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02-28-2006, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | hi, could anyone explain what a plectrum for bass is???
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02-28-2006, 01:47 PM
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02-28-2006, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: germany | | | its a pice of plastic which is made for guitar players and evil black/death metal bassist
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02-28-2006, 01:54 PM
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02-28-2006, 01:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 97465 | | | plectrum |ˈplektrəm| |ˌplɛktrəm| |ˌplɛktrəm|
noun ( pl. -trums |ˌplɛktrəmz|or -tra |-trə| |ˌplɛktrə| |-trə|)
a thin flat piece of plastic, tortoiseshell, or other slightly flexible material held by or worn on the fingers and used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar.
• the corresponding mechanical part that plucks the strings of an instrument such as a harpsichord.
ORIGIN late Middle English : via Latin from Greek plēktron ‘something with which to strike,’ from plēssein ‘to strike.’
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02-28-2006, 03:59 PM
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02-28-2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson It's a pick. Use your fingers. |   |
02-28-2006, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saint Louis Missouri | | | lol... I dont get the worms... but, if your just starting (which you very well may not be)... I would suggest the fingers...
dont worry, i had been playing for like 3 years before id even heard the word plectrum... call me stupid.. we just dont normally call them that over here in the states
also, death metal isnt the only style of music you can play with a pic... lol.. im pretty sure sting uses a pick... you know... alot of people do... feel free to do it, i just dont like it, it makes you look like a guitar player... and I think most other people here would agree that using your fingers would be a great start because it helps you get more cowardinated... i know thats spelled wrong...
anyway... worms....
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02-28-2006, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BassMan257 and I think most other people here would agree that using your fingers would be a great start because it helps you get more cowardinated... i know thats spelled wrong... | nah, that's just doing what the Lion in The Wizard of Oz does, only backwards. |
02-28-2006, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BassMan257 lol... I dont get the worms... but, if your just starting (which you very well may not be)... I would suggest the fingers... |
As in opening up a can of worms? |
03-01-2006, 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Pete-the-bass ive never heard the term plectrum before. weird. | a lot of people in germany use this word instead of pick.
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03-01-2006, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by mobis.fr its a pice of plastic which is made for guitar players and evil black/death metal bassist |
Yeah....Joe Osborn and Steve Swallow are big hits at all the death metal parties.  |
03-01-2006, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson It's a pick. Use your fingers.
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03-01-2006, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by bassmonkeee Yeah....Joe Osborn and Steve Swallow are big hits at all the death metal parties. |
I've switched to using a pick in recent months. The music we play is kind of dub-influenced electronica (for want of a better term).
A pick just seemed to fit better. I went and bought every type of pick I could find and I quite like these black sharkfins I'm using right now. I want to try those rubber wedgie ones but haven't seen them anywhere yet. |
03-01-2006, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by AerospaceGuy As in opening up a can of worms? | the can depicted in that illistration is clearly not opened 
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03-01-2006, 02:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA | | | Plectrum is the "technically correct" term and I think it is favored by the British and those who speak British English.
In the USA people usually call them picks.
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