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03-24-2011, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | The Fingered Bass Club
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Ok, guys. You play bass primarily with your fingers? Join up! I don't have time to dole out numbers, but they're not hard to figure out. So, stake your claim.
deeptubes: Fingered Bass Club #1
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03-24-2011, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Houston, TX | | | This just feels naughty.
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03-24-2011, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by billiam5billion  This just feels naughty. | No, I'm not trying to antagonize our brethren who play with a pick. It's just an expression of playing style.
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03-24-2011, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Count me in....
But do thumbs count? Can't slap without the fat-finger...
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03-24-2011, 04:32 PM
| | | | oh my .. what a suggestive name for a club. |
03-24-2011, 04:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | Does using a pick only 5% of the time count?
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03-24-2011, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada | | | Instead of arguing something as silly as the way you make the strings move, go practice. |
03-24-2011, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Ok, guys. I re-phrased the question.
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03-24-2011, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by deeptubes Ok, guys. I re-phrased the question. | Perhaps "Bassists who primarily play fingerstyle" would be more fitting. Not much use for a club though, seeing as how it covers probably 80% of all bassists.
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03-24-2011, 06:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dunedin, FL | | | I play a combo of slap and normal finger playing, technically both I am using fingers, Do I qualify?
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03-24-2011, 06:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California | | | I'm in. The calluses on my index and middle fingers are darn near bulletproof.
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03-24-2011, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dunedin, FL | | | Did this group die already?
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03-24-2011, 10:40 PM
| | | | I think i'm going to start up the "bassists who use strings" club next |
03-24-2011, 10:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dunedin, FL | | | Count me in, I use those sometimes.
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03-24-2011, 10:55 PM
|  | Supporting Reggae Music | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | ROTFL@thisCLUB!!!
(sorry dude, i'm just easily tickled)
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03-25-2011, 06:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | I'm in, but I'm weird. I also use my nails. (Can't get that tone any other way, heh, heh).
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03-25-2011, 07:24 PM
| | | | Oh, yeah, I'm in. I love fingering my bass. It makes a pretty great sound when I do. Of course, I have to play around with it just right before hand. Feels good for both of us, I think.
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04-04-2011, 11:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | So far, I practice with both fingerplucking and picking, so I'm not sure if I "fit" in this club. I do like the fingerstyle because of the warmth of the sound, and it sometimes sounds uneven in a way it almost accentuates on its own the beats that need to be accentuated. But a pick has such a nice attack to it, especially for rock which I love. And I can play way faster with a pick... when it's needed.
I go back and forth when I feel like it, but I guess I would play fingerstyle 50% of time, picking 50%. When I add slapping/popping to my repertoire, it will be 33%-33%-33%, give or take.
Am I still eligiible to be part of the club? Or maybe I should join the "all plucking styles club"? Is there one, even?
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04-04-2011, 11:29 PM
| | | Real men play with fingers. There's no other way to get so much attitude into your music. However, I'm forced to admit that the pick has many practical applications.
Not that I'd ever use one  . |
04-05-2011, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | It is nice to get to the gig and not have to feel bad for forgetting to bring a pick.
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