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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2011, 09:04:45 AM »
Quote from: Droombolus on May 31, 2011, 01:42:22 AM
My fave in exiting pick playing will be Graham Maby ...... Check out Someone Up There on Joe Jackson's Beat Crazy album, it's one of those parts I could play fingerstyle on a good day. Most days I fail miserably ......  ;D

So true.  I still marvel at his work on Look Sharp & I'm the Man.

Personally, I don't care if someone plays bass with a pitchfork...it does not matter.  If it sounds good, that should be all anyone should care about.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2011, 06:44:50 PM »
i pick my nose.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2011, 05:38:44 AM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on May 31, 2011, 06:44:50 PM
i pick my nose.
It would sound better if you plucked it instead.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2011, 08:06:11 AM »
As long as you don't slap it.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2011, 09:53:53 AM »
Or octave divide it.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2011, 11:01:04 AM »
I use a pick on Jack the Ripper - works best for me.

And how about Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream"?  I don't think that bass line CAN be played without a pick.

Snobs who turn their noses up at pick (or fingerstyle) aren't worth listening to.
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #21 on: June 01, 2011, 02:20:46 PM »
I played with a pick for probably 12 years.  Switched to fingers mid 80's and now play probably 99% of the time with fingers.  Most gigs i stick 1 or 2 on the mic stand holder but never actually use  them.  I use to have a few tunes that i would use a pick on but the change in tone and volume would bother me.  I made me develope use of all digits on my plucking hand so i can pull off a tune like I'm the Man without a pick.  I will break it out whenever my Ric shows up  :mrgreen:

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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #22 on: June 01, 2011, 03:10:24 PM »
Noses run in our family...
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #23 on: June 01, 2011, 04:39:07 PM »
I'm sorry, I can't help myself... ;D
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Re: Songs played with a pick
« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2011, 11:00:54 AM »
Definitely one thing I love about the Last Bass Outpost - being a pick player myself, well at least 50% of the time...
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