don't remember

[heltershelton]

if @Ebidis posted this vid from when he visited......we were totally wasted.
hes playin my 78 Pbass and im playing the STOLEN strat that i didn't steal.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Very nice but wtf is up with playing bass with a pick?

 

[heltershelton]

Very nice but wtf is up with playing bass with a pick?

in music, there are no rules.
hell, i dont care if he plays it with his tiny richard. (my mom said so)

 

[Astral Traveler]

Sounds great, wasted or not.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Very nice but wtf is up with playing bass with a pick?

That’s how I do it !!

 

[Kerry Brown]

That’s how I do it !!

I do it about half the time. It depends on the song.

 

[heltershelton]

I do it about half the time. It depends on the song.

i use a pick sometimes but most of the time i finger my baby finger my baby finger.

 

[SG John]

Very nice but wtf is up with playing bass with a pick?

That's how this guy always played it.

 

[Ramo]

Im sorry Cliff is the bass king, when i heard Anastasiia pullin teeth i didnt even know that was bass lol or bass solo take one, @eSGEe @Clockworkmike @Metal89 they know what im on about




good jam boys, I stoped my fav tune to hear you play

 

[Ebidis]

Very nice but wtf is up with playing bass with a pick?

I figured somebody would go there.

I was playing with a pick because I'm a bass player.

 

[Clockworkmike]

I figured somebody would go there.

I was playing with a pick because I'm a bass player.

As @SG John mentioned, the mighty Lemmy used a pick, as did Chris Squire. Dave Ellefson, Doug Pinnick and Justin Chancellor still use them and thats more than good enough for me lol

Good job fellas

 

[eSGEe]

Cliff is metal bass KING for sure.....


I rarely play bass with a pick -- my muting tecnique requires thumb and pinky -- while the other 3 gallop away

this fast fingered fellow packs a punch -- at 5'9" my thunderbird is ALMOST as tall as him sitting on the stand! ----does well too for 65 (thats SIXTY FIVE kids!)


ANd then there was THUNDERFINGERS


HOWEVER
Carol Kaye
Gene Simmons
Lemmy
and LOADS of others kill it with a pick.................. like the worlds (I believe he still is) highest profit grossing bass player (even more than that Ferengi SImmons)

SIR PAUL McCartney..............................plays wiff a pick


FYI he is now on the ROYAL MAIL ........................as a STAMP!

you get back JoJo !

 

[eSGEe]

and not to be hatin
Newstead =pick
Trujillo fingers.

BOTH have my respect and both play better on their worst day than I ever will on my best..

 

[Clockworkmike]

Cliff is metal bass KING for sure.....
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I rarely play bass with a pick -- my muting tecnique requires thumb and pinky -- while the other 3 gallop away

this fast fingered fellow packs a punch -- at 5'9" my thunderbird is ALMOST as tall as him sitting on the stand! ----does well too for 65 (thats SIXTY FIVE kids!)
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ANd then there was THUNDERFINGERS
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HOWEVER
Carol Kaye
Gene Simmons
Lemmy
and LOADS of others kill it with a pick.................. like the worlds (I believe he still is) highest profit grossing bass player (even more than that Ferengi SImmons)

SIR PAUL McCartney..............................plays wiff a pick
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FYI he is now on the ROYAL MAIL ........................as a STAMP!

you get back JoJo !

I hung outside his gate in London years ago lol he actually lives a couple blocks away from Abbey Road

 

[Metal89]

I have to agree, cliff is/was a metal bass king! But yea, i never got the hate about playing bass with a pick. It's how i do it, then again i only picked up bass to add more to my songs, that and jason newstead is an awesome guy as well as a bassist. if only he didn't get effed over on "And justice for all" then that album would be on a whole other level.

 

[SG John]

I have to agree, cliff is/was a metal bass king! But yea, i never got the hate about playing bass with a pick. It's how i do it, then again i only picked up bass to add more to my songs, that and jason newstead is an awesome guy as well as a bassist. if only he didn't get effed over on "And justice for all" then that album would be on a whole other level.

Yeah, I never got the hate either. The guy I play with these days does both, depending on the song and which bass he's using. Each has it's own timbre, and will effect the overall sound of a song. On one of my songs that's a little on the jangly side, he plays his Jerry Jones copy of a Danelectro six string Longhorn bass, with a pick. It is the perfect accompaniment for that song. It doesn't sound the same when he plays his other full scale or four string basses.

As for me, I've been trying to play more with my fingers, especially in a more hybrid style with a pick and then middle, ring and pinkie. With a Dobro, I can play more of a fingerstyle, but that's because I learned it that way. It's the only guitar that I can comfortably play with my fingers.

 

[eSGEe]

Im going to say this about that ---
THIS CAT uses both ---and that is DAMN GOOD ENOUGH for me

as you say based on the song -- the vibe and whats needed for that tune.....
JOHN PAUL JONES.... bass royalty on many levels

 

[Ebidis]

this fast fingered fellow packs a punch -- at 5'9" my thunderbird is ALMOST as tall as him sitting on the stand! ----does well too for 65 (thats SIXTY FIVE kids!)
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I don't know who that is.

 

[Ebidis]

double post

 

[SG John]

I don't know who that is.

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden.