People with chubby fingers have a warmer tone than people with skinny fingers: Discuss

[allighatt0r]

I saw a fat guy playing bass for the latest pop sensation or something the other day, his tone was really deep and rich. Clear but muddy. Know what I'm saying?

[rmshaw37]

i have no opinion, but thats the best thread title i've seen! congratulations

my bro thought the same when leper messiah was metallicas greatest riff! but thats for another time

[thisnameistaken]

The bass player for The Beat the other week was a pretty round-looking dude and he had way better tone than me.

[AndyTravis]

I shove my fingers into Cumberland sausages before every gig and recording session they're Line 6 modelling Sausages.

[Mr. Foxen]

I find fingers are too digital.

[AndyTravis]

If the Modelling suags gets too muddies, i use lighter strings...more girth in the midrange.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='rmshaw37' post='949968' date='Sep 8 2010, 09:52 PM']i have no opinion, but thats the best thread title i've seen! congratulations[/quote]
Plus 1

[geoffbyrne]

I make my fingers fatter by beating them with a hammer.

I find steel hammers give me a better tone than cast iron, but the best of the lot is the tone given to my fingers by beating them with a rubber-covered mallet.

G.

[JTUK]

Well, that has stuffed some people, for sure!

It is the internet, isn't it?

[Fat Rich]

Despite weighing slightly over a metric tonne my fingers don't seem to get fat, all that happens is my bass gets further away and I need longer arms.

I sometimes get a fatter tone by playing less with my fingertips where the callouses are but with my picking hand flatter to the bass using the fleshier part of my fingers.... if I want a really fat sound I use both fingers simultaneously as it helps to deaden the harmonic overtones of the string a little. And of course pluck closer to the neck than the bridge.

Edited September 9, 2010 by Fat Rich

[cheddatom]

you think fat fingers sound good? You should try playing with your cock!

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='950337' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:12 AM']you think fat fingers sound good? You should try playing with your cock![/quote]

And have to explain the callouses to the missus?

[cheddatom]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='950343' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:17 AM']And have to explain the callouses to the missus?[/quote]

I cover mine in superglue. Seems fine

[270degrees]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='950337' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:12 AM']you think fat fingers sound good? You should try playing with your cock![/quote]

I do...every nigh...oh. :S

Edited September 9, 2010 by 270degrees

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='950353' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:23 AM']I cover mine in superglue. Seems fine[/quote]

Stick to what you know, I always say.

[SS73]

[quote name='cheddatom' post='950337' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:12 AM']you think fat fingers sound good? You should try playing with your cock![/quote]

Didn't Peter Gabriel's bassist do something like that or was it a dried one he used, anyway it did sound pretty good.
Back to digits...
Andreas Segovia, more Cumberlands than Hot Dogs,

[Delberthot]

Have you ever seen Nathan East's fingers close up? I bought his instructional VHS video back in the day and he has really wide finger tips.

I'm a big chap but my tone is quite trebly so I think you're talking utter kochwurst

[allighatt0r]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='950523' date='Sep 9 2010, 12:49 PM']Have you ever seen Nathan East's fingers close up? I bought his instructional VHS video back in the day and he has really wide finger tips.

I'm a big chap but my tone is quite trebly so I think you're talking utter kochwurst [/quote]

I'm talking tone that's unaffected by gear, so, if you give Pino Palladino and Nathan Watts the same bass, plugged into a DI box and into a flat PA desk, would you notice a warmer tone from Nathan?

[Fat Rich]

Legend!

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='950343' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:17 AM']And have to explain the callouses to the missus?[/quote]

Well let's face it you (one) would be lucky if your missus was intrested in your man downstairs anyway!

[SteveK]

[quote]Have you ever seen Nathan East's fingers close up?[/quote]
Yep, held them in my hand only a few weeks back...can't say I noticed anything unusual about his fingers. But I was rather preoccupied with the fact that he had his leg in plaster