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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:01 pm
by rickfan63
I use a pick about 95% of the time, alternating up and down strokes most of the time. On a few songs I'll use down strokes only. I find by using a pick I rarely break a string!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:40 pm
by shinynewtoy
Great! I'm not the only one who started out playing punk bass!
I might be going off topic a little... but a 4003 makes a damn fine punk rock bass!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:58 pm
by atomic_punk
I'm with you, Bob! I started out with the Sex Pistols, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Replacements, etc. and yes, they do work very well for punk!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:17 pm
by thx1955
Speaking of Black Flag ... what a lovely combination, Kira Roessler, and her 4003 .....
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:40 pm
by shinynewtoy
Why in all my years of Black Flag worship did I not know that....
a. Kira played a Ric...
b. Kira looks a scary lot like Olive Oyl!!??!!
Add Bad Brains for me... due to fortunate geography I've gotten to know them pretty well.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:55 pm
by sabbath_of_bass
If i do play with a pick. Its mainly depends on what notes and it normally goes back and forth from up and down.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:28 pm
by jnbass
down!
then up...
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:28 pm
by chucksimms
I can pretty much only play with a pick, and it's downstrokes. BTW, I saw Black Flag around the 'Slip It In' tour (their last LP that I thought was truly great) and they were phenomenal. I remember Kira was wearing a wedding dress; I seem to recall she had a white Ric, but I might be wrong. I believe it was some SST jam type band opening and they were horrible.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:49 pm
by ken_swearingen
Pick players suck!LOL[just kidding]
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:57 pm
by sabbath_of_bass
Ken man.... i agree..... now lets run b4 we get attacked.
Then again... there are some songs that you really just want that pick on. Rock 'n' roll is an example. Damn song kills your arm.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:42 am
by foolycooly
I've always played with a pick, sometimes fingers but hardly that often. my picking style is also somewhat unorthodoxed. I pick like a guitar player would, down then up, but I'll either play with the pick backwards so that the fat end is hitting the strings, or I'll play with only the very very tip of the pick. I hold it between my thumb, index, and middle fingers ala Royston Langdon and Chris Squire. If I'm playing Yes stuff then I pick up then down. If I'm playing my usual stuff the technique is reversed. Hope that helps.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:02 am
by bear
For emphasis on a single note I use a downstroke with a pick. Although if it is a passing sustained note I use an upstroke. Ascending patterns begin with a downstroke while descending patterns begin with an upstroke.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:02 am
by desertgoldenboy
New guy here. Check out Will Lee on the Letterman Show. When he plays with a pick, 95% of the time it's an UPSTROKE.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:14 am
by titanic_tony
Les,
I'm with you man, an upstroke kinda guy! I play with a pick most of the time, and find myself being much more comfortable with an upstroke. Of course for speedy passages, it's both up and down.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:51 am
by greg_mitchell
I tend to alternate up and down fairly evenly when I pick. BTW, that's a skill I recently acquired after about 20+ years of finger picking. It has really enhanced my technique and sound.