Post #2510443
2026-05-02 08:54 UTC
@GuitarSith@fosstodon.org Don't let it get you down. Some people prefer one or the other, and some songs/genres suit one or the other; the "thou shalt (not) use a pick" absolutists are to be ignored.
Andy Fraser (of Free) quipped that he had it backwards, because he always played bass with a pick, and guitar with his fingers.
At the other end of the talent-scale, I prefer playing bass with my fingers because I'm just very tactile, but I reach for a pick when covering something like So Alive because it just doesn't work without one.
Ronnie Wood played bass like a lead guitar on Maggie May, and that's still getting airplay, so 🤷♀️ do whatever works.
@Rob@musicians.today @ambergrey@mastodon.social
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@GuitarSith@fosstodon.org 2026-05-02 13:46
@KatS@chaosfem.tw @Rob@musicians.today @ambergrey@mastodon.social Paul McCartney has a very odd style as well, primarily because John forced him to switch from guitar to bass when Stuart Sutcliffe left. So very much a guitarist playing bass. Not sure if you’ve heard but apparently Jimmy Page originally offered Ron Wood the bassist position in Led Zeppelin, to which Wood replied something like “no f*%~ing way, I’m a guitarist.” And Page didn’t want any competition with a second guitarist. 🤣