If a bass-picker could, would and should pick a pick, which pick would a bass-picker then pick?
So if you use a pick to pluck the strings of your bass, whether that be always or occasionally, which pick do you then prefer to use?
Personally I prefer the tone a pick gives me, that specific snappy emphasis on the attack that only a pick will give you, and while I do actually know how to use my fingers, even several different fingerpicking techniques, I will use a pick 90% of the time.
After trying out a lot of different picks, materials and thicknesses, I alway
I think I have come to the conclusion that no one pick or picking technique is going to make it as a one size fits all solution, but a combination of these will, for me at least:
- Dunlop Max Grip Nylon .60mm: tip or round corner, depending
- Dunlop Tortex .60mm: tip
- Wedgie Soft 3.1mm rubber pick: tip
- Various finger picking techniques: traditional 2 and 3 finger plucking technique, classical guitar finger picking technique, flamenco style index