your technique

[MingusBASS]

uhhh yeah....

Andrew

 

[huber]

I have the fingers on my right hand, which I use to pluck the strings.

Then I use the fingers on my left hand to fret the notes.

This is my technique.

It's good to strive for originality ya know?

 

[LeftyLB]

I have the fingers on my right hand, which I use to pluck the strings.

Then I use the fingers on my left hand to fret the notes.

This is my technique.

I do the complete opposite to the Bongomeister being left handed.

That is as far as my analysis has ever taken me as I do have a life.

 

[TheDirtyMoocher]

i just kind of got my technique pulled apart a few weeks ago...but now i play pretty much text book style (if such a thing exists) i never use my thumb on my left hand to hit any frets and i was actually told to always keep it down behind the neck (which is a good habit). i also try to keep my left wrist strait cause i started to get serious cramps and pains in my hand from bending it too much.

i only use fingers on the plucking end, and only my first two, i cant slap for **** so we wont even go there. my thumb is usually resting on the b and sometimes the e string and my pinky and ring finger are gripping whatever strings arent being played to keep them muted...yep thats me

 

[phatduckk]

i had to alter my picking technique (ya using an actual pick) cuz when id get all "into it" id have a serious deathgrip on the pick and my hand would crap like mad ...

that sucked

 

[RocketRobin]

I don't play fretless.
Q: How do you get two fretless bassists to play in unison?
A: Shoot one.
Q: How can you tell when a fretless bassist is off pitch?
A: He is plucking on the strings.'

Read humour, jockularity.

Fretting:
Sometimes I will double fret (dampen the string on the next nut end fret with another finger), unless (of course) the note is played on my first finger.
For passages that require extra clarity and full tonal richness, only one finger is acceptable. Single fretting is advisable for most occaisions, except during funeral marches, 'sixties occaisions' and so forth.

Plucking:
Finger plucking is cool, because you can move your hand around for different tonalities, seaking tones that suck ass and then not use them.
Look to the bridge area for harmonics, unless you're making up your own with thumb and forefinger. Then everything's a crapshoot, unless you know exactly what you're doing.
For slapping, I always bounce my thumb down just before the fretboard, because it provides rebound and speed. Palm muting is essential to pulls. Uhmm... something's gonna die if you don't mute pulls... usually some speakers that you don't happen to own. Then somebody gets axed.
For slap 'n' tickle, think of it this way; nobody want a loud whore, unless she's very, very good at it. Personally, I have a 2.4KW amp, but I digress...
I play my Silhouette bass with a pick. It's all good, 'cause I pick at it where it does't suck ass.

So there you go. Don't put your fingers in any place you wouldn't put your tongue.
Cut your nails and let the roadies take care of the band aids with incurable diseases.

 

[mike not fat]

I have the fingers on my right hand, which I use to pluck the strings.

Then I use the fingers on my left hand to fret the notes.

I tried it. It works !

I'm not very patient to try triple spin on the neck...And I think you dont need it to set a good groove.

Trying technical performances must not be to the detriment of a song, because most often the non-musician audience doesn't even see or hear it, but if its not properly executed it will f*** out the song.

MNF

 

[spectorbassguy]

I don't play fretless.
Q: How do you get two fretless bassists to play in unison?
A: Shoot one.
Q: How can you tell when a fretless bassist is off pitch?
A: He is plucking on the strings.'

Q: You are lost walking in a desert and come across three people; Santa Claus, an in-tune fretless bass player and an out of tune fretless bass player. Which one do you ask directions from?
A: The out of tune fretless player, of course, as the other two are figments of your imagination.

 

[Morrow]

actually I go straight to the pocket and stay there.

 

[JB1]

i just kind of got my technique pulled apart a few weeks ago...but now i play pretty much text book style (if such a thing exists) i never use my thumb on my left hand to hit any frets and i was actually told to always keep it down behind the neck (which is a good habit). i also try to keep my left wrist strait cause i started to get serious cramps and pains in my hand from bending it too much.

Take advice on your technique fella, but don't let your technique change unless it benefits you. If I've ever changed anything I do to be more text book, it has had to be right for ME & MY STYLE.

 

[TheDirtyMoocher]

yeah my teacher has been trying to get me to rest my thumb on the e string (on a 5 string) when i play on the d and g but i cant stand it so i just dont

 

[TSanders]

This seems to be a hard concept for many to grasp so read slowly. I listen to the drums esp. the kick and lock in with the drummer. I slap suits, I slap, if a pick suits, I use a pick. Otherwise Im 95% fingerstyle. If you cant find the pocket you aint got no groove.

 

[phatduckk]

i figure whatever works is all good. text book deez nuts ...

if you're having fun and doing your thing and your bandmates are diggin what you up to then go for it ...

 

[jongitarz]

Wow! Phatduckk turned into Snoop Dogg for just a second

 

[jubjub721]

yeah the mooch is right

i was havin pains really bad
i asked my professor he said my bass was toooooo low

no pains now
and also play with a curvein your hand like a C