Using a Pick to Play Bass Guitar

Video Transcript

"I am Carl Shepard, professional bass instructor and we are just talking about different reasons behind different techniques. Lot of guys like to use a pick that play in punk rock bands or different kind of, you know, punk genres, there are so many genres out now, but a lot of the bands that are similar to those use picks and it gives you a real kind of a high gain sound and it can really almost sound like a guitar at sometimes. Depending on where you play on the bass using a pick, it can really add a lot of treble and presence to it, whereas if you are just using your fingers, the bass is more in the background and it is more about just holding a low, you know, deep groove, instead of really being out there in the forefront, the guy from Green Day, the guy from Rancid, a lot of bands like that they use picks and they actually have kind of a signature bass sound because of that. "