe Fretless Jazz Bass



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2005 at 21:36
Depends on the material.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2005 at 07:05
Finger technique for me
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2005 at 23:47
I prefer the finger sound, but I use pick whenever I want a jagged Squire sound. My favorite bassist also used a pick at times... and his name is John Entwistle.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2005 at 00:59
I use pick and fingers equally I think. Whatever suits the song, imo.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2005 at 00:22

Fingerstyle for me.

Time ago I used to think that pick was for bad bass players who couln't use the fingers, then I saw Chris Wood and I closed my mouth. However, I prefer fingering for the sound, and the possibility of using the thumb and making some chords.

I use a 5-strings Dean, but I'd like to get a 6-String fretless, but once I'm able to manage the one I already have.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2005 at 12:07
Ah too bad there aren't mp3's on this site, i'd like to hear this hellmut! 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2005 at 09:57

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Hellmut Hattler is certainly one of the virtuosos of the bass, and he uses a pick too.

He is indeed! I saw him with KRAAN at NEAR Fest 2 years ago or so, it was a VERY fun set as I recall! Helmut really tor it up that afternoon.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 13:07
Hellmut Hattler is certainly one of the virtuosos of the bass, and he uses a pick too.


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