Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[Bob_Ross]

or is tuned down to E -1. Needs that fundamental.

He's gonna need to use the coil spring from a pickup truck to make that whammy bar usable.

 

[monsterthompson]

He's gonna need to use the coil spring from a pickup truck to make that whammy bar usable.

i think that was Motograter’s gimmick

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

@dukeorock

Is he friends with AraabMuzik?
Same thing, different machine.

 

[theunknowndude]

I’m very excited to bring my sy1 to band practice on Sunday... so much so that I’m going to rejigg my board just so I can do something silly like sy1, distortion, wah, chorus and reverb all at once loudly...

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Friday afternoon off, no kids.
Mad scientist time.

2 mixers, no input stereo delay self oscillation, tremolo, 60 cycle hum, contact mic time!!!

Actually recorded some cool stuff.

 

[Bob_Ross]

You had me at "Friday afternoon off"

 

[HotelX]

You had me at "no kids"

 

[theunknowndude]

You had me at "no kids"

What is this no kids thing and how does one find it?

 

[HotelX]

Kids, the word reminds me of a stormy night when my nanny decided to give birth. I'm home alone and she has a kid's leg sticking out of her behind. I call my goat mentor who tells me to pull! The kid makes it out with the afterbirth. She begins to eat it. There was one survivor out of five kids.

 

[monsterthompson]

What is this no kids thing and how does one find it?

$50 copay cut my chances to effectively zero. It was worth it for me. I’m not anti-kid though. I mean Danzig is somebody’s kid so...

 

[theunknowndude]

$50 copay cut my chances to effectively zero. It was worth it for me. I’m not anti-kid though. I mean Danzig is somebody’s kid so...

Haha everyone is someone’s kid?
I just meant with my 4 kids having alone time with no kids is pretty rare

 

[steubig]

today i'm obsessing about how different picks sound. i've been comparing three picks, want to get another one to try out.

i could see bringing 2-3 picks to something (what is this "gig" thing of which you speak?) just in case i "needed" a sound.

pandemic life.

 

[monsterthompson]

everyone is someone’s kid?

Except for that one Russian guy, Petri Dish. Mr. Dish misses out on all the Hallmark holidays.

@steubig I went through the whole pick selection process. It’s wild what you can find. I used thumb picks, felt picks, cymbal brass picks, and some super thick composite material picks. Ultimately, I ended up liking these customs the best. Pretty sure they were Clayton acetal at 0.8.

 

[emjazz]

today i'm obsessing about how different picks sound. i've been comparing three picks, want to get another one to try out.

i could see bringing 2-3 picks to something (what is this "gig" thing of which you speak?) just in case i "needed" a sound.

pandemic life.

Let me know what you come up with. I went through this a couple of years ago. I have a few that I use from time to time. I'm sure you use pics much more than I do. I love the sound though!

 

[steubig]

Except for that one Russian guy, Petri Dish. Mr. Dish misses out on all the Hallmark holidays.

@steubig I went through the whole pick selection process. It’s wild what you can find. I used thumb picks, felt picks, cymbal brass picks, and some super thick composite material picks. Ultimately, I ended up liking these customs the best. Pretty sure they were Clayton acetal at 0.8.
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yeah. a *long* time i tried felt picks, wood picks, picks that i doubled up with hot glue or double-sided tape.

i could never get a thumb pick or fingerpicks to work for me.

now i have them by thicknesses.

3mm, ? (carol kaye), 1mm.

wanna try a 2mm.

i don’t have a fancy name on mine like you do.

 

[steubig]

Let me know what you come up with. I went through this a couple of years ago. I have a few that I use from time to time. I'm sure you use pics much more than I do. I love the sound though!

to me they sound disturbingly different.

the kaye thing is really good for copping her kind of thing and a certain kind of rock (to my ear). (it’s a different material and i don’t know the thickness.)

i think the 1mm will be great for the 12-string basses (and maybe for a certain kind of fretless playing), cause it def has more high end and sound a bit thinner.

the 3mm has more “thonk” with a pretty good click.

 

[monsterthompson]

yeah. a *long* time i tried felt picks, wood picks, picks that i doubled up with hot glue or double-sided tape.

now i have them by thicknesses.

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3mm, ? (carol kaye), 1mm. wanna try a 2mm.

i don’t have a fancy name on mine like you do.

There are some odd ones. I've seen one or two triangular shapes with a hole in the center and varying thickness at each point.

 

[steubig]

There are some odd ones. I've seen one or two triangular shapes with a hole in the center and varying thickness at each point.

the blue and red ones are kind of like that.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

to me they sound disturbingly different.

the kaye thing is really good for copping her kind of thing and a certain kind of rock (to my ear). (it’s a different material and i don’t know the thickness.)

i think the 1mm will be great for the 12-string basses (and maybe for a certain kind of fretless playing), cause it def has more high end and sound a bit thinner.

the 3mm has more “thonk” with a pretty good click.

I use 1mm nylon extra grip almost exclusively. I can strum hard almost flamenco style to tremolo to Motown to Bad brains with those.

Also some 1.5 nylons when I want something thicker. But always nylon picks....100% of the time.

I cant use others because the texture has to be ruff and grip or else they will slip out of my hand and end up on the floor. Believe me I’ve tried a $%^&^%$ load of picks. Those tranparent ones you posted are the worst for me, max 4-5 strokes....on the floor instantly.

 

[steubig]

Those tranparent ones you posted are the worst for me, max 4-5 strokes....on the floor instantly.

i don’t know if i should feel superior or inadequate.

those transparent things have little indents
for your thumb. very helpful.