I don't like playing over the bridge pickup

[Clef_de_fa]

I'm all over the place

 

[lfmn16]

I like playing where I get the sound I want.

 

[Spidey2112]

I don't trust people who play close to the bridge as their default tone.

Hilarious!

 

[Spidey2112]

Mainly between the bridge and bridge pickup, closer to the pickup, itself... rarely ever at neck pickup. Maybe for single note walks, but not runs... I find the strings 'bounce' too much, making them harder to control... No floating thumb, as I use it to quiet other strings.

 

[two fingers]

I play wherever I need to to get the tone I'm trying to cop. I play a P bass with the tone dimed almost all the time. I use finger technique, pick technique, various picks, plucking finger placement, the side of my thumb, whatever. I'm not anti any technique if it gets me to the sound I'm going for.

Then again, I play all kinds of music. If you have found one sound that works for you, more power to you.

 

[two fingers]

Mainly between the bridge and bridge pickup, closer to the pickup, itself... rarely ever at neck pickup. Maybe for single note walks, but not runs... I find the strings 'bounce' too much, making them harder to control.

You must play a little more physical like me. I'm all over the place but have to watch myself the closer my plucking gets to the neck because of that added "bounce" you speak of.

 

[Spidey2112]

You must play a little more physical like me. I'm all over the place but have to watch myself the closer my plucking gets to the neck because of that added "bounce" you speak of.

Correct, Two... probably the main reason for my boot from the band, as I was always checking the guitarist into his amp...

 

[Al Garcia]

I play in between the two pickups now. I find it gets me the widest tonal range. I used to be a Jaco, Jeff Berlin kind of guy and play near the bridge pickup but got tired of the thin sound and hard feel.

 

[Chinchano]

I typically end up playing between the neck and bridge pickup. It's more comfortable and I like the warmer tone that doesn't have too much boom since I like my low mids boosted

 

[Chinchano]

I play in between the two pickups now. I find it gets me the widest tonal range. I used to be a Jaco, Jeff Berlin kind of guy and play near the bridge pickup but got tired of the thin sound and hard feel.

Bingo

 

[SunnBass]

If you don't like it, don't do it.


Why the need for affirmation?
Craven human.

 

[Sixgunn]

Pretty much where I call home.

 

[Jay2U]

I like to place my thumb on top of the neck pickup while playing fingerstyle. So that's where I normally play.

On my BEAD strung Ibby I sometimes play closer to the bridge, to have a better match between B and the other strings.

 

[RED J]

Tone is in the fingers.

Depends on the song and what sound you're trying to get. With my PJ, I can go from the darkest, fattest tone (P-pickup, tone off, play fingerstyle near neck), to the brightest, twangiest tone (J-bridge pickup only, play with a pick near the bridge)

If tone is in the fingers what's up with using a pick ?

 

[RyanKW]

Mainly between the bridge and bridge pickup, closer to the pickup, itself... rarely ever at neck pickup. Maybe for single note walks, but not runs... I find the strings 'bounce' too much, making them harder to control... No floating thumb, as I use it to quiet other strings.

My understanding is that that's what floating thumb is. Maybe I have the term wrong.

 

[RyanKW]

If you don't like it, don't do it.


Why the need for affirmation?
Craven human.

I actually thought more people would talk me down and give me reasons to go bridge.

 

[Bassnomer]

I'm the same way. I watch MonoNeon on youtube and he plays exclusively over the bridge pup it seems and I love his tone. Very articulate, but warm. When I try, not so much.

 

[Grumry]

I mostly use a pick (and play metal/heavier music) and often anchor my hand on the bridge like I'm playing guitar. But that doesn't mean I'm afraid to move up and often right behind the neck to get more string noise and clank if the riff calls for it.

 

[SLO Surfer]

Playing over the bridge pickup works for some and not for others. Neither is right or wrong. Let bridge pickup players play over the bridge, and let neck pickup players play over the neck.

I float between hovering over the neck at the 12th fret and as close as I can get to the bridge, depending on the tone I'm trying to get. Whatever.

 

[swafran]

Play in one spot till you know that sound, and then move to a different spot. Then use each one for different things. On many songs my right hand is here for the verse, here for the chorus, and there for the solo. It's one more dimension to your playing.