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  1. For sale: Serek Sacramento 30.5" BiSonics
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    For sale For sale: Serek Sacramento 30.5" BiSonics

    For sale: Serek Sacramento (2023) Amazing fat growly tones from BiSonic pickups. Plays easily. Terrific short-scale. Near-mint condition. Played only at home. Only a couple pin-head size scratches, otherwise perfect. I recently purchased a similar Sacramento and am letting this one go. Nut...
    $2,500.00
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  2. gabehizer

    Double Bass Right-hand fingering options across two adjacent strings?

    Looking at the three triplets at the start of this Berklee jazz bass exercise, would you use strictly alternating right-hand fingers (1,2,1,2, etc., which can make for awkward finger crossings), or 1,2,1, 1,2,1, etc., which seems slower to execute, or 1,2,2, 1,2,2, 1,2,2 (finger-sliding the 2d...
  3. yellowsnow4free

    Right Hand Technique - Alternate Finger Plucking and Whatnot

    Hey everyone! As a new bass player (started earlier this month) I'm trying to get started with proper technique. Having a little familiarity with guitar, my left hand is OK, but I'm struggling with my right hand. When playing the same note back to back on the same string, should I still try...
  4. LaborDaze

    RIght hand technique as a leftie?

    I've been learning bass (playing right handed) for a little while now and I like to think I've been steadily improving, but my right hand has always been something of a weak point. I feel clumsy with it, sometimes missing the string when switching quickly and I have trouble properly muting. My...
  5. P

    Multiscale - Right hand technique

    For even tone you want to be plucking each string in the same place relative to its length. So the right hand needs to move forward towards the headstock between the low B and high G string on a multiscale. I have discovered that my "natural" right hand tendency is to head rearward from B to G...
  6. Russ Rodgers

    Bass Guitar Right & Left Hand Form

    Live Online Bass Guitar Lessons That Really Work!!! russrodgersbassguitar.com
  7. 33" Medium Scale Walnut Beauty
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    For sale 33" Medium Scale Walnut Beauty

    I have available another lovely handmade bass from Opatik, a luthier here in Northern Michigan. Beautiful walnut with oil finish that really accentuates the grain! Medium 33” scale, with a 1 5/8” width at the nut, and a C profile thru-neck. I don’t have a scale handy but would guess about 8...
    $1,350.00
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    SOLD 33" Medium Scale Walnut Beauty

    I have available another lovely handmade bass from Opatik, a luthier here in Northern Michigan. Beautiful walnut with oil finish that really accentuates the grain! Medium 33” scale, with a 1 5/8” width at the nut, and a C profile thru-neck. I don’t have a scale handy but would guess about 8...
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    • 4 string handmade hipshot medium scale oil finish passive bass right hand rosewood fretboard schaller walnut body
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  9. K

    Right-Hand String Skipping

    One of my main issues currently is string skipping. I almost only use 3 fingers, but I find it really hard to go one string to another when playing pretty fast riffs. I also play on a 6-string bass so there is even more strings to work with.. Do you guys have any recommended string skipping...
  10. marsquake

    Holy right-hand technique, Bassman!?!

    I'm a newish/novice player and never really thought much about or paid attention to my picking/plucking hand very much....until watching this video. Holy crow! This opens up so much to think about and consider. He moves his hands constantly from near the bridge to the neck for different parts...
    • marsquake
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    • 6 string bass metal right hand strumming technique
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  11. MCB97

    Left handers playing right hand?

    Hello everyone, I'm at this point in my playing where I say I'm "intermediate" but I'm struggling with playing anything quick. I loose coordination and mess up. Thinking back I started learning on a right hand bass even though I'm left-handed because the guy in the guitar shop said I would be...
    • MCB97
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    • intermediate left left handed right hand technique
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  12. bench

    Tony Grey right hand - anybody play like this?

    Tony has such a fluent right hand. he uses a kind of floating thumb. what's unique is that he doesn't rest the plucking finger on the next lower string but rather plucks "up" and the motion comes more from the middle joint than the base bf the finger. anybody here doing the same and can share...
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    • floating thumb plucking right hand tony grey
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  13. Lux

    How to learn a tricky lick?

    I'd like to hear how you practice to learn difficult technical stuff. I've been working on a phrase with two pretty fast hammer-ons. I have made progress, but very slowly. I vary playing with and without click, and with a slowed-down version of the song. I noticed that I manage quite nicely if I...
    • Lux
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    • click track hammer-on learning right hand
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  14. B

    Plucking Hand Technique

    Hi, I was watching Michael League at Reverb interview: , and I noticed that in 1:30, when he plays 16th notes, his right hand is doing something different than alternate plucking which is what I usually do. I was wondering if this was an another plucking technique or is just the way Michael...
  15. Rando100

    Adjusting to 6 string trouble- string spacing?

    I know there are similar threads out there, but I couldn't find one that specifically dealt with my problem- Last year while shopping for, and planning to buy a Fender (or Fenderish) 5 string Jazz Bass, I bought a 6-string Ibanez multiscale (fan fret) SRMS806. It was a bit of an impulse...
    • Rando100
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    • 6 string multi scale right hand string spacing
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  16. Trimmo91

    Double Bass Bass related injury? Right hand technique help please

    Hi all. I have been playing double bass for 5/6 years but have only properly dedicated myself to rockabilly playing since November 2018. I have developed my right hand technique to a point where I can play consistently without any hand fatigue. My band recently had a 3 hour rehearsal with...
  17. bass183

    Double Bass Pizzicato Technique--for uptempo jazz soloing

    I haven't found a thread on these boards that focuses on jazz pizz technique. If there is one, please point me in that direction. I'm just curious how some of you practice your pizzicato technique, if you do. Mainly, for the purpose of building speed and dexterity for soloing on tunes 200bpm and...
  18. tlite

    John Paul Jones 'Good Times, Bad Times' Right Hand Technique?

    Not sure I've got the optimal right hand fingering going here. How do most play the the part of this tune (right after the intro) that starts on D (5th fret A string)? This part: G|------7---7----| D|----7---7---7--| A|--5-----------5 | E|-----------------| I've had the most success with...
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    • fingering john paul jones led zeppelin right hand
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  19. M

    Steve Harris RIGHT HAND

    In the gallop of Harris , how goes the cycle is 2-1-2 2-1-2 or he does 1-2-1 1-2-1 (1= index 2 = middle )
  20. vindibona1

    Strange right hand observation (#2)

    In an earlier thread I stated that my right hand's I and M fingers seemed to correspond in my brain as right and left hands; I being a left-hand substitute and M being the right substitute. Being a relative newbie to 2-finger plucking I was curious as to which finger one should start with. As...
  21. M

    ABSIV - 4-string polyphony

    I've searched the forum, and there seems to be very little discussion of ABSIV's (Armistead Burwell Smith IV, aka Zach Smith) technique. He's utterly fascinating to watch. In this recent clip, he's doing a bunch of his usual tricks, arpeggiating and strumming chords, and something I haven't seen...
    • mbene085
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    • 4-string double fretting hand right right hand tapping
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  22. M

    Double Bass Vertical fretless BG, NHOP right hand technique

    I am 47 years old and started to music playing. Should I use my 4 string fretless like a DB and play like NHOP right hand technique for - using whole finger for more control - less right hand wrist twist, and faster , healtier playing with 3 fingers ? Anyone tried this before ? thanks...
  23. M

    Right hand technique, resting thumb on top of 24th fret, fretboards ends corner area

    I started playing bass few weeks ago and I tried jaco right hand technic which placing thumb on jazz magnetic but my fingers are short and it creates unbearable stress. Last night , I placed my thumb on end of neck fingerboard corner area and my other 3 finger started to work like a machine. It...
  24. J

    John Pattitucci Right Hand (Ring Finger) Muting

    Hello, I have a rather specific question. I even made an account just to ask this. But my question is based on the use of using your ring finger on your plucking hand to mute. I first noticed Thundercat doing it, then I saw John Patitucci, then Bubby Lewis. I asked Bubby about it through his...
  25. P

    Pain in right hand and forearm

    Hey everyone. I've joined a band a couple of weeks back and during one jam, I played a bit too hard and a bit too much. My wrist and back of my hand started to hurt after that jam. The wrist pain lingered for about two or three days and went away, but now when i play even one song on bass, back...
  26. stuntbass77

    Left handed tuners on right hand fender neck, anyone?

    I found a deal on some highway one fender tuners but they are for a left hand neck ( they don’t look has though they can be taken apart and reversed ). Will these style tuners fit on a right hand neck. I realize I will have to get use to turning in the opposite direction but that’s not a big...
  27. Rimbaud88

    Do left hand basses sound different than right hand basses?

    Anybody has tried to compare it?
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    • hand left left hand right right hand sound
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    • Forum: Basses [BG]
  28. glassmoon

    Right Hand Technique

    Hi all I found a clip of Chris Kringel playing with Cynic in 2007, and his right hand technique is astonishing. I know he's studied the Willis method - which is similar to the Sheehan method of "plucking" from the 2nd knuckle - thus creating an "even length" to your fingers, which in turn...
  29. M

    anybody ever use this right hand technique

    this one finger thing seems to come more natural to me. anybody else prefer this?
  30. S

    Bassists with best right hand technique? (For the purpose of Skype lessons)

    So I'm basically hit a junction in my playing where I can't really seem to make any further technical improvements, no matter how long I practice, so the time has come to find a virtuoso. Could you guys suggest some bass players who have very good right hand technique that might be able to...
    • StuntBacon
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    • bassists hand lessons right right hand skype technique
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    • Forum: Bassists [BG]
  31. IbanezSDGR2

    Right hand finger fatique

    How much playing does it take to get past finger fatigue? If I play a Billy Idol song or a song like the Door LA Woman my right fingers start getting tired after a verse or two. I'm trying to make the switch to finger bass after playing guitar and bass with a pick all my life.
  32. BjornM

    Right hand technique, bends at what joint?

    When playing finger style, does the right hand action come mostly from bending fingers at the first joint (closest to wrist) or bending at the middle joint? My normal right hand technique is to bend the fingers mostly at the middle joint, while the first joint stays almost still. But with this...
  33. Oleg BassPlayer

    Muted notes: left vs right hand muting

    I usually play the bass with fingers. Recently I've been wondering how do I produce sharp muted notes like those one does with a pick and palm muting. More specifically, I am trying to emulate pick bass sound like one we can hear on the 60's records, for example, in San Francisco by Scott...
  34. Westsailor

    Interesting right hand technique

    I typically use my 1st three fingers (+ pinky but rarely) and use my thumb as an 'anchor' to pluck. I ran across this vid and the 1st thing I noticed was he basically uses only his thumb and 1st finger (2nd finger only here & there). Kinda the opposite of my style. Outside of slapping, how...
  35. Warpeg

    Right hand finger speed tips?

    For the most part, I am happy with my overall finger plucking technique. I'm a floating thumb player that does well with moving quickly from string to string and I'm great with muting. However, I have been trying for years to increase the tempo that my middle and index fingers can "walk", but...
    • Warpeg
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    • finger hand right right hand speed tips
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
  36. F

    Right hand muting necessary whenever lifting off frets?

    I'm new to bass, having played fairly casually for less than a year. I'm having some issues taming string noise. I'm not having issues with unplayed strings ringing out, or with sympathetic resonance. Rather, my issue is with metallic noise coming from lifting off the frets themselves. I play...
  37. C

    Want to improve my right hand, time required?

    I'm primarily a guitarist/drummer who really likes playing bass. I'm sad to say that I never really practice it, but through playing in bands and gigging a bunch I've become pretty comfy playing bass. Because of my lack of practice my fingerstyle technique leaves a lot to be desired. Recently I...
  38. Les Fret

    Double Bass Right hand ring finger use

    I have been experimenting lately with using my ring finger of the right hand on my upright. I Already use it on my electric bass and classical guitar so I am used to it. But it is a bit harder on upright. First of all you have to develop some calluses on that finger and keep using it otherwise...
  39. Dan Neilsen

    Right hand knuckle joint pain

    I have been playing bass guitar for approx 4 years in a cover band typically performing a four hour gig per week plus practice sessions. I typically play finger style and in the last few weeks i have been experiencing pain in the knuckle joint of my 2nd finger in my right hand. It has...
  40. Roman Parnell

    Plucking Hand Thumb Cramp

    So I've been obsessed with Vulfpeck's "Dean Town" for a couple of weeks now and have been trying to learn to play it, but I can't sustain the sixteenth notes at speed without my plucking hand tensing up causing me to slow down too much. I can play sixteenth notes at 90 BPM pretty evenly for...
    • Roman Parnell
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    • dean hand plucking right right hand speed technique thumb vulfpeck
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Technique [BG]
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