Bassists that use three fingers instead of two

[DistantTremor]

I've seen this technique used to great advantage in many situations, and I've gone as far as learning the technique myself. What bassists use three fingers?

I know there's John Myung, Alex Webster, and Steve DiGiorgio.

 

[son_of_mogh]

Billy Sheehan
Gary Willis
Hadrien Feraud
Matthew Garrison
John Enwistle

 

[damianerskine]

Damian Erskine

 

[Lammchop93]

Robert Trujillo

 

[fenderphil]

i use seven fingers AND 2 thumbs!! lol

 

[kesslari]

Jim Lacefield. RIP

 

[arstneio]

les claypool...

Verdine white uses four. But you didn't ask that.

 

[derelicte]

JOHN MYUNG.

 

[amacintosh]

Glen 5

 

[nysbob]

Rob Grange. I learned it from watching him in my wayward youth.

 

[iplaybasstexas]

ME!

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Steve Bailey.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

les claypool...

Really? Never seen him doing it. Is there a YouTube clip in which I can check him out?

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Really? Never seen him doing it. Is there a YouTube clip in which I can check him out?

I read an interview years back where he mentioned it- it basically came down to that he started using three fingers because all of the other local bassists were using two, and he figured he'd go one faster If you listen to the song "The Toys Go Winding Down" off of Frizzle Fry, he plays very quick triplet sets throughout the song.

 

[Ric5]

I use 3 fingers, my thumb, picks, fingernails,

I have even tried drum sticks ...

 

[Thundar]

3 finger plucker here! Learning all those Rush bass lines drove me to using 3 fingers years ago

 

[sarcastro83]

does Steve Harris use three? I read somewhere that he did...

 

[AndrewMagrini]

Just saw John Myung last night at Terminal 5...I'm wrecked from the show, but damn that man can play! Worth every penny.

 

[BigKahuna13]

Me - though mostly only for triplets and 16th note runs.

When I mentioned that I had learned to use 3 fingers on my right hand to my then
instructor his comment was "talk to me when you include the pinky." Still working
on that.

 

[Merton]

does Steve Harris use three? I read somewhere that he did...

Common misconception apparently, 2 only. I always thought his galloping lines were 3-fingers, that's the only way I can play 'em, but he only uses two!