LOL I somehow have the exact opposite of that man. I can't get a nice warm tone from picking.... only seem to find bright in-your-face tones.
Oh, and for the 3-fingers thing, start out with "Iron Maiden - The Trooper" A friend of mine recommended it to me as a "3 fingerstyle on bass for dummies". It actually works lol.

@Bassix==> can you elaborate on the double thumb and double pop? I never really understood those. I can do regular slap & pop but thats about it.

just go youtube and search. Since wooten became so famous this technique is all over the place.

Actually i do not double thump or double pop. Instead of slapping with my thumb i pluck like how a classical player would. It's basically like playing classical fingerstyle cept with the double thump-ish method as in after i pluck with my thumb i flick it out again to pluck the same string again. So it's more like double plucking. The other 2 fingers are just normal plucking, nothing special.

search for victor wooten

im learning tat too but....stil tinkin how to use tat for rock songs
aiks...
most picks wunt giv warm tone
i wonder wil nylon do the warm tone?

slapping or popping followed by quick hammer-ons sounds really interesting with distortion. give it a try sometime.

distortion?

using BOSS ODB?
MXR ?

heheh... i've tried the victor wooten techniq.... damn hard... plus my fingernails started to hurt...

Boss ODB-3 works just fine, but you have to keep playing with the EQ depending on which range of notes you want to use more. You have to be a treble and midrange whore, usually, but dont be afraid to experiment.
It actually sounds wicked on MT-2, but that's for guitars, so another story for another time.

This post has been edited by liew90kw: Nov 3 2007, 10:20 AM

lol, raptor might have something to say about bass effects .

anyways, double thumb rocks, the tone produced is beyond comparison. talk about dynamics and techniques . u should be real proud to be able to pull it off, bassix. well, i tried, but i cant even come close to actually being able to play it . kudos to victor wooten. using a pick? . i can never use a pick for a bass. i simply wud accidentally drop it everytime i try .

Hehe, i can't really pull it off. I just cheat along the way ....shhhhh
Well i don't use it like victor wooten uses it. Not as well anyway. But his style of music is not really mine. Too much going on in it (Except in Flecktones. I like his stuff there). Although i have to admit that he does have many wicked techniques up his sleeve.

and notice his humility . very similar to urself's, bassix . i guess all great bassists are pretty humble . i enjoy all his video lessons on utube. even the ones where he just talks about his influences and experiences. might seem boring to some, but i learned so much more from there than from his double thumbing lessons . we can see how he's been positively built up from these patriarchs of bass.

im glad wooten and a bunch of other great names have proven that great basslines are not just made up from a confusing mix of tens of notes in a single bar. .

Well yeah, but sometimes i get the impression that he contradicts himself. But it is showbiz after all. A good bassline is not going to get you anywhere these days. You need some flashy stuff if you want to get noticed.

Yo peeps..!!!

I just pickup up playing with a pick few months ago, for my bands recording purposes lar, used it on one punk rock-ish feel song. Brighter n more aggressive tone, stands out more. But more commonly finger picking lar, more control over dynamics for me. I damn noob at slapping, hahaha!!!

Foogie, pergi KL tak ajak me lar, go see Samarkand also tak ajak!!! Results how? good? I passes all, thank goodness!!

edit : one more thing, picking too hard (high & in the moment, haha) will result in the sound jadi distorted. Gain too high? I guess...duno lar. But pickup volume level is almost turned full on. But it never happens when finger picking, only when use pick.

This post has been edited by NZX: Nov 4 2007, 09:21 PM

lol you all talking about double thumb and all... I can't even pull a simple slap riff off correctly... Maybe slappin' is just ain't my thing

@NZX ==> where do you pick? closer to neck or closer to bridge? Too hard closer to bridge tends to screw with my sound as well.

NZX: aiya, i accidentally stumbled upon samarkand la, haha. sujesh so gaya tho. how's work coming man?? results? very nice . all glory to god for his grace even though i clearly didnt give my best . still waiting to send u ur nicely wrapped ocean of fire cd . walau, nzx so pro, can use pick lo. i can never play with a pick ever, no matter how hard ive tried. .

cut al my nails short
hate tat nail tone

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Added on November 5, 2007, 2:03 amNZX : pick...cany get use it pick on a bass haha
feel strange to me cause hanging the bass quite high...
wud feel like chicken pickin haha

This post has been edited by crazychris: Nov 5 2007, 02:04 AM

I can't slap either. My double thumbing has nothing to do with slapping. It's all about cheating

Then where the tone come from? Effect pedals?

No i just pluck instead of slap. Pluck with the thumb, if that makes any sense. And the upward stroke is the same only with a little less force so the strings don't slap back on the frets to get that percussive tone.

This post has been edited by Bassix: Nov 6 2007, 12:45 AM

ooo i tink i know tat
isit douglas style?