Interesting playing technique...

[Jerry_B]

I found this clip yesterday and thought the bass player had an interesting technique. Or it seems that way, if my eyes aren't deceiving me...

[BassBus]

And what about the hat the singer is wearing.

[molan]

[quote name='BassBus' post='1185622' date='Apr 2 2011, 10:20 AM']And what about the hat the singer is wearing. [/quote]

What on earth made him think that looked even remotely good - even in 1967!

[paul_5]

Looks similar to what Steve Rothery does for Marillon - he's a guitarist though? Don't suppose it matters as long as you get the sound you want though, and to be honest [i]anything[/i] that detracts from the sartorial nightmare that is 1960's Australian TV is OK in my book.

[Ancient Mariner]

I wonder if this may have been an early version of the 'Muse mime'? The guitarist taking the solo isn't playing remotely what's coming out of the speaker, and I'm not sure it's anything to do with synchronisation.

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='BassBus' post='1185622' date='Apr 2 2011, 10:20 AM']And what about the hat the singer is wearing. [/quote]
I'm not convinced that's a hat... reminded me of this:



Can't decide about the bassist. Either he's got a very novel combination pick/finger thing going on or it's conventional flatpicking & his fingers are just in the vicinity without doing anything.

[apa]

I like it (in small doses)

Hes definatly playing a combined finger/pick. Right at the beginning he's fretting the G&D and fingering them combined with an open E on the plec. I do think the guitar solo is being followed. The close up is of the rhythm guitarist lol As for that hair...................

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[skankdelvar]

Never mind the miming, that's a spiffy little song. I shall have that.

Edited April 2, 2011 by skankdelvar

[ThomBassmonkey]

It's hybrid picking, don't see it very often on bass but it's far more common on guitar, especially in acoustic stuff where someone's using a pick instead of fingerpicking.

[Jerry_B]

Yep, I thought it was like a guitar playing style - or banjo even. Interesting to see it being applied to a bass...

[Spoombung]

Richard Thompson is probably the best none hybrid picker

[JTUK]

Seem a few plec players do that sort of thing...so they can get the slap type pull-off.

[Doddy]

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1185880' date='Apr 2 2011, 03:23 PM']Yep, I thought it was like a guitar playing style - or banjo even. Interesting to see it being applied to a bass...[/quote]

Not really banjo technique. Victor Wootens (and sometimes Stu Hamms)slap approach is more influenced by the Scruggs style of banjo playing.

[Jerry_B]

I mentioned the banjo as a bloke I used to know would sometimes use what looks like a similar technique, but use his nails to play along with what the thumbpick was playing.

[Doddy]

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1185969' date='Apr 2 2011, 05:17 PM']I mentioned the banjo as a bloke I used to know would sometimes use what looks like a similar technique, but use his nails to play along with what the thumbpick was playing.[/quote]

Yeah,that's Scruggs style where you use thumb and two fingers(index/middle) with or without thumb/finger picks.
This guy is more like the guitar style of normal pick playing with fingers added-similar to what the Nashville guys call 'Chicken Pickin''.