Playing hard

[SteveXDynamite]

I'm in a pretty agressive band and i play bass. I always seem to hit the strings too hard resulting in a clicking or snapping sound. Any suggestions on how i could still play hard but get rid of that sound. Maybe a cetain type of string or something, i use ernieball hybrids, thanks in advance for your help

[Bullet-Bob]

I recently complained of that to my teacher. He suggested I adjust the bass so that the strings are higher off the neck. I believe that is something to do with the "action"?

[ladros2]

Relax, and let your amp get the sounds. Raise your low mids and play near the bridge.

[Dash Rantic]

Raise the action, and play closer to the bridge. If that doesn't quite do it for you, you'll want to pick up a set of heavier-gauge strings--I've got some realloy heavy strings on my bass, I can play as hard as I want with no clicking. Plus they sound better IMO

-Dash