Technique Pet peeves

[Surprise Panda!]

What's your's?

[fourstringdrums]

I don't understand bassists who don't utilize their pinky and go so far as to tuck it out of the way. If it works for them, great, but most of the time I see the player darting around the fretboard as a result of it.

[bassteban]

Left thumb over the top of the finger/fretboard.

Edit: Hey, panda- what's yours?

[mikeypbass]

1. (in Arnold voice) plucking like girly man!
2. No Pinky
3. 100% Pick! (sorry pick users, it just bugs me for w/e reason)
4. "Preferring a bowed neck"< yes i know a kid who does
5. Slapping at unnecessary times
6. Lack of Groove

[UncleBalsamic]

I'll say nothing as I'm worried that I'm guilty of half of these

[polsab78]

I secretly fear for the safety of the bass player who plays with an overly bent left wrist

[bonzo4880]

tea cup pinky ... but its getting better. I have to admit, its getting better ...

[MrBorisSpider]

1. People who slap/tap/double thumb all the time. You're no better than a guitarist-shredder who you probably critisice yourself. You're not cool, you're annoying. Even awesome guys like Ryan Martinie and Tim Commerford don't slap/don't slap all the time.
2. People who can play tripplets at 200 BPM and can do lots flashy stuff but can't hold a basic 12-bar groove.
3. Bassists who insist on being all over the fretboard, all the time. You're not a lead player. Stop.
4. People who rag on pick players/think they're better than pick players. You're not better than Anthony Jackson or Jason Newstead. Ergo, shut your mouth.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by MrBorisSpider

4. People who rag on pick players/think they're better than pick players. You're not better than Anthony Jackson or Jason Newstead. Ergo, shut your mouth.

Yeah, that one. Definatly. Even though I mostly play fingerstyle.

[mikeypbass]

Originally Posted by MrBorisSpider

1. People who rag on pick players/think they're better than pick players. You're not better than Anthony Jackson or Jason Newstead. Ergo, shut your mouth.

Sorry about the pick comment, I'd reeeaaalllyyy hate to start another one of these threads, should've kept that one to myself

Lets Bury the Hatchet?

[DayoftheGreek]

I hate when people manage to have an amazing slap tone even though when they slap it looks like their thumb hits the string right on instead of going through it and resting on the string under it.

I don't understand how it makes any sound at all!

[MD]

Using a slap thumb to play a walking jazz line.

Originally Posted by mikeypbass

6. Lack of Groove

Regretably, this goes deeper then technique.

[MrBorisSpider]

Originally Posted by mikeypbass

Sorry about the pick comment, I'd reeeaaalllyyy hate to start another one of these threads, should've kept that one to myself

Lets Bury the Hatchet?

You play a P-bass right? It's buried, my Precision-weilding brother.

[funkalicious101]

Originally Posted by MrBorisSpider

3. Bassists who insist on being all over the fretboard, all the time. You're not a lead player. Stop.

Sez who?

[Travisx2112]

People that debate the whole pick vs fingers thing. I personally am trying to figure out how to play with a pick, and in doing so, I am figuring out where it does and doesn't fit in. To each his own! I like both styles and will use both as I please!

[Rattman]

Players who overuse slap to basically focus attention on themselves

Guys who ignore cleaning their bass(s) after they play them

Guys who buy ERBs for no reason and don't utilize them well

[MrBorisSpider]

Originally Posted by funkalicious101

Sez who?

SAYS me. Says Jamerson. Says pretty much any good bass player.

[zenlowend]

That is why you never see "lead bass" listed on any CD. It would be like saying "lead drums".

[pbass2]

The two ends of the spectrum---pickstyle players who constantly use that horrible strummy technique up close to the neck, hitting all kinds of garbage half-muted strings while "rocking out", and alternately, fingerstyle players who wouldn't dream of using a pick but are convinced they can use their fingernails and sound "just like a pick". Bah. Rubbish.

[Gonz]

Originally Posted by MrBorisSpider

SAYS me. Says Jamerson. Says pretty much any good bass player.

So you are gonna tell me that Jaco was a bad bass player by leading the melody in Teen Town?