what do you use? Finger, pick, slap...etc?

[wagstaff]

I know that no-one cares about this but haven't posten anythign in a while so i'm gunna say i use my 1st 3 fingers on my right hand for finger style and for slapping i use my thumb (obviously) for slapping and the same 3 fingers that i use in finger style for popping

overall around 80% finger, 19.9% slap, 0.1% tap

[UncleBalsamic]

All of the above

[WayneS]

100% fingers.

Twisted Sister!!! WOO HOOOO!!!!!

[BassmanAd]

Anything but slap.

In nearly 20 years of playing nobody has ever asked me to do it and I think if I was asked I would probably rather cut my thumb off.

[joelc1319]

Originally Posted by BassmanAd

Anything but slap.

In nearly 20 years of playing nobody has ever asked me to do it and I think if I was asked I would probably rather cut my thumb off.

You don't like doing it, or you don't like the way it sounds?

[cnltb]

1-4 fingers, pick, slap which luckily has not been asked of me that often.

[UnderwaterGuy]

I use whatever sounds best for the song. I think I've gotten fairly proficient at all the styles by doing this and it really helps to not have to fumble with anything physical when learning a song.

[Slax]

Originally Posted by mothmonsterman

why eat a slice, when you can have the whole pie?

I don't use i pick very often i like the freedom to use what technique whenever.
It's pretty easy to go from finger style to slapping to tapping or whatever on the fly, finding some place to stick the pick..... still looking for it.

Funny you should say that. About a year ago I worked on a way I could go from fingers to slap to pick while not dropping the pick. I found that I could finger pick with my middle and ring finger while holding the pick, and if I had to slap I sort of "rolled" the pick more towards my palm so that my thumb and index was free to slap and pop. I became pretty decent at doing it... well decent enough I could pull it off during a song.

That being said, I'm pretty 50/50 with pick and finger style. It depends on what the band / song calls for. I'm not a big slapper, I never was... but I do find it fun to do sometimes. (Nothing serious though.)

[freakonaleash]

Fingers, feels so good. I have tried to get used to a pick, but it just doesn't feel right.

[phat daddy]

Contrary to popular opinions on this thread, I love to slap and have been asked to do it quite a bit in many Top 40- funk gigs. There have been times in my professional career when I made 70% of my income with my thumb. I also love to play fingerstyle, and these days it's more fingerstyle than thumb, I'd say I use the thumb 30% of the time now. I guess funk & disco is just really big in Tampa Bay, and I feel fortunate. I used a pick back in the late 80's but haven't used one since '91, so I'd have to say picks aren't a part of what I do. Nothing against them, just not my sound.

[Ramstien]

I typically don't slap. I use my fingers more but go for my pick when I want to play fast.

[mat gregory]

Originally Posted by tmw

Whatever the song calls for...

+100

Whatever fits best with the song!

[ogrossman]

Almost always fingers. The only tune I'm using a pick for right now is Ace Of Spades.

[guitfiddle0409]

I use thumb pick plus my fingers. That way I can mix pick articulation with fingers at any time. Ir probably looks weird but it works for me.

[Rickett Customs]

I use whatever the sound calls for. For a song that I need both a light touch and heavy touch, i'll use my fingers. For a mellow tone, i'll palm mute and use my thumb,index,middle and ring fingers. For something with a little more "thud" i'll use a pick. Of course, we should all know how to slap, it's more "when to use it, than how you use it".

/Jason

[Jimmyplaysabass]

I can do it all, including playing with a drumstick and a screwdriver (thank you sonic youth)

[Erick Lam]

why eat a slice, when you can have the whole pie?

Because there's more to music than technique. Because there's more to technique than plucking technique. Because working on several techniques, one risks of being jack-of-all-trade, master-of-none. It all depends on what one wants to to do.

[gibsualdo]

I use a pick when playing with my current bands but I'm thinking about going back to finger style with one of them, been listening to a lot of early Sabbath lately, I'm loving that Geezer sound. Right now, I'm just trying to break back through the blister barrier, I should've kept up some finger style on my own time :/