Play Bass With a Pick or NOT?
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2022
- Today @PatrickHunter asks the most controversial question there is in the bass world:
To pick or not to pick?
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Lol, depends what you're playing. It's really not a big deal. Some of the greatest bassists in the world played mostly pick. You could never play Steve Harris with a pick...or Chris Squire without.
DING DING DING!
Bass guitar is a guitar, not a double bass. So, pick is more natural tool for this instrument to play notes.
It gets you clean, even tone, speed and precise attack with less more efforts.
Fingerpicking is way more "inefficient", sloppy, with dirty sound artefacts and pitch up when attacking.
The difference is sort of to walk or run on your feets (fingerstyle) and to ride a bicycle (pick style); or to eat food with your hands or with a fork.
For me using plectrum on a bass-guitar is something like good manners.
I like using the pick. It just sounds better especially for metal.
But i do like fingers at times as well for the warmer sound.
Love pick ...with fingers look a little primitive . ( like eating with fingers )
It depends on what you're playing. Some styles and parts sound better with a pick, some with finger picking. Whatever fits best for the music.
It depends. I play most songs with fingers, but for a few songs I love the pick sound.
To pick or not? YES!! It’s a style, do it!! It’s another colour in the box!
Both are valid,one finger two fingers three,four,thumb,pick,variety is the spice of life.
When the bass was invented it was thought you would use your thumb while using the tug bar. Still a valid way to play.
To my ear, with a pick sounded the best for all three examples. But your fingerstyle playing is still great! 🥲
I've used Tortex greens for most of my life, for bass and guitar. I used the .88 because I like a little flex in my pick. I quickly found out that you could palm the pick, play with your fingers, then bring out the pick for fast passages or whatever.
Thanks for saying "who cares?" It's all about the music, bro!
Never used one. I play guitar as well. Love my Thumb and 2 fingers. It sounds correct. I sometimes need to mute with my picking hand.
When i for example play jazz fusion, i prefer play without pick, but when playing metal i go pick,...for that clanky sound,..also the thickness on the pick is also changes the sound,..in my opinion
I'm predominantly a pick player. I started playing bass in a punk band when I was 13 and that dense wall of sound was hard to cut through with finger style so I swithced from finger style to a pick for that band.
I play fingerstyle as well, for some stuff. Probably play with my fingers more than a pick when I'm just noodling at home and practicing, but with a pick when I'm playing with a band or live or recording. Not always, just the bands I end up playing in seem to suit pick playing better.I do find with pick playing it's more forgiving in terms of practice - once you've nailed it, the muscle memory just kinda stays. If I don't play finger style for a month or two for whatever reason, my playing isn't as "snappy" when I pick it back up - guess it's a lack of finger strength?
Regardless, every bass player should eventually practice and master both styles. I'd feel extremely limited in my playing if I couldn't do both to a decent standard.
Now, I came to the conclusion over the course of playing the bass guitar: Those who bash pick players just seem to be uncomfortable having to use a plectrum. I started out on the guitar and just feel more comfortable and familiar with a pick! Yet, I'm fully committed and would always choose the bass over guitar these days. Playing with a pick is a bonus in skill, I my opinion! Whether a bass player is ought to being able to play with his fingers, is a matter of opinion.
I’ve always used a pick or thumb. It all boils down to personal preference.
Coming from guitar, over the years I got more into playing without a pick, so when I tried bass again during the lockdowns I tried to learn with a pick, but eventually just got confident enough to just use my fingers. I do copy Andy (from a few channels on here like Reverb)’s“invisible pick” on both though. (Gotta have good strong index fingernail for that.)
I'm struggling to keep the stamina for downpicking on 160+ bpm and tremolo picking on 130+ bpm
But I love the punch of a sharp 3 mm pick, fr
It's important to know both techniques
Where is Julia?
I say use a pick. It’s good to feel the bass, but I want to hear it. A pick makes it stand out in a mix.
There's always the compromise of chicken pickin'. It'd sound really killer on that stang Patrick has with the flats on it.
I know there is a place for pick, but I'm not a fan. Or bass or 6 string. I just prefer using my fingers and thumb
I WANT TO LEARN. WHERE TO START?
Great video, a fresh virgin newbie, and a person who seems more drawn to playing with my fingers, might you recommend either for newbies? Thanx
I’ve been playing for a year, and trust me bro, practice with both. I play mostly fingers but some songs require a pick when it gets super fast but fingers has a rounder tone, pick has a sharper tone. But both work, make sure to practice both
Seems like Patrick is more comfortable with the pick, his right hand is more relaxed than with his fingers. Boths cool, I struggle with stamina when I play with the pick, so I tend to throw it away in the middle of a song to survive.
Heavy metal hard core grunge bassist have extremely sensible baby skinny fingertips!
How to do up strokes with a pick? I can only do down strokes on my bass with a pick.
Picks all day.
Hey Patrick! 'Sup
Que paso?😎
pick+1
2022 and we're still having this conversation?
ERRRRRRRRM ITS THE CURRENT YEAR AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS? OH MY SOY
I use a pick because I think it just sounds better for 90% of what I play
I use a pick when I play-bass. It works-out.
Your facial gurning is definitely better when you are using a pick.
Fingers. I played for years with a pick and stopped for years. Picked the bass up again and have used just fingers since. Much more dexterity. A pick slows you down.
Don't use a pick, if I need that sound I I rest my thumb on top of my pointer finger and catch the strings with the edge of my nail.
No pick all day
I hate picks with a strong passion.
It really does not matter a lot but was it your purpose to just use examples that favor a pick? I probably missed something. Lol
This guy just found out he prefers a pick lmao
@@the-np4mr “this guy” being the guy in the video? If me, I actually never use one but can appreciate its use for certain styles that I just so happen to not play.
This dumb old argument, only Boomer gatekeepers are still squeaking about using picks. Stop it, let people enjoy playing their instrument the way that makes them happy. There is no objectively correct answer, and if you think there is, you're objectively incorrect 😁