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Blackened Soul wrote:MechaGodzilla wrote:no great advice from me, another guitarist that owns and occasionally plays a bass, except i always seem to sound better when i play softly and let the tech do the heavy lifting. maybe my right hand is too heavy for the strings my left hand can fret comfortably
I know some people that play light and there are a few pluses and some big drawbacks, same as pounding on the thing as hard as you can... ironically the issues end up being mirror images of each other: amp is turned up so high or low that playing with dynamics can be an issue, You spend more mental energy than you realize trying to play in time, you have trouble switching musical styles, you tend to be a slave to your personal rig vs being able to plug in and go in most situations... You really want to shoot for a middle ground on your "normal" attach that way you can play soft when you need soft and play hard when you need to depending on what the song/situation calls for. Also one thing that is really bugging me a lot is how many ramps I am seeing on basses.. I get their purpose.. and dislike it because to me one of the best tools you have at your fingertips in terms of getting different sounds and dynamics when playing finger style is when you pluck how much of and where on you finger you are starting the note: tip, middle pad, below pad and pull across the pad, these all make BIG changes
MechaGodzilla wrote:Blackened Soul wrote:MechaGodzilla wrote:no great advice from me, another guitarist that owns and occasionally plays a bass, except i always seem to sound better when i play softly and let the tech do the heavy lifting. maybe my right hand is too heavy for the strings my left hand can fret comfortably
I know some people that play light and there are a few pluses and some big drawbacks, same as pounding on the thing as hard as you can... ironically the issues end up being mirror images of each other: amp is turned up so high or low that playing with dynamics can be an issue, You spend more mental energy than you realize trying to play in time, you have trouble switching musical styles, you tend to be a slave to your personal rig vs being able to plug in and go in most situations... You really want to shoot for a middle ground on your "normal" attach that way you can play soft when you need soft and play hard when you need to depending on what the song/situation calls for. Also one thing that is really bugging me a lot is how many ramps I am seeing on basses.. I get their purpose.. and dislike it because to me one of the best tools you have at your fingertips in terms of getting different sounds and dynamics when playing finger style is when you pluck how much of and where on you finger you are starting the note: tip, middle pad, below pad and pull across the pad, these all make BIG changes
i dunno what a ramp is
MechaGodzilla wrote:but i think you're idea of my "soft" might be softer than my actual softness! by which i mean i agree with you
ibarakishi wrote:No love for Thundercat in this thread?
adamajah wrote:ibarakishi wrote:No love for Thundercat in this thread?
Thundercat hell yeah
Mono Neon hell yeah
MechaGodzilla wrote:Blackened Soul wrote:MechaGodzilla wrote:no great advice from me, another guitarist that owns and occasionally plays a bass, except i always seem to sound better when i play softly and let the tech do the heavy lifting. maybe my right hand is too heavy for the strings my left hand can fret comfortably
I know some people that play light and there are a few pluses and some big drawbacks, same as pounding on the thing as hard as you can... ironically the issues end up being mirror images of each other: amp is turned up so high or low that playing with dynamics can be an issue, You spend more mental energy than you realize trying to play in time, you have trouble switching musical styles, you tend to be a slave to your personal rig vs being able to plug in and go in most situations... You really want to shoot for a middle ground on your "normal" attach that way you can play soft when you need soft and play hard when you need to depending on what the song/situation calls for. Also one thing that is really bugging me a lot is how many ramps I am seeing on basses.. I get their purpose.. and dislike it because to me one of the best tools you have at your fingertips in terms of getting different sounds and dynamics when playing finger style is when you pluck how much of and where on you finger you are starting the note: tip, middle pad, below pad and pull across the pad, these all make BIG changes
i dunno what a ramp is but i think your idea of my "soft" might be softer than my actual softness! by which i mean i agree with you
THEBEERHAMMER wrote:Achtane wrote:Doom Weed, duh.
Doom seed is like...what you get when wizards jerk it.
Doom Weed produces Doom Seed.
BRO IS THIS EVEN KUSH??? IS BUFFERED? TRV BYPASS??? MY FRIEND DAMBLEDORE TOLD ME I NEEDED CRYSTAL LETTUICE.
MaxMaps wrote:fuck I think Mike Watt from the Minuetmen used a quarter as a pick.
Mike Watt wrote:I do not think using a pick is "cheating or being less expressive" - not at all. it's just another way of doing things and has its own set of advantages and disadvantes. I think a more versatile bassist can use both (and more!).
the last song I recorded w/the minutemen using a pick was "s h i t from an old notepad" off of "double nickels on the dime" back in early 1984. it's the only song on that album where I used a pick. all the records done before that had me using the pick. I never recorded w/fIREHOSE using a pick. j mascis got me to try it again after seventeen years and I felt foolish for having lost the ability by not doing it. took a while to get back w/it and it's still tough for me!
my advice is to nurture all your techniques unless they're physically hurting you.
MaxMaps wrote:Just be into what your doing which is something I am guilty of not doing myself.
THEBEERHAMMER wrote:Achtane wrote:Doom Weed, duh.
Doom seed is like...what you get when wizards jerk it.
Doom Weed produces Doom Seed.
BRO IS THIS EVEN KUSH??? IS BUFFERED? TRV BYPASS??? MY FRIEND DAMBLEDORE TOLD ME I NEEDED CRYSTAL LETTUICE.
behndy wrote:i want to have dirty sex with each and every mod here. in their poopcunt. while squirls shoot out of my dick and tinier squirrels shoot out of THEIR dicks in an Escher-esque recursive love filth pile.
cosmicevan wrote:My advice is to simply play a ton. Get a looper, jam with yourself. Explore what can be done over a loop. A really inspirational player is Janek gwizdala. Check out his YouTube stuff, especially his solo work w a looper.
The sad part is that the only way to get good is to play a ton. I was fortunate to start when I was 13...having played for 30 years I couldn’t commit the time now that I did then, but I still focus on getting better. Learn a thing, practice it. Learn another thing, practice it. The more things you learn the wider your playing vocabulary will be. Explore, experiment...don’t play the same riff every time you touch the instrument...play note patterns you wouldn’t normally choose, play rhythms you wouldn’t normally play.
THEBEERHAMMER wrote:Achtane wrote:Doom Weed, duh.
Doom seed is like...what you get when wizards jerk it.
Doom Weed produces Doom Seed.
BRO IS THIS EVEN KUSH??? IS BUFFERED? TRV BYPASS??? MY FRIEND DAMBLEDORE TOLD ME I NEEDED CRYSTAL LETTUICE.
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