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Originally Posted by mjsisson ... I've heard other people play hard with a pick and none of them seem to get the awful click I get..... |
These other people; were they using your gear or did they have their own? You know, like a jam where several people just take turns with the same equipment?
Anyhow, what's your pick angle like when you address the strings? Well, when you pick the strings.
It might be too flat, too parallel to the strings so there's just a tiny moment of 'click' as it touches the vibrating string and then sets it off again. If that's the case, try more of an angle so the pick 'slices' across the string.
You could experiement with various pick thicknesses and shapes. As a rhythm player, you might be used to larger thinner picks perhaps, or those big Fender triangles. Sometimes by using a pick with less of a defined point, the string is allowed to slip off the pick as it passes over it, instead of coming to a clicky halt and then being set off again. I sometimes use the big triangles for 12-string guitar, but the thin versions, but when I go to bass, if I use a pick at all, and if I use the triangles, I use a medium or hard. Lots of attack and definition on those.
But then again I sometimes use a 351 shape Tortex light pick to even out the volume. I can play hard but the pick bends enough so the note doesn't just jump out above the rest. Like having a built-in compressor.
Try the angling thing and different pick shapes. If you're not already using them, the 351 shape is pretty even all around.
Another question: if you've ever tried playing with your fingers instead of the pick, do you still get that click?
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