However..........I think I hit upon a method of picking that is probably a lot closer to what is really going on with his picking style.
Let's
Chris, you are always welcome to join in on these discussions.
Back in the days when I couldn't afford fresh strings, I developed this exact technique to "coax" every bit of round wound tone out of my basses. to keep the string from ringing to obnoxiously, I started muting it with my picking thumb as well, sometimes "chirping" a slight harmonic overtone, which you can control with practice. its the only way I pick now, and sounds quite different from straight head on picking.jps wrote:Something I have found is to rake the pick across the strings at an angle somewhere around 45º so that the pick almost just scrapes the string giving a nice raspy tone.