Thanks for not being snobs

[Iommic Pope]

Im totally off to read that now.

Automated Souzaphone for the win. Couple that up with some robotic alpine horns.
Crushing lows, endless sustain.
Robots don't need thumb rests, either.

[bigchiefbc]

I lurk there once and a while, mostly in the effects forum, I think I have an account too there but I wouldn't use b/c aens_wife's sorrow is a day-to-day thing there. I should sign on to talk about how much I love fret clank when I pluck hard and how I want to lower my action to barely touching the frets for the clank.

And this is the best. No injokes, no hyper-opinionated users, no snobs, just doom and fuzz and Behndy's tentacles

I used to love to rile people up over there, talking about how I was a pick-only player, and dynamics are bullshit because I just hit the strings as hard as I can on every note. That used to get some funny responses. It was like I admitted to boiling kittens.

[Iommic Pope]

Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.

[Jwar]

I use my pickup as a thumb rest. Will that fuck up my pickup and my frets??

[Joe Gress]

I use my pickup as a thumb rest. Will that fuck up my pickup and my frets??

And your hand. And your wife will shudder in shame. And your dog will run away. Plus you'll get the diabetes.

[MEC]

Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.

[well... it's green]

I thought tumbrest were really popular on talkbass, isn't that what those big chucks of wood they put between their pickups are? or is that some sort of training wheel?

[D.o.S.]

I just use the top of the neck, right by the E string at the, like 14th fret?

[jasonmitsch]

I thought tumbrest were really popular on talkbass, isn't that what those big chucks of wood they put between their pickups are? or is that some sort of training wheel?

What you speak of is a finger ramp. They're supposed to improve plucking technique by making you pluck across rather than down the string. Not unlike training wheels. I've never tried one but I would like to.

[Jwar]

Ramps are also used to keep you from digging in too much. A lot of bassist have heavy fingers when playing, a ramp forces you to play light. You can even get ramps made for above your pickups in case you play near the neck.

It would make a good thumb rest though.

[Chankgeez]

WHat do you guys think about those hair tie things?

[bigchiefbc]

All this shit is complete greek to me. I just play my fucking bass. People worry about the weirdest shit.

[Achtane]

For real though the floating thumb technique did improve my playing. Now I can't leave my thumb on the neck or pickup the entire time.

[Inconuucl]

Man, people always so about using one technique 100% of the time, I don't understand it. Why not use what's good for the song/comfort? I love the attack of a pick in some bass passages, so I use a pick sometimes.

[Sparrow]

Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.