Across the Himalayas with Rod and Emu

[oldslapper]

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

[Hellzero]

Ask Doctor Mondeaux for the fingers, he'll trade them for some jamas.

[Teebs]

I'm saving up for a set of vintage reissue reliced finguls.

In Olympic white.

 

[Hellzero]

All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others.

[Hellzero]

Period.

[Cuzzie]

My other pseudonym is Ten Thumbs

[Teebs]

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!

[Bobthedog]

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.

[Bassfinger]

All mine sound the same as I tend to use a pick.

[ambient]

Sound is where it’s at, at least for me.

[Hobbayne]

Have you tried Funk fingers?

I think Tony Levin has given up using them because they all sound the same. 😁

[Doctor J]

I hear things.

[fleabag]

I agree. Comma

[miles'tone]

They certainly do when I make them. 

[Maude]

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? 

[Frank Blank]

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.

[Pseudonym]

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.

[paul_5]

All of my power cables sound the same.

☹️

[paul_5]

8 hours ago, Hellzero said:

All fingers are equal, but some fingers are more equal than others.

Two fingers bad, four fingers good.

[Osiris]

I use these to get a deeper, more harmonically rich tone. 

 

[Doctor J]

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.

[Hellzero]

Wrong and mostly even, so they sound mostly the same. 😀

[Hellzero]

7 hours ago, Doctor J said:

I hear things.

But do you see dead people ?

[Hellzero]

[phil.c60]

I'm not sure if it's them that's dead or me.......