[poll] Pick & finger style - tone settings?

[sethlow3]

“I've noticed my tone is more beefy when playing finger style, and brighter but also a bit thinner when playing with a pick.”

Another way around this a bit is using heavier picks and ones made out of different materials. I used tortex for a loooooong time. Which is great for a brighter thing, but as you said, you lose some low end. Plus, they are harder to hold when sweaty.

Now I use 1.5 Tru Tone triangles. Makes a huge difference on both grip and lows.

 

[Domespeed]

Do you play both pick & finger style?

If so, do you keep the same settings on all songs, or do you adjust the tone depending on the playing technique?
I've noticed my tone is more beefy when playing finger style, and brighter but also a bit thinner when playing with a pick.

I'm a "more" kind of guy, so I tend to play everything with both humbucker in series, tone fully open.
But I'm starting to think I should change the settings in the instrument to compensate the tone difference when I alternate pick and finger style. Of course the goal is not to get the same tone exactly but a more even presence in the mix if you see what I mean…

Of course I need to explore and find my own way. But I wanted to know if there's a trick, equivalent to the mid scoop used for slap, in order to compensate the thinner sound of pick style…

What do you do?

(wasn't sure where to post this, mods please move this thread if I choose the wrong forum…)

I voted „other“.
Playing in a band in which I play finger and pick style alternating, for some pick song I change pedal settings for a more grindy tone, for others I just leave them as they are

 

[Nev375]

My fingers and picks and various techniques ARE my tone control.

 

[micguy]

I use different tone settings in part because I get all of my sounds out of my fingers. I have rather hard callouses, which makes it possible to get a decent amount of attack without a pick.

 

[Killing Floor]

When I've played with a pick, it has been to get a different tone

So I wouldn't change anything on the bass or amp without first making sure my technique is copacetic

Aligned with this.
I use technique to change the output and tone.

 

[May Cassidy]

I go back and forth a lot, and in my current band I even do some hybrid picking, so I just don't have time to switch the settings. If I'm on a gig that I know will be mostly one or the other, I'm more liable to mess with the bass's tone controls or change the pickup blend if I'm on a two pickup instrument. I try to keep knob twiddling to a minimum on stage. In the studio, though, many things are possible.

 

[derg]

I play in a cover band so I adjust both technique and eq to fit the song.

 

[bobyoung53]

I usually (but not always) cut the treble a bit on the passive tone control (of a P-bass) when I switch to a pick.

Yup, same on almost any bass I play.