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08-07-2003, 02:33 AM
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i've been experimenting with different attack methods on the bass looking for something really percussive and rhythmic, and i was wondering if any other bassists have tried the same technique or if i'm just some freak.
also, if any have tried it, i'd like soem tips on mastering that technique and special gear issues i'd need for the best drumstick-thwacking tone.
pre-emptive thank you.
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08-07-2003, 06:44 AM
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you may want to do a search for "funk fingers". |
08-07-2003, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | | THose funk fingers sound cool. I dont get what exactly you do with em, just kinda wack the top of the string? |
08-07-2003, 01:22 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The land of chicken fried funk | | For the Jaco-tone, I'd recommend a Southern fried drumstick so all that good chicken grease can soak in to the string wrappings and fretboadd.
For a more modern tone, baked chicken, no gravy.......OUCH, sorry! 
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08-07-2003, 02:16 PM
| | | | It's nothing new. The surf group The Ventures from the late 50's/early 60's had done it. |
08-07-2003, 03:32 PM
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For the Jaco-tone, I'd recommend a Southern fried drumstick so all that good chicken grease can soak in to the string wrappings and fretboadd.
For a more modern tone, baked chicken, no gravy.......OUCH, sorry! | Funny I was actually thinking of the ice cream cone. Great way to get cool lines and creamy tones. Forgot that drumstick could mean a chicken leg too. |
08-07-2003, 04:09 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The land of chicken fried funk | | Quote: Originally posted by jive1
Funny I was actually thinking of the ice cream cone. Great way to get cool lines and creamy tones. Forgot that drumstick could mean a chicken leg too. | Well, maybe you know, jive, that Pastorious was reknowned for eating fried chicken without wiping his hands before he played.....or so the legend goes.
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08-08-2003, 08:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pakistani compound | | | John "flip" Flippin bassist for the fatback band did play bass with his fingers and a drumstick at the same time. Real funky stuff.
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08-11-2003, 11:25 AM
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| The first time Levin ever did this, it was with this guy (Jerry Marotta, who is a multi-instrumentalist, mainly a drummer). They both played on the bass, Marotta hitting the strings and Levin fretting them. You can hear it in Peter Gabriel's "Big Time", but only during a few seconds. Gabriel and co. decided to use keyboard bass on most of the song.
Then Levin was wondering how to deal with this in a live setting, and PG suggested that he attaches those small drumsticks to his fingers. |
08-11-2003, 11:54 AM
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Jaco necesitaba solamente 4 cuerdas . :hiding:
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08-11-2003, 11:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto | | | i used to do that with a single rubber coated stick on an acoustic guitar....sort of a rythmic roll bounce chordal thing....pretty fun
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08-12-2003, 06:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Indianapolis | | | I have a set of Funk Fingers I ordered from Tony Levin's web site but don't use them that often. From a technique standpoint, it takes a bit of work to be able to play 8th note or faster lines with any smoothness The way you rest/position your hand on the bass is also important for getting a good tone.
Also, I found that using them on a cheaper bass and not-that-great amp did not produce good results, irrespective of technique, where as a better rig helped the tone more.
For me, they are fun to mess around with and pull out use them once in a while, but with the limited time I have to practice, I would rather spend it working on my fretless technique.
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08-12-2003, 08:41 PM
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08-13-2003, 06:21 AM
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08-16-2003, 04:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Perth, which is on the empty end of Australia. | | | I'm pretty sure intonation is subordinate to the hilarity factor when it comes to whamola-ing.
Just as well, because when you are an average of three semitones off - that's what I imagine it's like to play that thing - you *want* your audience rolling around on the floor, as much as possbile. Preferably drunk.
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08-22-2003, 12:31 PM
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Well I don't know anything about a drumstick but the funniest thing that I have ever seen to play a bass was a back massager.
(Otherwise known as a D to the I to the L to the D to the O)
(But, before you all fall over laughing..  )
It worked great! beautiful triplets.......I'm not kidding.
Hey, stop laughing! I'm being serious.....okay, stop already!  I also want to point out that this was on stage too!
-Anthony
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08-23-2003, 10:58 AM
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how do you use the whamola? do you use the fret board or pull on that thing at the top... or both
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08-28-2003, 11:56 AM
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Georg (Goggi), the bassist for Sigur Ros, uses a drum stick on a song called "Hafssól". It's neat.
You can download it from their SITE.
--Matthew
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08-28-2003, 05:27 PM
| | | | freddy stylee
try it like this dude |
08-28-2003, 05:30 PM
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i mean this one here
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