i'm feeling altruistic

[Raayl]

i think i'm going to ask the bass forum to organize a bunch of "picking technique" videos to give to naut for his birthday

cause he really sucks at holding his pick

[naut]

yes please guys i really need this. i just can't seem to figure it out. this little piggy went to market...this little piggy stayed home...and this little piggy can't hold a pick to save its life so i chopped that mother****er off. wait i'm supposed to be using my feet right?

[Raayl]

yes please guys i really need this. i just can't seem to figure it out. this little piggy went to market...this little piggy stayed home...and this little piggy can't hold a pick to save its life so i chopped that mother****er off. wait i'm supposed to be using my feet right?

dude you might as well just stop making music until you learn to hold your pick right j/s

wait you make music?

[Jimbobntnr]

I don't know who Al Truistic is, but he is one lucky sonofabitch.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Mine is between my thumb and my index finger. On my index, it's on the top segment and between the pad and the side of the finger. Pick sticks out far enough past the finger to be able to hit the strings with it but not my finger. Great control like that. Good luck with the technique, dude. :thumb:












Lol.

[Raayl]

I don't know who Al Truistic is, but he is one lucky sonofabitch.

microscopic subtlety itt

[Jimbobntnr]

right, because I had to adapt a homosexual, illiterate persona (potentially with a southern drawl) to be able to pull that off, and instead of going 'wtf is he talking about?' you went there with me. good stuff.

[Raayl]

Mine is between my thumb and my index finger. On my index, it's on the top segment and between the pad and the side of the finger. Pick sticks out far enough past the finger to be able to hit the strings with it but not my finger. Great control like that. Good luck with the technique, dude. :thumb:









Lol.

mine goes in between the side of my index finger, which is curled around, and the thumb. win pick holding position imo.

[Raayl]

right, because I had to adapt a homosexual, illiterate persona (potentially with a southern drawl) to be able to pull that off, and instead of going 'wtf is he talking about?' you went there with me. good stuff.

its times like this i wonder how in god's holy name you make 3x the median average anually in your community

[Spaceman Spiff]

My thumb stays pretty straight while my index curls a bit. Not a full curl, but about a 2/3 curl.

[Raayl]

My thumb stays pretty straight while my index curls a bit. Not a full curl, but about a 2/3 curl.

yes

but i mostly finger pick cause the only guitar i have available at the moment is an acoustic.

i sold all my other ones lololol

[Jimbobntnr]

its times like this i wonder how in god's holy name you make 3x the median average anually in your community
you know as well as I do that it's easy to get people to part with their money.

[Raayl]

you know as well as I do that it's easy to get people to part with their money.

yeah dude just look at the catholic church

[Spaceman Spiff]

yes

but i mostly finger pick cause the only guitar i have available at the moment is an acoustic.

i sold all my other ones lololol

I can hardly finger pick. Most of my playing is done on an acoustic, but still with a pick. Electric is for actually practicing with the band and recording and playing live, acoustic is for everything else.

[naut]

wait you make music?

well...i haven't figured out what that is exactly...but i'lll keep you guys updated.

ok so i've decided to grow out my pinky nail.

that way, i can do coke-bumps to stay awake longer while i try to figure out how to use a pick.

[Spaceman Spiff]

well...i haven't figured out what that is exactly...but i'lll keep you guys updated.

ok so i've decided to grow out my pinky nail.

that way, i can do coke-bumps to stay awake longer while i try to figure out how to use a pick.

Just extend your thumb straight and backwards, you'll create a natural groove on the back of your hand between the base of your thumb to your wrist. Much more efficient.

I can see why this thread was created for you.

[Raayl]

I can hardly finger pick. Most of my playing is done on an acoustic, but still with a pick. Electric is for actually practicing with the band and recording and playing live, acoustic is for everything else.

i'm into classical acoustic guitar

i play pretty frequently, but it's all just goofing around. most i've ever done with it is put acoustic guitar into the mix on the radium track "unravel."

i enjoy playing along to opeth songs, too. big fan of their riffing. could care less about the band, but good riffs.

[Raayl]

well...i haven't figured out what that is exactly...but i'lll keep you guys updated.

ok so i've decided to grow out my pinky nail.

that way, i can do coke-bumps to stay awake longer while i try to figure out how to use a pick.

yeah but it doesn't matter anyways cause you'll never make a new song

[naut]

ok so i just extended my thumb straight and backwards like spiff said.




brb going to emergency room.

[Spaceman Spiff]

i'm into classical acoustic guitar

i play pretty frequently, but it's all just goofing around. most i've ever done with it is put acoustic guitar into the mix on the radium track "unravel."

i enjoy playing along to opeth songs, too. big fan of their riffing. could care less about the band, but good riffs.

Ah, good stuff. I'll probably get more into finger picking (for whatever purpose) at some point in the future, but right now I'm really trying to get my picking hand up to the level of my fretting hand. They're pretty uneven because of my bass playing. I never used a pick while playing bass, but my fretting hand got years of practice on it.

[Spaceman Spiff]

ok so i just extended my thumb straight and backwards like spiff said.




brb going to emergency room.

You must've done it wrong. Surprise, surprise.

[naut]

IT'S BIG AND SWOLLEN LOL. :thumb:

now ima play lefty.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Is it possible that your poor technique comes from the fact that you didn't know you were lefty all along?

Stranger things have happened.

[naut]

heavy. :amaze:

[EADGC]

mine goes in between the side of my index finger, which is curled around, and the thumb. win pick holding position imo.

Yes.

[Akira]

Yes.

That's how cool people pick.


Now really cool people like me use thumbpicks, but I actually hold my hand the exact same way with one as as with a normal pick.

[EADGC]

Cool people fingerpick, tbh.

[Akira]

I fingerpick all the time. I play almost exclusively acoustic.

But I use a thumbpick on electric so that I can use my other fingers.
Plus, on steel string a thumbpick gives you stronger bass notes, which balances with the high notes better.

[EADGC]

thumbpicks just piss me off. I can't stand wearing them.

[naut]

**** thumbpicks.

[Jimbobntnr]

I'm not old enough for thumbpicks yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

[Raayl]

I'm not old enough for thumbpicks yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

lol dear god so much subtlety

[Akira]

>.<

Screw you guys.

Im 2 blooze 4 u

[Jimbobntnr]

the blues were originally written by teenagers with conklins iirc.

[Akira]

True fact.

[resnick]

Fisting!

[BenJammin]

How the **** did I miss this thread.