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View Poll Results: Do you have a gimpy pinky? | |
Yes
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No
|    | 30 | 65.22% | |
I lost it in a bizarre vaccuuming accident. (We shall never speak of it again)
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10-18-2005, 02:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Barrie, Ontario | | | Gimpy Pinky?
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Who has a gimpy pinky? My 1,2 and 3 are fairly easy to use, but my pinky flops around like a fish out of water... you too?
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10-18-2005, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Central OH | | | Yep every since the motorcycle wreck it's been pretty gimpy.
Just don't want to bend right any more.
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10-18-2005, 02:53 PM
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m Moderator Emeritus | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Connecticut | | | Nope. I used to have a weak pinky, but have worked it up throughout the years. |
10-18-2005, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Nope. My brother has one though. He used to play guitar a lot and did decent lead, but his gimpy pinky really hurt his soloing. Great songwriter and rhythm player though, I wish he hadn't quit playing.
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10-18-2005, 10:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA | | last time i played bass, i have to say all my fingers were made of butter, but i must say, my pinky was like spray butter 
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10-20-2005, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: atlanta | | | nope, i have the tapping pinky, where theres a "dead spot" in its range of motion, so it moves through it really fast.. its pretty awesome.
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10-20-2005, 07:19 PM
|  | Funk As Puck | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Arizona | | | Mine's weak, but I practice on the pinky all the time, and solely practice making it stronger at least 2-3 hours a day.
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10-20-2005, 09:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Winnipeg Canada | | | my pinky is the weakest obviously but its doin not to bad. work it a fair amount |
10-21-2005, 02:56 PM
| | ...Bluesin' and Funkin' | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | I use my left hand pinky more than my ring finger. I have pretty big hands, but I won't use my ring finger unless my pinky is already occupied.
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10-21-2005, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Now in Leicestershire. | | | Nope. Not really.
I pluck with R/H pinky and stop the notes with my L/H pinky.
'Not saying that I'm extra good an' all, but I do play that way.
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10-21-2005, 03:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA | | | I use both my ring finger and pinky pretty well, and I'd go so far to say that the latter is more versatile than the former. Try practicing scales, or at least playing minor third intervals from string to string to help get your pinky used to fretting quickly.
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10-22-2005, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Netherlands, Delft | | My pinky is pretty strong, I have smaller hands.. So I must use it 
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10-22-2005, 01:01 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | My left pinky is VERY strong. I'd like my right was like that. It's extremely weak! I like to do a lot of tapping solo pieces from Stu Hamm and I can't get my right pinky to work at certain points. That's the reason I gave up with "Moonlight Sonata". Sometimes I can use my ring finger instead, but it's very awkward in this piece. |
10-23-2005, 01:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: san fran bay area | | | my guitarist smashed his pinky under a 10 lpound wieght falling around 6 ftso his left pinky is about 1/4 in shorter than his right, its really creapy
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10-23-2005, 02:04 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sweden | | | My pinky is stronger than my index finger... |
10-23-2005, 06:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England | | | Mines weak and never been used for bass strings, i might start practicing with it.. seeing as its possible with most bassists on this thread.. what excersizes do you use to strengthen it up, scales? |
10-23-2005, 08:57 AM
| | | | my pinky used to be realy weak but its good now. The only finger giving me trouble at the moment is my ring finger, its not thats its weak, it just doesnt want to move fast. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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