BASS NERD THREAD[views:19210][posts:103]________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:02pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] OH HAI DERE You know who you are. Let's nerd it up and talk low-end nonsense. TREBLE GUITAR PLAYERS FUCK OFF PLZ TEE HEE Ok, I start. Right-hand technique, gais: 321 or 123? Or 4321, and BTW fuck you 'cause I still suck at right-hand pinky picking? (I'm considering trying to play some "123" patterns just to get my dexterity up and to avoid getting my fingers too locked in to one pattern.) (Oh, and if this somehow isn't obvious, 1=index, 4=pinky.) |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:05pm - dreadkill ""] i'm a lefty |
| ______________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:06pm - Blue ""] 321 FTW |
| _________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:08pm - Martins ""] 246810 ftw |
| _______________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:09pm - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] whatever's comfortable. james Jamerson used his right index finger and that's it. It was nicknamed the hook,He was a Motown session bassist, but you knew that cuz yer a bass nerd. I use index and middle mostly on my Mann p-bass copy |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:13pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] I know of what you speak, El Brado Blanco. I actually need to work on not always defaulting to my ring finger on the "1". |
| ______________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:16pm - Blue ""] Did he use that lone finger for fast blasty stuff? I know i have trouble going hook style when doing origin songs lulz. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:34pm - thuringwethil ""] I use a pick. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:37pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] HERETIC |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:38pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] LOL - I played with a pick exclusively for over ten years. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:40pm - thuringwethil ""] bass is the shiz-nice. I'm so over guitar. list yer gear, Steve! Geek it up! |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:51pm - Czarnobóg ""] I've only ever played bass in thrashy punk or thrashy BM bands. All I know is buzzsaw picking. I've never even tried to play with my fingers. |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:58pm - narkybark ""] definitely R321 |
| _________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 2:59pm - C.DEAD ""] I like to finger my bass. For fast picking I turn my index into a pick however. I keep the nail a little long for that reason. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 3:39pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] At this point I'm faster with my fingers than I ever was with a pick, but I have been doing a lot of sharp chord strumming with the back edge of my nail. Tough to keep it even, volume-wise, but I'm getting to really like the sound. |
| ___________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 4:25pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] just gettin my callouses back from playin in my classic rock band. new strings are also awesomely awesome |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 5:48pm - badsneakers ""] I have always been a finger player..I suck at using a pick and up until this February I had never considered doing it. But with the new band sans guitar I wanted that pick sound and its proving to be tougher then I thought. blahh.. |
| _______________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 6:06pm - thuringwethil ""] bennyhillifier |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 6:53pm - metalguy_2 ""] The best way the three finger technique was ever explained was to start on the 1 finger and then start playing with the third and second finger. The finger that accents the one changes over and over so it can get confusing. It would look like this... 1321 3213 2132 |
| _________________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 6:54pm - deathfiend sli sli sli ""] weird, i never got the three finger thing, i just use index and middle and alternate them really fast |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 6:56pm - Blender_Method ""] 1 finger: depends on whats going on 2 finger: 12 3 finger: 123 4 finger: 1234 |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 7:04pm - Finger Fuck ""] Triplets and quad fingers... |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 7:15pm - Blender_Method ""] oh, and I forgot about the victor wooten double thumbing technique. I do this for a lot of fast parts. Definitely cant do the double pluck though. bennyhillifier |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 8:06pm - DrewBlood@Work ""] hi, im victor wooten. my hair is a tarantula. |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 8:26pm - Blender_Method ""] DrewBlood@Work said:hi, im victor wooten. my hair is a tarantula. hahaha |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 8:37pm - Dave_Maggot ""] victor wooten is black?!? |
| _____________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 8:38pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] ELIOT BAYLESS IS BLACK?!? |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 8:39pm - Dave_Maggot ""] samuel l jackson is black?!? |
| __________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 9:06pm - Ilanuim ""] DestroyYouAlot said:At this point I'm faster with my fingers than I ever was with a pick, but I have been doing a lot of sharp chord strumming with the back edge of my nail. Tough to keep it even, volume-wise, but I'm getting to really like the sound. How fast and do you use the thumb at all? Are all of your four digits up to spead? |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 10:38pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Pretty fast, only when I'm hitting a thump I can't reach otherwise, and no. |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 11,2009 10:54pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] thuringwethil said:bass is the shiz-nice. I'm so over guitar. list yer gear, Steve! Geek it up! FRUM UDDER FRED: LTD B155 > TECH21 SANSAMP BASS DRIVER DI > AMPEG SVT3 PRO > AMPEG CLASSIC 15" / POC CARVIN CRAPCAB 15" |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 12:50am - Beorht-Dana ""] When I do play with my fingers, I use the Steve Digiorgio method: 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1-etc Most of the time I play with a pick though. My fingers suck at playing fast. Basses: Spector Euro 5-string, Carvin XB-75 fretless Boss Bass Chorus Ampeg b2-r amp Alesis 3630 compressor (piece of garbage, need to get rid of this) Ampeg 4x10" cab |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 1:02am - TheGreatSpaldino ""] soup /b/!111 bassfag here.... i mean... it all depends on what i am playing but i'm usually a 321 guy. i do a lot of 1 and 2 too. on really fast parts i do 3212321232etc pattern. when i try to play Bleed by Meshuggah i have to do a 321123321123 up and down stroking pattern. shit sucks. i do a little slap, but i suck at it, and dont have much of a need to do any real slap bass so it doesnt matter. my gear sucks Squier vintage modified jbass (upgraded active preamp) > 80's Randall guitar head > some 700 watt 4x10 peavey cab. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 1:06am - metalguy_2 ""] Beorht-Dana said:When I do play with my fingers, I use the Steve Digiorgio method: 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1-etc Most of the time I play with a pick though. My fingers suck at playing fast. Basses: Spector Euro 5-string, Carvin XB-75 fretless Boss Bass Chorus Ampeg b2-r amp Alesis 3630 compressor (piece of garbage, need to get rid of this) Ampeg 4x10" cab not practical considering that one finger is doing most of the work |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 11:18am - Beorht-Dana ""] metalguy_2 said: Beorht-Dana said:When I do play with my fingers, I use the Steve Digiorgio method: 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1-etc Most of the time I play with a pick though. My fingers suck at playing fast. Basses: Spector Euro 5-string, Carvin XB-75 fretless Boss Bass Chorus Ampeg b2-r amp Alesis 3630 compressor (piece of garbage, need to get rid of this) Ampeg 4x10" cab not practical considering that one finger is doing most of the work It is practical in the sense that your index finger is always on the down beat and you can therefor have a more consistent tonality. As someone said previously, James Jamerson only used ONE FINGER and he was a ridiculous player. Steve D plays 12321 so it can't be that bad. |
| ______________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 12:23pm - badsneakers ""] would like to hear more about and see peoples gear!! |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 12:45pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Yeah, I don't think the 32123212 thing would work for me, but some pretty hot players use that technique (Steve "fuckin'" Di-G among them) so there must be something to it. |
| _____________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 12:50pm - arilliusbm ""] herugrim could have used that, dude. :\'( |
| _________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 12:58pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] You guys'll find somebody, dude. (Specifically "someone who can get along with everybody in the band.") |
| ________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 1:04pm - xmikex ""] YEAH! LET'S TALK SOME FUCKIN BASS! [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 1:07pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] SML MTH ONLY, LRG MTH IS DILDOS |
| _______________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 1:27pm - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] this thread inspired me to breakout ICED EARTH'S Horror Show, thanks Thteve! |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 2:28pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Brad, it took a year or 7, but I'm now completely obsessed with that Control Denied record you turned me on to, for exactly the same reason. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 3:53pm - TheGreatSpaldino ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Yeah, I don't think the 32123212 thing would work for me, but some pretty hot players use that technique (Steve "fuckin'" Di-G among them) so there must be something to it. steve uses only two fingers. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 3:58pm - TheGreatSpaldino ""] bennyhillifier check at 1:57 |
| ___________________________ [Mar 12,2009 4:47pm - ""] dean custom zone bass ampeg svt350h head gallien krueger goldline 8x10 cab (not super happy with this guy) tech 21 sans amp |
| ________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 4:54pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] SANSAMP FTW |
| _____________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 5:05pm - dontlivefastjustdie ""] DestroyYouAlot said:SANSAMP FTW qft |
| ___________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 5:07pm - dreadkill ""] TheGreatSpaldino said: DestroyYouAlot said:Yeah, I don't think the 32123212 thing would work for me, but some pretty hot players use that technique (Steve "fuckin'" Di-G among them) so there must be something to it. steve uses only two fingers. TheGreatSpaldino said: bennyhillifier check at 1:57 they were talking about steve digiorgio, not steve harris. either way, both are awesome players. |
| __________________________________________ [Mar 12,2009 5:25pm - TheGreatSpaldino ""] SHIT... didnt notice that... im so fucked up on meds it isnt even funny |