anyone play fretless with a pick?

[flywheel]

Better in Technique - moved.

This is true... I'm so used to posting in the basses area I didn't think to start this thread in technique. Thanks.

[flywheel]

Mate, if it get's the sound you desire, it doesn't really matter if anyone else does it. The only rule is that there aren't any!!

Well I truely believe this is correct. When I first started playing bass a lot of people tried to convince me to use my fingers (even a music instructor in my comm. college.) He tried to tell me I would be much faster if I used the two finger technique like "Jaco." I've never had any problem with speed with my pick. I'm just not real familiar with fretless... this is kinda a whole new thing for me. I didn't think I would like fretless this much.

[ERIC31]

Anyone remember an old 80's band called CLASSIX NOUVEAUX? Their bass player, Mik Sweeney played fretless with a pick. He was a monster player. I wonder what became of him. I loved that band.

[lemur821]

I play that way occasionally, but I'm not really a pick player. I'm good at it, but it's not my favorite way to play. Nice suond though.

[secretdonkey]

Trip Wamsley has a cut called 20 Years Too Late on his most recent album. Smokin' hot solo bass, fretless wid a pick.

[Monkey]

I only play fretless, and I usually play a couple of songs a night with a pick. I am a fingerstyle player, but it is fun to change it up a bit. Playing fretless with a pick really points out any intonation problems...

BTW, I also play the oud.

[Palomorado]

i play distorted fretless with a pick all the time...and it has flats.
great for metal!

[ERIC31]

Here's Mik Sweeney rocking the fretless in these videos from his old band CLASSIX NOUVEAUX.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0VaO1Haus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzZ4-pjIbo

[Eddard]

Originally Posted by Richard Lindsey

I believe Carles Benavente (Spanish guy, played with Chick Corea for a time a while back) plays fretless with a pick.

On the subject of picks and fretless, I believe it's actually a rather common combination for Middle Eastern oud players.

Carles Benavent. He always plays with pick, fretted and fretless.

[Richard Lindsey]

Originally Posted by Eddard

Carles Benavent. He always plays with pick, fretted and fretless.

Correction noted. I actually knew the right spelling; I think I just momentarily mixed him up in my head with Chris Benavente, the Oregon bass maker.

[Petary791]

Originally Posted by iskim86

didn't justin chancellor of TOOL do that for "Reflection"?

I could've sworn that was fretted... although I know for a fact that he uses a fretless on the second verse of "Lateralus."

[All_¥our_Bass]

Though I do not own a fretless, I've played a few in stores with and witho ut a pick, and I liek the pick better, I seem to better mwah with it, as well as a punchier tone.

But, to each their own.

[Naveed Afzal]

didnt chris squire?

[The Mock Turtle Regulator]

Tony Franklin usually plays fingerstyle, but here's a clip of him using a pick-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNShAssAsXU

[AztecViking]

While I generally like to hear it played fingerstyle, on the 1980 Jethro Tull release titled "A" Dave Pegg plays some rather awesome fretless bass with a pick. Give it a listen if you can.

[SBrown]

Have you checked out Matt Malley formerly of Counting Crows? My favorite work of his is the LP Recovering The Satellites, in particular the track "Children In Bloom". But all their old albums with him were great examples of picked fretless. My wife went to high school with him, and he is the most humble, cool, down-to-earth multi-platinum bassist I have ever met. Okay he's the ONLY multi platinum bassist I've met, but a great guy and fantastic musician.

[SteC]

Michael Been of The Call. Nuff said

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272T8hZUqcs