• Playing Bass With A Drumstick
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Are you a struggling bassist that just can't slap that bass right? Are you a white boy struggling to play that funky music? Do you want your bass to sound awesome? Do you want to look awesome? Do you want to [I]be[/I] awesome? Well, then try playing your bass with a drumstick! But seriously, it sounds fucking awesome. Awesome enough that Tony Levin (the chillest bass/chapman stick/upright bass/tuba player ever; if you listen to Peter Gabriel's solo stuff (i strongly recommend his music, by the way) or Liquid Tension Experiment you probably know who he is) created and sold these little things called Funk Fingers that you used to be able to go out and buy but now they don't exist anymore! But don't fret, my friend, for they were basically just the ends of drumsticks taped to your fingers, so you can just grab any ol' drumstick and start slappin'! I've found that thinner sticks work better, and if you have a pair of shitty old Rock Band sticks, those work perfectly. Anyways, as I was saying, this shit sounds like slap-bass on crack. Example: (skip to about 0:34 for the epic bass) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUFYNZm5oU[/media] Another (live) example of bass drumming in action (Tony Levin with the motherfuckin' FUNK FINGERS): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pAEeWRCrlM[/media] One more (thanks Pepin, you're pretty damn awesome): [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=STMsuz24-ds[/media] Fuckin' sweet, huh? Best part is, you can play really fucking fast if you do a one-handed blast beat on the strings! Jesus fucking christ, this shit is amazing! oh god i think im gonna cum unnnfffff [img]http://www.expose.org/pics/levin/funkfingers_sm.jpg[/img] -[I]Tony Levin, pictured here being fucking awesome[/I] Anyways, I hope you learned something today: you should play your bass with a motherfucking drumstick. Peace out. SWEET-ASS QUOTES AND TESTIMONIALS FROM SWEET-ASS GUYS [QUOTE=Treybuchet;27974204]play using a pipe made of wood, take hits in between sweet jams[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Franke_R!?;27974409]I have played this way and I'm here to say that I became awesome within five seconds![/QUOTE]
Glad you're back, my friend, glad you're back.
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;27958414]Glad you're back, my friend, glad you're back.[/QUOTE] Luv ya too, hubby. :love:
:wtc:
Also, I'll just stick to playing Drums with Drumsticks
[QUOTE=Pasalaqcua;27958448]:wtc:[/QUOTE] It's pretty simple, actually. [img]http://shop.weinermusic.com/images/BASS.jpg[/img] Plus... [img]http://www.drumnuts.com/wep/member-images/20/image/DrumStickNylonPic.jpg[/img] Equals... [img]http://www.shinybinary.com/images/art/funk.jpg[/img] Do you understand now?
no
[QUOTE=blezzy;27962753]no[/QUOTE] Care to explain why you aren't fucking awesome?
I've played around with this, partly due to Tony Levin being amazing and partly due to being bored, and I frankly found it awkward to handle so I started using it for chording and some weird slide/arco kind of stuff and it worked out alot better I thought. And it should also be mentioned that using sticks on guitar sounds so amazing and bright.
too prog rocky try a screwdriver or a hammer
[QUOTE=thisispain;27966226]too prog rocky try a screwdriver or a hammer[/QUOTE] But hammering your bass makes you look like a doucher! Plus it's probably bad for the bass, especially if you miss the strings.
I once tried playing bass with a chainsaw. I quit pretty quickly though, somewhere at the point when there was no more bass guitar to play.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiblZZv9Oeg[/media] 1:44
Guitar with drumsticks is much more badass. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WeXrTzxBTI[/media] Also FUCK YEAH INDOROCK.
play using a pipe made of wood, take hits in between sweet jams
I have played this way and I'm here to say that I became awesome within five seconds!
[QUOTE=Treybuchet;27974204]play using a pipe made of wood, take hits in between sweet jams[/QUOTE] Jesus fucking Christ, you are the coolest ever.
trying this right now! [editline]10th February 2011[/editline] Dear god
[QUOTE=panda11011;27977883]trying this right now! [editline]10th February 2011[/editline] Dear god[/QUOTE] I can feel the newly acquired awesome radiating off your post like it's the Chernobyl of coolness!
[QUOTE=Harmonizer;27978021]I can feel the newly acquired awesome radiating off your post like it's the Chernobyl of coolness![/QUOTE] All I can say is I know what I'm doing for the rest of the day.
I'd love to try that but I only have a bass guitar, no drum sticks. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=STeel;27978098]I'd love to try that but I only have a bass guitar, no drum sticks. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Run over to your local Guitar Music Place For Cool Guys and pick up some cheap, shitty drumsticks! Just make sure they aren't splintery. Don't want to hurt your hand, do ya?
Depends on how would it sound on the bass.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMsuz24-ds[/media]
[QUOTE=STeel;27978219]Depends on how would it sound on the bass.[/QUOTE] The cheaper, lighter sticks actually sound better.
I meant the hurt hand part.
[QUOTE=Pepin;27978248][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMsuz24-ds[/media][/QUOTE] How the fuck did I miss this? Thanks, bro. [editline]10th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=STeel;27978266]I meant the hurt hand part.[/QUOTE] Oh, mmkay.
[QUOTE=Pepin;27978248][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMsuz24-ds[/media][/QUOTE] wow that's awful
[QUOTE=thisispain;27978672]wow that's awful[/QUOTE] You're awful.
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