Kingy_who

It might be a harmonic, I played the string then put the pick next to it so the pick split the string in two sections one between the pick and the bridge before the pickups so vibrations on it weren't picked up and the other which was nearly the whole normal length of the string, and was over the pickups so the sound was played through my amp. If I had a video camera I would film it, but I don't.

As a player who learned Bass playing fingerstyle, I realised that I needed to practice my picking. So I was mucking around, I picked the string then placed the pick right next to the string at the bridge so the pick acted like a sort of saddle, this created a strange hammer on type sound, but a bit different . With a bit of practice, I can get the intonation better and do vibrato, I also need to try different picks to see how they sound, and even If you can do it fingerstyle. Has anyone else done this? And are there any notable artists who use this technique? Is there even a proper name for it (if there isn't it shall now be called the Ieuan Hammer on )?

I first picked up a bass guitar at an all Wales scout camp, around 6-4 years ago (probably closer to 6), where a rock band was giving taster sessions on the instruments in a rock band, the guitarist was a show off and that put me off it and I couldn't get the grasp of drums. After that I asked my dad to get me a guitar (I had no idea what a bass was at that time, I thought I didn't like music at that stage because I didn't like what was on the radio) and he bought me a cheap acoustic. I didn't really pick it up very well, I don't know whether it was the teacher or me, but I wasn't pushed enough so I wasn't too upset when I lost the guitar a few weeks later. A few years later, when I had discovered that all music wasn't played on the radio, and had really gotten into metal (still the more popular stuff at the time, such as dragonforce and bullet for my valentine), My gran had decided to treat us to a cruise and on the ship there was a rock school thing where we where given basic tuition and would play a song live at the end of the cruise, I had made some good friends who happened to play instruments, there was two guitarists, a keyboardist, a drummer and a singer, and we wanted to do an extra song (smells like teen spirit). This was decided at the last minute as everyone else knew the song, as I hadn't had access to a bass to learn the song, I was quickly told what frets to play and I went on stage and attempted to play it, I don't think I was too bad considering, but it wasn't great. After that I got a bass and the rest is history.

[quote name='Eight' post='1254058' date='Jun 2 2011, 02:43 PM']You mean that Austrian kid who's father was a musician, and who spent his early years watching his father teach his sister, before he himself started picking out notes and intervals? Mozart was not [b]born[/b] a brilliant player/composer - he didn't sit down at the piano one day and suddenly write at his best. His early years were critical, as was his whole approach to learning. Is it rare for kids to show that discipline, motivation and clarity of thought? Absolutely. But it doesn't prove the existence of some mysterious force behind his abilities.[/quote] We're not talking about some mysterious force, we're talking about DNA and how they where raised in their early life, stuff that we can't change now, not with any amount of practice.

This would be very useful if you where based in south Wales.

Thanks for the kind welcome.

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Hello, my name is Kingy_who (Metal Bassist on talkbass, if anyone knows me from there (doubt it though)), I have been playing bass for about 2 years, The only gig I've done was a week after I picked up bass, but I have tried to play in many school concerts, only for them to be cancelled. I have been in bands with a few different style guitarists and occasionally a awesome drummer (In my first band the drummer was a guitarist with a few pots and pans). I am 16 and as soon as my GCSE's exams are over I intend to write stuff with a friend of mine. I was introduced to this site when I was looking for a second hand amp on talkbass with no luck, but found what I was looking for before my account was validated on here. I hope I find this site useful.