I’ve said this already, effectively, Boz, so forgive me if I repeat myself here – but my answers are:ġ. Mike Farley, on February 12th, 2009 at 2:57 PM Said: Playing with a pick with the treble on high will produce an awful bass tone, but it is great for learning to play cleanly, as every note rings out for all to hear complete with any imperfections (not pressing hard enough with the left hand, not close enough to the fret, etc.) so I put the pick in my mouth or wherever, but when I pick it up again I don’t have to worry as much about which way the pick is facing since I can use all three sides.
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I prefer the large equilateral triangle picks, as I will often switch between pick and fingers during a song. I find that this gives me both the stiffness that I need as well as the slight flux of the pick which gives the subtleties to the note quality (it adds a bit of warmth by holding onto the string for that much longer.Īlso if you hold the pick closed to the tip with a firmer grip and strike the string it will have a similar effect as having a harder thicker pick and vice-versa. I also play aggressively so I like my picks a little thicker.(I am not even a metal player I am a rock funk blues jazz guy) so I use between a. I like to reduce the highs, bring up the lower mids, and accentuate the bass which gives me a very hard punchy growly sound that still keeps the natural warmth of the instrument’s tamber. remember to adjust the eq settings to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.
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Don’t be put off by the sound the bass will make the first time you strike it with a pick. Give playing with a pick a try, I use both and love both. playing near the bridge will produce a sharper punchier harder attack, but requires more energy on the part of the player to make the string sing. One thing to akeep in mind is that playing the pick on different areas between the bridge and the fret board will produce different tones. or they are playing with those huge marshalls)Īlso I find that when playing with a pick I can add more delay bassed FX to the sound as the sharpness of the attack from playing with a pick is not lost in the reverb or delay to the same extent as finger playing.
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(a lot of that high end clicking that sounds awful isn’t heard once in the full mix of the band and the tone becomes very clean, great if you have a guitar player who likes their sound to have bass. This is great if you have a damn guitar player who is walking in on your sonic area, but you don’t want to get into a volume war (believe it or not the guitar players are so picky with not turning down so as to not wreck their tone.) (sorry guitar players) This helps to cut through the mix. When you first start playing with a pick you will need to adjust your eq settings either on your bass, your amp or both, as playing with a pick will bring out the highs and hide the lows. I love the feel of the give and take of the pick against the string similar to how the bow felt each time it would grip the string in the short staccato notes or when scrubbing. When I play with a pick it reminds me of when I used to use a bow to play double bass (upright bass) in an orchestra. Right, I’m off to find some plectrums (or is that plectra?).Ĭhristopher N, on February 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 PM Said: Oh, and the Hampsters were very good, including an impressive bit of instrument swapping in the later half of the set, and some good three part harmonies. May be time to shake off an old habit? Playing with a plectrum gives a very different sound. When I started playing bass, the community I was part of seriously frowned on pick-using bassists, and that has stuck with me for some reason. When I saw Trip Walmsley (can’t find trip’s homepage – anyone? – here’s a video of him) I seem to remember him playing fretless with a plectrum. It gave a hearty dose of attack to the sound, which suited the band’s heavy rock stylings. Side picks don’t photograph well, so let me describe it: imagine a plectrum that curls around your thumb like a ring.
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Andy played a 5 string Fender Jazz for the most part, using a thumb side pick. They have had three different bassists in their 20+ years of gigging, the latest fellow is Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist (aka Andy Billups). They are a rock/r’n’b (old style) three piece, with guitar, bass and drums. Not my normal musical fair I have to say, but they do have their very own page on Wikipedia – – so I thought they couldn’t be all that bad.
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The Bass Starter Kit arrived with 3 plectrums, then last night I headed out with a group of friends to see The Hampsters. I tend not to think about basses and plectrums, but I’ve been forced to in the last twenty four hours.