Building your bass picking chops with a rock riff - CyberfretBass.com

[exidorcyanuro]

Thank you! :D

[Carlfag]

fairly sure its the same bass i have, an ibanez gsr 300 iirc

[madog4uk]

@Carlfag

really sorry for asking, can you give any tips on upstrumming, i either get seriously out of beat, the pick goes under the string, and makes pritty much the same noise as poping. or i manage to do it for 2 bars max at 8beat/94 bpm then either the the pick rotates around or i drop it, holding firmer equals the first two, i just cant do any thurther than 8 bars at 8/196bmp before my wrist and or fingers die from strumming/plucking really sorry. only had bass for 2months

[34185marco]

great, thanks

[weiss99]

Hello @cyberfretbass, can you please tell me what bass guitar you are using? I like that one, just as compact as an electric guitar. :D

Also, do they have any five-string versions of that if any?

[hellfencer]

@weiss99 It just looks like a short scale bass. You can get those in many brands and flavors. I'd suggest an Ibanez or Schecter, due to the skinnier neck near the head; makes those notes a bit easier to play.

[baldbassclef]

@weiss99 did you ever figure out what kind of bass that is? id like to know as well.

[weiss99]

@baldbassclef I'm afraid I'm still looking for it. Haha. But I might try @hellfencer's suggestion. :)

[juliocesar14015]

sounds like

metal \,,/

[mguygh]

sweet

[parasite626]

@TheFireInside9 you use your penis as pick thets why they spam your comment becouse your an idiot eskimo who lives in africa

[TheFireInside9]

@parasite626 shut up you're no good at bass either

[parasite626]

@TheFireInside9 you mean you are no good you noob even noob saibot disgrace you fuck you

[TheFireInside9]

@parasite626 LOL

[parasite626]

@TheFireInside9 no tell me the meaning of lol

[venomchaser88]

how do you mute the strings with your right hand while using a pick??? please answer back because i have been having troubles.

[KeTeVemCovers]

I glued 2 pictures of my favourite assist on each side of a pick.

[JamesIV664]

Hard as FUCK!

[kenowens6358]

HORRENDOUS! CAT IS WASHED UP!

[natrockskate]

JAZZ III are the best i think 

[giovannimontes27]

I love your bass

[ExplosionBass]

I use Dunlop Big Stubby 3.0MM picks and never have a slippage problem no matter how fast song I play. The 2.0MM are also good. Both have a nice thumb gripper built in and don't give on bass strings like regular guitar picks. Also pretty cheap cuz one will last forever. They don't wear hardly at all.

[jfcmjfcmjfcm]

hmm.. you cant rly hold your pick like that while standing, exept if you wear your bass rly high

[metalheadmania777]

im a guitarist, but im checkin out some other stuff for my buddy but thats a sick bass line at the end

[zmoney682]

this is good for beginners but proper punk picking technique is constant downstrokes

[WarPhalange]

@zmoney682 Did you just say "proper punk technique"? Did you even read what you wrote before submitting it? The very essence of punk is to do whatever you feel like and not worry about "proper" shit.

[zmoney682]

@WarPhalange go to a fucking punk show and do your up and down strokes, pussy. Shut up. Real men only do downstrokes.

[weiss99]

@zmoney682 There's no right or wrong technique on bass picking, as long as you get the sound that you need to create. Doing just downstrokes while playing neoclassical bass stuff will surely put a lot of stress on your wrists and arms. Bottom line is, it depends on the style you're playing.

[FuckTechno66]

@weiss99 yeah, also the way you you hold the bass end the size of your strings and the size of your pick.

[plan9venkman]

Awesome. I think this will really help me out. Thank you!

[stormfatality]

tell me the name of this bass?

[rellik136]

its a libanez sgr 200 i have one and a 530 love them!!!

[Aeilegs]

i got that bass

[SweetRevenge2004]

You really shouldn't pick up and down, it's bad for your wrist and you can pick a lot faster if you draw circles, up one sound down the other. It's easier on your wrist.

[MetalBEADGplayer]

umm no?

[Zephyrus34]

Jeez this woulda been handy years ago. almost a decade ago now.. >.> fingers work best for me though.

[martin10921]

nice little how to, i like it, been lookn for exersizes

[TurningTides]

no need for that cunt.

[SicMick7]

Fo' real,

fuck your life Xavo.

[Nhanion]

You must have looked in all the musical instruments sites to know that bass. Do you get verbally owned often?

[TheCliffburtonisgod]

bitch

[Anijami]

Yahma bass?

[desertfox1997]

no,I think thats an ibanez