Bass playing
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Topic: Bass playing
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Subject: Bass playing
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 07:52
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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 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 08:28
| I was surprised how many of the classic prog bassists used plectrums, really. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 19:14
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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. -------------  
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 20:59
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Fingering is the best! also, you have to respect anyone who can play proper slap bass. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Sam Fire
Date Posted: October 24 2005 at 22:07
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 )------------- THE DEMON CODE PREVENTS ME FROM DECLINING A ROCK-OFF CHALLENGE!!! |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 02:56
Fingered, but only as I CAN play with pick! 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 03:10
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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!). |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 03:14
Maybe they started as guitarists and then moved to the bass. That's one possible explanations. I know Paul McCartney (although he's not really prog) was originally a guitarist, and Greg Lake and Roger Waters also started out as guitarists (although I don't know which method either of them used). ------------- Be or be not. There is no question. - Yoda, Prince of Denmark |
goose wrote:Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 13:41
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Fingered
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