Any skilled Pick Players?

[Doctor J]

Blacky from Voivod! When they started doing stuff like "Nothingface" he busted out some countermelodic stuff.

And regardless of the stage of the band's progression, he still always had awwwwesome fuzztone! Marshall guitar heads into Peavey cabs.

Indeed. Just listened to Nothingface and Angel Rat this morning. What a great player.

Others who have come to mind - Macca from Xentrix, Josh Pappe and John Menor from D.R.I., Paulo Xisto from Sepultura, Phil Rind from Sacred Reich, Danny Linker from Nuclear Assault/Anthrax/S.O.D./Brutal Truth, Rex Brown from Pantera, Mike Inez from Ozzy/Alice In Chains, David Vincent from Morbid Angel, John Monte from M.O.D./Mindfunk and in a non-Metal way you should all check out Back Door fetauring the picking God Colin Hodgkinson

 

[Pruitt]

Not Metal, but Ray Shulman was an incredible pick player. There are more pick players than you think.

 

[KayCee]

Not metal, but underrated.

Dave Hope of Kansas. Check out his playing and tone on "Song For America" or "Leftoverture".

 

[Tired_Thumb]

Also, Carol Kaye folks?


reg: Steve Digiorgio, I've heard OF the pictures and video clips outside of talkbass also. Any links?

 

[j-raj]

... I've seen Oteil use a pick live with the Allmans on his 60's Jazz.

 

[dannoman]

Indeed. Just listened to Nothingface and Angel Rat this morning. What a great player.

Others who have come to mind - Macca from Xentrix, Josh Pappe and John Menor from D.R.I., Paulo Xisto from Sepultura, Phil Rind from Sacred Reich, Danny Linker from Nuclear Assault/Anthrax/S.O.D./Brutal Truth, Rex Brown from Pantera, Mike Inez from Ozzy/Alice In Chains, David Vincent from Morbid Angel, John Monte from M.O.D./Mindfunk and in a non-Metal way you should all check out Back Door fetauring the picking God Colin Hodgkinson

+ 1 on Rex Brown

 

[BassGod]

steve swallow, John Entwistle (used a pic some of the time), matt freeman, Frank Bello from Anthrax (Got the Time?)

Bello played with his fingers (or at least that song was done fingerstyle).

Graeme

 

[The Lurker]

Bello played with his fingers (or at least that song was done fingerstyle).

Graeme

Really? wow....

 

[Dincrest]

Frank Bello was mostly a fingerstyle player with Anthrax who occasionally used a pick, but once he got the gig with Helmet, it's been the reverse. He's adept at both, I think.

James LoMenzo is mostly a fingerstyle player, but uses picks when the song needs it. Now that he's got the gig with MegaDeth, he's playing all their stuff pickstyle to keep it truer to the original stuff. Damn good player, LoMenzo is.

And Bill Clemens is awesome. He has a pick attached to that prosthetic arm of his and he simply smokes!

 

[iamlowsound]

Sting is a finger player, at least all of the videos I have seen of him he was playing with his thumb reggie style. But he might have been using a thumb pick.

lowsound

 

[funktastic]

Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle does an awesome job of playing with a pick. He doesn't always use one, but he is very good at playing with one as well.

 

[Tired_Thumb]

Sting is a finger player, at least all of the videos I have seen of him he was playing with his thumb reggie style. But he might have been using a thumb pick.

lowsound

As of recent, he has been primarily a finger player. I believe back in the days of the Police, he did use a pick as it was needed.

 

[Alan Vorse]

Joey De Maio from Manowar is pretty interesting

Does he always use a pick or only sometimes? or mostly^^?

I think the real question is does he always wear a loin-cloth or only sometimes? Or mostly?

 

[clayton]

John Paul Jones sometimes used a pick. I believe that the Lemon Song is played using a pick.

FLea sometimes uses a pick too.

 

[Blunt]

John Paul Jones sometimes used a pick. I believe that the Lemon Song is played using a pick.

FLea sometimes uses a pick too.

JPJ played fingerstyle on The Lemon Song and as far as I know all of that album.

He used a pick on Achilles Last Stand on Prescence.

And don't forget about Andy West from The Dregs

 

[Human Bass]

How anybody didnt metion Mike Inez yet? Just watch the AIC unplugged.

 

[liquid-dream-ex]

Dave Meros

Gene Simmons

Ben Kenney

 

[Eisenmann]

OMG

You all forgot DD Verni of Overkill!!!
he totally rocks

 

[Voltaren]

Not metal etc but certainly ROCK

I sure no one has posted his name

PHIL LYNOTT -- THIN LIZZY

gone but never to be forgotten​

 

[WillaiMC]

Shavo of System Of A Down an be seen using a pick more times than not, but he's also a guitar player so that may be where his habbit comes from...Most people don't like him, but I've seem him to some things that are OUT THERE...




And I like his Gibson T-bird =D