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11-24-2004, 10:03 PM
| | | | Confused?Most music i listen to uses a pick.
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Most of the music i listen to has a lot of power chords. People say i shold start using my fingers.I am wondering whether i should use a pick throught out the whole song. I am just really confused cause most band i listen to are emo/indie/rock and most of there bass players use picks. Should i use a pick if i am interested in this genre of music? |
11-24-2004, 10:12 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | If you like the sound of a pick, use a pick! The most important thing is that the bass sound the way you want it to.
You can always pick up fingerstyle later if you want. |
11-24-2004, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by seanm If you like the sound of a pick, use a pick! The most important thing is that the bass sound the way you want it to.
You can always pick up fingerstyle later if you want. | Yep. Great advice!
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11-24-2004, 10:50 PM
| | | | Yeah dude use what ever you want.. |
11-25-2004, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Timbo Yeah dude use what ever you want.. | +1
Slap it , Pluck it, pick it , tap it , finger it 
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11-25-2004, 01:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Memphis | | | You should learn and practice both fingerstyle and pick playing, and never feel that you're a lesser player if the sound you hear for a song requires a pick. Just don't get so attached to the pick that you have no choice but to use it- some songs require fingers.
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11-25-2004, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by fender_bassist1 Most of the music i listen to has a lot of power chords. People say i shold start using my fingers.I am wondering whether i should use a pick throught out the whole song. I am just really confused cause most band i listen to are emo/indie/rock and most of there bass players use picks. Should i use a pick if i am interested in this genre of music? | there have been lots of pick threads recently... have a browse!
if you want to be a well-rounded, versatile player, then it wont hurt to cover as many different techniques as possible.. but just remember some of the greatest bass players ever used very little technical variety... Jamerson played with 1 finger, never slapped, tapped, double-thumped or used a pick.. and he managed to express himself pretty well...
y'know what i'm saying  |
11-25-2004, 10:27 AM
| | | | No , am asking if there is a way to do play power chords using your fingers instead of a pick? |
11-25-2004, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Glos. England | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by fender_bassist1 No , am asking if there is a way to do play power chords using your fingers instead of a pick? | Well yeah, just pluck both strings at the same time, but not too hard or it will not be the sound you are looking for, more of a pop.
You could also strum with your fingers if you wanted, thats what I do when I want chords, might hurt for a while but you get used to it, check out Les Claypool of Primus, he does this a bit (listen to 'Too Many Puppies').
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11-25-2004, 11:19 AM
| | | | thanks guys! |
12-02-2004, 08:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scotland | | | A lot of bands i listen to use picks but when i jam their songs i just use whichever style i want, a lot of the time id use my fingers to play stuff like tool and converge, and whatever, its just about you and what you wanna do man.
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12-10-2004, 03:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Washington, DC | | | Keep in mind there's nothing wrong with sounding a little different too. Just because most bassists in the genre of music you like use a pick, doesn't mean that you have to. I played in very heavy metal/funk bands a while back, and the funk aspect was basically ME doing what I wanted to on bass. When I played chords, I mostly used the Claypool strumming style (although these days when I play chords I pluck them with my thumb and fingers most of the time).
The way I see it playing fingerstyle just gives you a much larger amount of versatility when you're playing. And, you can come pretty close to that "pick sound" by playing close to bridge and cranking your tone towards the bridge pickup (maybe a little EQ depending on your setup).
You can play with a pick if that's what you like, but if you get really good at fingerstyle you can smoke any pick player out there. |
12-10-2004, 03:55 PM
| | | whatever is easiest for u to do and sound good with the music if u cant play fast enough with ur fingers try a pick.  |
12-11-2004, 01:14 PM
| | Reggae Loving Honkey | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Poulsbo, WA | | Do whatever comes naturally to you. If you end up picking with your fingernail when you try to play fingerstyle, then maybe go with using a pick.
Sometimes it felt most natural for me to play with a pick, but I liked the tone of fingerstyle alot more, so when I practice I always drill fingerstyle. I've got lots of nice callouses (sic?) now.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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