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05-09-2006, 07:08 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Abomination Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | |  Which Boutique and High End Owners are playing with a pick ?
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Which of you High End/Boutique owners are playing with a pick ?. Personely 99.9 % of the time I am playing fingerstyle but tonight I was experimenting on my G&L with some chordal patterns I wrote and man did a pick fit my needs for it , it is a nice tool to have for specific styles.
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05-09-2006, 07:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Ventura, CA | | | I play with a pick when the song calls for it. My Sadowsky UV70 5'er loves to be picked ... other high enders, not so much. |
05-09-2006, 07:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY & Japan | | | I play my Zon Legacy Elite in any capable way I can manage, which of course includes with a pick. |
05-09-2006, 07:25 PM
| | A Hard Rockin Abomination Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | I also think a Pick sounds better with my Sadowsky when it has a fresh set of strings on it.
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05-09-2006, 07:45 PM
| | run rabbit run | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California | | | Sometimes I do, when the effect is desired. Out of all of the basses I have though, my fender jazz responds the best to pick playing. I actually tried doing some pick playing on my rob allen to see if I could possibly do a steve swallow type tone with the piezos, oddly enough I believe I heard a natural chorusing effect.
My warwick with the treble boosted on teh bass and played with a pick does some cool sounds, in the vein of paul d'amore (sp?) and justin chancellor. |
05-09-2006, 07:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mass | | | My modulus get some pick action when it's needed. It doesn't happen to much, but it really brings out the gritty graphite sound. |
05-09-2006, 07:59 PM
|  | Louisiana Superdome. S 127. R 22. S 12-13. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Mobile, Al | | | I used to play the Roscoe almost exclusively with a pick, but the past few years its been probably 70/30 fingerstyle. Haven't tried the Modulus with a pick yet. I'll have to give it a shot. Come to think of it, I haven't really put a pick to the Benavente or the Cirrus yet, either. Odd.
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05-09-2006, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Worthing, West Sussex, UK | | | Adam Clayton also. Doesn't he use Laklands? |
05-09-2006, 08:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Westchester, NY | | | Status Graphite, 85% pick.
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05-09-2006, 08:46 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | I'm probably 25/75 (pick/fingers). I love the sound of a pick. I grew up playing Grand Funk, Yes and Allman Brothers music. A pick just seemed like the normal way to play bass. Especially while the grand piano bass tone was really happening. I still love it in some tunes.........20 years ago I was probably 90/10 (pick/fingers).
Oh yeah, and I've been playing high end (boutique) basses for the last 25 years (yeah, kind of dates me......  ) |
05-09-2006, 08:46 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | I play about 5 percent of the time with a pick, pretty much when the song demands that sound. |
05-09-2006, 08:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Winnipeg, Canada | | | I play with a pick on my Dingwall when the song requires it. Otherwise I prefer fingerstyle. |
05-09-2006, 09:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | | 75/25 fingers/pick on my FBB. The FBB's sound is naturally very compressed as a result of the incredibly stiff neck and bubinga fingerboard, so that little extra grind really helps.
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05-09-2006, 09:09 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | Why would there be a difference if someone owned a Cheapo bass, More expensive production Bass or a boutique bass weather they would use a pick or not?
Usually 50/50 with me but it has nothing to do with the bass I'm playing. It usually depends on the mood I'm in. Some Rush songs I can only play with a pick. |
05-09-2006, 09:15 PM
|  | What would Scooby do? | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Livin' in the USA | | No picks on my MTD! Though, I might try and learn on my Fender
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05-09-2006, 09:15 PM
| | What would Scooby do? | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Livin' in the USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Nino Valenti Why would there be a difference if someone owned a Cheapo bass, More expensive production Bass or a boutique bass weather they would use a pick or not?
| Scratch the fancy wood?
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05-09-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Nino Valenti Why would there be a difference if someone owned a Cheapo bass, More expensive production Bass or a boutique bass weather they would use a pick or not? | Maybe those durn boutique owners are too snobby to use one? I've never used a pic myself, but with all the threads on pick usage that I've read... I'm planning on adding it to the repertoire. I've got a Cirrus 5 fretless now, and a Rob Allen MB-2 5-string fretless due on the 22nd.
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05-09-2006, 09:30 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Sean Baumann Scratch the fancy wood? | Then leave it in the protective glass case over the fireplace. |
05-09-2006, 09:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NY & Japan | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Nino Valenti Then leave it in the protective glass case over the fireplace. | +10000000
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