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Blackened Soul wrote:guitar picks are cool

truth though. i keep meaning to learn how to use a pick because there are some NEAT things you can do.

I use however many fingers it takes to hold this:

Picks have their place absolutely for sure. If I ever need to play real aggressively and need a high mid bump then its pick all the way! I can't stand people that talk shit about another techniques. I don't care how long you grow your fucking fingernails, IT DOESN'T SOUND THE SAME.

and breaking a fucking nail fucking hurts.

My bass is too low to use a pick comfortably.

Picks are rad. One of my all time favourite bass tones is the dude from gojira. Awesome. I even liked Newstead's live tone a lot. It just feels like I'll be able to do more rad stuff with fingers - or that I should at least give myself the option.

Fuck.

So many good ideas and different approaches.

goroth wrote:Picks are rad. One of my all time favourite bass tones is the dude from gojira. Awesome. I even liked Newstead's live tone a lot. It just feels like I'll be able to do more rad stuff with fingers - or that I should at least give myself the option.

Fuck.

So many good ideas and different approaches.

you can also get good at palming your pick so you can do both on the same song

Just ordered the Alex Webster book.

Dunno why I didn't think of seeing if he had something out myself - I guess I figured he was too busy talking Kierkergaard with Corpsegrinder to find the time to write a book.

bigchiefbc wrote:I use however many fingers it takes to hold this:

two heavy, half chubbed peens.
taped together.
working as one.
a pick between them?
no. that is Love Plastic.
Love Plastic Chub Tone.
for. ALL.

alternatively,

Big S.T.U.B.B.Y.

Stuck To Undercarriage Bass Balls Yo.

behndy wrote:

bigchiefbc wrote:I use however many fingers it takes to hold this:

two heavy, half chubbed peens.
taped together.
working as one.
a pick between them?
no. that is Love Plastic.
Love Plastic Chub Tone.
for. ALL.

Behndy is the greatest poet to ever commit words to paper.

I hate thick picks. That being said I have a bag of picks that I haven't touch in almost a year. I almost exclusively am a finger style player now. Don't know why either....

I'll play fingers if the song sounds better that way, but I'd say I play with a pick 80% of the time. I just like the aggressive sound a pick can give you, and I've never been able to replicate it with fingers, no matter what technique I try. And why bother expending a shitload of time learning techniques to replicate a pick sound, when I can just use a fucking pick?

Mudfuzz wrote:

goroth wrote:Cool thanks Delts, will check it out!

Mudfuzz you're a goofball. Metronomes are the shit. I use one pretty much every day when treble guitaring.

I don't like them, this dude 'splanes it pretty good why.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z6g7vBXboA[/youtube]

I agree with Berlin almost 100%. If you're learning, then metronomes are exactly how he explained it.

Once you know the material, they can be useful to fine tune your timing. (still not a big fan though)

Metronomes may be useful if you're playing solo, but they're counter-productive to learning how to play with a human drummer. Time naturally drifts during a live performance and learning how to slide back in time with your band mates is huge. You can't just hammer away like a metronome, it's largely about feel