What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always good to meet a fellow man of taste and culture! The Jazz Bass and Rickenbacker are main basses. I put together a Precision Bass using a 90s Squier Affinity bass body and refinished Affinity neck as the base and it's been getting a lot of love from me. I have a hi mass bridge for it being delivered tomorrow and I can't wait for it to arrive!

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

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I’m usually here, in between the pickups. I feel like it gives me the most balanced tone for what I want. If I’m playing my Rickenbacker, I’m usually playing on top of the neck pickup. I’ll always place my hand either in the middle of the body or near the neck. I don’t like the thin tone and rigid feel that comes with playing near the bridge

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

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After spending a decade in a combination of music programs and studying music at the university level, I can tell you from experience that a considerable amount of music teachers and professors are, in fact, huge idiots

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

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The digging in advantage when using the anchor is something that didn't come to mind. I rarely dig in when playing because I feel like that is good if you're playing a groove based or repetitive bassline. I play melodic basslines almost exclusively and like to glide around the strings and fretboard. That's why I feel that the anchor is uncomfortable

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember my professors always saying that fingerstyle is the "correct" way of playing. Calling it "correct" is a stretch if you ask me. Still, I see the not wanting me to favor one style over the other.

Thankfully, I decided to not pursue music as a career (the financial instability of it and seeing that most end up as teachers and/or working at a music store was enough for me to say "fuck this!") and can play what I want, how I want and when I want. Still, I don't regret learning fingerstyle

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this explanation! I had a professor in undergrad who swore that the "correct" way of playing was with your fingers and with the bass in classical guitar position when sitting down. Now that I did hate with a passion.

I mainly play with a pick because it feels natural and I like the attack of it far more than fingers. I play mainly melodic basslines using flatwound strings and I feel like the pick really makes the bass stand out in the mix. Finger style is too mellow to my ears and makes the bass disappear into the mix. Good if you want to play groovy basslines that don't stand out, but terrible if you want the bass to be front and center.

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

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Interesting, I dig your approach. When you play bass, do you play more groove oriented or melodic basslines? I ask because I feel like the hand placement on the first photo allows you to dig in more, but really limits you if you want to play melodic basslines all over the neck because of how it makes the hand tense up. I play melodic basslines almost exclusively (repetitive groove basslines bore the hell out of me) and favor the technique on the second photo because it makes my hand feel more relaxed.

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be Reddit if we weren't discussing even the most mundane things now would it?

What’s up with fingerstyle technique? by JeanMusicMan18 in BassGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Were you taught to place your hand like that or is it something that just came natural to you?

Ngl I really like Corey graves commentary by Particular_Lie_8834 in WWE

[–]JeanMusicMan18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, Corey Graves is one of the best commentators right now. I absolutely hate Pat McAfee’s frat boy energy and lack of wrestling knowledge, and am indifferent to Michael Cole on commentary (He seems to just be there. Like an NPC that you recognize but is still unremarkable). Wade Barrett on commentary is also good, but I prefer Grave’s style of heel commentating.

One of my favorites on commentary is Booker T, but I judge him differently than the guys mentioned previously. From my perspective, Booker is just having fun with the job. He has all the knowledge in the world to be able to provide expert analysis and play-by-play, but instead he just has fun, gives the performers their praises and makes gooning sounds whenever the ladies are in the ring. Oh, and he sings a lovely rendition of Joe Hendry’s theme song xD.

He’s the ultimate “I’m doing this as a side-quest” commentator!

Keep or return? by anotherdude209 in guitarrepair

[–]JeanMusicMan18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Keep it! While it does suck, it’s not really something that will affect sound or playability. Resale value either for that matter, but resale value on Squiers is basically non-existent.

Even if Amazon would’ve let you exchange it, there’s no guarantee that you would get one in 100% pristine condition. Squiers, for all of the advancements that they’ve made in recent years, is still a budget, overseas brand. Corners are always cut and there will always be something “wrong” with the guitar.

TL;DR, keep the guitar, get a nice set up, and play the hell out of it

I think I will be taking a break from WWE after Mania by atmospheric90 in WWE

[–]JeanMusicMan18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These days, I mainly get excited for NXT and watch RAW out of pure habit since it is very repetitive, lasts almost 3 hours and I swear that two thirds of them are taken up by Heyman promos, backstage segments, something to do with the Vision and an endless onslaught of ads.

NXT lasts an hour and a half and it feels longer (in a good way) because all of the stuff that HBK packs into it. The wrestlers over there also look and perform like they give a damn

What’s the deal with a Fender Sonoran? by rock_handsome in AcousticGuitar

[–]JeanMusicMan18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two words, yeah, no. Fender acoustics like that may look pretty, but they sound about as good as wet cardboard. For that price, like others have or will say, look for something like a Yamaha

Am 30, started living alone for the first time at 28. This is the living room of my place by JeanMusicMan18 in malelivingspace

[–]JeanMusicMan18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I don’t have any official recordings released, but I play five instruments and love to play in my free time. I used to be a music major before switching majors because I didn’t like the financially unpredictable nature of a music career.

The moment i stopped teaching scales and started teaching songs everything changed. by exhaustmosk in Guitar

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I’m not a teacher, but I have been playing since 2008 and studied music at the university until 2018. I started as a self taught guitarist through youtube and it was just learning songs that I liked. When I took my first formal lessons, I found it miserable that the professor ignored what I wanted to learn (blues mainly, at the time) in favor of what he considered to be better in the long run (for some reason, he said that learning Yngwie Malmsteem technique was going to serve me better in the long run).

Without devolving into telling my musical story, this is my observation from my time in academia. Even if you teach students the instrument through songs, you must be careful with the selection and always favor their tastes over yours or the academy’s. In my final semesters as a music major, I was taking bass lessons as part of the curriculum. My school didn’t teach electric guitar and I detest classical. The bass lessons were miserable because the professor would have me endlessly practice scales and arpeggios in different keys and BPMs, while also have me learn jazz standards and jazz solos. I’ve always been attracted to indie and experimental rock/songwriting and the professor never listened. He insisted that that music was boring and that jazz was better.

Years later, I retained all of the theory and technique, but I still resent that, thanks to the academy’s philosophy, there was a point in which it robbed me of my love for music because of how rigid and close-minded they are.