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Visconti

PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:57 pm


Yeah, I was wondering how all of you play. With a pick? Fingerstyle? Slap? Something else? sweatdrop


I play with a pick 3nodding
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:06 am


Visconti
Yeah, I was wondering how all of you play. With a pick? Fingerstyle? Slap? Something else? sweatdrop


I play with a pick 3nodding


For most rock I play with a Pick. For most metal and ingenres thereof I use my finger and for funk and some other genres I use slap smile . Also, for my little solos I use tapping style smile

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TheLoneBassist46

PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:17 am


I slap, finger, and pluck. I also do an teeny tiny bit of a tap infused pluck. it's like slapping but you do it with your left hand while you're playing on the fingerboard. I'm not too sure how well I can get that to work for my music, but it sounds pretty awesome.

Basically it works like this:
As you tap a string, higher up on the fret board (Around the 3rd or 4th fret) You use your pinky to pluck another string... (Yeah, it takes some practice... and it sounds horrible at first, but after some practice, you can create a really cool and freaky style all your own!)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:23 pm


Hmm well I use a bunch of different styles in several situations. My main techniques that consist of fingerstyle, slap, double thump, very rarely a pick(I dislike the sound), tapping and harmonics.

Mattosaur


Blane Masanko

PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:26 pm


Pick all the way blaugh
PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:03 am


i do it all, mostly depends on what music yuo're playing

osgood_schloter_boi


nomel_lemon

PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:05 pm


I used to hate it, but now I have this fancy pick that wraps around my thumb so i don't have to hold a pick awkwardly. It was for my dad's lap guitar but I stole it xp .
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:42 am


I use finger style with my first 2 fingers, sometimes 3.

I slap when needed.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:08 pm


Sometimes I'll play with a pick, but I prefer fingerstyle...

Although I'm not very good with it yet.

But I'm working on it. <3
PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:02 pm


I was really worried when I saw the title to this thread.

I mostly fingerpick. When my fingers are absolutely torn up or just really really tired, I'll sometimes use a pick, but in general I don't believe in picks.

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Moreos

Dapper Genius

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:49 am


I like the lower, thumpier sound that you get from playing with your fingers.
Picks give it a more pronounced, twangy sound.
PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:09 am


I was horrified and almost died, I was playing along with Iron Man, and boy did I ******** up that song........You could hear me trying to stop my bass from hitting the ground...All is well though.

I use a Fingerstlye and when I play rpck if I don't have a pick I make my finerstyle sound like a p[ick by playing more with my tips.
I tap and slap whenever I want to, most of my playing is partially tapping with my left hand because I don't have to move my fingers most of the time.
Picking only when my right hand is hurt or I don't feel like moving my fingers up and down the strings that fast, I find picking is too easy there's no challenge, but to pla fingerstyle to rock songs, that's hard.

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Rasengan_man

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:30 am


we hate plectrums buuut i will use one very rarely finger and slap techniques for me biggrin
PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:55 am


I mostly use my three fingers alot of the time. other times i use two finger, thats for alot of speed metal where when i play with a pic i cant get enough speed, i rarly ever play with a pic, theres alot of slapping and popping along with my style as well. some tapping, and some fret bored picking with my nails.

W1nterSold1er


The Amazing Mr. Tommyos!

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:46 pm


BassPinoy
Pick all the way blaugh

It's my opnion that you arn't a real bassist if you use a pick. Picks are for guitars. Nothing against you, but I don't like that psudo-slap sound you get from playing with a pick. It sounds half-assed. That's just me.
...Yeah, I play with my fingers.
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