Bass Players
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Topic: Bass Players
Posted By: WillieThePimp
Subject: Bass Players
Date Posted: July 02 2005 at 02:02
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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. ------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
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Posted By: Balder
Date Posted: July 02 2005 at 19:17
| 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. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 02:37
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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 |
Posted By: goose
Date 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. |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:32
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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. ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:57
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. ------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 09:58
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Some of my favorite bass players use a pick oddly enough. ------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 05 2005 at 13:07
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Hellmut Hattler is certainly one of the virtuosos of the bass, and he uses a pick too. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 09:57
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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. ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 12:07
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Ah too bad there aren't mp3's on this site, i'd like to hear this hellmut!
------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: Plenilunio
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 00:22
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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. |
Posted By: Anonymous2112
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 00:41
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I'M A GROUPIE NOW! I HAVE 2 STARS This is my first message as a groupie! Hurrarruh i dont really care. ------------- And The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth |
Posted By: Gaston
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 00:59
I use pick and fingers equally I think. Whatever suits the song, imo.  Gaston -------------  
It's the same guy. Great minds think alike. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 23:47
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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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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: July 11 2005 at 07:05
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Finger technique for me ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: synthguy
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 21:36
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Depends on the material.
Could I possibly be more vauge? ------------- Wearing feelings on our faces when our faces took a rest... |
Posted By: seabre
Date Posted: July 13 2005 at 22:07
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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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Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: July 17 2005 at 17:33
| i use pick most of the time. |
Posted By: aegis
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 13:35
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Finger style looks and sounds sexy; pick sounds and looks hard.
------------- Listening to: Gentle Giant - Power and the Glory |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:34
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Finger Style, so i can mix with some slap.. used to play with a pick too, but didnt like the sound that much.. ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:35
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ahh my main bass is a 6 string ESP, but i have a Fender Presicion too ------------- Most listened albums last week
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Posted By: La Rossa
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 00:12
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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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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 08:29
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You can hold the plectrum between your first and second fingers then use your ring finger to pop with
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Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 01:06
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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. |
Posted By: Soulman
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 02:48
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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. ... Aww man, whoever owns a fretless bass, I ENVY YOU...  |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date 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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Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 00:14
| Only finger |