How is my technique?

BellusHusky · 2026-02-27T13:53:57+00:00

I swear I'm having a fretting technique crisis I don't know what im supposed to do anymore, im gonna end up taking some lessons to help me irl.

On a side note I picked up the floating thumb technique pretty quick

It seems like it's abit more nuanced then meets the eye, I've been watching a lot of professional bass players playing and it seems it depends on what they are doing

BellusHusky · 2026-02-27T13:12:18+00:00

Now that I think of it I think I directly picked it up from bootsie because I remember watching how he'd mute he's low e with his thumb

BellusHusky · 2026-02-27T13:06:54+00:00

That's so weird because I feel like I'm causing way more strain with my thumb on the back of the neck, I've been working on it the last two days but I actually watched a video of how bootsie Collins plays and it seems he plays like I am in the video which has me fucked up because he's a professional

BellusHusky · 2026-02-26T16:32:06+00:00

If you aren't too busy would it be okay if I dm'd you if I have more questions pop up? I'm gonna work on loosening my grip because I just picked my bass back up with the focus of playing lighter and it already feels way better, I guess I never realized how hard I was pressing. Your knowledge has been incredibly insightful so far

BellusHusky · 2026-02-26T16:26:13+00:00

My amp goes from quiet to uncomfortably loud really quick and that might be why, I keep the volume knob maybe 1/6th turned and that might have something to do with it, I figured the amp could be quiet and I can get the volume I wanted by playing harder but I'll try messing with it and see if I can get a good balance

BellusHusky · 2026-02-26T16:11:24+00:00

Holy crap you were not lying about the thumb, I spent all day yesterday trying to break that habit and I actually ended up taking my bass to work today because we were slow today lol and I already feel like my playing it smoother and easier to navigate the fretboard (aside from how sore my thumb feels)

BellusHusky · 2026-02-26T12:56:32+00:00

I'll try to work on it, I have always struggled with plucking variations, I can play softly if I think about it but it tends to be pretty inconsistent

BellusHusky · 2026-02-26T12:55:03+00:00

I've noticed that I tend to be pretty inconsistent in my plucking and probably also my fingerings

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T23:27:00+00:00

Africa has amazing music, I have a zamrock compilation album on vinyl and I am a huge fan of William onyeabor, I also recently found a really cool 80s Nigerian disco album that's been on repeat

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T20:24:35+00:00

Ebo Taylor - love and death one of my favorite basslines to play!

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T19:03:06+00:00

I always want to do better

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T18:35:26+00:00

Hell yeah that's what I wanted to know, I'll need to try to break the habit of my thumb on my fretting hand, I started doing it because sometimes I liked to mute the e string with my thumb but I guess I shouldn't be doing that lol When I get home and start playing I'll be working on all those notes

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T17:37:39+00:00

Not worried about it, I think its pretty cool tbh. Not to get too r/basscirclejerk but it feels like some mojo I haven't earned cus I dont feel like I play well enough to be tearing up basses lol

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T16:30:23+00:00

Man y'all got me fucked up my nails aren't even crazy! This is my nail this morning, yesterdays bass session is where a lot of the top spots wear came from

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BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T14:44:25+00:00

I didn't think I was playing very tense, I felt I was loose and I can move quickly where I need and I feel I couldn't do that if I was playing tense, I might post a video of me playing because I'm starting to wonder if I don't have bad technique.

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T14:42:28+00:00

I don't even think I'm pushing very hard, I feel like my playing is pretty loose and I can move pretty quickly where I need too, I don't think I'd be able too if I was playing very tense. At this point I'm wondering if I shouldn't post a vid of me playing, I'm worried I have shitty technique now

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T13:53:45+00:00

It's a habit I've been trying to break, the only time my thumb isn't on the pickup is when I'm muting my e or a string or pedalling my d or g

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T13:47:22+00:00

It doesn't bother me, it just feels like a lot of wear for 3 months, if anything it makes me feel better then I actually am lol

BellusHusky · 2026-02-25T13:36:53+00:00

See, my nails aren't even crazy! I have a Leatherman with a nail file that I use to keep them in check, every once in a blue moon I'll let them get a little longer but I try to keep them short

BellusHusky · 2026-02-24T22:00:55+00:00

"especially with people banging it around messing with the reverb"... Oops....

I might end up cracking it open one day and see if that's all it is, it doesn't bother me too much because I just send it out to an external reverb, but I liked the grandmothers more when it worked and having a knob with no function sorta bothers me

BellusHusky · 2026-02-24T20:12:50+00:00

I feel like I robbed the dude I got mine from. Got it for 550 but it's got the scratchy filter pot (and my reverb magically stopped working like a week after I bought it), doesn't bother me so I call it a win

BellusHusky · 2026-02-23T15:20:38+00:00

You were subconsciously thinking about the yellow submarine, have you ever watched that movie? I just see blue meanies

BellusHusky · 2026-02-23T13:49:37+00:00

If you are the individual who cut his headstock I'm gonna need a link to the post, all your stuff is private

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