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Ellefson: Why I Play Bass With a Pick Even If I Get 'Sh-t' For It

There's a number of different techniques when it comes to playing — fingers, slap and even the divisive pick/plectrum. The running joke basically equates bass players who use a pick to not being a ...
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“I've always played with a pick, but up until the fifth Foo Fighters record, I never played downstrokes”: How Nate Mendel changed the way he played bass to “support Dave ...

“I just wanted to be in a band,” he told BP. “I was listening to the Ghost In The Machine album by The Police, and I was hugely into Sting, so when my friend suggested I should play bass guitar I ...
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30 Legendary Rock + Metal Bassists Who Play With A Pick

Anthony Devlin, Getty Images for Live Nation UK / Metal Hammer, Getty Images / Bryan Bedder, Stringer/Getty Images / Hulton Archive, Getty Images Some bass players just prefer to use a pick over their ...
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“Using the pick actually saved my hands”: Fever 333 bassist April Kae on the downside of multitasking as an artist and her love for the new Fender Player II Precision Bass

"I've really road-tested this. I've carried it across the country for the past month or so, and it's durable, comfortable, plays well, and has a great tone" When you purchase through links on our site ...
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“The last thing Bernard Edwards wanted to be was a bass player who used a pick”: Nile Rodgers on the funk behind Chic’s Le Freak

Along with guitarist Nile Rodgers, the late Bernard Edwards helped define one of the most distinctive sounds of disco – the sparse, sophisticated, yet highly rhythmic groove of Chic. Much like the ...