Yeah most of it is in the title ![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
I started out as a guitarist, but I wanted to play bass as well. Recently I started getting more into fingerpicking, I only use pick if I NEED the pick tone or if the pick really makes the stuff 200% easier to play...
There's some extreme metal (mostle black/death) that's just way too fast for my fingers, and usually the bassist in these bands uses a pick (because 16th notes @ 220 bpm for 8 minutes = ouch). So yeah my 3-finger picking is getting better, faster and more accurate but there are things I doubt I'll ever be able to play.
Now I do have a pinky on my picking hand, and it feels kinda lonely when I'm playing bass, and I don't think I've ever seen bass lessons for 4-finger picking. Is there anyone out there doing that ? Since the pinky is shorter and further back, I can understand why people usually don't use it, since it's hard to find a comfortable position to be fast, accurate and strong with it, but it would be interesting to push the technique a bit further![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
So yeah if you use it and have some tricks 'n stuff, would be nice and fun to share !
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
I started out as a guitarist, but I wanted to play bass as well. Recently I started getting more into fingerpicking, I only use pick if I NEED the pick tone or if the pick really makes the stuff 200% easier to play...
There's some extreme metal (mostle black/death) that's just way too fast for my fingers, and usually the bassist in these bands uses a pick (because 16th notes @ 220 bpm for 8 minutes = ouch). So yeah my 3-finger picking is getting better, faster and more accurate but there are things I doubt I'll ever be able to play.
Now I do have a pinky on my picking hand, and it feels kinda lonely when I'm playing bass, and I don't think I've ever seen bass lessons for 4-finger picking. Is there anyone out there doing that ? Since the pinky is shorter and further back, I can understand why people usually don't use it, since it's hard to find a comfortable position to be fast, accurate and strong with it, but it would be interesting to push the technique a bit further
So yeah if you use it and have some tricks 'n stuff, would be nice and fun to share !