oldbass Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Played with a pick when I was young but after seeing Mr B Edwards the first time..well it was bye bye pick..I mean, how do u play fast mute strokes with a pick?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Er... I suggest you take a listen to Electric Rendezvous by Al Di Meola if you think pick playing can’t keep up with fingerstyle There are plenty of great picked lines out there. The main difference is that you have to hold something rather than just pluck directly with your fingers. Once you’ve got some control there’s not much difference to playing fingerstyle. Have some discipline to play down strokes on down beats and you’ll get a consistent tone. Whatever happened to “if at first you don’t succeed...”?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Pick playing can be very funky ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 22/10/2017 at 10:52, chris_b said: . . . . should I forget about it, crack on and play the way I feel most comfortable? You can use a pick but you don't have to. Pick or fingers? As long as your tone is good and you can play the songs well then neither is better or worse. I would agree, but... Unfortunately some band leaders do specifically want you to play with a pick (and of course others will want a finger style player). In the 80s I switched to playing with a pick because that as want the bands I wanted to join wanted. However, I was always a better fingerstyle player and switched back after a few years and a couple of bands (which were, of course, the biggest bands I ever played with). I agree that neither style is necessarily better than the other for any given genre. Personally I think it is all a matter of fashion and now I play fingerstyle exclusively , but it is an advantage to be equally adept with both styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 1 hour ago, peteb said: . I agree that neither style is necessarily better than the other for any given genre. Never heard a fingerstyle player play Motorhead very well, but yeah I know what you mean, with a bit of EQ fiddling both styles will usually do the job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Yep, I read that when CJ joined the Ramones he continued to play with his fingers, whereas before with Dee Dee it was all down-stroke pick playing. Given that all their success happened with down-stroke pick playing, I`d say to anyone, learn that pick technique, or you may well bring down The Ramones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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