Benard Edwards..pick or no pick

[Fire-Starter]

Guess you learn something new, but I am looking real close at this and it looks like he is using his fingers instead of a pick??? at any rate, one of my favorites!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxmDn2IzzhE

[Dr. Cheese]

A couple of months there was a two part series on Edwards. Nile Rodgers said he would hold his fingers like he had a pick although he just used his fingers.

[Fire-Starter]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

A couple of months there was a two part series on Edwards. Nile Rodgers said he would hold his fingers like he had a pick although he just used his fingers.

Dr. that is just what it looks like in the video, my hats off to him, and it looks like a MM he is playing as well, but it sure sounds like something else...

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by Fire-Starter

Dr. that is just what it looks like in the video, my hats off to him, and it looks like a MM he is playing as well, but it sure sounds like something else...

My hat is always off to Bernard. He is as close to an all time favorite I have although Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson, Paul Jackson, Stanley Clarke, Michael Henderson, Mark Adams, and Chris Squire fit in the mix too.

[LifeIsBass]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

A couple of months there was a two part series on Edwards. Nile Rodgers said he would hold his fingers like he had a pick although he just used his fingers.

That's right. I just read that a while back in either Bass Player or Bass Guitar magazine. It also said due to this technique his fingers would end up bleeding!
No thanks! Not for me!

[Headroom]

Originally Posted by Fire-Starter

...it looks like a MM he is playing as well, but it sure sounds like something else...

You're right it does. I'm not sure what bass was used on the song "Everybody Dance".

According to Marcus Miller, Bernard told him a Precision was used on the classic song "Good Times".

http://www.marcusmiller.com/faq.html...d=105&color=20

That link is courtesy of a contributor from another thread. Perhaps it might have even have been this bass:

http://www.chictribute.com/index2.html

The band is lip-synching the two hits from their first album on AB.

[markjazzbassist]

bernard is the man. i love his playing, he is one of my main influences.


There have been many threads on Bernards technique. He used his fingers Like a Pick to get that sound.

[Fire-Starter]

Originally Posted by Headroom

You're right it does. I'm not sure what bass was used on the song "Everybody Dance".

According to Marcus Miller, Bernard told him a Precision was used on the classic song "Good Times".

http://www.marcusmiller.com/faq.html...d=105&color=20

That link is courtesy of a contributor from another thread. Perhaps it might have even have been this bass:

http://www.chictribute.com/index2.html

The band is lip-synching the two hits from their first album on AB.

Yo, I read that Marcus thread you posted, the last part to me was funny...>>>

"I met Bernard shortly after and told him I bought the BC Rich but couldn't get that cool sound. He said, "Man I didn't play a BC Rich on that album. I played my Fender Precision!" I said, "But you have the BC Rich on the album cover." He said, "Yeah, well the BC Rich looks good, so I take pictures with it!"
God rest his soul...... "

[Cristo]

I believe he called the "fingers-in-a-pick-holding-position-with-no-pick" technique "chucking."

I don't think he played everything that way, but just some passages, such as the "Everybody Dance" intro/solo.

[Jules Forcella]

and if you don't want to hurt you - do it with a Pick

J.

[Rano Bass]

For me "good times" sounds like it was recorded with the Music Man but... whatever, he was a great player.

[Doctor J]

I'm a Metal guy but Bernard is one of my favourite players ever. I was actually playing Everybody Dance last night, it's a tough line to get right. Dunno if I wanna play it like that though, I'd probably lose a fingernail