dannybuoy Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Now when I say invented, I mean I just thought this up after playing for years and thought the results were so good I would share. There are probably countless other people already doing it and I'm just late to the party. It woudn't be the first time - I came up with a guitar riff when I was 15 only to learn a few years later that Hendrix ripped me off when a bought a new CD of unreleased material! People always complain about the B string sounding so different to the other strings, that when you skip to the B it's always obvious since the tonality changes to much. I just came up with a simple solution, move your plucking hand further to the bridge when playing the B string. I can now play a run going from the E to the B sliding my plucking hand left and right as I do so and they now sound like the same string! The same technique can be used in the other direction if your D & G strings are too twangy and you want to fatten them up. My right hand used to stay anchored in the same position, now it's floating about all over the shop like it's been possessed, but my tone has improved as a result! Anyone else already do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Yes. Only on a four stringer, though. I have said this before but will say again - The Rails basses that I used to have, taught me a lot about pick-up positioning and swapping from one bass to another told me a lot about the position that the string is plucked, as they have different areas to anchor my thumb. The Magnum is ideal for playing aroung with this, as the "Corral" as they Amercans call it, the pick-up housing on a Magnum, allows you to anchor your thumb anywhere. [url="http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/ovation-magnum-bass.html"]http://flatericbassa...agnum-bass.html[/url] To be fair, on a guitar, this tonal movement is used a lot to get bite thru to smooth. Edited February 12, 2016 by FlatEric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I change my right-hand plucking position to adjust the timbre of the notes, but I had never thought about doing this on a string-by-string basis. To be fair, the B on my 5-er [i]doesn't[/i] sound massively different to the E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyKnees Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Buy a Dingwall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 I'd love to but they are expensive and I can just flap my hand about left to right for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1455282181' post='2977752'] I change my right-hand plucking position to adjust the timbre of the notes, but I had never thought about doing this on a string-by-string basis. ... [/quote] Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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