Cool Picking Technique

[Dave W]

Terry, you're completely missing the point. It's not about liking (or not liking) Anthony Jackson, and it's not about whether or not obscure stuff is good.

It's about posting two very obscure songs and saying it's strange that nobody mentioned them, when you know damned well how unlikely it is that anyone else here has heard them. Some people just have a compulsion to prove to everybody else how much they know.

Yes, I have loads of obscure old stuff in my music collection. But I know they're obscure and I would never assume anyone else knows of them.

[Highlander]

Dave, Terr, Wouter... none of you will ever persuade me to eat a bacon sandwich... 

My daughter runs with the opinion that I only have 2 rules...

1) dad is always right...
2) if wrong, see rule one...

The latter is usually followed by a raspberry...

My photography runs to similar rules...

"I only take pictures of 2 things - things that move and things that don't..."

Equally dumb...

The older we get the more obscure the things we took for granted tend to become, a bit like my train of thought...?

If I don't play in a trad style I use my whole hand, a flicking action similar to Stanley CLarke but nothing like anyone I've ever seen and I can't post a video of it because I haven't found it on youtube... 

ps... any fans of "Hector The Helicopter" out there...?

pps still haven't found all the bits of my brain... 

[uwe]

With all due respect: Neither Jackson or Benavente are obscure or semi-obscure (the man played an EB-2 once!) if you take even a fleeting interest in jazz rock and jazz electric players, Dave! And it's ok to contribute them here if their technique meets the subject.

I'm not sure Jackson's style fits the bill though. What he does reminds me more of the "claw", a style where the thumb plays only the E string, the index only the A, the middle finger only the D and the ring finger only the G. It's a derived flamenco style I believe, Jack Bruce (not originally, but today) and Sting (not originally, but again today) use it (or variations of it) too.

With Benavente I can't deduce from the clip whether he is holding a pick or not. I find his flamenco bass style interesting. Perhaps not two hours of it, but a couple of minutes.

[Dave W]

I didn't say Jackson was obscure, I said the songs were obscure, and they certainly are. You know the real reason they were posted here.

Nothing against Benavent, but just ask all the bassists you know in your personal life (not from internet forums) who he is and see how many can identify him. Then ask the same people if they know who Lemmy is.

[SKATE RAT]

who would win in a fight? Lemmy or God?

[Freuds_Cat]

who would win in a fight? Lemmy or God?

Glad to see some perspective put back into the matter 

[Basvarken]

I've heard people say Lemmy IS God 

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Lemmy is Satan but does he use my picking technique?