How so? I'd love to hear more about this. I always just thought it was a preference in feel. I also always play right by the bridge.
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How so? I'd love to hear more about this. I always just thought it was a preference in feel. I also always play right by the bridge.
Pretty simple for me, when I sit, I bypass the straplock and just use the hole 2 spots higher on the strap.
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I can hear more string travel in the second clip, the longer the string travels the more you have to anticipate where it's gonna be when you're ready to pluck the next note, this can not only slow things down, it can make one play more restrained.....
You're such a pro. I would never have heard that.
thx Ken, revised my post a little.
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- Mar 13, 2008
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A friend is in a band we went to see last night at Liquid Joe's in Salt Lake City. They are very good at what rhey do (mainly 80's harder stuff, Quiet Riot, Motley Crew and the like). I was watching the bass player who played an Explorer and a PJ I couldn't identify (he had a white Gibson Thunderbird that I was disappointed he didn't play, he said it was a backup). I was surprised not that he played fingerstyle and with a pick, but that it sounded very much the same. I asked him how he did it, he looked surprised and said did he didn't know.
Any idea how he did it?
Any idea how he did it?
Glad you were able to put these to good use. They indeed do feel much smoother than the original set I put on my bass when they first came out. Makes me wonder if they made a design change in them or if I just had a bad set. In any case, I wouldn’t shy away from using these strings if it’s the sound your after.
I found I’m less aggressive, and not have to hit the strings as hard with lower tension.
For me, I like that because my fingers have a strange way of plucking.
More so how I play across the strings.
many like to emulate the style the song was recorded with in the first place (easier to jump strings with fingers and single string 8ths or 16ths with a pick) to accurately nail the feel of the tune would be my guess... Whole Lotta Love was originally recorded with a pick where Dazed and Confused with fingers and one can hear that imho...
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They still have the ring toss on the carousel? I remember going a few times as a kid, but it's been ages.
I guess there's still the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific that runs over the old SP line. Not quite the same as a full freight train, but it's pretty cool.
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That's why I asked, I expected to hear a difference, I listened closely. There was very little difference in his sound/tone/attack. It was there but nowhere near what I expected.
because he probably just did it for the feel, not the tone....he would just go to another eq setting to accommodate the difference....this said, fme, the older rounds get, the harder it gets to discern a pick or fingerstyle approach, this can be an advantage....
Your finger tone can really vary depending on where you strike the string (closer to bridge or neck) and how you attack the strings. He might be slapping the string as he plucks, which can do that.
I can come pretty close to a pick sound with my fingers. Callouses help.
