oldslapper Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) In the light of several recent threads, I felt I should, in the interest of science/justice, to clear up an argument older than an old thing “Tone is in the fingers” I played the same riff, for the same length, through the same amp, with the same setting, with each individual finger in turn. I then put the fingers down, and repeated the same exercise, this time using my own fingers. The results were (as I’d expected) quite predictable. All my fingers sounded the same to me. I now feel somewhat foolish, having collected 4 fingers and a thumb, twice over!!! Turns out I only needed one. So I’m keeping the middle one and selling the rest, to buy more Chilean merlot. Happy nude year! Edited December 30, 2019 by oldslapper 3 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Ask Doctor Mondeaux for the fingers, he'll trade them for some jamas. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I'm saving up for a set of vintage reissue reliced finguls. In Olympic white. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Period. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 My other pseudonym is Ten Thumbs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, Hellzero said: All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others. Very true. Little finguls & thumbs are very different beasts! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 23 minutes ago, Hellzero said: All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others. I think you have nailed it there. Thumbs up. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 All mine sound the same as I tend to use a pick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Sound is where it’s at, at least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Have you tried Funk fingers? I think Tony Levin has given up using them because they all sound the same. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I hear things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I agree. Comma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 They certainly do when I make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Right that's it! There's so many rediculous topics on here lately and this is the last in a long line. I've had enough of it now, it's just utter nonsense. If all sounds sound the same Mr. Hellzero, answer me this......... How come most of mine sound wrong? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 A jazz bass sounds like Cheltenham tastes like modern art feels like petrol fumes smells like introspection and looks uncannily like progress. Yeah... take that objectivity. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Frank Blank said: A jazz bass sounds like Cheltenham tastes like modern art feels like petrol fumes smells like introspection and looks uncannily like progress. I always wondered who really wrote the lyrics for the Psychedelic Furs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 All of my power cables sound the same. ☹️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 8 hours ago, Hellzero said: All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others. Two fingers bad, four fingers good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I use these to get a deeper, more harmonically rich tone. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 When His Supreme Holiness St. Leo of Fender designed fingers, he got them right first time. Them he got them left, which were also right. First time. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Wrong and mostly even, so they sound mostly the same. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Doctor J said: I hear things. But do you see dead people ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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phil.c60 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I'm not sure if it's them that's dead or me....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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