annoying right hand fingering problem

[jesusplaysbass]

so ive been having problems getting a good tone.... i thought i was playing sweet till i was playing with a band and we had to record some tracks in an informal setting... the person doin the recording kept pointing out that i was always hitting red on the thingo (im guessing it means that im peaking or whatever its called). since then ive been really conscious of the sound im making...

when i play sometimes my tone is really inconsistent...but the one thing thats really annoying me is that when i play 8ths and 16ths i get a hitting the string sound... the same sound u get if u just tap the strings.... if i start slowly and then build up the sound usually isnt there, but subtly creeps back in...

im playing a 5 string fender precision american delux... through a 1x15 65w ibanez practice amp

[Bruce Lindfield]

Don't worry - most poor sound engineers want to compress everything and suck all the life and dynamics out of your playing ...

Of course - control is desirable - but dynamics are important to live performance as well.

[Poop-Loops]

If you really want to kill your soul and change your style, you should slow WAY down and play like that for a while, to get a feel for it without "screwing up" while you do it. Like, without a metronome at first and then at the slow settings. That's good for getting out any kinks in your technique. But time consuming.