AlpherMako4 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 This is not so much a discussion, but more me realising that I like the sound. Still being a relative beginner, I listen to music thinking that a certain tone is really good, it must be a distorted or an overdriven sound, but no. I've just realised that it's a bass played with a plectrum. I'm gonna have to nail a bit of that....... it must give great versatility in tonal options. Another thing to learn and practice............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I wanted to sound like Bruce Foxton and JJ Burnell when I started playing. I still use a pick for about 30% of my bands set today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpherMako4 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Yeah, it seems to add a bit of bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I use finger(s), pick, thumb, drumstick... whatever it takes and anyone who says you 'must' use one OR the other is a fool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 As you have discovered there is great sound associated with a pick. I enjoy playing songs with a pick and im sure you will too. Another technique to learn but worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Look up Cody Wright if you haven't already, the new generation Bobby Vega (technique wise anyway) Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpherMako4 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Share Posted February 1, 2016 Ye. Bobby Vega is SO funky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I never really got pick playing until I recently discovered Bobby Vega... Been having a bit of a dabble with it myself in recent times I don't think I'll ever use it in a band context but still, it's a useful technique to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 For harder stuff nothing beats hammering downpicked playing. Every technique is worth exploring to see whether it's for you. It really annoys me when I see people who are either "no slapping" or "no pick". As if for some reason there are gatekeepers of bassplaying who think you're only allowed to play with index and middle finger and nothing else. /rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6feet7 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I came to bass via the guitar so just carried on using a pick. After a couple of years I decided to go to the 'traditional' index/middle finger approach. I now do either depending on the song - fingers for mellower sounds, pick for attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1454264604' post='2968036'] I wanted to sound like Bruce Foxton and JJ Burnell when I started playing. I still use a pick for about 30% of my bands set today. [/quote] Same here, though I only use a pick in my band. I have taught myself how to play fingerstyle for playing along to other types of music at home, but band = pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 When I started playing gigs, I was a plectrum player in a heavy metal band. I went off it entirely for about two decades and never used a plectrum on bass, preferring finger style. As I have been playing Jazz on double bass a lot for the last few years, the pick was reserved entirely for guitar. I studied Al DiMeola's picking technique and got pretty sharp on guitar as a result but I never used it on bass. My wife recently bought me one of those ridiculously good Harley Benton seven string basses, however, and, for some reason, I started playing it with a pick straight off the bat. This video was shot the second time I have played it and the first time I had played it through an amp. I find it a interesting concept, a kind of Steve Swallow meets Jim Hall vibe. I have been practicing Bach Cello Suites on it with a pick and it sounds really clean. I am actually enjoying the accurate intonation, having played fretless and, later, double bass pretty much exclusively for decades!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6AHkcNO0bg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I need to play a song tomorrow where the recorded version is played with a pick. For the life of me I can't get it- either pick or fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 We have a very good local band where the bass player uses a pick. He's a great player and makes the bass sounds right. . . . he's Tex Comer ex Ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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