technique-help

Obviously i know to put them close to the fretwire, but i mean what part of the finger should touch the strings. I've heard to play with the tips, but i don't know what exactly classifies as "playing with your fingertips". Is it right up against the nail, perpendicular to the finger or something...

Recently I've been struggling to play certain basslines because whenever I fret the 1st and 2nd frets of lower strings with my index finger i get a really sharp pain where the neck meets my finger (like a bruise being poked but way worse) to the point that i have to stop playing. I'm certain it...

Greetings. In the recent days I have noticed that endurance of both of my hands, left hand especially, decreased. After 1-2 minutes of playing I have to take a break for a few minutes for my hands to recover. I suspect that this happened because a little over a week ago I increased my practice...

So, I have an Jazz bass with an ashtray on the neck pickup. Does the ashtray prevent me from reaching all the artificial harmonics, and if so, which ones? Thank you!

Hi, My popping technique has gotten to a point where I can get my index finger in and out through the D string without it touching any other strings, but my middle and ring finger knuckles tend to rest/touch on the G string while popping the D. I haven't been able to notice any clicks or...

Hello I was a mid-level bass player that due to some unfortunate circumstances haven t played so much lately.It seems like I have "lost my way" I dont know what to study ,from where to study(youtube?other tutorials?)and in general I son t know how to continue.I want to mention that I used to...

Hi all, I'm new here. (Sorry if this isn't categorised right.) I started playing bass a couple of months ago and very quickly ran into an issue which (irritatingly but probably unsurprisingly) I haven't been able to fix. When I fret notes close to the headstock/top of neck, the string will...

I guess the core of my quesion is: what muscles do you use to "drive" the slap sound? I ask as a newer player to DB, and newer yet to slap. After playing EBG for decades, I took the plunge and added DB to my playing about a year ago. While loving the tone and voice of the "Big Bass" playing...

I've been working on a fast triplet ghost note lick which has a double slap every time the lick repeats and I find that the double slap is holding me back from getting it up to speed but I don't know how to double slap faster apart from note bouncing off the string much and I find that some days...