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#23
what a pointless and useless thread

talkbass is a place where people can discuss bass issues NOT gang up on people who, for instance may 'dislike' people who use picks.


i hate people who put up useless threads like this

it seems that people like to make these threads because they feel insecure about people making fun of them using a pick

i use a pick! but i dont start these useless threads! no matter how much some idiot ridicules me!
 
#24
funkmangriff said:
what a pointless and useless thread

talkbass is a place where people can discuss bass issues NOT gang up on people who, for instance may 'dislike' people who use picks.


i hate people who put up useless threads like this

it seems that people like to make these threads because they feel insecure about people making fun of them using a pick

i use a pick! but i dont start these useless threads! no matter how much some idiot ridicules me!
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He was supporting your opinion man. The OP stated he is sick of people hatin' on the pick players.

Read before you type man.
 
#26
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DON'T MAKE ME WHOOP UP ON ALL Y'ALL, NOW.
 
#29
jamesdudley said:
Awww come on dude, I mean if you are going to play bass might as well play it right. Matt Freeman is what you want. Listen to Maxwell Murder.
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Do people always have to give that example every time freeman is mentioned? That solo is the bass equivalent of a schlocky metal solo, it's hard to get the technique to do it well but his actual proper bass playing overshadows those 10-15 seconds of fretwanking. I've tried to learn it properly a few times and it's effin hard, but I always feel that song song isn't really needed on out come the wolves as cool as it is.

Anyway to answer the OP sod em! Although I do recommend having a bash at playing finger style, you never know when you might end in a band or playing an odd song where you'd be better off with a decent finger style technique or two.
 
#32
SwamiRob said:
Anyway to answer the OP sod em! Although I do recommend having a bash at playing finger style, you never know when you might end in a band or playing an odd song where you'd be better off with a decent finger style technique or two.
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I have no problem with use of the plectrum.

HOWEVER...

Interestingly enough I spend as much (maybe a tad more) time playing acoustic guitar as I do bass, including six- and twelve-string steel, and classical guitars.

I don't use a pick at any time on any of these instruments, at all. I just don't like it. I used to use one (well, not on the classical), even on the bass, as a sort of "phase" I was going through, but I got to the point where I felt it was a hindrance more than a help.

So now I use only the fingers (and the fingernails) on all plucked instruments. I can still strum, by using my clinched index+thumb, and have gotten rather good at it. I slap/pop on bass a little, though that's still something I'm acquiring. I even play with three fingers on bass from time to time. But mostly, on bass, it's back to the ol' two fingers.

Saves a great amount of time on my having to hunt down a pick every time I wanna play, at the very least.
 
#35
it's not "cheating" to use a pick. It's just not what players like me do. Picking works for some kinds of music (hard rock/metal) but not all types.

And I'm pretty sure my fingers can play faster than most pick players can pick.... As if that's important!
 
#37
Illbay said:
I have no problem with use of the plectrum.

HOWEVER...

Interestingly enough I spend as much (maybe a tad more) time playing acoustic guitar as I do bass, including six- and twelve-string steel, and classical guitars.
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Yeah I paly a fair bit of guitar, possibly more then bass at the moment too, and I play alot with my fingers. Can't get away with it all the time cos I play guitar in a pretty heavy hardcore punk band, so that's out of the question obviously.

But for the same reason I can't always use my fingers on bass, in my main band I have to play REALLY fast sometimes for some of the more up tempo stuff we do and there's no way I'm gonna be able to do that unless I simply practised playing as fast as possible with my fingers for a couple of years solid at least.
 
#38
I hate playing with a pick. I don't like the tone. I think using fingers with fingernails sound better. But, that's for the kind of music I play. For punk bands, the pick works. I still don't like the tone, but it works.

IMO, fingernails create a better sound and attack than a pick.

And, before I get a list of people who play well with a pick and have good tone thrown at me, I understand that there are exceptions to my statement. But, in my experience, yada yada yada.
 
#39
Where I formerly resided before moving here, I was often chastised for not playing with a pick. A lot of bass players in that particular area used a pick. I say either when it works. No difference to me.
 

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