Do you use vibrato in your playing?

[bassguy74]

I am asking this question solely out of curiosity. LOL I am wanting to know these few things:

-Do you use fretboard vibrato in your playing?

-If not, why not?

-Do you tend to use it quite frequently, or tend to only use it once in a while?

Thanks everyone.

[lowendgenerator]

I bend notes, mostly during fills and random chaotic moments, but I don't think that qualifies.

[Darkstrike]

All the time, horizontal vibrato, with fretless, vertical, and whammy bar style, on one or two axes,

[GC4]

I tend to use it frequently, but just out of habit from playing guitar here and there. For the most part I feel like no one can tell unless you really start bending the strings.

[basmartin]

I always use at least a small amount of vibrato, to make the notes come alive. I try to use every technique avaliable to make my bass sing.

[Flyingaero]

Only on the fretless when im trying to make it sound melloooowww

[Chunk-O-Funk]

Yep.

[ubado]

I use what ever techniques the song calls for.
Definitely more-so on a fretless (but that comes with the territory).

[SpamBot]

I'll do shakes on longer notes.

[elgecko]

Yeah, but unless I'm soloing or playing a melody, usually at the end of slow songs.

[kr0n]

I do rapid bends with thicker strings and regular vibrato on higher ones. With fretted bass.

[jollygiantchris]

I do all the time. I try to incorporate it into some of the more riffy stuff I occasionally do.

[bigthemat]

why wouldn't I on fretless? I do on longer notes... doesn't make much of a difference when playing 16th notes.

[FunkMetalBass]

On fretless? Yeah.

On fretted? I do it every once in a while just to choke every bit of sustain out of the note. For the most part, the lower frequencies of a bass are so minutely out of tune that you don't gain any positive effects from doing it.