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01-15-2013, 01:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Fredonia, NY | | | lol all of my basses have pick guards |
01-15-2013, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan  get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | Another great pick player to add would be Carol Kaye, great chops and playing.
It's not the style, it's how you move people when you're playing will earn you respect IMO. |
01-15-2013, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. |
If you like the pick then use it.
Go watch a couple of Gov't Mule videos with Allen Woody. He rocks with a pick!!!
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01-15-2013, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | Wow, that's awful. |
01-15-2013, 01:35 PM
| | | Thread not about playing with a pick, it's about applying a pickguard to protect the top of the bass from *whatever*.
You have had two replies with the link to Stewart MacDonald, that's the place to look for what you want. I think this post/link is the one: Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrocko | It's for a mylar pickguard that is clear and can be removed without damaging the finish to the bass. Well, evidently without damage in most cases, if you are careful. Still, I think that's what you're looking for.
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01-15-2013, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | That's just plain silly. 
Play whichever way gets you the sound you need for the song. Limiting your options is completely the wrong way to look at it. |
01-15-2013, 02:14 PM
| | | | No need for pickgaurd on bass or guitar imo. The instruments look better without.
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01-15-2013, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebird28 Why do basses not have pick guards? I have seen what happens to basses that do not have pick guards. I have an Ibanez SR500 and would like to put some sort of pick guard on it without having to screw it down. Have any of you done this, what did you use, and how did you do it? I have thought about using some of that material that is used to protect tablet and phone screens - clear plastic with a sticky backside, what do you think? | Stew-Mac sells clear adhesive PG material.
Personally, I don't need one. I play fingerstyle and IMO there's really no need for one unless you play really aggressively with a pick. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | And that comment is simply ridiculous.
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01-15-2013, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: vanvouver, bc | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebird28 Why do basses not have pick guards? I have seen what happens to basses that do not have pick guards. I have an Ibanez SR500 and would like to put some sort of pick guard on it without having to screw it down. Have any of you done this, what did you use, and how did you do it? I have thought about using some of that material that is used to protect tablet and phone screens - clear plastic with a sticky backside, what do you think? | Sticky backed pick guard material may not stick very well to the finish on your bass. Most of it works best on non-porous gloss finishes. I tried some on an ABG and it just kept lifting.
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01-15-2013, 03:53 PM
| | | | I use my pickguard to hold my picks when I don't use them. I rarely ever use them, so there's just a pick sticking out of the guard on my P all the time.
On my pickguard-less bass, there is a divot in the finish under the G string from poor slapping technique. But it's all mojo:P
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01-15-2013, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | Comments like this are why we need rules on talk bass. Some people just don't play we'll with others. 
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01-15-2013, 04:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand | | | I ve used the plastic screen protecter and fashioned a pickguard to suit with no problems at all. Protects surface scratching caused by fingernails when slapping. |
01-15-2013, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | He's talking about pickguards, not whether or not you should use a pick.
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01-15-2013, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | | | i always thought pickguard was for covering wires from the circuit and for aesthetic reasons... i never realized some rude guys could mess the front of the body with a pick (???) For me if theres nothing to cover a pickguard is useless and if its plastic it makes your instrument look like a toy or some retro **** |
01-15-2013, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | If you're not playing a P bass with 50 year old flats with your fingers you are NOT a bass player. No sir, not at all.  |
01-15-2013, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by johnson79 If you're not playing a P bass with 50 year old flats with your fingers you are NOT a bass player. No sir, not at all. | Of course you're being satirical, since few of the original players on that same bass used a pick. Emoticons can be handy.
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01-15-2013, 07:03 PM
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01-15-2013, 07:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Jacksonville, Florida | | I like using a pick for some songs, actually. 
That being said, my problem is with pickguards themselves. Most, in my opinion, are just ugly.  |
01-15-2013, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | Hilarious! |
01-15-2013, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Kentucky Ryan get rid of the pick. whether its fair or not. more people will respect you if you dont use a pick. | Coming from a fingerstyle only player... That's just silly! Two of my favorite players, JPJ and Squire, play with picks. I respect them as much as I do Geddy. And I'm a *HUGE* Geddy fan!
Back to the question, though. I've tried to play with a pick and flat out stink at it. Even when I tried, though, I never struck the bass with the pick. I know nothing at all about the guitar. But I wonder if the pick guard is a stylish holdover from the guitar, which the electric bass is fashioned after. Dunno. I'm not that educated on the history of the bass or the mechanics of the guitar.
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