Bass Guitar

Pick or Pluck?

bloodlusting28	Which do you do? Do you use a pick or do you pluck the strings with your fingers?     i pluck....i'm faster that way.	Which do you do? Do you use a pick or do you pluck the strings with your fingers?     i pluck....i'm faster that way.
	Posted: Jul 8, 2008 11:49 PM - Quote - Report!
Necrotic	i use both, for certain bands, i use a pick to strum faster, and for others, i just use two fingers to strum and go some what fast. i prefer the pick though	i use both, for certain bands, i use a pick to strum faster, and for others, i just use two fingers to strum and go some what fast. i prefer the pick though
	Posted: Jul 14, 2008 8:00 PM - Quote - Report!
spaceyhippie	i have like zero picking skills, but i do this kinda tremolo thingy, which is also good for chords, which are also for strumming, especially on D n G strings - n there's some stuff you can't do without a pick... but overall, plucking is better, more versatile, subtle - n more tangible, actually touching the stings - plus, u can hit the incidental harmonics, plucking in that zone, makes for a rounder tone	i have like zero picking skills, but i do this kinda tremolo thingy, which is also good for chords, which are also for strumming, especially on D n G strings - n there's some stuff you can't do without a pick... but overall, plucking is better, more versatile, subtle - n more tangible, actually touching the stings - plus, u can hit the incidental harmonics, plucking in that zone, makes for a rounder tone
	Posted: Jul 24, 2008 12:40 AM - Quote - Report!
not_dead_enough	I play with a pick, and I prefer it. Maybe it's to do with the fact I was a guitarist first... But anyone who criticises Bass-players using a pick...look at Lemmy from Motorhead!	I play with a pick, and I prefer it. Maybe it's to do with the fact I was a guitarist first... But anyone who criticises Bass-players using a pick...look at Lemmy from Motorhead!
	Posted: Jul 29, 2008 8:50 AM - Quote - Report!
lambogojo	i pluck. it gives me more of a bass tone	i pluck. it gives me more of a bass tone
	Posted: Aug 13, 2008 7:18 PM - Quote - Report!
munkeyboy_12	I'm with the old finger walk plucking manouvre but for some rockier songs i use a metal pick but then again i was a guitaist first and hated using my fingers at first but now i love it...	I'm with the old finger walk plucking manouvre but for some rockier songs i use a metal pick but then again i was a guitaist first and hated using my fingers at first but now i love it...
	Posted: Oct 2, 2008 11:45 PM - Quote - Report!
Blasting Bass	i play both i use walking fingers and if my hands get to sore ill use a pick	i play both i use walking fingers and if my hands get to sore ill use a pick
	Posted: Oct 23, 2008 5:07 PM - Quote - Report!