Bill Dicken Lesson

[Baryonyx]

Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

You don't need rope or anything to do that. I learned that finger exercise from a Dave Weiner video... it's just a chromatic warm-up. If you practice playing without a rope, IME, you'll have better results. Then you can not only work on finger strength for clarity and articulation, too.

Dave has about 80 videos with stuff like this on YouTube.

Here:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=DAVEWEINER

Best,

Dave

Wow, I didn't know Dave had made videos! I've seen him live twice now and met him the first time I saw Vai live. He's a really cool guy! That said, when I saw him he had short hair, which suited him a lot better imo! I got his album too, "Shove the Sun Aside", it's pretty good!

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

This seems like the same kind of snake oil crap as "Gripmasters.

This is not snake oil none sense at all,logic shows that. I have seen Billy utilize this in person(even in my house on several occasions)showing and explaining to his students and anyone else that showed interest.

Bill has been utilizing the rope concept and rope exercises in the video for decades.

A little history on the Buddha rope,years before the rope had the look that it does in the video,Bill would use rolled up tissue or a small rolled up towel to get the same results.

Common sense tells us that if you practice on a bass with action higher than what you prefer and then play on a bass with your preferred low action you will immediately notice a big difference in your playing.

[Billy Low]

Yeah, but common sense aint so common!

[Aaron Saunders]

Sorry, snake oil in the sense that he's calling a small length of cord the "Buddha rope." Wow. What an invention.

Honestly, it seems just ridiculously beyond necessary.

[Charling]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

Sorry, snake oil in the sense that he's calling a small length of cord the "Buddha rope." Wow. What an invention.

Honestly, it seems just ridiculously beyond necessary.

i dunno, i mean, its a rope, and bill dickens' nickname is 'buddha', so its just a peice of rope used in a way that 'buddha' used it. a buddha rope. its just a nickname like any other, hes doesn't say at any point that its a unique piece of equipment, just that its a fairly unique idea.

[Dave Muscato]

Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

Common sense tells us that if you practice on a bass with action higher than what you prefer and then play on a bass with your preferred low action you will immediately notice a big difference in your playing.

Agreed. But you can raise the action on a bass with an Allen wrench and about 15 seconds. If you're going to practice this for an hour at a time, it's not hard to do. Plus, you can practice articulating the notes, in addition to just physically pushing down the strings, while you play.

My 2 cents.

- Dave

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

Sorry, snake oil in the sense that he's calling a small length of cord the "Buddha rope." Wow. What an invention.

Honestly, it seems just ridiculously beyond necessary.

Here's some more snake oil for you

(Leo) Fender Precision
(Leo) Fender Jazz
(Bill) Conklin guitars
Dean Markley strings
(Larry) Hartke amps
Gibson Les Paul

Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

But you can raise the action on a bass with an Allen wrench and about 15 seconds. If you're going to practice this for an hour at a time, it's not hard to do.

Not every one can nor wants to.

[Aaron Saunders]

Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

Here's some more snake oil for you

(Leo) Fender Precision
(Leo) Fender Jazz
(Bill) Conklin guitars
Dean Markley strings
(Larry) Hartke amps
Gibson Les Paul




Not every one can nor wants to.

A rope is by no means even close to comparable to the invention of the electric guitar, bass, extended-range bass, etc.

Those are innovations. This is a rope.

I'm gonna go squeeze a Gripmaster for awhile with my left hand using scale fingerings and practice my right hand plucking on my belt-attached PraxAx.

I'm gonna be a technical wiz in no time!

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

I'm gonna go squeeze a Gripmaster for awhile with my left hand using scale fingerings and practice my right hand plucking on my belt-attached PraxAx.

I'm gonna be a technical wiz in no time!

Don't forget the buddha rope.

[Aaron Saunders]

Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

Don't forget the buddha rope.

Right -- I'll throw it under the strings in the PraxAx to raise the tension

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

Right -- I'll throw it under the strings in the PraxAx to raise the tension