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05-20-2005, 05:59 PM
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Did Flea use a pick on the Red Hot song called Parallel Universe? |
05-20-2005, 06:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cape Cod, MA | | Yes. I don't know what kind, though. 
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05-20-2005, 07:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | "The Only time I play with a pick is when I have one in my hand." -Flea.
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05-20-2005, 08:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA | | | I have nothing to add, but I like that song. I'll do exercises playing it fingerstyle, but live, pick. |
05-20-2005, 10:52 PM
| | | | Its must be real tricky to play this with fingerstyle! Is this the only song he use a pick? Not that I’ts important, I’m just curious. |
05-20-2005, 11:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: University of Washington | | | No, Flea uses a pick on other songs as well. Pretty much whenever he feels like it. |
05-21-2005, 06:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Germany | | I did this song with a (now defunct) cover band and I actually thought he recorded it fingerstyle, so I also played it fingerstyle. It was quite a challenge, to say the least. I use three fingers so it worked pretty well, but I really had to practise regularly so I wouldn't run out of stamina during the song. It was an ... interesting experience.  |
05-21-2005, 06:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK | | Fortune Faded is also played with a pick. If you're interested, I read somewhere that Flea uses a Dunlop Tortex .60mm...
...Wow, my girlfriend's right, I am full of useless information...  http://www.musicplayer.com/lounge/setups/flea.htm here it is |
05-21-2005, 06:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ashburn and Blacksburg VA | | | it's not THAT hard to play without a pick. i think sometimes i'm actually faster with my fingers, but then again, i almost always play fingerstyle nowadays. |
05-21-2005, 07:25 AM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | I play it fingerstyle, it's not that hard, it just requires some stamina, fun to do.. |
05-21-2005, 09:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, England | | You could play it by flicking your index finger back and forth over the string a la Geddy Lee on 'Animate', it's quite a similar line.
Just a thought. 
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05-21-2005, 11:44 AM
| | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | yeah, that's another way to go, although it won't give you the workout you get from alternating I-M |
05-21-2005, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Hurley000 Yes. I don't know what kind, though. | Dunlop Tortex .60
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05-23-2005, 01:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | i used to play this with 2 fingers back in the day, my hand felt it would pop off after a minute or 2. good for building endurance. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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