bass players play w/ a pick?

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w/ a pick or w/out a pick

  • With A Pick

    Votes: 88 46.8%

  • Without A Pick

    Votes: 116 61.7%
  • Total voters
    188
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Axis

oompa loompa
This poll is for people who play bass

just wondering how many of you play with a pick.
 
While I can play with my fingers if forced to, I prefer to use a pick, especially for recording. It gives a nice scrape that brings out the tonal character, perfect for metal.
 
My bassplayer friend doesn't play with a pick.
I hate the sound of pick bass playing, but that's just me...
 
it really depends on what I have to play. obviously you can't slap with a pick, but usually I use a pick for everything else.
 
Pick?

Picks are for your nose - or guitar. No, I intend no blaspheme, but you can get much more out of your bass with just the fingers. I have seen great picking ability using the thumb nail and fingers. Pick sounds can be great- It just depends on what you want to hear. I saw a great bass player the other day that used three fingers to play every line - Her triplet rolls were amazing. She could play the damn lines faster than the guitarist, much to his dismay at the time! :cool: :eek:
 
Blaspheme you nose pickers. After I saw the way this poll is going I say :D GIMMIE SOME FUNK! :D
 
Pick or Not to Pick

Depends on how you learn, I started with one, stopped using them and then began again. Now I can do both (won't lie though, picks still do a lot of things your fingers wont do and vice versa). In fact I have developed a style that uses a pick holding it with the thumb and index finger and I can use the remaining fingers somewhat like a finger-style guitarist or what some call "raking", even getting a reasonable facsimile of slaps and plucks. Its fun -- most people can't tell what your'e doing that way.
 
versatility....

i think you should be able to do both well to a cetain degree i prefer picks for fast stuff i.e. crossroads for slow stuff or more jazzy things fingers and thumbs only please :D
 
I hate using a pick, but if the playing situation requires it, I'll use one. It just doesn't feel right to me. You can't play as fast, and there's very little you can do in terms of dynamics and tone.
 
Mostly finger but on certain speed metal riffs I like to use a pick (read: dogtag) because the up/down instead of index/middle thing makes it easier to play a mess of separate notes more clearly. I'd like to get some banjo picks to play around with, try to play finger picking style but with the sound properties of using a pick.
 
I prefer playing with my fingers but I'm more of a guitar player so I don't practice bass enough to get where I want to get. For recordings I use a pick.
 
I play both ways (and favor neither over the other). What ever I feel the tune calls for.
 
Progger said:
I hate using a pick, but if the playing situation requires it, I'll use one. It just doesn't feel right to me. You can't play as fast, and there's very little you can do in terms of dynamics and tone.
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Same here. I'll use a pick on some surf tunes but I just never got the hang of a pick, even for guitar.
 
Felt pick. I'm a guitarist and only play bass on my recordings. I have difficulty getting a consistent sound on the bass using my fingers, and using a pick puts me in more familiar territory.
 
I leave the pallette open: I play with a pick, or fingers, or a bow.
 
pennylink said:
I'm a guitarist and only play bass on my recordings. I have difficulty getting a consistent sound on the bass using my fingers, and using a pick puts me in more familiar territory.
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Right on :D

I'm way more of a guitarist but when I record I usually play with a pick for consistancy and brightness. On slower grooves I use my fingers.
 
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