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View Poll Results: What do you use?
Fingers 17 65.38%
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Fingers and Picks 7 26.92%
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What do you use?

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Are you a finger-style bassist? a pick-style bassist? or both?
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Old 04-06-2004, 05:18 PM
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fingers.
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Old 04-06-2004, 05:18 PM
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been done a few times in technique forum..
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Old 04-06-2004, 05:25 PM
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Old 04-06-2004, 06:01 PM
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I use a carrot . . .
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Old 04-06-2004, 06:08 PM
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I use both. I use picks about 30% of the time and 70% fingers.
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fingers all the way man. nothing against a pick, i just hate using them.
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Old 04-06-2004, 06:30 PM
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I love the sound generated by picks, but I use my fingers 100% of the time. I just can't keep up with picks.
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was it les that used his penis to play his bass, or am i mistaken?
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was it les that used his penis to play his bass, or am i mistaken?
Nah thats Fieldy.
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Nah thats Fieldy.
Yeah, it's small enough to get a good pick tone.
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Old 04-06-2004, 07:23 PM
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Yeah, it's small enough to get a good pick tone.
Nah, i think it sounds more like finger tone. He probably has E.D.
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Nah, i think it sounds more like finger tone. He probably has E.D.
It actually sounds like a pebble in a Chevy 350 Smallblock :-p. *Rattle rattle rattle*
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Old 04-06-2004, 07:28 PM
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It actually sounds like a pebble in a Chevy 350 Smallblock :-p. *Rattle rattle rattle*
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Old 04-06-2004, 07:42 PM
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i play fingerstyle, because it just feels comfortable and i like the sound more
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been done a few times in technique forum..
Now THAT'S an understatement!

I'm moving this to Technique, but I'm closing it first. Pacman can reopen it if he sees fit.
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