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Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:23 pm
by 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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:28 pm
by bigchiefbc
WayToHip wrote: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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:31 pm
by Iommic Pope
Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:39 pm
by Jwar
I use my pickup as a thumb rest. Will that fuck up my pickup and my frets??
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:18 pm
by Joe Gress
jwar wrote: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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:51 pm
by MEC
Iommic Pope wrote:Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:00 am
by 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?
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:13 am
by D.o.S.
I just use the top of the neck, right by the E string at the, like 14th fret?
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:48 am
by jasonmitsch
well... it's green wrote: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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:15 am
by 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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:20 am
by Chankgeez
WHat do you guys think about those hair tie things?
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:25 am
by bigchiefbc
All this shit is complete greek to me. I just play my fucking bass. People worry about the weirdest shit.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:32 am
by 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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:54 am
by 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.
Re: Thanks for not being snobs
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:48 am
by Sparrow
Iommic Pope wrote:Oh Jesus. I looked through one page of that thread.
What a bunch of douchers.