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06-22-2010, 04:20 PM
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Hey guys, this may be a weird question, but I've neglected my wanting to play bass for a long time, due to the fact that I'm missing three fingers on my right hand (pinky, ring, and middle). I know bass is more right hand intensive (I'm also right handed) than regular guitar, so should I even bother? I know you're all going to say "of course you should stupid" but how much of a handicap is this really going to be? Thanks for the input. |
06-22-2010, 04:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Inland Empire/ So Cal | | | You could always pluck or pick.
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06-22-2010, 04:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: In Space | | | geddy lee plays with one finger.
guitarist tonni iomi lost the tips of a few fingers but still plays
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06-22-2010, 04:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Willmar, Minnesota | | | You can do plenty with your thumb. Go for it.
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06-22-2010, 04:23 PM
|  | Intergalatic Fuzz Machine | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Wisconsin | | | Geedy Lee uses one finger all the time. Plus picks sound cool too
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06-22-2010, 04:23 PM
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best of luck with your musical endevors
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06-22-2010, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Clockworkbob Hey guys, this may be a weird question, but I've neglected my wanting to play bass for a long time, due to the fact that I'm missing three fingers on my right hand (pinky, ring, and middle). I know bass is more right hand intensive (I'm also right handed) than regular guitar, so should I even bother? I know you're all going to say "of course you should stupid" but how much of a handicap is this really going to be? Thanks for the input. | Sir, you can hold a pick, you can slap and pop, play thumb style (Paul McCartney), single finger, or develope your own method. Yes, you can play the bass. 
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06-22-2010, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Orange County, Ca, | | | A few ways of doing this:
1. Victor Wooten style (get the video). He uses his thumb, basically as a giant pick. Look at "double thumbing".
2. Heavy metal style with the index finger. Like the guy from metallica (original bassist) again, you use your index finger as a giant pick, upstrokes and downstrokes.
3. Banjo style thumb plectrum (pick). Attaches to your thumb. |
06-22-2010, 04:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL | | | ... so you still have your index finger?
Then you should take a real good look at one of the best all-time bassists, James Jamerson.
He plays all those *sick* basslines with only his index finger.
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06-22-2010, 04:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alexandria, Virginia | | | Wht not? James Jamerson used only his right index finger. I use only my right index finger. |
06-22-2010, 04:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Oh darn it, they beat me to mentioning JJ.
Hehe. One finger was enough for James Jamerson.
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06-22-2010, 04:27 PM
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06-22-2010, 04:28 PM
| | | | James Jamerson played every Motown hit with just his index finger |
06-22-2010, 04:28 PM
|  | Knob Nooner in Recovery... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rochester, NY, USA | | | I think I'd rather be missing fingers on my right hand, then my left. Your left hand does a lot more then you might give credit.
I say get a bass. and have at it......
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06-22-2010, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florence, Alabama | | | +1 to what everyone else says.
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06-22-2010, 04:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan | | | You'll be fine. You can hold a pick, pluck, and slap/pop. |
06-22-2010, 04:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Midlands & Leeds, England | | | James Jamerson was one of the grooviest bass players ever! Check him out if you havn't already. |
06-22-2010, 04:32 PM
| | | | Well thanks guys, it's very much appreciated, now a short follow up question... what should I am I NOT going to be able to do? |
06-22-2010, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | Flick people off.
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06-22-2010, 04:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by somedumbguy ... so you still have your index finger?
Then you should take a real good look at one of the best all-time bassists, James Jamerson.
He plays all those *sick* basslines with only his index finger. | this, and all the other posters who have quite rightly mentioned James jamerson 
do it! also, in my experience band members like it when you play simple.
you can also play with a pick like normal, i guess? but i still think you should do the one finger technique. make it your own! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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